Grotto Master's Handbook

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Church of Satan

Grotto Master's Handbook


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You have taken a new step in your journey along the Left-hand Path. This step providesan opportunity for added respect and satisfaction, but also for added risk. Choose well,act resolutely and keep close counsel with atan.

This book is intended for your eyes alone. You won!t find "T#P $C%$T" sta&ped on it- only this re&inder of 'nton La(ey!s teachings regarding the power of keeping a secret.This book and this position have co&e to you now because of the level you!ve achievedin your )uest. *on!t cheapen your achieve&ent or co&pro&ise your power by disclosingthe knowledge contained here to others who haven!t advanced the&selves to this pointthrough the sa&e first-hand horrors, deter&ination and inspiration you!ve e+perienced.


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Table of Contents

ntroduction

/ 0eneral 'd&inistration/ Public %elations and 1edia Procedures2/ *irection and *estiny3/ *evils Together4/ Leadership-trength and trategy5/ atanic pirituality6/ uggested 0rotto 'ctivities7/ *iabolical Theatre8/ ecurity

'ppendices9 '/ ycophants, :nite; ecessary for&s to be photocopied

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Introduction

ince 855, when 'nton ?andor La(ey founded the first aboveground organi?ation

dedicated to honoring atan and his principles, the Church of atan has woven itsinfluence into the fabric of society, through overt and covert &eans. 0rotto participationisn!t re)uired for active &e&bers, but &any atanists find it invigorating and inspiring tobe in contact with others. @e use the word "grotto" as a general ter& for an associatedsubgroup of the Church of atan, consisting of &e&bers of the Church of atan andadhering to our philosophy. "0rotto"- which actually co&es fro& the Latin word for"crypt" or "vault"-has the appropriate connotation of diabolical, hidden rites taking placein dank, ancient sepulchers consecrated in the >a&es of the $vil #nes. n for&ing yourgroup, you don!t have to use the ter& "grotto" per se if you feel &ore co&fortable with#rder, Corps, Troupe, Troop, ociety, Coalition, Tribe, Pack, Te&ple, 0arrison, League,Lodge, Cabal. Consult your thesaurus for other i&aginative possibilities. 1ore i&portant

than the na&e is your clear understanding of atanis&, your unswerving dedication to theChurch of atan, and your co&&it&ent to pro&ote and apply atanic values in the world.t only takes you to &ake a grotto - you, your fa&ily, a friend - and you &ay choose tokeep it that way. That will depend on where you want to apply your a&bition. This is anorgani?ation for non-joiners, and &any of our finest people choose not to be involved ingroup activities of any kind. They want to concentrate their full energy toward their ownadvance&ent and then contribute to the Church of atan through that power. You!ll neverknow where all our grottos are located or who a&ong the thousands of people youencounter in your life &ay be atanists.


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&arks the& as one of atan!s #wn. This handbook will instruct you on how you canserve as a 0rotto 1aster in a way that will honor atan and is church.

Section One

General Administration

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@e try to keep "ad&inistrivia" to a bare &ini&u& but any large organi?ation re)uires atleast a &odicu& of structure and paperwork, so that we present a cohesive andcoordinated front. t!s easier for you to &eet re)uire&ents and standards if they are

clearly &apped out for you. =or so&e people, structure, no &atter how &ini&al andbenign, is an invitation for rebellionA for others, it!s a tool for their own self-discipline andproductivity. Your progress will reflect what your personal predispositions are.

You are obviously e+pected to be inti&ate with all of *r. La(ey!s writings andprinciples in order to clearly represent atanis& so they won!t be covered here. t!spresu&ed that your activities and representation will reflect that fa&iliarity and be inkeeping with the tenets of the Church of atan. The >ine atanic tate&ents, $leven%ules of the $arth, atanic ins and Pentagonal %evisionis& D the cornerstones ofatanic philosophy - are reprinted in the back of this handbook for ready reference. Thereare also several for&s which can be photocopied and sub&itted as necessary Bdon!t write

on the originals/. @e re)uire you to send in &onthly status reports, to keep us infor&edof your activity level, public or &edia representation, and any proble&s you &ay havewith your &e&bers or in your co&&unity. Your &onthly report &ay be very si&ple -noting that you took your fa&ily to the park or gave an infor&ational lecture at the localoccult bookstore or conducted a alloween ritual with friends. 's your grotto grows,your reports will beco&e &ore elaborate - you &ay include &eeting &inutes, flyersyou!ve printed up, te+ts of significant rituals you!ve devised, &edia contact reports.... @ealso re)uire yearly evaluations of your perfor&ance as 0rotto 1aster, by other Church ofatan &e&bers andEor others who have benefited fro& your e+pertise. 'gain, these are"field reports", so we get an idea of how capably you!re perfor&ing your duties. You canscan the other for&s in 'ppendi+ $, which will be necessary as occasions arise.

Your first duty, as a atanist, is to yourself. Then to those you care about-your partner,your children, those in your fa&ily you choose to give your love to. Your third, self-appointed duty, is to the Church of atan and your fellow &e&bers. You have chosen toshoulder these e+tra responsibilities because you feel an intensity of atanic focus in yourlife, beyond what the average lay &e&ber &ay feel. @ithin this organi?ation you!ll findyour leaders, your followers and your friends. @e don!t e+pect you to proselyti?e, but wedo e+pect you to infor& and clear up &isinfor&ation. @e encourage 0rotto 1asters tohave wives, husbands, &ates or a si&ilar stable relationship with so&eone who is also aatanist, or is supportive of your increased involve&ent. ' 0rotto 1aster with a partneris &ore stable, loyal, consistent by nature and is not using the organi?ation to "get girls",or boys, as the case &ay be. o&eone in a &ated situation has &ore to lose, and so is&ore cautious and forward- thinking when necessary. f you don!t have a partner, you!llprobably develop a second in co&&and, a right-hand &an Bor wo&an/ you can depend onto be consistent, loyal, trustworthy and strongly dedicated to atanic principles and theChurch of atan in the sa&e way you are.

Your yearly grotto fees will be assessed on the basis of how &any &e&bers you have inyour grotto, on a sliding scale as described below9

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FGGEyr. for -G &e&bersFGGEyr. for -3G &e&bersF3GGEyr. for 3-5G &e&bersF5GGEyr. for 5-7G &e&bers

F7GGEyr. for 7-GG &e&bers

's a public representative, you!ll reach &any potential &e&bers and you!ll receive FGcredit toward your yearly grotto fees for every direct ponsorship of a new Church ofatan &e&ber Bas noted in your &onthly report and confir&ed by the applicant!s notationof you as his or her ponsor on the initial &e&bership registration for&/.

t would be unatanic for us to e+pect you to run your grotto at a financial loss toyourself. You!ll no doubt charge a &ini&al annual participation charge for yourconsistent &e&bers, to cover your grotto fees and operating e+penses. @e would e+pectyou to be paid for your ti&e in the case of open introductory lectures Bperhaps F3-4 at the

door/, speaking engage&ents and any &agical consultations you &ay do.


