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Black Mass at Harvard University
11 years ago
It must be emphasized that:
We are not an official Church of Satan group. We are not here on behalf of the Church of Satan. We are not a "Satanic Community."
We are a group on FurAffinity that are made up of individuals who follow the Church of Satan and the works of Anton LaVey. Click HERE to read one account of the story.
I think this quote from The Satanic Bible is appropriate, as it describes how Black Masses are utilized in the context of LaVeyan Satanism:
"The usual assumption is that the Satanic ceremony or service is always called a black mass. A black mass is not the magical ceremony practiced by Satanists. The Satanist would only employ the use of a black mass as a form of psychodrama. Furthermore, a black mass does not necessarily imply that the performers of such are Satanists. A black mass is essentially a parody of the religious service of the Roman Catholic Church, but can be loosely applied to a satire on any religious ceremony ... Any ceremony considered a black mass must effectively shock and outrage, as this seems to be the measure of its success."
Since Harvard's Black Mass has made headlines, it seems to me like it's done its job.
I'd love to hear everybody's thoughts on this!
Hail Satan!
I think this quote from The Satanic Bible is appropriate, as it describes how Black Masses are utilized in the context of LaVeyan Satanism:
"The usual assumption is that the Satanic ceremony or service is always called a black mass. A black mass is not the magical ceremony practiced by Satanists. The Satanist would only employ the use of a black mass as a form of psychodrama. Furthermore, a black mass does not necessarily imply that the performers of such are Satanists. A black mass is essentially a parody of the religious service of the Roman Catholic Church, but can be loosely applied to a satire on any religious ceremony ... Any ceremony considered a black mass must effectively shock and outrage, as this seems to be the measure of its success."
Since Harvard's Black Mass has made headlines, it seems to me like it's done its job.
I'd love to hear everybody's thoughts on this!
Hail Satan!
Because it is the Devil and the threat of Hell that has "kept the Church in business all these years," what the Christian doctrinaires REALLY have to fear is if (or rather, *when*) this Black Mass ultimately culminates in *nothing!*
I suppose then the only thing it's doing is spreading misinformation in the form of saying that the Black Mass is for educational purposes; that implies there is something to learn from it. It gives it the image that it's used as a legitimate means for something in us, rather than the truth; there is no real reason we would perform a Black Mass except for satire. And that's it. Nothing else.