Some Further Thoughts On The Mystical Void As Satan

I have been scouring the Internet lately and finding a ton of information on Theistic Satanism, Gnostic Satanism, Gnostic Luciferianism, non-Gnostic Luciferianism, various schools of regular Gnosticism.... I've come to the conclusion that there are people out there with far better qualifications to discuss this than I have. They must have spent literally hundreds of hours studying these subjects. I can't honestly say I agree with all their conclusions. But, one thing no one is more of an expert on than I am is my own personal take on spiritual matters.

In my last post, I referred to the Mystical Void as Satan in my worldview. For a Void to be Mystical, it would seem that it must not be a void as perceived by a normal human observer. To the average man or woman, a void would seem to be just emptiness. But I have postulated that the Void is the very substance of our consciousness. I have explained in detail my reasons for believing the consciousness of humankind to be of a Void nature. And for a Void to have a name, even just a name I fancy giving it, that's not in keeping with how we people view voids.

I briefly went into why I name the Void "Satan." Satan, as many of you know, literally means "Adversary." A true Void, a Mystical Void, a conscious Void would be an Adversary to all that we Westerners are taught to believe. It has some things in common with Eastern philosophy, to which I acknowledge a debt. God is seen to be the Eternal One and All. He is Fullness, not Voidness. This, despite the fact that his mystics always seem to describe him in negative terms: ineffable, found behind a cloud of unknowing, beyond the possibility of description in words. Yet, the Bible claims to have captured all He wanted us to know about Him in words. So, why this peering further in mystical contemplation? It's no surprise that many, many religious groups feel that mystics are misguided, potentially heretical, maybe even dangerous. They get a taste of pure consciousness, the Adversary to the Creator of the World and Heaven and Hell.

How does a Mystical Void oppose an allegedly all-loving, all-powerful Creator? First of all, it claims to be an even deeper foundation of existence than the One Who calls Himself God is. It suggests that whether this universe was created by God, burst out in a big bang, or always has and always will exist, that it lies behind it, always lurking in the pantheistic concept of every iota of matter having a trace of consciousness. Consciousness borrowed from the Void. A Void has no moral laws, no promises of salvation or reward or punishment. A Void calls nothing sin, it leaves defining that up to us and our polluted, not-pure-consciousness minds to decide. Like Satan, it is a tempter. A tempter to live a life of extremes, because in the end we will be absorbed into the Void we all came from. A tempter to see life as not a set of rules and What Would Jesus Do? moments but simply the stage on which our pure consciousness tastes and experiences the realm of non-Void. The Creator may give us life and form but it is the Adversary that gives us the awareness of life and form and the blank slate on which to record our impressions received from life and form. Whether one places a great deal of value on this life and regards it as the greatest of gifts or if one hates it and views it as a curse, the Void does not judge. It merely registers the sensations received on that sliver of itself, the individual consciousness. Does it know anything? Does it hear prayers? I do not know but I pray and contemplate anyway. It sometimes comes to me disguised as a Devil, whispering to me great heresies and blasphemies. I love it with all my heart because it is the one thing, no matter how mentally or physically infirm I may become, that I know I will never lose. The Satanic Void is my soul. It does not promise to save me for it does not presuppose any situations that require me being saved. My essence will be returned to it at the end of my earthly life. And it will lie beyond the universe of life and form and matter and watch Gods come and go and rest in complete tranquility for all eternity.