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Dialectics
The Balance Factor in Society & Art
Christianity, Judaism, and
Islam have their social, cultural and
political agendas. As the "carnal doctrine" concerned with the real
world it's
more than fitting that Satanism should also impact in the social, cultural
and
political realms. If we accept that Satanism is the Quest for human
excellence, for continuing human ascent, then it follows that Satanism
is a
resistance to tendencies of stagnation and decadence and an advocate
of
alternatives that seek to elevate Man.
We shall here suggest a Satanic
perspective for several issues based
on the principle of balance via sinister dialectics.
ART
Many self-styled "Satanists"
can be found in the ranks of those
perpetrating cultural forms which appeal to the lowest denominator,
which are
aimed at the mass consumer market, and are generically called "popular
culture". Such people are not promoting Satanic aesthetics but are
instead
rushing to the trough of the market place to provide the herd with
its gutter
entertainment. The pseudo-Satanist is unconscious of what he is doing,
and is
indeed merely himself a product of mass society, taking his cur from
Christian
definitions of Satanism.
The genuinely Satanic artist
can work on two opposite levels: (1) He
can promote art which is truly reflective of Satanic aesthetics; or
(2) He can
consciously perpetrate decadent art forms which he purposely contrives
to
undermine the status quo.
What distinguishes the second
type from the pseudo-Satanist is
that he pushes a sinister dialectic while remaining detached from the
herd,
while the pseudo-Satanist unconsciously remains part of mass society.
The
genuine Satanist knows that his real art and talent lies in playing
to the herd
as a means of manipulation.
Examples of societies reflecting
the Satanic aesthetic excellence
would be those of Hellas and the Renaissance City-States. Modern examples
of
how the traditional can be synthesized with the innovative would be
the
painting of Salvador Dali, the poetry of Ezra Pound. A glimpse of what
form
the "popular culture" may take in a future social order which incorporates
the
Satanic cultural aesthetic is given in some of the creations of the
young
musician/composer Michael Moynihan (Blood Axis) whose latest releases
Lord of
Ages (a tribute to Mithras, as god of the Roman legions) and Electricity
(a
tribute to strength and action inspired by Richard Strauss) are a synthesis
of
the traditional and the innovative.
Such a blend of the classical
and the futuristic is the application of
a dialectical process. A balance is struck between the conservative,
necessary
for establishing an artistic criterion to ensure quality, and the progressive
which is required to counter the tendency of stagnation. The two
polarities in synthesis minimize stasis and decadence while ensuring
quality and
vibrance in the cultural organism.
An example of a conservative
society ending in cultural stagnation is
the Chinese. An example of the "progressive" repudiation of tradition
resulting in decadence is the mass culture of contemporary Western
society,
starting circa. 1990.
ABORTION
This social issue has been
chosen because its one that many Satanists
take an unSatanic position on simply because they are once again reacting
against Christian initiatives rather than postulating their own position
on
Satanic terms.
Those who adopt an unqualified
pro-abortion stance do so on the
grounds of individual choice and sovereignty over one's life. This
position
can be identified with both the liberal-left and the libertarian-Right.
Christians, on the contrary, oppose abortion because they hold all
human life
to be "sacred". Pro- and anti-abortionists actually start from the
same
premise, although they arrive at different conclusions; they view the
idea of
the individual per se as sacrosanct: on the one side, the sanctity
of the
individual as an adult, and the other, as a foetus.
Surely the logical Satanic
position transcends both, and is based
on a Nietzschean perspective of the hierarchy of human worth?
"Every individual may be
regarded as representing the ascending or
descending line of life. When one has decided which, one has decided
a canon
for the value of his egoism. If he represents the ascending line his
value is
in fact extraordinary - and for the sake of the life-collective, which
with
him takes a step FORWARD, the care expended on his preservation, may
even be
extreme.
... If he represents the
descending development, decay, chronic
degeneration, sickening.... then he can be accorded little value."
Nietzsche,
Twilight of the Idols.
Note, Nietzsche, the greatest
champion of the individual, nevertheless
talks of the "life-collective". The individualism he champions is far
removed
from the petty-individualism advocated by both liberal and libertarian,
which
is really a trivialisation of life. The Satanic position on abortion
should be
based on whether a birth contributes to or hinders human ascent. With
modern
technology and the ongoing discoveries of genetics it can now be fairly
accurately predicted what worth an unborn child will be in relation
to the
ascent of the "life-collective".
