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Subject: THE BLACK BOOK OF SATAN
                                 
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                        With illustrations from
                         `The Sinister Tarot'
                           by Christos Beest
                                   
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                                  The
                              Black Book
                                  of
                                 Satan
                                   
       According to tradition, each Master or Mistress who was
   responsible for a particular Satanic Temple or group, was given
   on his or her assumption of that responsibility, a copy of the
   Black Book of Satan. The Black Book contained the basic Satanic
   rituals, instructions relating to ceremonial magick in general.
   It was the duty of the Master or Mistress to keep this book safe,
   and non-Initiates of the Temple were forbidden to see it. Copies
   were forbidden to be made, although Initiates above the grade of
   External Adept were allowed to see and read the Temple copy.
       In traditional Satanism (i.e. those using the Septenary
   System: this system also being known as the Hebdomadry) this
   practice continued until quite recently when the Grand Master
   representing traditional groups decided to allow Initiates of
   good standing to copy the work. This decision was recently
   extended to enable specialist publication in a limited edition.
       The whole text of the traditional Black Book is included in
   the present work, together with several additional chapters
   (e.g. Self-Initiation; Organizing and Running a Temple).These
   additions make this present work a concise practical handbook for
   those seriously interested in the Black Arts.
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   CAPTION:
   
                               CONTENTS
                                   
   Part One: Satanic Rites and Practices
   Atu III: Mistress of Earth
   The 2l Satanic Points
   I: What is Satanism?
   II: The Temple
   III: Ceremonial Rituals
   IV: The Black Mass
   V: The Ceremony of Birth
   VI: The Death Rite
   VII: The Pledging
   Atu II: The High Priestess
   VIII: The Rite of Initiation
   IX: Consecration of The Temple
   X: The Dying Time
   XI: The Ceremony of Recalling
   XII: Satanic Orders
   XIII: Sinister Chant
   
   
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                                 XIII
                            Sinister Chant
                                   
       Sinister chant is divided into three distinct methods, all of
   which have the same general aim - to produce magickal energy. The
   type and effect of this energy varies according to the method
   employed.
       The first method is the vibration of words and phrases; the
   second is chanting, and the third is 'Esoteric Chant' - that is,
   the following of a specific text which is chanted in one of the
   esoteric modes. Esoteric Chant is explained in detail in NAOS.
       Vibration is the simplest method, and involves the individual
   'projecting' the sound. A deep breath is taken, and the first
   part of the word to be vibrated is 'expelled' with the exhalation
   of breath. This exhalation must be controlled - that is, the
   intensity of sound should be prolonged (not less than ten seconds
   for each part of the word) and as constant as possible. The
   person undertaking the vibration then inhales, and the process is
   repeated for the second part of the word and so on.
       Thus 'Satanas' would be vibrated as Sa - tan - as. The
   vibration is not a shout or a scream but a concentration of sound
   energy. Vibration should involve the whole body and should be a
   physical effort. Regular practice is essential in mastering the
   technique, and the individual should learn to project at varying
   distances (from ten to thirty feet or more) as well as enhance
   the power of the vibration itself. The essence of the method is
   controlled sound of the same intensity throughout each part of
   the word and the whole word and/or text.
       Chanting is essentially the singing of words or text in a
   regular 'monotone' - that is, in the same key, although the last
   part of the chant is usually 'embellished' to a certain extent by
   first chanting on a higher note and then a lower one. The pace of
   the chant varies, and can be slow (or 'funerial') or fast (or
   ecstatic) depending on the ceremony and the mood of the
   participants.
       It is one of the tasks of the Master or Mistress who runs the
   Temple to train the congregation and new members in all three
   methods of chant, and to this end regular sessions of practice
   should be held. Chant, of whatever type, when correctly performed
   is one of the keys to the generation of magickal energy during a
   ceremonial ritual and, like the dramatic performance of a ritual,
   its importance cannot be overemphasized.
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   Satanic Chants:
   
   1) Diabolus
   
       Dies irae, dies illa
       Solvet Saeclum in favilla
       Teste Satan cum sibylla.
       Quantos tremor est futurus

       Quando Vindex est venturus
       Cuncta stricte discussurus.
       Dies irae, dies illa!
   