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of whatever design suits you so you can &ail it to new CE &e&bers and generalin)uirers when they ask when you!re conducting your ne+t public infor&ation &eeting orntroductory atanis& se&inar. #ut of courtesy, send a copy of your events schedule toany CE officials you know of in your area, to keep the& infor&ed of local activities.

t is certainly possible for you to be a covert 0rotto 1aster - one who, because ofprofessional or personal responsibilities, &ay not want to coordinate public events. That!sfine, if you can show why your situation @arrants secrecy.


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you!ll be assigned infor&ation as you progress and as need arises. @e don!t appreciateour 0rotto 1asters "bucking" for pro&otion. #ur ruling bodies, such as the Council of>ine and the #rder of the Trape?oid, are appointed positions, as is the Priesthood. Thosewho would clai& such appoint&ents the loudest no doubt haven!t been granted suchpositions. f you want to know, "ow do beco&e a Priest", the answer is, "Through

hard work, &aterial achieve&ent and atanic influence in the outside world." @henyou!re appointed as an 'gent or PriestEess, it &eans you!ve caught the attention of theigh Priest through your consistent dedication and strength, and that you!ve earned hisrespect. You can endeavor toward appoint&ent as a Priest through the work you do as a0rotto 1aster. That isn!t the only way so&eone beco&es a Priest, but it!s a good way.You can represent yourself to the public as an approved Church of atan 0rotto 1aster,but not as an 'gent or Priest Bunless you are one/. You have the authority to representatanis&, but not necessarily the Church of atan. Your perfor&ance as a 0rotto 1asterwill be periodically reviewed with an eye toward appointing you as an 'gent or Priest.t is through this position that you can prove yourself worthy of the Priesthood.

Let the structure for your own grotto reflect that of the Church of atan as a whole9 *on!tover-ad&inistrate; You don!t need co&ple+ rules, regulations, degrees and tests foradvance&ent; t betrays you as &ore interested in the trappings and illusion of power andauthority than actually earning respect and getting so&ething acco&plished. 's yourgrotto grows, you &ay want to assign so&eone as ecretary to take &inutes of &eetings,to handle whatever necessary correspondence co&es up and to prepare and sub&it the&onthly grotto reports to Central 0rotto. You &ight want to assign so&eone the role of=inancial #fficer to collect funds when necessary, to keep an unco&plicated ledger inorder to keep track of what your group has to work with and help plan activitiesaccordingly. You &ight want to assign so&eone who can gather infor&ation, &ake phonecalls and various arrange&ents.


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->o yearly 0rotto 1aster-$valuation for&s co&pleted and returned by participants.-nade)uate or inaccurate representation of atanis& andEor the Church of atan.-llegal activities.-Conducting your grotto in a way antithetical to the policies of the Church of atan.

-Conducting yourself andEor your grotto in a way that would bring dishonor to the Churchof atan.

@e reco&&end that 0rotto 1asters initiate two distinct levels of activities-one for thegeneral public Batanic infor&ation lectures, La(ey study groups, etc./ and one forco&&itted Church of atan &e&bers. @e re)uire that Church of atan &e&bers whore)uest deeper involve&ent in a grotto be screened directly by the 0rotto 1aster, sincethey would be participating in rituals and social activities in which e+posure to addressesand other personal details about you and other &e&bers would be unavoidable. %itualswill, of course, have to be held in so&eone!s ho&e or on so&eone!s private land - that!swhy you &ust screen properly. f, for whatever reason, you want a ritual to include

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so&eone is e+pelled fro& your grotto and whyA it!s necessary for us to know if so&eoneis a trouble&aker. @eed the& outA &ake it clear you see their &otives even if they don!t.There &ay co&e a ti&e in the very near future when we will all have to know who totrust and who we can!t trust. The opportunity for e+ploitation of a &ore fir&ly-structuredgrotto network is one reason why *r. Lavey has kept grottos underground for a ti&eA he

doesn!t want to see what he!s worked hard to build e+ploited and diluted. $ach 0rotto1aster is a guardian. The grotto syste& can seep back underground once &ore if itproves to be counterproductive.

ince you are in a position to publicly represent atanis&, you will co&e under &orepunishing scrutiny than a lay &e&ber would. @e cannot have our 0rotto 1asters in anyposition that would co&pro&ise the Church of atan legally. f you get slapped on thewrist once in awhile by Central 0rotto, take it in the spirit of professional necessity thatits given. You have taken increased responsibility on your shoulders and are bound tostu&ble fro& ti&e to ti&e in your advance&ent. *on!t be discouraged or think you willbe forever conde&ned for &inor setbacks. Central 0rotto is understanding of well-

intentioned &istakes. ' &agical &entor could tell you &any secrets about hu&an foibles,and you would trust his advice on an intellectual level - but you!d only be fir&lyconvinced by bitter, hard-won, first-hand e+perience.

$verything is a test. @e don!t play ga&esA these are very real tests with very practicalresults. $ven silence can be a test. You or the &e&bers under you &ay be called upon toprovide certain things to the Church of atan or to perfor& certain tasks as necessary.This will never be anything illegal or beyond your capabilities. @e don!t ask you to passwritten e+a&inations. @e ask you to produce and progress. The *ark #nes will challengeyou even &ore severely.


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Section Two

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#ne of the initial )uestions 0rotto 1asters often ask is, " don!t have any &e&bers - howdo get started" =irst of all, keep in &ind that the Church of atan values )uality ofadherents over )uantity. You don!t need a lot of people to &ake up a grotto. You will

&aintain your grotto status if your grotto only consists of you, your fa&ily and a fewclose friends. @e aren!t evangelical by nature. @e don!t need professional atanicevangelists who think they can &ake a living proselyti?ing atanis&. @e need peoplewho understand atanis& and use it to i&prove their lives, and can co&&unicate theirenthusias& to others when asked. That!s all. t shouldn!t be your sole identity, and itshouldn!t take priority over the real world.

