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by Blanche Barton ę1997
The smartest, most passionate, most beautiful women I've met have been
Satanists. I don't mean "beautiful on the inside where it really counts;" I
mean gorgeous, vibrant, curvy women. Most non-Satanic men find Satanic women
intimidating - too intelligent or too pretty, or worse yet, both at the same
time. It takes a special woman to be a Satanist. Only the most truly liberated
are summoned to Satan's legions. Up until quite recently, the ratio of Satanic
men to women had been about 10 to 1, but that seems to be shifting. More and
more young women are going through the process of exploring feminism and Wicca,
seeking feminine pride, identity and power, and discovering only impotence,
limitations and puritanical self-righteousness. Wicca and feminism share a
flaccid, lackluster attitude and presentation. Satanic women like
drama/adventure and know how to conjure it for themselves. Satanists have an
innate complexity of mind that hungers for uncompromising examination and
speculation, not superficially-comforting pap. We don't need to be comforted;
we prefer the invigorating, bracing winds of truth and terror.
Our culture has been influenced enough by Anton LaVey and his books so
that it's now cool for young women to dress like Satanic witches and think like
the Devil Himself. Camille Paglia and others now get honorifics for challenging
traditional feminism, defending women's rights to wear heels and makeup. Those
who study such trends are calling this "lipstick feminism" (from the more
honest "lipstick lesbians"), "nontraditional feminism" or "antifeminist
feminism." Big news. So The Satanic Witch came out 26 years ago, girls. Did you
just get around to reading it? To me, it's still the same old game of cribbing
from Anton LaVey's books, catering to the new Satanic generation, but not
wanting to acknowledge those blasphemous philosophical roots. Jayne Mansfield
recognized that, for the first time in her life, she had found a philosophy
through which she could be a businesswoman, an intellectual, a mother and a
sexpot all at once. She wouldn't be criticized for committing the ultimate sin
of reconciling irreconcilables.
Satanic women don't want to gain their strength by castrating men, or
by making themselves out as victims. Whether they're providing healing and
inspiration to those under their roofs, cracking the whip in corporate circles,
managing their own home-based businesses or maneuvering whatever they need to
survive, all are applying and increasing their power - not whining about why
they don't have any! We don't need "feminism" on our sleeve as our primary
identity. We have our identity as Satanists. Satanic women are fierce; fierce
defenders of their men, of their children, of their ideas and values. Wiccans
understand the female archetype in a completely different way than Satanists
do. We know that Woman is Nature - Darwinian law as well as peaceful, awe-
inspiring sunsets. Women can be conniving and ruthless, plotting and
vengeful. "Mother Nature" isn't loving and all-embracing. She's selective,
cruel and unyielding.
Wicca is trying to keep up with Satanism by sprinkling in Valkyries,
the Dark Goddess, and other more menacing images of the Mother Goddess. But it
still remains lackluster and uninspiring because it's isolated - dependent on
internal references and icons. It becomes shallow, stilted and flaccid. By
trying to ignore or deny the authority or existence of great men, they're
disconnecting their religion from ennobling music, poetry, literature, art,
architecture, science and philosophy. Satanists recognize that the force of
Western civilization has always been a masculine, heroic, Promethean drive
toward adventure and exploration. Feminist/ Wiccan cant is ultimately "soul
candy," like the term that's evolved for pop-science and psychology - this is
the equivalent. You may seek it out when you need bolstering up, thinking that
you'll be inspired and spurred to greater achievements, lured by promises of
unique feminine perspective and strengthening. But ultimately it's not
satisfying. The illusion of strength is superficial; the nagging victimization
becomes insulting. Not like reading Dostoevsky or Will Durant, Wuthering
Heights, or Jane Austen, or Plato's Dialogues or Erasmus "The Praise of Folly",
or, obviously, The Satanic Bible. I refuse to limit my role models only to
other women just because I happen to be one. I gain power from the metaphors
and heroes I choose, regardless of their gender.
Our decisions are based on real-world concerns, not in defense of an
inadequate ego. When a Satanic woman and her mate decide if they'll have
children, or who will work in the outside world and who will stay home with the
kids, it's a pragmatic question - who has more earning power? Who's invested
more money and time developing their career? Who's more capable of earning
money at home as opposed to in the workplace? Who's better able to have the
patience and other attributes necessary to raise a child? The Satanic woman
doesn't need a job to define her capabilities; nor does she need to have
children to feel fulfilled. She reserves her "nurturing" for those who deserve
her help and encouragement - namely: herself, her mate, and those few she
chooses to call friends. She finds a man who can express her Demonic or she
conjures up a Lover for herself; she isn't desperate for love, vulnerable to
ploys from fast talkers.
Many young bottom-of-the-clock women who are looking for gothic
strength in a man, can't find it in the simpering she-males around them - so
they manifest their Demonics themselves, dressing in black leather, black
stockings and carrying a big black whip. A compleat, Satanic witch can best
spend her time in constant, intimate spiritual and sexual contact with her
strongest Demonic archetype - Satan Himself. In practicing her arts of
enchantment, manipulation, inspiration, and protection in the real world, she
strengthens both herself and those she chooses to love. She becomes a direct
line to our Source. That's why a powerful sorceress must be cautious about
aligning herself with, and transferring power to, unworthy men.
Identity and stimulation. Dr. LaVey has pinpointed these two elements
as primary commodities. Satanism provides us with both. I don't need to be
pigeonholed as a "feminist," or any other convenient label. None of us are so
charitable to the weak-minded that we allow ourselves to be so easily
categorized and dismissed. I am proud to call myself a Satanist, thereby
aligning myself with the strongest minds, bodies, and Will on Earth.
This article first appeared in The Black Flame, Volume 6, #1 & #2, 1997 c.e.
SATANIC FEMINISM
by Blanche Barton ę1997