   2) Sanctus Satanas
   
       Sanctus Satanas, Sanctus
       Dominus Diabolus Sabaoth.
       Satanas - venire!
       Satanas - venire!
       Ave, Satanas, ave Satanas.
       Tui sunt caeli,
       Tua est terra,
       Ave Satanas!
   
   3) Oriens Splendor
   
       Oriens splendor lucis aeternae
       Et Lucifer justitae: veni
       Et illumine sedentes in tenebris
       Et umbra mortis.
   
   4) General chants:
   
   * Ad Satanas qui laetificat juventutem meam. (To Satan, giver of
   youth and happiness.)
   
   * Veni, omnipotens aeterne diabolus! (Come, almighty eternal
   devil!)
   
   * Pone, diabolus, custodiam! (Devil, set a guard.)
   
   5) Invokation to Baphomet
   
       We stand armed and dangerous before the bloody fields of
   history;
       Devoid of dogma - but ready to carve, to defy the transient:
       Ready to stab forth with our penetrative will,
       Strain every leash, run yelling down the mountainside of Man:
       Ready and willing to immolate world upon world
       With our stunning blaze.
       And let them all sing that WE were here, as Masters
       Among the failing speciens called Man.
       Our being took form in defiance
       To stand before your killing gaze.
       And now we travel from flame to flame
       And tower from the will to the glory!
       AGIOS O BAPHOMET! AGIOS O BAPHOMET!
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                             Introduction
                                   
       A Satanist Temple or group can be formed for three reasons:
   1) to practice authentic Satanism; 2) to experience the reality
   of Sinister Magick; and 3) as a task of the External Adept. This
   part of the 'Black Book' applies to all three: those who have not
   as yet been Initiated by an established traditional Satanist
   Temple but who wish to begin practical Satanism for whatever
   personal reason, should undertake the ritual of Self-Initiation
   given in chapter XI, then put into practice the advice given in
   chapter XII about organizing and running a practical group.
       If you undertake the self-Initiation, you should as soon as
   possible find an individual of the opposite sex who is interested
   in Black Magick. You can then Initiate this person, using the
   ritual of Initiation in Part One as your guide. You should find
   somewhere suitable to use as a Temple and dedicate this according
   to the Dedication in Part One.
       You should then give your Temple a suitable Sinister name
   (such as The Temple of Satan) and begin to recruit members, your
   companion acting as Priestess/Priest and/or Mistress/Master. The
   gifts and joys of Satan will then be yours to enjoy.
       However, should you wish to go further and begin the
   sevenfold sinister way, you should obtain a copy of 'Naos' and
   begin to undertake hermetic and internal magick, continuing with
   your running your Temple until and if you decide to undertake the
   Grade Ritual of Internal Adept. The choice is yours.
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                                  XIV
                            Self-Initiation
                                   
   Two rituals wi11 be given - one for an indoor location, and one
   for an outdoor one. Choose the one you feel is most suitable for
   you.
   
   I - Indoor
       Set aside an area for the performance of the ritual and in
   this erect an altar and cover it with a black cloth. (The altar
   may be a table,). Obtain some black candles, some candle holders,
   some hazel incense, a quartz crystal or crystals. You will also
   need two small squares of parchment (or expensive woven paper), a
   quill type pen, a sharp knife, some sea salt, a handful of
   graveyard earth (obtained on a night of the new moon) and a
   chalice which you should fil1 with wine. All of these items
   should be placed on the altar.
       Should you wish, you may also obtain a black robe of suitable
   design. If not, you should dress all in black for the ritual.
       An hour before sunset, enter your Temple area, face east and
   chant the Sanctus Satanas twice. Then say, loudly,
   
   To you, Satan, Prince of Darkness and Lord of the Earth,
   I dedicate this Temple: let it become, like my body,
   A vessel for your power and an expression of your glory!
   
       Then vibrate 'Agios o Satanas' nine times. After this, take
   up the salt and sprinkle it over the altar and around the room,
   saying:
   
   With this salt I seal the power of Satan in!
   
   Take the earth and cast it likewise, saying:
   
   With this earth I dedicate my Temple. Satanas - venire! Satanas
   venire! Agios 0 Baphomet! I am god imbued with your glory!
   
