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The Satanic Bible
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The Satanic Bible was both largely plagiarized and more or less just a self-help book with an edgy wrapping to it.
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My father wrote it in the Satanic Bible if someone smite you on one cheek smash them in the other don't turn the other cheek you smash them in the other.
Anton LaVey plagiarized huge chunks of Might Is Right in order to write the Satanic Bible, which is his most well-known piece which he published in 1969.
He created the Satanic Bible it still to this day remains available you can find it it's one of the most at least most available books that you can find about Satanism.
Anton LaVey found it so compelling and why he cut out bits of Desmond's philosophy to write the Satanic Bible, which was also like magnetic to a chunk of young men.
In the Satanic Bible he's got a list of gods and demons and things that he considers satanic but that's ridiculous.
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The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey is a foundational text of modern Satanism published in 1969. Ben Bowlin on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know discussed how LaVey created the work and noted that it remains widely available today as a primary text on Satanism. Meanwhile, Robert Evans on Behind the Bastards explained that the book served as the central text for the Church of Satan during its 1970s heyday, though he and various scholars noted that it operated largely as an edgy self-help book and was heavily plagiarized from earlier works like Might Is Right. Evans read accounts from LaVey detailing how his publisher commissioned the text using previously printed material. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Zeena Schreck discussed people questioning her regarding the origins of certain sections within the book. She also quoted from its pages while discussing her father's uncompromising teachings on retaliation, reading his maxim that if someone strikes you, you should strike them back rather than turn the other cheek. Additionally, Schreck critiqued the text for its inclusion and interpretation of various deities and demons, dismissing that particular aspect of the book as ridiculous. Across these podcasts, speakers examined the origins, contents, and controversies surrounding LaVey's famous and enduring publication.
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Robert Evans Now, many scholars will claim with significant evidence that Anton Levy plagiarized huge chunks of might is… 5
“Anton Levey publishes the Satanic Bible in 1969, which became the central text for the Church of Satan, which probably had its heyday in the 1970s. Now, the reality is that the Satanic Bible was both largely plagiarized and more or less just a self-help book with an edgy wrapping to it.”
“Now, many scholars will claim with significant evidence that Anton Levy plagiarized huge chunks of might is right in order to write the Satanic Bible, which is his most well-known uh piece um which he published in 1969.”
“Quote, "After spreading the gospel of Might is Right for over a decade came the official commission to write a Satanic Bible. My agent and publisher wanted the material I had already printed in track form with additional stuff to make up the Bible as quickly as possible.”
“For the record, I was relatively young when I discovered it, but I had already indulged myself in the experience of reading every scrap of anarchist, nihilist, extremist, and freethought esoterica I could encounter. A day hardly passes that I don't read a comment from someone who is astounded at how close his own thoughts come to the message of”
“So, you know, there there is something primal about, I think, the young male psyche that Desmond was able to reach at times, and that's why Anton Levy found it so compelling and why he cut out bits of Desmond's philosophy to write the Satanic Bible, which was also like magnetic to a chunk of young men.”
Zeena Schreck people in the public would just say oh do you know that it would be horribly embarrassing but they' say wel… 3
“people in the public would just say oh do you know that it would be horribly embarrassing but they' say well do you know where this part of the Satanic Bible came from or do you know where that really came from”
“and if somebody does something to you I mean my my father wrote it in the Satanic Bible if someone Smite you on One Cheek smash them in the other don't turn the other cheek you smash them in the other”
“and for example in the Satanic Bible he's got a list of gods and and demons and things that he considers satanic but but that's ridiculous”
Ben Bowlin he created the Satanic Bible it still to this day remains uh available you can find it it's one of the most… 1
“he created the Satanic Bible it still to this day remains uh available you can find it it's one of the most um at least most available books that you can find about Satanism”
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“and [ __ ] I bought like a Satanic Bible”