Before none of your printed idols do I bend in acquiescence, and he who saith "thou shalt" to me is my mortal foe!

Anyone without a sense of humor is too pretentious to be a good magician.

I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness.

I visualize the day that tridents and pentagrams are thrust into the sky from church roofs instead of crosses.

Satanism demands study, not worship!

On Saturday night, I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was playing organ for tent-show evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot, I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children, asking God to forgive them and purge them of carnal desires. And the next Saturday they'd be back at the carnival or some other place of indulgence. I knew then that the Christian church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out no matter how much it is purged or scoured by any white-light religion.

The Satanist realizes that man, and the action and reaction of the universe, is responsible for everything, and doesn't mislead himself into thinking that someone cares.