I don’t go into spooky stuff on this blog. To answer your question specifically go to my other blog:
To briefly answer your question about what Satan represents to an atheist: Satan is a symbol, an abstraction, and an allegory for severity, defiance, and rebellion, as I mentioned in my original post. A way to differentiate between white and black magic is that white magic focuses on unification – the idea of becoming one with a deity. Black magic, on the other hand, emphasizes separation, expressed through individualism and self-deification. The state of being damned is the state of being separated from divinity and in that there is freedom, albeit I don’t believe in gods. It is a nice mythological story about finding power when marginalized.
This distinction is often illustrated by the left and right-handed paths of the Kabbalah. However, since I don’t utilize the Kabbalah, I wouldn’t classify myself as following either the right-hand or left-hand path. As a Satanist, I consider humanity as the closest thing to divinity. I believe humans can attain powers that we traditionally attribute to gods through science. Most atheistic Satanists are also secular humanists. However, because I am a practicing magician, my paradigm is a bit more mystical than that of most atheistic Satanists.
Not to sound harsh, but I have little patience for beginners, so if you find this confusing, you might need more experience. As I said, I am mean. I am not nice. It is not my responsibility to teach people, so I don’t. From my experience, pagans tend to not have a good grasp on Goetic flavors of Theurgy, Hermetic flavors of Theurgy, Thaumaturgy, or the infernal flavors of Thaumaturgy, i.e., sorcery. So, while you may be a competent pagan, if you can’t follow this, it’s probably out of your wheelhouse.
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