       Then light the candles on the altar, burn plentifu1 incense
   and leave the Temple. Take a bath, and then return to the Temple.
       Once in the Temple, do the 'Sinister Blessing' (see
   Appendix), then facing the altar, lightly prick your left
   forefinger with the knife. With the blood and using the pen
   inscribe on one parchment the Occult name you have chosen (see
   Appendix III for some suggestions regarding names). On the other
   inscribe an inverted pentagram. Hold both parchments up to the
   East saying:
   
   With my blood I dedicate the Temple of my life!
   
   Then turn counter sunwise three times, saying:
   
   I ...... (state the Occult name you have chosen) am here to begin
   my sinister quest! Prince of Darkness, hear my oath! Baphomet,
   Mistress of Earth, hear me! Hear me, you Dark Gods waiting beyond
   the Abyss!
   
       Burn the parchments in the candles. (Note: it is often more
   practical to fill a vessel with spirit and place the parchments
   in this and then set the spirit alight. However if you have
   chosen woven paper, this method will not be necessary.) As they
   burn, say:
   
   Satan, may your power mingle with mine as my blood now mingles
   with fire!
   
   Take up the chalice, raise it to the East, saying:
   
   With this drink I seal my oath. I am yours and shall do works to
   the glory of your name!
   
   Drain the chalice, extinguish the candles and then depart from
   the Temple. The Initiation is then complete.
   
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   II - Outdoor
       Find a suitable outdoor area. It should be near a stream,
   lake or river. The ritual should be conducted on the night of the
   full moon at a time half way between sunset and sunrise.
       You will need: ambergris oil, black candles (in lanterns if
   possible), two squares of parchment or woven paper, sharp knife
   or silver pen, quill-type pen, black robe or clothes. Chalice
   full of wine.
       Begin the ritual by bathing naked in the stream, lake or
   river. After, rub the ambergris oil into the body, saying as you
   do 'Agios o Satanas'. Then change into the robe/clothes and
   proceed to where the candles etc have been lain out on the
   ground. Light the candles. Then facing East, conduct a Satanic
   Blessing (see Appendix). After, chant the Sanctus Satanas,
       Then prick your left forefinger with the knife/pin and
   inscribe one parchment with your chosen Occult name. Inscribe an
   inverted pentagram on the other. Hold both parchments up to the
   East, saying: 'With my blood I dedicate the Temple of my life.'
       Then turn counter sunwise and three times laying: 'I .......
   (state your Occult name) am here to begin my sinister quest.
   Prince of Darkness, hear me! Hear me, you Dark Gods waiting
   beyond the Abyss.'
       Burn the parchments in the candles. (If parchment, use the
   method given in I above.) As they burn, say: 'Satan, may your
   power mingle with mine as my blood now mingles with fire!' Take
   up the chalice and say: 'With this drink I seal my oath. I am
   yours and shall do works to the glory of your name.'
       Drain the chalice, extinguish the candles, collect all the
   items you have used and depart from the area. The Initiation is
   then complete.
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                                  XV
                Organising and running Satanic Temples
                                   
       One of the purposes of the Temple is to perform ceremonial
   Satanic rituals on a regular basis, and the following schedule is
   suggested:
   
   a) Once a month (at a new moon if possible) celebrate the Black
   Mass. This celebration should be followed by a feast where food
   and wine prepared and/or brought to the Temple by the members is
   consumed, this feast itself following on after the orgy that
   concludes the Black Mass. Should you, as organiser of the Temple
   (and thus an honoury 'Master' or 'Mistress'- the organiser of a
   new Temple is generally known by the title of 'Choregos') wish,
   the feast only may conclude the Mass - it being left to your
   discretion as to when the orgy is to be included. That is, it is
   not always necessary to conclude the Mass with an orgy, although
   for obvious Satanic reasons, it forms a pleasing end to the Mass.
   