That said, there are ways to &ake sure you are reaching others who &ay be interested inlearning &ore about atanis& in your area. Post flyers and tasteful, understatedadvertise&ents in free papers for a La(eyan study group. 'dvertise an ntroductoryatanis& &eeting and locate a space to hold such a &eeting. Contact local public

libraries, a co&&unity center, local colleges or universities, occult stores or bookstoresand ask that, if they have any progra&s of speakers, you would like to volunteer to give atalk on atanis&. 1ost of these outlets will probably be resistant, but if your approach islevel-headed and responsible, you &ight be surprised to find so&e enthusiastic interest.Bf you &eet with hostility, of course, take all appropriate atanic action./

Let word of &outh work for you. Tell your friends that you!ve recently been granted0rotto 1aster status and will be starting so&e activities D that they should tell anyonethey think &ight be interested or worthy of involve&ent. You probably won!t get &anyserious people, if any, the first few ti&es you hold introductory talks. Keep at it.$ventually, news of your legiti&ate &eetings will get to the right ears, you!ll gain areputation as the local Church of atan representative and people will start contactingyou. >ew Church of atan &e&bers will begin sending for your schedule through the&ail. You!ll start to spot those with who& you feel aligned and will approach the& on&ore advanced activities. t!s a process - don!t e+pect it to happen overnight.

There are si&ple public relations tasks you and your group can take care of on a locallevel. Call up or visit local libraries and bookstores to &ake sure The atanic


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tell so&eone else, or leave it laying around where so&eone else can pick it up. t happensto so&e of our oldest, &ost cautious &e&bers. You si&ply can!t be too careful. f youdon!t yet, have an answering &achine and screen all your calls, get one now. The addressor phone nu&ber of a real live atanist is just too tantali?ing. t!s not so &uch that you!llput yourself in any serious danger - it!s just that people will call you at all hours of the

night and day to try to save your soul, offer you advice or feed off you by de&anding yougive the& a detailed description of what atanis& is so they don!t have to read the books.

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have had to start singing "allelujah" to survive when the n)uisitors ca&e. *on!t letthe& sneak in under the tent flap. f ever there co&es a ti&e, for prag&atic reasons, to&odify this policy, it would be at the igh Priest!s discretion.

This is an organi?ational policy regarding Church of atan alliancesA we wouldn!t

presu&e to dictate who your friends are. You &ay find certain relationships withChristians, Pagans, etc., not only tolerable but useful. There &ay be certain politicalgroups, social advocacy groups, or ani&al activist groups you want to lend your supportto that &ay also have affiliations with &e&bers of other religions. @e would only askthat you not blur the line between personal friendships and organi?ational endorse&ents.

#ur attitude toward &ystical religions in general is one of disdainful tolerance as long asthey stay out of our way. o&e atanists feel very antagonistic toward Christianity sinceit is the do&inant religious force and counter to everything the atanist believes in. Theseatanists feel they &ust fight with their every sinew to eradicate Christianity - sta&p outthe stupidity, irrationality, hypocrisy and blindness that it encouragesA that our very

survival as a species depends on it.

#ther atanists take a &ore prag&atic view, figuring the herd &ust be controlled and that&ystical fears are the &ost practical way to keep the& in line. They feel that atanists area breed apart and &ust use "co&&on &an!s" fears, encourage the&, feed the& and utili?ethe&. @hatever works to co&fort Christians and keep the& co&pliant is to our ulti&atebenefit.

These atanists hold other religions in conte&pt and use the weaknesses they foster fortheir own gain, without working to eradicate the source of others! fears.


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about &ost people - then we!re pleasantly surprised if so&eone e+ceeds our e+pectations.Iournalists want a story, and are subject to the sa&e kinds of foibles and fears thateveryone else is. They can say whatever they want, pro&ise whatever they want, just toget their story and just to get you to ju&p through hoops for the&. They &ay see& verynice but &e&bers of the Church have been burned too &any ti&es by those who see&

very aligned. :ntil they prove the&selves trustworthy by writing or producing anobjective, infor&ative piece, assu&e their story will be biased against you and treat the&accordingly. Bee The *evil!s >otebook article, "Let 1e $ntertain You", for *r. La(ey!stips on how to turn the tables on journalists who think they!re taking advantage of you./

@hen called upon to do an interview for a local newspaper, &aga?ine, or televisionstation, speak to the reporter or representative first over the phone. 'sk what research he!sdone on the subject. 1ake sure he!s already read The atanic


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and it!s e&barrassing to watch. #ur policy is not to perfor& rituals for ca&eras becausewe!ve seen it fail &ore often than succeed. f you feel it would benefit you and yourChurch, if you have worked with this person before and trust you!d get a fair shake, if youcan take full control of ca&era angles, participants, costu&es and lighting, use your ownjudg&ent. Keep the lights low and evoke confidently.

f, after speaking to the television or radio representative over the phone, you are assuredthis person is so&eone you can work with, you &ay feel charitable enough to &ake up apress packet for hi& if you want to, consisting of9 The atanic ine atanicins, the $leven %ules of the $arth, our five-point Pentagonal %evisionis&, and theatanic


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'lways re&e&ber you are a atanist. You are no one!s beggar. The &edia needs you, youdon!t need the&. You aren!t on the spot, they are. *on!t do a dance for peoples! prurientsatisfaction. 's above-ground and popular as we &ay so&eday beco&e, we areessentially a &agical cabal. =or &agical purposes, parts of our organi?ation will alwaysre&ain secret. @e don!t need to be open to intense scrutiny just to satisfy everyone!s

curiosity. There &ay co&e a ti&e when that will be productive, but that will be up to theCouncil of >ine to decide.

f so&eone fro& the &edia approaches you regarding a piece that would be on anational or international level Ba national television broadcast or national or international&ainstrea& &aga?ine/, send details to Central 0rotto 11$*'T$LY by way ofovernight &ail, or phoneEfa+Ee-&ail, if you have access to such a nu&ber. @e will reviewthe situation and instruct you on what course you should take. t is not within your scopeto represent the Church of atan on a national level without proper instruction andEorauthori?ation.

#nce word gets around that you!re a local reliable atanic contact, you &ay beapproached by local law enforce&ent investigators to aid in a specific case or give ageneral talk on the subject so their officers are &ore infor&ed.


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elaborate you want to get. ave flyers and business cards offered on tables for people totake ho&e with the&. Plan to give a G-2G &inute talk. 1ost speakers arrange their noteson 2+4 inde+ cards or scribble &e&ory-joggers on a yellow legal pad to keep in front ofthe& to glance at fro& ti&e to ti&e. These will re&ind you of the general topics you wantto cover. 'fter your talk, open the floor to a brief H and ' session. f their )uestions are

interesting and your audience see&s enthusiastic and receptive, you &ay want to breakinto infor&al discussion groups, have so&e coffee and stay as long as you all feelco&fortable. *uring or after this period, approach those you feel &ay be &oreauthentically aligned. =ind out &ore about the&. They &ay be Church of atan &e&berschecking you out. 'sk to see a &e&bership card. f they see& like those who would beproductive in your second-level activities, offer to let the& apply for further involve&ent.

