‘You are worthless without him. You need him in your life. You are unloveable and unworthy of love. You are evil and nothing you can ever do is good enough to be accepted by him. But he will love you, anyway, despite your state of unloveability, worthlessness, and evilness. Obey everything he says to do. He knows what is best for you, despite any plans, hopes, or dreams you have of your own that is not part of how he thinks you need to behave and what he thinks you should do with your life. You need to submit completely to his will.’ When will Christians realize that their doctrine they adhere to, that their mindset, and everything that they think is right about their lives is exactly what the DSM -IV classifies as ‘battered wife syndrome?’
neohippie- asked: Do you/other/most Satanists perform any rituals with like crystals and all that?
No ritual I know of calls for using crystals, mainly because there’s no foreseeable reason to.
They’re glorified rocks with interesting structural formations. Nothing really special about them except that they look pretty.
Crystal balls, however… They hold no significance as well, but are great decorative items for those looking for the gypsy fortune-teller trappings (or just plain want to make some money off of chumps who believe in that silliness.)
It should be of note though: ANY item can be used as a tool/instrument for ritual, so long that it actually invokes some significant feeling or emotion which is relevant to the ritual’s purpose and goal.
As for decoration, it doesn’t matter if you want the classic black and red theme or you want a gigantic pink fuzzy Sigil of Baphomet on the wall with barbie voodoo dolls… Whatever works best for your and your tastes is what is best.
Satanists believe in no concept of spirituality at all, so absolutely no exact item is required in general ritualization because of its “unique spiritual/energetic properties.” This is something I don’t think a lot of people understand and get hung up on not having the right bell in this design, or they can’t find a gong in that shape or size… none of it matters, so long as you find something which actually works for the ritual you wish to employ, If exact items were needed, the entire philosophy would be null as people would be selling the said items you “absolutely need” to make money off of you—This is what we call “herd mentality” and antithetical to Satanism entirely.
Hope this was helpful to all of you.
