For years, as most of you know, I have lived my life as an agnostic/atheist.
However, recently, due to a variety of reasons, especially, the religious influence of a close friend, I have altered my religious views.
Starting Sunday, I have self-identified as a
Laveyan Satanist.Tonight I have carried out my first Black Mass. Through the use of candles, an image of Baphomet, and a sharp knife, I have called upon Satan to grant me wisdom to comprehend the riddles I am facing in my life.
Whether through the inherent psychodrama of the thing, or through the flow of dark energies through my mind, I feel better now - calmer, happier, more enlightened. I do not pretend to claim I have immediately become wise, but certainly I have undergone a religious experience.
Time will tell if it has truly changed my life for the better.
Ave Satanas!