#ne thing all atanists &ust be increasingly re&inded of, in &edia situations or anysituation9 >ever tolerate religious discri&ination. f so&eone, especially a &edia person,asks you a )uestion that &akes blatant assu&ptions of cri&inality about our religion Bi.e.,that we do hu&an or ani&al sacrifices, that we act as a front for drug trafficking and child

pornography, that we recruit teenagers into drug use and suicide, that we vandali?egraveyards, etc./ don!t let the& get away with it. Keep dru&&ing into the& that we are areligious organi?ation - not recogni?ed political subversives, not a "hate group", not acult, or a cri&inal cartel. atanis& is not a growing scourge that &ust be wiped out. t isyour religion that gives your life &eaning and happiness. You have a right to be gravelyinsulted by presu&ptions and false infor&ation pro&oted by those who feel threatened byus. nflict perspective on the&A see how it sounds if you substitute "Iews", ">egroes","gays", or "1or&ons" into what they just said about atanists. Iews have, in the past,been painted as villains who drank the blood of Christian babies, in order to justifypogro&s and purges. There is always the "#ther" and, in our predo&inantly Christianculture, that!s us.

'lso, don!t allow yourself to be harassed, stalked or threatened by those people who areoffended by your above-ground e+istence. Iob discri&ination or housing discri&inationshould be dealt with in the civil courts. =ind a s&art lawyer to represent you or go to the'CL: and force the& to recogni?e atanis& as a protected religion. 'ny da&age to youor your property, or threats based on your religion, are considered hate cri&es and aretaken very seriously by law enforce&ent officials Bor they should be. f they don!t put it inthe conte+t of hate cri&es, re&ind the&/. *on!t run to the police every ti&e so&eoneaccidentally steps on your toeA save their support for when you really need it.


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words or increasing levels of da&ageA it can go nowhere. gnore the&A give the& nothingto fight against, unless they actually da&age you, your property, or are a real and presentthreat to your safety, or to those you love. 's a atanist, you &ust ulti&ately reali?e that,as *r. La(ey wrote in The atanic


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Section Three

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t!s all too easy to beco&e bogged down in ad&inistrative duties, e+pectations, do!s anddon!ts and lose sight of our greater power and greater goals. @hy are we doing this@hat are we working toward Concentration is essential for all of us, as individuals andas a &ove&ent. 's a 0rotto 1aster, you should act as an i&&ediate ar& of the Church ofatan, a &ediu& through which atanists can be &ore concretely connected to Central

0rotto. @e advocate principles of apprenticeships and &entoring, &agically andprofessionally, a&ong our productive &e&bers. t!s your role to help those of value inyour grotto. f you can advise the&, assist the& in their &agical )uest or hook the& upwith another professional in their chosen field, do so. You should consider your grotto&eetings as training grounds for yourself and for your grotto &e&bers, encouraging thatsense of wider purpose that &akes life fulfilling.

Your general duties are two-fold. You can consider these "&undane responsibilities" and"&agical responsibilities", e)uivalent to Lesser and 0reater 1agic9

'/ 1undane - To act as a clearinghouse for accurate infor&ation about atanis& and the

Church of atanA to get the truth of atanis& out to the right people, who seek it, areready to hear it, and can benefit fro& it. You are e+pected to clear up &isapprehensionsabout atanis& and, for second-level &e&bers, to provide a foru& for professionalatanic networking.


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0oals for the grotto and the Church of atan as a whole &ight be9 To effect the world asa growing, unified atanic force, to further #pen the 0ates and allow atan and his&inions to &anifest their @ill in the workings of the 1aterial %eal&, to e+press throughactions the positive aspects of atanis&.

#ne of the ways we can enact these a&bitions is to always re&e&ber the vital i&portanceof dress and decoru&. f you can!t afford a lu+urious ho&e, your surroundings should atleast be distinctive, and dra&atically furnished. You don!t have to buy a new car everythree years, but it should be unusual. atanists are seldo& fashionable, but they alwaysco&&and respect. @o&en 0rotto 1asters &ay choose to be tawdry and tasteless,according to the precepts of The atanic @itch, using their se+uality to confound andenchant. This can be especially effective if you have a brain to go with it. Teach your&e&bers that the conduct of each individual atanist reflects directly on our entireorgani?ation. f we are to be regarded as the elite of society we &ust act the part. #ur"global village" has forsaken standards of rationality, objectivity, co&petence, justice,and de&onstrable skills. f we are to survive, we &ust revive the&, )uickly. @e &ust

usher in a renewed standard of strength and co&petence in atan!s na&e. @e &ustspearhead a new %enaissance. @e will set a new paceA others will step into line with us orbe left behind.

#ne )uestion you will confront, fro& both atanists and outsiders alike, is, "inceatanists don!t believe in a supernatural deity guiding their lives, is atanis& a religion,or is it a philosophy" To die-hard rationalists a&ong us, atanis& has been described asan anti-religion, or "&ilitant atheis&". *o we still need religion *o you need a religionto establish a fa&ily, raise kids, create a productive co&&unity 'nd is atanis&inherently opposed to this type of institutional structure These are i&portant points toclarify if atanis& is going to survive beyond one or two generations. To e+a&ine the&,we &ust look at the purpose of religion, and if atanis& satisfies that purpose. %eligionevolved to e+plain natural pheno&ena that we couldnJt understand, but, &orei&portantly, to dictate to a group of people what is and isn!t acceptable behavior. #neperson on a desert island wouldn!t need ethics or &orality, but add one other person andyou!ve got to have co&&on rules of conduct. @e have to be able to get along with peopleor nothing gets done. That!s why the Ten Co&&and&ents were established. %ape,&urder, stealing, looting,.. .these things that are har&ful to a co&&unity &ust be agreed-upon. %ationalists would urge these established rules be taught as ethics, not &orality.


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n practical ter&s this si&ply &eans you should re&ain )uiet about certain things until orunless the individual is worthy of knowing what you know. Create a sense of intrigue.You don!t have to blurt out to everyone that you are a 0rotto 1aster. Let the&"accidentally" overhear so&eone call you "1aster" and let their &inds race. You don!thave to broadcast at your general infor&ation lectures that we have a web of grottos

around the world - approach certain people that you feel are pro&ising and let the&know. nvite the& to apply to your group. f so&eone asks you directly, practice creativeevasiveness-don!t appear nervous about it, si&ply &ake sly, vague references and letthe& pull the pieces together. t will be &ore fun for your in)uirer to play "The*iscovery 0a&e" Bas *r. La(ey calls it/ and, &ost i&portantly, the &ystery will add toyour power.