   b) Every fortnight, the members should assemble for a meeting (a
   sunedrion) where any member may request magickal aid for
   themselves or others. The aid may be of any kind - constuctive,
   material, or destructive. Those wishing aid should write their
   requests on paper and seal this in an envelope which they place
   in a special urn/receptacle kept for this purpose near the
   entrance to the Temple. The members should assemble (in robes and
   barefoot) in the Temple, and the sunedrion is formally begun by
   you, the Choregos, saying 'Let the sunedrion begin'. If a member
   has been appointed Guardian (see the list of Offices at the end
   of the chapter) he should stand by the entrance to the Temple and
   refuse admittance to any members arriving late. Those present in
   the Temple then recite the Satanic Creed (see text of Black
   Mass).
       Following this, the Priestess then removes at random two of
   the requests, which she reads. The members who have been chosen
   thus, acknowledge their requests by bowing to the Priestess. The
   request first chosen by the Priestess is performed that evening,
   the other at the next full moon. This means that you as Choreges
   should have everything in readiness for all possible hermetic and
   ceremonial rituals.
       The requests may be for anything a member wishes, and it is
   up to you to decide how the request may be magickally fulfilled
   by choosing an appropriate ceremonial or hermetic ritual. The
   monthly Black Mass may be used as a vehicle, for example - you
   choosing suitable chants/visualizations for the members desire.
       The member requesting help must offer something in return
   this is usually a financial donation to the Temple, a ritua1
   object for use in the Temple, robes for use of members, or their
   own body for the gratification of the Choregos or someone chosen

   by the Choregos. It is however, the member requesting magickal
   aid who decides on the nature of the gift.
       Those requests not chosen by the Priestess are considered by
   the Choregos after the sunedrion, and those considered suitable
   are undertaken as soon as possible, the members being informed.
       If you as Choregos choose a hermetic ritual for a request,
   then you either work alone or with the member whose request it is
   - unless the ritual you choose is a hermetic one, when you work
   with the Priestess/Priest or the member if that member has
   offered their body as payment for the aid.
       After choosing the requests, the members depart from the
   Temple while you and the altar brother/sister prepare the Temple
   for the ritual you have chosen to fit the first request. During
   this preparation, the members should prepare themselves for the
   ritual if a ceremonial form has been chosen. Should a hermetic
   form be chosen, this is done in the Temple while the members
   feast and drink outside of the Temple.
   
   c) At full moon, an outdoor ritual should be conducted in a
   suitable location. This should be either a group invocation to
   the Dark Gods (see Chapter XVI) or another ceremonial ritual (for
   example, the Death Rite might be chosen because of a member's
   request).
       You can elect to hold the sunedrion some days before this, or
   combine the sunedrion with this ritual, depending on the number
   of members, and their commitment. What is important is to
   establish a pattern of meetings and rituals.
   
   Teaching:
       Another purpose of the Temple should be teaching. You should
   try and arrange regular sessions with interested members -the
   best time being after the sunedrion and its associated ritual (if
   any), the best length for the sessions being around three
   quarters of one hour. During these sessions you can explain about
   the septenary system, the Star Game, the Satanic Tarot and so on.
   (All these and other topics of esoteric Satanism are covered in
   NAOS.) Thus, you might organize the following programme to he
   held on successive sessions:
   
   i) Introduction to the septenary system - Tree of Wyrd, spheres,
   correspondences.
   ii) Further correspondences, including Tarot images associated
   with spheres.
   iii) Pathways and their 'demon-forms'. Invokation etc.
   iv) Hermetic rituals
   v) Introduction to the Star Game
   vi) The Satanist Tarot - divination etc.
   vii) Esoteric Chant - practice etc.
   viii) Practice of playing the Star Game.
   
       Should you wish to follow the seven-fold sinister way
   yourself, you may set yourself a suitable physical task, achieve
   this, then undertake the Grade Ritual of External Adept. After
   this, you might begin to teach internal magick to others -
   getting them to work with the pathways and spheres etc. and
   setting them goals.
   
   Gaining Members:
       There are many ways of gaining members. For instance, you
   might infiltrate already existing groups (of either Left or Right
   Hand Paths) and seek out those interested in working sinister
   magick. You might also try and interest friends or the friends of
   your companion - using the bait of an 'orgy'. Whatever method you
   use, try and make your first ritual dramatic and impressive - you
   may decide to use an established ritual like Black Mass, or you
   might try the ritual suggested below (First Ritual for a
   Choregos). The 'First Ritual' is intended mainly to impress those
   who may be new to magick.
       You should try and create before hand the right magickal
   atmosphere, making your Temple as impressive as possible. Try and
   be creative - for example, a 'plasma ball' in a candle lit Temple
   is more impressive than a boring collection of old bones and a
   skull. Also, do not use symbols and/or Occult designs which you
   yourself do not know the meaning of. Keep to the symbolism of
   traditional Satanism - that is, the septenary, avoiding using the
   tired, old (and inauthentic) symbolism of the 'qabala'. Do no not
   use any symbolism from old and dead Aeons - for example Egyptian,
   Sumerian - as the more pure your magick is, the more effective it
   will be. By pure here is meant following a genuine esoteric
   tradition like the septenary. In the beginnings it is often
   helpful if you feel part of a living, exclusive tradition such as
   the one represented in this 'Black Book' and 'Naos'. This adds
   power and charisma to both you and your magickal workings.
   
