Satanism and Child Abuse

Satanism and Child-Abuse
Allegations have been made, and continue to be made, concerning "Satanic"

child-abuse - that is, the sexual abuse of children as part of Satanic rituals,
practices and beliefs.
Genuine Satanism - like all genuine magick - is a path, way or method of

individual self- development. Rituals may be and often are a part of this, but
these rituals all conform to certain patterns: they are all intended to aid and
explicate self-understanding and development, as well as enhance and
develop certain 'Occult' abilities. Naturally, some rituals and methods are
concerned with the individual experiencing certain emotions and, in
Satanism, enjoying certain pleasures. However, because of the aim of
Satanism - to aid the attainment by the individual of magickal and personal
understanding and thus promote evolution and self-mastery - this
experiencing involves a conscious choice or decision by the individual. This
makes Satanism of necessity an adult path or way - for genuine Satanism, of
the traditional type, is not concerned with proselytizing nor "corrupting"
others without their consent. Its concern - it must be repeated - is individual
advancement arising from a conscious and free decision by the individual -
anything else is not Satanic as it is not magickal. This free choice is part of
all genuine Occult and magickal paths: Initiation means this free choice, the
decision to begin an inner quest. When there is no free choice about the
matter, there is no genuine Initiation - whatever path or way is being
followed.
Where Satanism differs, is in its aim, the philosophy of life and the
techniques used to achieve the aim - these make it a "Left Handed Path"
(when viewed conventionally).
Thus, there cannot be any such thing as 'childhood Initiation' - nor

participation by children under a certain age in any genuine magickal rituals.
What there can be: what there often is - in genuine Satanism at least - is the
simple dedication of infants by their parents to the darker path, and this
involves only the appointing of guardians to watch over and care for the
child(ren): "Do you, so chosen, pledge to guard and watch over this newborn
and to teach them when the teaching time is right, our ways ..." (from 'The
Ceremony of Birth' in "The Black Book of Satan"). The time for teaching is
when the child, in accord with Satanic philosophy, can choose for themselves
- sixteen years of age or thereafter - that is, when they have attained the
threshold of adulthood.
Hence, there is not, and cannot be, any such thing as "Satanic" child-abuse:
there can be no child-hood 'initiation', no participation by children under a
certain age in rituals, and no abuse, by adult Satanists, of children. This
latter is important - Satanism is concerned with the individual gaining self-
mastery and self-understanding. The abuser (whether of children, drugs or
pleasures) is swayed by mostly unconscious desires and impulses - they may
manipulate and try to control others who are susceptible, but they cannot
control themselves, or even begin to understand their 'darker' side. In short,
they are weak - and generally rather pathetic - individuals, although they
may hide behind a "mask" or a "role". Such people are not Satanists, but
rather failures. The Satanist aspires to self-mastery, self-overcoming: to
knowledge... The popular image of Satanism is a lie - a myth invented and
fostered by those who have a vested interest in maintaining it. Organized
religions and under-developed individuals need such myths, as they need
stereotyped enemies: for only by such means can such people and such
religions survive and flourish. Many believe, with that certainty that faith and
fanaticism bring, the myths about Satanism and the more general myths
about ritual 'child-abuse'. I and a few others like me can present the facts - in
my case about Satanism - but it needs an unbiased mind, a certain mental
freedom, to consider these facts as they should be considered, and then
make an informed judgement about the matter. It is this freedom which a
biased, religious intolerance destroys.
The real question about Satanic child-abuse (and ritual abuse itself) is thus a
question about attitude, belief and commitment to reasoned thought and
debate. Long after Science showed the Earth was not at the centre of the
Universe, the Church - its ministers and its faithful - continued to believe
otherwise, confirmed in their certainty of faith. Do we, now - concerning this
question of Satanic child-abuse - return to the Dark Age of faith, of believing
what certain Church people wish us to believe to bolster their religion and
rather intolerant view of the world; or do we go forward to greater
understanding based on an acceptance of the facts?
These facts show that Satanic child abuse - and ritual abuse itself - is a myth.
Anton Long
1989
O9A
Note: This article was published in #9, November 1991, of The Watcher LHP
zine, New Zealand.
It was also mentioned on page 125 of the book Nation and Race: The
Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture, edited by Jeffrey Kaplan, Tore
Bjørgo, published by Northeastern University Press in 1998:
"On the ONA's prohibition on the use of children in sacrifice and

other rituals [see] Anton Long, Satanism and child abuse."
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Allegations have been made, and continue to be made, concerning "Satanic"

Genuine Satanism - like all genuine magick - is a path, way or method of

Thus, there cannot be any such thing as 'childhood Initiation' - nor

"On the ONA's prohibition on the use of children in sacriﬁce and

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