1agic is 1etaphor. That doesn!t &ean it is "less real"A it &eans you have to &ove into anew real& of understanding in order to be privy to the fabulously intricate web of&agical e+istence. @hen asked Band you will be asked, again and again/, "*o you ordon!t you believe in atan", just s&ile slyly and reply, "atan is the &etaphorical conte+t

we find &ost sti&ulating and productive. don!t e+pect you to understand. f you did,you!d be a atanist." >on-atanists don!t understand. atanists understand intuitivelybecause, for the&, there is no choice. Their path was decided for the& long before theywere born. @e live only to act as &ediu&s for the *ark Legions and to fulfill ourinterwoven destiny. 's with &ost &agic, it can be e+plained by a concept of physics9 t isa &atter of fre)uency. atanists vibrate to one fre)uency, people of other religions vibrateto others. atanists find those other fre)uencies jarring and har&ful. People of otherreligions find atanis& grating and har&ful. 'lways re&e&ber *unninger!s *ictu&9"=or those who believe, no e+planation is necessaryA for those who don!t believe, noe+planation is possible." You are a atanist because that is all you can be. You were borna atanist. t is your resonance. #thers who are sincere about their religion resonate justas truly to the &etaphors and i&ages of Christianity, or


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The preceding section e+plains all the noble, productive reasons atanists for& grottos.ot if we keep our &otives in&ind, and pattern ourselves after wolf packs and other ani&als who find it necessary to

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professional contacts and support. @ithin the Church of atan, we!ve had thesis andantithesis regarding open grotto activities D now we have an opportunity for synthesis.@e!ll be able to &aintain these policies as long as we all recogni?e certain pitfalls and doour best to avoid the&. There are risks involved, but significant rewards possible, as well.This is a pri&ary way for us to grow and succeed.

f we keep in &ind that group activities are supposed to be an enjoyable adjunct to whatwe!re doing as atanists, not a pri&ary goal in itself, we!ll keep group interaction in itsproper perspective. 0rottos often fall apart because atanists begin to take the& tooseriously, i&agining that grottos are the &ain thrust of the Church of atan. This can&anifest itself in the following ways9

/ Lack of cooperation a&ong &e&bers. nstead of concentrating on our co&&on goals,so&e &e&bers tend to under&ine cohesion by concentrating on the differences a&ongus. atanists share &uch, but we can also be very different fro& each other. o&e beginco&plaining that they don!t like this person or that person because he!s black or she!s too

&ystical or he!s a >a?i or she!s a black &etal fan. #ne kind of atanist develops a disdainfor everybody else, figuring he!s got the "true path" and everybody else is doing it allwrong. You &ust put these aside if you want to interact in a group D any group. Certainco&pro&ises are always necessary. You have to weigh whether what you are getting outof the group is worth the co&pro&ises you have to &ake. 's 0rotto 1aster, you &ayengineer certain psychodra&a rituals and


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sense of cohesion with the wider organi?ation, a feeling of inspiration and support a&ongfellow atanists.

C/ %eali?e that grotto activities, while vitally i&portant at certain stages of &agicaldevelop&ent, are not as i&portant as achieve&ents in the real world. f an advanced

&e&ber feels torn between his grotto participation and his professional or fa&ilyco&&it&ents, release hi& fro& feelings of obligation, encourage hi& to pursue his ownpath to success and assure hi& his link to you and to the Church of atan will bestrengthened by his achieve&ents.

2/ Contentiousness. There are people who often hide behind atanis&!s advocacy ofindividual freedo&s, and use it as an e+cuse to critici?e you, 'nton La(ey and othersactive in the atanic network. They are usually jealous, overintellectuali?ing nit-pickerswho love to challenge and stir up controversy. They!ll use whatever foru&s they can todo it-whether it!s us or the ar&ed services or any other group. t!s a lifestyle for the&, acharacter flaw. They!ll work to under&ine your authority, bird-dog after others! na&es,

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children, e+hibiting jealousy and throwing tantru&s when they don!t get the attention theythink they deserve. Your task will be to use your leadership skills to re&ain balanced,resolve conflicts and keep &oving forward on the &o&entu& you!ve generated.

%e&e&ber what *r. La(ey has written - the two &ost precious things people have, the

things they covet &ost are *$>TTY and T1:L'T#>. This goes for the best of us,as well as for psychic va&pires who just want to latch onto a good thing for their ownpurposes. %e-read the first point in our Pentagonal %evisionis&. tratification is always apri&ary goal. @eed out the va&pires and your best &e&bers will still look to you foridentity and sti&ulation. 0ive the& a sense of cohesion, of identity, and give the&sti&ulation and direction.

%ecogni?e strengths and weaknesses of each &e&ber and assign tasks accordingly. Theyaren!t e)ual, they!re different and you!ll feel differently about each one. nvolve each&e&ber by assigning responsibilities according to what he does best. *raw out the "kidsin the back of the class", the neglected, orphaned, and overlooked, who &ay turn out to

have a lot &ore going for the& than the ones who aggressively de&and attention. 0iveeach atanist a taste of authority by allowing different people to co&pose and conductrituals as they feel co&fortable doing it. This is a great way for the& to get e+perience asauthorities and leaders. n preparing for rituals, assign roles beforehand and have repeatedrun-throughs so all participants know where they!re supposed to stand, what they!resupposed to do, so everything runs s&oothly. @ho!s in charge of &usic @ho!s in chargeof lights These details should be assigned appropriately so the presentation is polished.@hether your ritual involves three people or thirty-the illusion and conse)uent &agicaleffect depend on it.

@hen petty, unfocused conflicts arise, try not to play one person off another. Listen toeach co&plaint but allow &e&bers the responsibility of working it out the&selves. t!s afool!s ga&e if you try to take sides in a &anufactured battleA they!ll end up carrying talesto each other about what you said and use it to plant seeds of distrust. 'llow the& to useyou as a sounding board, voicing frustrations to you, confident that what they say won!tgo any further. The less said by you, the better. f you feel it necessary, you can suggest,without placing bla&e. f there a clear injustice going on, you should take sides and takeaction. Your tough job as a leader will be to evaluate clearly when you should interveneand when you shouldn!t. *on!t co&e running to Central 0rotto to &ediate &inors)uabbles. t!s your responsibility to resolve conflicts. t will serve you well, developingskills that will apply in &anagerial situations outside the Church of atan.

1any of our &ost powerful atanists are very private people, and resist disclosing &uchabout the&selves, either because they!re intensely private or because they would bevulnerable if other people knew too &any details about their lives. You don!t have to askpersonal )uestions, or de&and they give you their life!s history, where they work or live,if they have kids or what their ethnic background is. You don!t need all this infor&ationto know whether they!re valuable or not. *on!t challenge the& or de&and disclosure oryou &ight alienate your &ost valuable 'dvocates. 'llow each individual to set a distancethat!s co&fortable for hi&.