   First Ritual:
       It is important, before the ritual, for you to prepare those
   who will be attending. They should be told that during the ritual
   they are to remain silent and not move. They should be told no
   details of the ritual: only that it is a Satanic invokation, and
   they should not have seen the Temple before. To increase their
   expectation, you can arrange to meet them some distance from the
   Temple itself. They are then blindfolded and taken to the Temple,
   the ritual being begun immediately. (This also applies to new
   members of an established Temple.)
       Both you and your companion (Priestess/Priest) and any others
   involved should have practiced your roles beforehand - being
   familiar with the words, gestures and so on.
       Aim: The aim of the ritual is to draw down magickal energy by
   basically hermetic means with a view to impressing the 'novices'
   who are present.
       Setting: Usually an indoor Temple. Black candles providing
   the only light. Incense well (hazel) for hours before the ritual.
   Music from a suitably hidden system should be played during the
   ritual: choose something 'demonic' which starts slowly and
   gradually builds to a climax.
       Participants: Choregos and companion (Priestess and Priest)
   
   The Rite:
       The congregation are led into the Temple. The Priestess (or
   Choregos if female) should wear sexually revealing Clothing. The
   music is started by the Choregos who walks past the congregation
   staring at them and saying 'Agios 0 Satanas'.
       The Choregos and/or Priest then vibrates the 'Agios o
   Satanas' three times after which the Priestess kisses each member
   of the congregation, rubbing her hands over the genitals of the
   men as she does so. Following this, the Choregos/priest declare
   the 'Invokation to Baphomet' while the Priestess visualizes
   sinister magickal energy being drawn down and entering the
   congregation.
       She then begins a slow, sensual dance to the music while the
   Choregos/Priest chants the Dies Irae followed by the Invokation
   to Baphomet. He continues to chant the 'Agios o Satanas while
   the music builds to a climax. While chanting this he passes
   behind the congregation, making passes in the air as he does so.
   The Priestess during the dance should continue with the
   visualization.
       While still behind the congregation the Choregos/Priest says
   aloud: 'You are all His, now! We have words to bind your soul to
   us!'
       The Priestess ceases her dance, chants 'Agios o Satanas' and
   then extinguishes the candles. She then visualizes a sinister/
   demonic form entering the Temple near the altar (this form may be
   one of the 'demons' on the septenary paths - e.g. Shugara).
   During this, the Choregos/Priest should chant the name of the
   chosen entity (e.g. 'Agios o Shugara' Agios o Shugara!'). Do not
   expect at this stage a visual manifestation to occur - although
   this might happen if the energies are pronounced and/or one of
   the congregation is psychically gifted. The aim is to affect the
   sub-conscious of the congregation.
       After this, there should be silence for some minutes (the
   music having ended). The Priestess then says 'It is over' and the
   Choregos/Priest leads the congregation from the Temple.
       Note: One of the best means is for the Choregos/Priest to use
   a tabor or small hand-drum to accompany the ritual and the dance,
   instead of recorded music.
   
   Temple Grades:
       Temple members can be appointed to the following positions:
   Guardian of the Temple, Altar Brother (or Sister), Thurifer,
   Keeper of the Books.
       The Thurifer is responsible for keeping the Temple incensed
   during and before a ritual: this may be by either using a
   thurifer, or a static incense burner. The altar brother/sister is
   responsible for ensuring the Temple is ready for a ritual: the
   candles lit, incense ready and so on. The Keeper of the Books is
   responsible for ensuring the safety of the Black Book and other
   Temple books and manuscripts, as well as ensuring the Book and/or
   altar cards are in place in readiness for a ritual.
       In addition the Choregos can appoint any member to be a
   Priest or Priestess for either a specific ritual or for a year
   and a day. A Priest, when officiating in Temple rituals wears a
   medallion inscribed with either an inverted pentagram or inverted
   septagon; a Priestess wears an amber necklace and may also opt to
   wear a silver ankle chain.
       The sign of a Choregos is, for men, a plain black ring worn
   on the left hand. Temple members may wear, for men, a ring set
   with quartz and worn on the left hand, and, for women, a quartz
   Necklace.
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                                  XVI
                      Invokation to the Dark Gods
                                   
