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To: alt.satanism From: Michael.Aquino@125-430.astaroth.sacbbx.com (Michael Aquino) Subject: Re: Hiding behind skirts Date: 30 Oct 94 10:00:19 MRA> I think you missed my point. by being wrongly accused you HAD to defend MRA> yourself. Dr. LaVey, like any true Satanist, sought to avoid hysteria. MRA> PS- Do Setians worship Set? That's true as far as it goes, but my [and the Temple of Set's] response to the "Satanic crime" mania went far beyond a mere personal defense to an attack on the entire "industry". A great many other people, both occultists and non-occultists, were being victimized by that epidemic, and it was the work of years to definitively expose and discredit the whole shoddy business. Obviously the Temple of Set and I don't claim sole credit for this, as the FBI, several courageous & principled media, many law enforcement agencies, and even some principled Christian sources like _Cornerstone_ magazine, all rolled up their sleeves and did their part. Anton LaVey, who could have been a major influence, did absolutely nothing. In fact, when my wife and I were accused, he said and did all that he could behind the scenes to try to increase the witch-hunt against us, even at the cost of furthering the "Satanic abuse" scam. I could forgive him a great many things, but I will never forgive him for this. I think that the question "Do Setians worship Set?" has been adequately answered here previously. "Worship" is an inappropriate term, connotating as it does an ignorant, superstitious slave-relationship to a deity or deities usually only dimly conceptualized as glorified cartoons. In this sense Setians do not worship Set. Setians do presume, or acknowledge, the existence of Set as a finite being of self-consciousness in the universe: indeed the Form of all particularizations of self-consciousness. This Form is held to be sacred, and is revered accordingly.
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