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n any inti&ate group situation, you have to be willing to take chances with each otherand e+pose your weaknesses, which is difficult for &ost atanists. This doesn!t &eanphysically risking or &aking yourself vulnerable in any way.


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1any of the pitfalls described in the previous section can be avoided through deftleadership. Your grotto &e&bers will respect you because you are presu&ed to be furtheralong your 1agical Path than they are. You prove that through concrete de&onstration-you &ust be able to co&e up with the goods in order to invoke trust and respect fro&your group. atanis& and the activities of your grotto should be an adjunct to your

successful life, not a &eager substitute for the real do&inance or authority you long for inthe outside world.

f you applied for 0rotto 1aster status because you are i&potent and felt the Church ofatan would be an artificial syste& in which you could assert authority by passing theright tests or achieving the right degrees, you ca&e to the wrong place. You will be)uickly frustrated and discarded.

The &ajority of people who apply for 0rotto 1aster status, do so out of sincerededication to the principles of atanis&. They want to co&e forward to do so&ething, to&ake sure *r. La(eyJs ideas are co&&unicated and enacted accurately, and to allow

others to have a local gathering point to energi?e and focus us all. t takes a ell of a lotof energy to lead a group well, and at the sa&e ti&e, advance in your chosen professionalfield, and juggle fa&ily responsibilities. ever telegraph your actions to an ene&yA surprise is sti&ulating to friends and ene&iesalike. uccess will co&e to you only if you build &o&entu& in a particular direction,anticipating and funneling the energy to confor& to your will. This is where strategy Basit applies to &agical workings/ can best be seen.

There are do?ens of books you can look to and se&inars you can attend to help youdevelop leadership skills and help in conflict resolution. You &ay find &any of theseuseful. 's a atanist, you can put your &agical i&agination to work for you. 'lignyourself with a &etaphor of leadership that &otivates you best9 a &ovie or stage director,an orchestra conductor, a business &aven, a ship!s captain, a &ilitary general or politicalleader....You are all of these and can draw strength fro& focusing on such i&ages. Your&ost obvious e+a&ple of a sti&ulating, responsible leader is atan hi&self. Let your

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actions and advice reflect hi&. 'tte&pt to evoke and engender a sense of nobility, of&easure, an elegant union of purpose and &etaphorical conte+t.

Counsel but don!t dictate. @e e+pect our 0rotto 1asters to provide direction, to offeraccurate and caring advice based on greater e+perience and wisdo&. 's *r. La(ey has

instructed in the $leven %ules, advise when asked but don!t allow yourself to be drainedby constant de&ands. f an individual is a clear drain on your ti&e, you should suggestthe person go elsewhere if he persists in va&piri?ing you and your group. You areresponsible for recogni?ing and weeding out disruptive ele&ents at a grassroots level.=orestall proble&s if you can before they har& the cohesion of the group. 'gain,e+perience will be your best teacher. @e all &ake &istakes in judg&ent and you!ll learnvery )uickly &ore about people and group dyna&ics than you probably ever wanted toknow.

Leaders &ust be decisive and reassuring in order to engender loyalty in your grotto&e&bers. %espect for you and ca&araderie with one another cannot be i&posed or

dictatedA it &ust be earned and nurtured. The Church of atan can grant you per&issionto be a 0rotto 1aster and give you the right tools - but you will earn the title when otherChurch of atan &e&bers call you "1aster" freely and without pro&pting.

n &aking decisions or plans, use rational decision-&aking skills, but also depend onintuition. This is where your &agical training co&es to the fore. Know when to ju&p,when to go forward, when to pull back and let a situation &ellow for awhile. Ti&ing iseverything. care your &e&bers once in a while. Perfor& so&e cold readings and so&estage &agic. o &atter what happens,no &atter how weird or wild things get, your people have to have faith in you, trust thatyou!ll &ake fair decisions, have confidence that you!ll direct the& co&petently and leadthe& through to safety. This only co&es with ti&e and proving your co&petence to the&again and again.

:lti&ately, these tasks you!ve undertaken should be a &agical learning e+pedition foryou. To get the &ost fro& your grotto work, e+a&ine your own &otives ruthlessly. Thisposition de&ands you look in the &irror and ask yourself hard )uestions9 @hy did wantto be a 0rotto 1aster @hat do e+pect to get out of it '& achieving what e+pected would '& fulfilling &y greater purpose

Your pri&ary e&phasis should always be on you. The Church of atan has grantedendorse&ent to you as a atanistA we don!t assign 0rotto Charters, per se. The &o&entgrotto activities begin to drain you, drop the&. n the language of the $le&ents, groupscan be )uite transient D very li)uid, or airy. You &ust be fire and earth-i&&utable andsteadfast. *on!t despair or be discouraged if your grotto disintegrates. t &ay not be areflection on your leadership abilities. Huite the contrary. 0rotto activities ulti&atelyhave to take a backseat to your personal success in the outside world. They are &eant asan adjunct to an already thriving life, not as your sole identity. =ulfill your drea&s in the

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real world. That!s how you can best serve yourself, best act as a role &odel for yourgroup and other &e&bers, and can eventually serve the best interests of the Church ofatan.

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's we discussed in ection Three, the power of atanis& lies just as &uch in its&etaphorical strength as in its advocacy of unco&pro&ising rationality. o&e atanistsprefer to use the ter& "&agic" instead of "spirituality" because &agic is activeAspirituality i&plies passivity. @hatever ter& you feel co&fortable with, we are differentfro& atheists or hu&anists. @e use rituals and sy&bols, talis&ans and invocations to call

forth the *ark 0ods within us. @e &ust speak in &etaphors, not to be purposelyobfuscating but for two valid reasons9

/ t is the only language the #nes @ithout understand. They are like ani&als. They &aynot entirely understand the words we speak. @hat they understand are the vibrations ofour language, our e&otions and the thought-for&s we use to focus The&.

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worship. ever allow yourself to be baited into this false "issue" of spiritual reality versus non-reality. 'nton La(ey did what no philosopher or religious writer before hi& had done -reconciled the &ind and the soul. Let!s not be forced by our ene&ies into co&pro&isingthat truth. atan is the reconciliation of apparent irreconcilables.