       To open a Star Gate and return the Dark Gods to our causal
   universe a crystal tetrahedron made of quartz is required. This
   should be as large as possible - and made from a natural shape by
   a skilled operator.
       The rite of returning exists in two versions: the first is
   suitable for two or more individuals and involves basic magick;
   the second requires detailed preparation and Cantors trained to a
   high standard in esoteric chant. The second version is more
   powerful, but regular invocation using the first method has the
   same effect.
   
                                  I.
                                   
       The participants for the first version are Priestess and
   Priest, together with any number of other Initiates provided male
   and female are present in equal numbers. The invokation can,
   however, take place without these Initiates - that is, with only
   the Priestess and Priest present.
       The rite begins on the night of the new moon with Saturn
   rising if only the Priest and Priestess are present, otherwise it
   is undertaken on the night of the full moon. The rite should if
   possible be conducted on an isolated hill-top and the Priest and
   Priestess should both be naked. The congregation should wear
   black robes. Candles in lanterns should be placed to mark out a
   large circle on the ground.
       The invokation begins with the Priest vibrating seven times
   the phrase 'Nythra kthunae Atazoth' while the Priestess holds the
   tetrahedron in her hands, palms upward. When the vibration is
   complete the Priest places his hands on the tetrahedron and both
   vibrate 'Binan ath ga wath am' until the ritual is complete.
       After the vibration, the Priestess - still holding the
   crystal - should lie on the ground, her head North, the Priest
   arousing her with his tongue, The sexual union then begins, with
   both visualizing the Star Gate opening and the primal form of
   Atazoth coming forth. Atazoth may be visualized as a dark
   nebulous chaos - a rend in the fabric of star-studded space which
   changes into a Dagon like/dragon entity.
       After her sexual climax, the Priestess buries the crystal
   within the earth of the hill. When this is done, she vibrates
   over the spot 'Aperiatur terra, et germinet CHAOS!' She then
   signals to the congregation who cease their chanting. All the
   participants then depart from the hill.
   
   Note: The tetrahedron should be well-buried in a spot prepared by
   the Priest and Priestess before the rite. If the invokation is
   done again, the rite begins with the Priestess unearthing the
   tetrahedron. It should be cleaned before the ritual begins - and
   must be buried without any covering whatever.
   
                                  II.
                                   
       The second version involves at least eight people including
   Cantor (s) and Priest and Priestess. Male and female should be
   present in equal numbers. The rite takes place on or around the
   autumnal equinox or winter solstice. The best place is an isolate
   isolated hilltop.
       According to tradition, the best time to invoke is when
   (autumn equinox) Venus sets after the sun and the moon itself is
   very near the star Dabih; or when (winter solstice) Jupiter and
   Saturn are near the moon which is becoming new, the time before
   dawn. The first is associated with the 'Star Gate' Dabih, the
   second with Algol. The most effective place magickally is a hill
   top of pre-Cambrian rock which lies between a line of volcanic
   intrusion and one of another rock. The top of the hill should
   have a line of pre-Cambrian grit passing through it - this
   description allowing the hallowed places, in this country, to be
   found.
       The crystal should be placed on a sheet of mica upon a
   pediment of oak. The rite begins with the Cantors vibrating in E
   minor 'Nythra kthunae Atazoth' while at least six of the
   congregation dance moonrise around the crystal, Cantors,
   Priestess and Priest. This dance is slow and gradually increases
   in speed, the participants chanting 'Binan ath ga wath am' as
   they dance.
       The Cantors vibrate their phrase seven times at the end of
   which the Priestess places her hands on the tetrahedron. The
   Cantors (if there is only one, the Priest acts as a cantor) then
   sing according to Esoteric Chant - that is, in fourths - the
   Diabolus. The Priestess visualizes the Star Gate opening.
       After the Diabolus, the Priestess and Priest vibrate 'Binan
   ath ga wath am' a fifth apart (or a fifth and an octave) while
   the Cantors vibrate the same phrase also a fifth apart. (If only
   one Cantor is present he vibrates Atazoth in E minor.) After this
   vibration and on a signal from the Priestess, the congregation
   begin an orgiastic rite, during which the Priestess continues
   with the visualization and the Cantors with the 'Binan ...' chant
   a fifth apart. The Priest may visualize the orgiastic energy of
   the congregation into a magickal force which forces open the Star
   Gate, allowing the Dark Gods to return to Earth.
       The Priest and Priestess may then visualize the Chaotic
   energies as being dispersed over the Earth.
   However, if the ritual is undertaken correctly, the Dark Gods may
   become manifest. Should this occur, all the participants should
   exult.
   
