The Cloven Hoof, Issue 124

The Cloven Hoof

XXIII Anno Satanas Copyright 1988 C.E. by the Church of Satan, P.O. Box 210082 San Francisco, Ca 94121 U.S.A.

Vol. XXI, #2 124th Issue

PENTAGONAL REVISIONISM: A FIVE-POINT PROGRAM

Entire contents by Anton Szandor LaVey

In recent years, we've wasted far too much time explaining that Satanism has nothing to do with kidnapping, drug abuse, child molestation, animal or child sacrifice, or any number of other acts that idiots, hysterics or opportunists would like to credit us with. Satanism is a life-loving, rational philosophy that millions of people adhere to. Now we're ready for something that goes quite a few steps beyond just explaining our principles. Every revisionist movement needs a set of goals--guidelines that are clear, concrete, and that will effect significant changes.

The following Five-Point Program reflects attitudes which allow others to decide whether they wish to align themselves with Satanism or not. Each is necessary for Satanic change to take place. When asked what we're "doing", here's the answer:

1) Stratification--The point on which all the others ultimately rest. There can be no more myth of "equality" for all--it only translates to "mediocrity" and supports the weak at the expense of the strong. Water must be allowed to seek its own level without interference from apologists for incompetence. No one should be protected from the effects of his own stupidity.

2) Strict taxation of all churches--If churches were taxed for all their income and property, they'd crumble overnight of their own obsolescence, and the National Debt would be wiped out as quickly. The productive, the creative, the resourceful should be subsidized. So long as the useless and incompetent are getting paid, they should be heavily taxed.

3) No tolerance for religious beliefs secularized and incorporated into law and order issues--to re-establish "Lex Talionis" would require a complete overturning of the present in-justice system based on Judeo-Christian ideals, where the victim/defender has been made the criminal. Amnesty should be considered for anyone in prison because of his alleged "influence" upon the actual perpetrator of the crime. Everyone is influenced in what he or she does. Scapegoating has become a way of life, a means of survival for the unfit. As an extension of the Judeo-Christian cop-out of blaming the Devil for everything, criminals can gain leniency, even praise, by placing the blame on a convenient villain. Following the Satanic creed of "Responsibility to the responsible", in a Satanic society, everyone must experience the, consequences of his own actions--for good or ill.

4) Development and production_of_artificial human companions--The forbidden industry. An economic "godsend" which will allow everyone "power" over someone else. Polite, sophisicated, technologically feasible slavery. And the most profitable industry since T.V. and the computer.

5) The opportunity for anyone to live within a total environment of his or her choice, with mandatory adherence to the aesthetic and behavioral standards of same--Privately owned, operated and controlled environments as an alternative to homogenized and polyglot ones. The freedom to insularize oneself within a social milieu of personal well-being. An opportunity to feel, see, and hear that which is most aesthetically pleasing, without interference from those who would pollute or detract from that option.

This is the encapsulated version of the current thrust of Satanic advocacy. So when someone asks you, "Well, what do Satanists do?", you will be qualified to tell him. To further explore some of these points, read the following:

This Must Never Happen Again

When a point of critical mass is reached--the point of no return--the "package" it came in will never sell any more. There will always be cliched "This Must Never Happen Again"s. But it takes painful memories and evolutionary strangulation to focus them into a warning.

The American Civil War--the destruction of Atlanta, brother against brother, son against father, wreaking carnage on common ground. This must never happen again.

The First World War--mechanized warfare, hometown boys crushed on foreign soil by metal monsters. This must never happen again.

The Second World War--holocausts and nuclear leavings. This must never happen again.

The current Third World War--human locusts overrunning the world, necessitating the thinning out of populations because the Rule of the Fool has, for the first time in history, threatened to destroy civilization and evolution. This must never happen again!

Until space colonies accomodate the "teeming, huddled masses", how will this war be resolved?

Technology has left human self-awareness in the dust. Surely, it would be simpier and more economically practical to continue the propagation of consumers, at the cost of human evolution. But the Earth could not survive. How to isolate and evolve genetically superior humans is the great task of stratification.

Space Ghettos

It has been said we all must become "productive members of society." What society? A universal society? A stratified society? A personally chosen Society? "No," comes the reply from the dictators of acceptability, "the society you live within--when in Rome...". But suppose there's no more Rome in which to do as the Romans? Suppose Rome is no different in most ways--ways that really count--than Hong Kong, Mexico City, or Los Angeles?