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@iccans, or any other &ystical adherents to relate to us by si&ply substituting "our 0od"for "their 0od". They would breathe a big sigh of relief, but atan!s will wouldn!t befulfilled. @e cannot allow the& that lu+ury. @e are the 'ccusers. @e de&and the whysand wherefores. @e refuse to be intellectually defined and li&ited. @e &ust utili?e our&etaphoric i&agination, but &ust never use it as an e+cuse for intellectual flaccidity.

atanis& &ust s&ash with a broadsword all the lies that have bound scientific and socialprogress, retarding us for centuries. The very separation between spirit and intellect is aholdover fro& dualistic thinking. @e &ust never be lulled or diverted. The atanicco&&unity &ust not be split by this ridiculous nondebate. f it is, it will only prove thatwe aren!t ready for the satisfaction of true atanis& but &ust continue an unnecessarystruggle against ghosts of our own &aking.

To &anifest our spiritual connection with each other and with the atanic %eal&s, weperfor& &agical rituals. ow &uch e&phasis you place on rituals in your grotto is a&atter of personal taste. o&e people don!t feel a need to go into the ritual cha&ber veryoften, but feel they are perfor&ing rituals all day long. 'dvanced &agicians su&&on a

sense of ritual into &any creative or social or professional settings. >ew atanists oftenfeel a co&pulsion to perfor& for&al rituals. This need is certainly valid and should beencouraged. They want to work &agicA they want to see if it really worksA they want todeclare their allegiance in a for&al way, with their fellow atanists as witnesses. This isan i&portant phase of passage that helps set our "fre)uency" - that attunes us to theatanic all around us, &aking us aligned with the *e&ons of the Pit and with our inisterbrothers and sisters. #nce this attune&ent is established, it beco&es self-generating.=or&al rituals beco&e &ore of a rare, potent indulgence. You will probably find your&e&bers re)uest &ore rituals than you find necessary, but that!s why you!re a 0rotto1aster. Your ritual activities should balance out your &ore &undane gatherings. f youspend a lot of ti&e together as a group, you should perfor& &ore rituals to balance outthe &undane ti&e. You should perfor& grotto initiations for your active &e&bers Basa&ple nitiation ritual is in 'ppendi+


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apply these five principles, not only in the ritual cha&ber but also outside the ritualcha&ber, your success is guaranteed. 1editate upon the&9 *esire, Ti&ing, &agery,*irection, and the ude altars are a way of reinforcing and utili?ing theinteraction between &asculine and fe&inine forces. The fe&ale altar is the direct line toatan and his &inionsA she is the battery. The Priest focuses and directs that raw energy.f you are working alone, or with a s&all group, the Priest or Priestess will be able togenerate sufficient energy on his or her own. ever allow grotto &e&bers to participate in rituals when they are obviously drunk or

high. This has been the rule fro& the beginning of the Church of atan, founded in an=rancisco at the height of the acid-dropping 5G!s. t is si&ply too dangerous and can bedisastrous for all present. The ritual cha&ber can be disorienting for a strong &indA it istoo &uch for a drug-befuddled &ind. t should go without saying that we don!t encouragedrug use as a part of any ritual, for the sa&e reasons.

@hen you perfor& outdoor rituals, &ake doubly certain all fla&es and e&bers fro& fires,torches, candles and bra?iers are well e+tinguished before you leave the area.

The best way for a novice &e&ber to e+perience the concentration, breadth, rhyth& andi&agination necessary to be an advanced atanic 1agician is to write and perfor& his orher own ritual. @hat ritual should they perfor&, they will ask you @here do they begin'dvise the& to first look into their hearts to see what they feel passionate about, what&etaphors, icons, na&es they!d feel &ost passionate about invoking. 's 0rotto 1aster,knowledgeable about &agic and about the individual!s obsessions, you can guide hi& to aritual purpose that &ight capture his or her i&agination. @hat purpose would he feel&ost co&pelled to acco&plish These are the things that will touch the *ark #nes. Thekey is your e&otional link to the topic, how strongly you feel about it and how concreteand ever-present it is for you. That is our passageway to other real&s - the fifthdi&ension and beyond.


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's a 0rotto 1aster, there is another i&portant point you &ust always keep in &ind. Youwere born a atanist. There are a finite nu&ber of atanists on the $arth. tanding beforean altar dedicated to atan, proudly invoking the de&ons of the Pit to co&e forth andenter you and assist you in &anifesting your @ill, accepting the &antle of "$vil #ne" andsetting yourself apart fro& all society isn!t everyone!s cup of tea. Certain people &ay be

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use the shape of the Trape?oid. *e&ons will be invited by those angles, repelled by anyprotective circle.

You &ust train yourself to feel a release of e&otions and psychic energy for your ritual tobe successful. This release will co&e fro& the forehead Bso&eti&es a tingling sensation

in the area of the pineal gland/, your heart chakra Babout the &iddle of your chest/ andfro& your groin. f the ritual or cere&ony is strong enough you will feel a tingling in allthree of these areas that will radiate throughout your body and so&eti&es &ake you feellight, as if you!re floating. You &ay feel light-headed and di??y. Ti&e will beco&e veryelasticA you will leave the ritual cha&ber and be surprised at how &uch ti&e, or how littleti&e has passed - as when you!ve been deeply asleep, have drea&ed co&ple+, narrativedrea&s and then awakened to find you!ve only been asleep for 4 &inutes. You will,&ost of all, feel vital and energi?ed after a successful ritual, as if there is great staticenergy racing throughout your body Bwhich there is/.

t!s easy and healthy to translate these tinglings and rushings into se+ual e+cite&ent and

fulfill&ent. You should. e+ &agic, in which both partners are using both their &agicalenergy and se+ual energy to focus on the sa&e goals, can be e+ceedingly effective. @edon!t encourage orgies. This isn!t because we!re prudishA just that we!ve found fro&e+perience that it doesn!t enhance se+ual or &agical satisfaction. =or the atanist, thethought of several naked people writhing about with no central focus, no individuation,no personal conte+t, each aware of the rest and trying to outperfor& the ne+t, isunappealing. This is not to i&ply that non-private se+ual activity within a desired conte+tBfantasy or actuali?ed/ is to be avoided. :se the energy the way it should be used, but thedisplay and lack of concentration in an orgy situation doesn!t enhance enjoy&ent orfulfill&ent.