   Note: This second version may be combined with the Ceremony of
   Recalling - and the Sacrificial Conclusion undertaken according
   to tradition. The invocation to the Dark Gods begins after the
   sacrifice with the Cantor vibrating 'Nythra ...' as above while
   the Mistress anoints the participants with the Red Elixir. For
   this combined ritual, the Mistress in the 'Ceremony' assumes the
   role of 'Priestess' in the invocation: the Master that of the
   Priest. This combined ritual is rightly forbidden, for it is the
   most sinister ritual that exists, its performance actually
   calling back to Earth in physical form the Dark Gods themselves.
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                                   I
                          A Satanic Blessing
                                   
   Vibrate the following toward the person or area:
   
   Agios ischyros Baphomet!
   
   After, and with the left hand, extending the forefinger, consruct
   in the air an inverted pentagram, beginning at the right corner,
   thus:
   
   Do this in one unbroken movement. When it is complete, strike the
            area of the heart with your right hand, saying:
                                   
   Agios athanatos.
   
   The blessing is then complete.
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                                  II
                          The Sinister Creed
                                   
    1. Satan in particular and the Dark Gods in general are a means
       to self-fulfillment and self-understanding.
    2. Only by journeying through the darkness within us and without
       can we attain self-divinity and thus fulfil the potentiality
       of our existence.
    3. Our rites, ceremonies and practices are all life-affirming,
       and show us the ecstasy of existence and the self-overcoming
       of the true Adept.
    4. We are feared because we defy and seek to know and thus
       understand. We rejoice in living: in all its pleasures but
       most particularly in its possibilities. We thus extend the
       frontiers of evolution while others sleep or cry.
    5. We detest all that enervates and would rather die than submit
       to anyone or anything - this pride is the pride of Satan, and
       Satan is a symbol of our defiance and a sign of our
       life-enhancing energy. Others see our way of living and our
       way of dying and are afraid.
    6. When we hate we hate openly and with arrogance, and when we
       love, we love with a passion to match this arrogance: always
       mindful never to love anyone so much that we cannot see them
       die, for death is a natural changing of energies.
    7. We prepare - through our magick and our ways of living - for
       the Age of Fire (the Aeon of the Dark Gods) which is to come,
       when we elitist few shall reach out toward the stars and the
       galaxies and the new challenges they will bring.
    8. Our way is difficult and dangerous and is for the few who can
       truly defy the matrix of illusions - of 'good' and 'evil' -
       that stifle the potentiality of our being.
    9. What does not kill us, makes us stronger.
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                                  III
                            Initiate Names
                                   
   a) Some suggestions, based on names traditionally used in
   sinister Temples:
   
       Male: Oger, Hacon, Serell, Noctulius, Athor, Engar, Aulwynd,
   Algar, Suevis, Angar, Wulsin, Gord, Ranulf
   
       Female: Sirida, Eulalia, Lianna, Aesoth, Richenda, Edonia,
   Annia, Liben, Estrild, Selann
   
   b) Contract and/or transpose your own name to form another; for
   example, 'Conrad Robury' gives Cabur, Nocra and so on.
   
   c) Find a demon form with whom you feel an affinity, and use that
   name, either as it is or contracted/transposed.
   
   d) Construct your name from a Satanic phrase or chant - for
   example, 'Quinvex' can be derived from the 'Quando Vindex' of the
   Diabolus.
   
       What is important about all the above is that you feel
   'attracted' to a particular name or phrase. Whatever method is
   used, the name or phrase should derive from traditional Satanism
   (as explicated in this book) and for this reason names/demons
   deriving from other traditions should not be used.
  
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