The world is awash with those
of very low calibre, breeding others of
their kind without hindrance other than when those nasty old devils
of famine
and plague catch up to think their populations, and then in the face
of
determined resistance from humanitarians.
The Satanic position on abortion is based on eugenics.
On a broader scale, the whole
liberal moral system needs to be
replaced with a new ethos propagated throughout society, which would
include a
recognition that the siring of healthy, intelligent and creative children
is
among the most honourable of callings. The new, heretical scientific
synthesis
of sociobiology shows us that all of life is permeated with an instinctive
drive on part of the individual organism to perpetuate its own genes,
or
alternatively those of its closest kind, and that this drive even over-rides
that of individual survival in life-threatening situations. Where this
imperative is lacking there is something drastically wrong with the
social
organism. In this Judaeo-Christian society the instinct is repressed.
Despite its anti-abortion
stance, Christianity is the epitome of
anti-Life dogma, a revolt against the instinctual. It's a paradox within
the
System. But if we turn to the Christian scriptures we find Jesus praising
those who become "eunuches for the kingdom of heaven's sake", and Paul
calling
marriage an unfortunately necessary institution because of those who
may
thereby avoid burning in hell for "fornication". The whole Christian
creed is
based on preoccupation with death, not with the continuation of life.
The
anti-abortion stance is merely reflective of the belief that only god
can take
life away (or alternatively those he sanctions on earth as his holy
killers).
RACE
A burning issue in many societies.
Satanic orders do not generally
apply racial restrictions on membership. The Satanic tradition itself
can be
found throughout history among many if not all cultures, and is universally
applicable.
People prefer association
with their own kind, and this usually
implies an ethnic-kinship factor. But wouldn't Satanists feel more
kinship
with a fellow-Satanist of another race, than with a Christian of his
own race?
I believe this to be so, because Satanists themselves form a culture
unto
themselves, a distinct folk one might say. It stands in contradistinction
to
the rest of society. A parallel would be the Jews as a distinct people/culture
both universal and nationalist, comprising a variety of races, but
bound by
common traditions, history, culture and an aloofness from outside society.
But, while Satanism is universal
in scope, this should not imply an
acceptance of some cosmopolitan creed which, like Christianity, liberalism,
Marxism, capitalism, etc., rejects the significance of racial and cultural
diversity - the products of millenia of evolution.
"There is neither Jew nor
Greek, there is neither slave nor freeman,
there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in union with
Christ
Jesus." Paul, Gal. 3:28.
While the Satanic cosmology
is necessarily universal - reflective of
Life itself - it recognises the diversity within the cosmos - again
a
synthesis of two concepts.
What about "multi-culturalism"?
Couldn't this be described as a
dialectical inter-action of cultures leading to a higher synthesis
- what its
advocates term "cultural enrichment"? I don't believe so. History shows
that
multi-culturalism causes factionalisation rather than a transcendent
synthesis. It tears asunder the foundations of a culture as an organism.
This
wholesale importation of alien cultures into cultural organism results
in what
the Spenglerian philosopher Yockey termed "culture distortion" and
"culture
retardation". (Yockey, Imperium). In the context of the Western culture,
an
example of culture distortion would be the influence of "Dada" in art
circa.
1900 - largely the product of Jewish Nihilists and Bolshevists. An
example of
culture retardation (i.e. the derailing of a culture from its
life-path/destiny) would be the redirection of funds from the U.S.
space
programme several years ago, to subsidize ghetto-breeding.
A genuine cultural dialectic
where "cultural enrichment" can occur is
through a process of what Spengler himself called "pseudomorphosis".
(Spengler, Decline of the West). The process is one in which a culture-idea
is
absorbed and adapted in accordance with the imperatives of the recipient
culture. E.g., the adaptation of gunpowder as a Chinese invention of
mere
entertainment, to a service of the West's "Faustian" Will-to-Power.
An additional factor in the
rejection of any cosmopolitan creed is the
Satanic principle of individual pride. Such pride best proceeds from
a sense
of ones self-worth in knowing one's origins and inheritance stretching
back
beyond human memory, a surer guide to who one truly is than any attempt
to
impose "loyalty" toward and identity with that nebulous mass called
"humanity"
- whether in the name of a god or of a U.N. resolution.
Thus, I suggest, the Satanic
position, whether applied to art, society
or politics, is essentially a dialectal one - a dynamic interaction
of
polarities leading to a higher synthesis: the Balance Factor at work
- the
human application of cosmic law.
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Transcribed by Graeme Wilson (OSV - Dunedin)
Internet : gwilson@earthlight.co.nz
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