If stratification means ghettoization, let it be. Call it insularism--whatever you wish. But let's have different rules for different people, providing there are different environments. Regulations imposed upon the dwellers in a cesspool, who thrive in the cesspool should not, nor need not be imposed upon those who have chosen to lead a monastic life. Nor should the restrictions of a monk be imposed upon he who spends his time in the drawing room.

Let's face it--most people are locusts, part of a herd. Herd behavior suits them and they thrive on it. Through chromosomal and conditional cloning, they cannot be otherwise.

The solution is a new kind of ghetto, with its regulations, restrictions, status symbols, incentives and benefits tailored to its inhabitants' needs. Above all, however, it must not be called a "ghetto", even though it occupies most of the land. Mongrelization has produced a very large ghetto--but ghetto it is. Space limitations withstanding, new ghettos will be space ghettos. The desirability of Outer Space migration has made it easy. The herd has been softened up by media input since the days of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. Now, Pioneers all, they might race off to their space ghettos. But please refer to it as "new frontiers."

When ghettos become the mainstream of society, islands of individuality cannot help but harbor an elite. And that earthly elite must be sanctioned at any cost.

Here's to the Depression!

The "great depression" anticipated for the near future is nothing more than a convenience for revision of existing social and economic conditions. Instead of no-alternative appeals to patriotism ("There's a war on!"), changes can be effected by a similar catch-all phrase: "We have no choice in the matter--the depression will kill us all if we don't (fill in the blank)!"

The purposes and interests served by fomenting a false depression are actually long neglected. Aid to the parasitic can be withdrawn. Churches can be taxed (finally!). Land and resource grabs can be made overseas without consideration for Third World "rights". So-called charity and non-profit institutions can be newly taxed and forced to function as any other business. After everything is operated on a "private enterprise" basis, strict control of the masses can be effected. Private corporations can impose and enforce regulations on behavior and aesthetics, unallowable by egalitarian and "freedom for all" mandates. Thus, govenment and business will merge as never before. Call it what you like: Communism, Fascism or Capitalism. I know what I call it.

Literary Masturbation

-When I write, it's to procreate or to communicate--not to masturbate. There's nothing wrong with literary (or any other kind of) masturbation. Just don't expect it to be shared or understood by others. Like masturbation should be, it need only be self-gratifying. I question the motivations of any writer who rolls his shit in little balls, or has literary dysentery. They are both writing as sexual substitutes, Freud notwithstanding. It's easy for them to grind out paper after paper, book after book. As easy as it is for a masturbator to bend to his task, for hours on end.

While physical masturbators are quick to employ new or innovative methods and devices to obtain gratification, so with literary masturbators. Most use computers or word processors. Fie on your bloated inflatables. Pooey on your vacuum vessels. The latest software is where the thrill's at. And the greater the RAM, the greater the thrill.

Next time you encounter an excessively prolific writer's latest yield (especially one who's not very innovative), marvel at his stifled lust, not at his creativity or talent.

When I masturbate, I masturbate. When I write, I write.

A Lesson to Be Learned

The insecure envy the superior and secure, and cover themselves by being vile, aggressive, and assertive. Subsequently, because of higher man's natural predilection to self-criticism, the superior misinterpret the seeming forcefulness of the insecure as strengths lacking in themselves, and long to become as their inferiors. But the story doesn't end there.

What happens when the strong take lessons from the weak? The superior are pragmatically adaptive. They will emulate those traits, augment them, and destroy the weak with the very tools the weak have given them.

The inferior should have thought of that in the first place, but then if they could have, they wouldn't be inferior.

Note

Everyone has probably seen Arthur Lyons' new book by now--Satan Wants You--with my cherubic countenance beaming winsomely from the cover. Mr. Lyons, again, does a thorough and entertaining job of covering the whole gamut of Satanists and pseudo-Satanists, as well as deftly throwing cold water on the whole "child-stealing, blood-drinking, murderous subterranean cult hysteria we've found so entertaining over the past few years. Not only does Mr. Lyons set the record straight in print, he leaves the Satanic "experts" and "investigators" with mustard on their faces when he gets them on promotional T.V. and radio shows. We have had reports that some "counselors" are in high dudgeon: "When Art Lyons is on a show with Satanic survivors, the audience believes his research more than the testimony of our people." Yes. Satan's ways are powerful indeed.

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