Resources


Hello Learner,

You are no doubt here because of your interest in learning about Satanism. Specifically, you are here to learn about LaVeyan Satanism, for which this guild exists. Thankfully, LaVeyan Satanism is rather clear cut, and resources are readily available. Though, a lot of inaccurate information cycles about on the internet. This thread will serve to provide you with approved and trustworthy sources that the real Church of Satan itself--the embodiment of LaVeyan Satanism--releases and approves of, as well as some of our own recommended sources.

It is first recommended that you purchase or rent a copy of The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey (ISBN: 9780380015399; ISBN10: 0380015390). This book contains an invaluable amount of knowledge on the topic of Satanism and what it is that we Satanists believe and practice. This is one of eight "canon" books released by members of the Church of Satan's governing comittee, the Council of Nine, as well as the founder of Satanism himself--Anton Szandor LaVey.

Canon works, and most certainly recomended books, are as follows:
The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey
The Satanic Rituals by Anton Szandor LaVey
The Satanic Witch by Anton Szandor LaVey
Satan Speaks! by Anton Szandor LaVey
The Devil's Notebook by Anton Szandor LaVey
The Satanic Scriptures by Peter H. Gilmore
The Church of Satan by Blanche Barton
The Secret Life of a Satanist by Blanche Barton


All of the above, save for The Church of Satan are still in print.

As for online resources, a wiki entry on Satanism is, more often than not, rather reliable, but because it can be edited by just about anyone, it is not a completely recommended source. For online information on Satanism, you are best to take a look at the Church of Satan's website at http://www.churchofsatan.com. Any other extention of this URL (ie .org, .net, .tv) is not reliable and there is a false site floating around for another Satanic organization. Only the .com extention is reliable.

There, you can look up documents on basic Satanic belief, under the Theory-Practice section.

In the meantime, a rather intelligent LaVeyan Satanist herself wrote and posted a thread on LaVeyan Satanism called "Satanism: Explained V2.0." This is a very reliable source if you are looking for fast information in an easy-to-read format. This thread can be found here.

If you do not find the answers to what you are looking for in any of the above sources, or are simply not feeling arsed to search at all, your questions can be asked here or in a reply to the afformentioned Satanism FAQ thread in Extended Discussion.