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Your grotto will look to you for direction, and it will be up to you to guide the&. :sually,you!ll be able to conjure up so&e interesting activities based on the varied passionsa&ong youA @hen you can!t think of anything, turn to this section for so&e broadsuggestions you can &odify as needed. Keep in &ind that activities aren!t necessary fortheir own sake but should be used as a tool to build fa&iliarity, respect and trust within

the grotto. t allows you all an infor&al way to get to know how each other works, tolearn how you think, how )uickly you react, to test each other. 's with &ilitary&aneuvers, you learn each others! strengths and weaknesses and learn to trust each other.This can be described as serving a twofold purpose9

/ To gain fa&iliarity and trust with each other, and / To learn basic skills and shareknowledge that &ight prove useful - business and co&&unication skills, Lesser and0reater 1agic, intuition and sensitivity, &artial arts and use of weapons, fle+ibility ofbody and &ind. The atanic ideal is the sa&e kind of balance Plato proposed9 theinterdependence of 1ind-o need to wearyour black robes and large


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groups when it feels right and allow people to get to know each other a bit. Then you&ight want to conclude the evening with a )uick co&&union ritual.

ere are so&e rando& suggestions for grotto activities9

/ Take up instru&ents and start a &usical co&bo./ Learn a language together. The best way to practice is to speak it with other people.2/ %ole-play to work out proble&s with others outside or inside the group. There!s apsychological techni)ue of playing the role of the person you!re having a conflict withcalled "psychodra&a". Try it.3/ Perfor& scenes together-&e&ori?e and recite lines or a scene fro& a play, or recitepoetry you!ve worked to &e&ori?e. t!s e+cellent practice in concentration, retention,dra&atic delivery, and it i&presses people at parties. old weekly or &onthly recitationswhere everyone has to &e&ori?e a piece and recite it.4/ $nact our =ive Point Progra&9


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candlelit evening of fine food and politely witty conversation. 1en can retire to the parlorafterward for brandy and cigars, joined later by the ladies for recitations and light &usicalairs.4/ 0o to a location far fro& city - light pollution and star-ga?e or &eteor-watch. You&ay want to co&bine this with a ca&ping trip or e+pedition to a hidden bed and breakfast

inn one of you has discovered.5/ Charter a boat-go on a &oonlight cruise or whale watching trip together.6/ (isit local caves.7/ 0o to the opera, sy&phony, ballet or other theatrical or &usical perfor&ancestogether, dressed for&ally. $njoy the dra&a you present to the other theatre-goers.8/ 0o diving together.G/ f so&e of your &e&bershave kids, go to *isneyland or *isney @orld together, orindulge in si&ilar a&use&ents. BThe Church of atan &ay eventually want to develop asyste& of fa&ily-oriented grottos as a subset of our other grotto activities. There are&any obvious advantages to groups devoted to atanic fa&ilies. You can practiceho&eschoolingEgroup schooling together, sharing learning resourcesA you can share

caretaking with trusted, aligned parentsA you can develop fa&ily-oriented rituals andoutings, and go on ca&ping and child-centered e+peditions together. 'ny furtherdevelop&ents along these lines will be dictated by how &uch positive response Central0rotto gets concerning such a need.// f you feel drawn to it and you think it would behoove you, volunteer with a localani&al shelter, conservation or pollution clean-up group./ #rgani?e a scavenger hunt.2/ Produce a video for a local public access cable station.3/ #rgani?e a fil& festival, either for your active participants or open to the public,followed by discussion of si&ilar atanic ele&ents in apparently disparate fil&s.4/ old an annual 0YT B0et Your hit Together/ retreat, perhaps over@alpurgisnacht. Take a trip into the &ountains or to the ocean, review your activities andrituals over the past year and &ake plans for the future. et ti&e aside for an inspiringritual or two, rela+ation, rejuvenation and fun.5/ tart a business, e+plore a sport, reinforce goals and >ew Year!s resolutions thatencourage peak health, &aterial gain and positive outlookA invest in our future bystrengthening our &inds, bodies and spirits.6/ $+plore speech tourna&ent and Toast&aster techni)ues. old for&al debates, presentprepared speeches and e+pository speeches....This trains you to think fast on your feet,for&ulate ideas )uickly, answer )uestions effectively in your roles as atanicrepresentatives.7/ =ollow in the footsteps of *r. La(ey and the original 1agic Circle D hold periodicsoirees and &as)ues four ti&es a year, or whenever you feel so inclined. =or a ti&ebefore the actual Church of atan was founded, *r. La(ey hosted costu&ed get-togethersevery year at @alpurgisnacht, alloween, 1idsu&&er!s $ve, and >ew Year!s.8/ tage a seance, co&plete with sound effects, aro&as Bgardenias, roses or so&ethingso&eone in your audience has &entioned previously/, table tilting, spirit rappers,ectoplas& and cold bree?es. 'dvertise the audience participation perfor&ance to raise&oney for other field trips and activities. 1ake sure your select audience is told it!s

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portent and fresh &eaning to lines you &ay have recited a thousand ti&es, by phrasingand pausing to co&&unicate the e&otions and subte+t of the play.

Think of these kinds of details when you perfor& ritual &agic. %ehearse rituals as youwould rehearse a playA &e&ori?e your lines until you can recite the& without thinking

about it. Then, when you are perfor&ing the actual ritual, you can concentrate on thee&otions and transcendence rather than the rubrics and &ove&ents the&selves. *on!tfear that repetition will defuse the potency of the ritual if you rehearse it again and againuntil you have it letter-perfect. t will intensify the power once the words and actionsbeco&e second-nature and seep into your unconscious. @ith such intensive practice,you!ll find yourself integrating the rituals into your drea&s and will eventually findyourself e+periencing the sa&e out-of-body separation so&e actors describe when they"watch" the&selves give a flawless perfor&ance.

The greatest nations have been ce&ented by theatrical po&p and stirring &usic. @ecannot have a lasting &ove&ent which doesn!t e+cite the i&agination. Learn the tools of

illusion. Ioin a local theatre group. $ven a s&all co&&unity theatre will give you trainingin techni)ues in staging, lighting, &akeup, costu&ing, directing, dra&atic writing andacting that will i&prove both your ritual and everyday &agic. @ithin your grotto,perfor& scenes, e+plore spontaneous theatre, practice accents, e+peri&ent with subtle&odifications of facial features with &akeup techni)ues, fabricate dra&atic costu&es.Learn and use every special effect in your arsenal. =or us, there is no distinction between"&agick" and "&agic"A stage &agic beco&es "real" &agic, if you dress the stageproperly. Your success depends on creating an engaging perfor&ance for a &ostdiscri&inating *iabolical patron.

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Section *ine

Securit!

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's stated in a previous chapter, if you re)uest a position as a 0rotto 1aster, you areoffering to lead an essentially open foru&. 1ost security procedures are included inection #ne but there are a few things that re)uire additional attention. @e re)uire youget a post office bo+ and screen participants thoroughly. @e!ll try not to point creeps andthrill-seekers in your direction, but people aren!t necessarily truthful on their applications.

$ven at that, you!ll eventually attract people through word of &outh and local advertisingthat haven!t gone through our ad&issions process. #nce again, don!t hold initial publicoriented &eetings in your ho&e or in another group &e&ber!s ho&e.


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and your econd to answer whatever )uestions see& reasonable, but to put &ost of theburden on the interviewee to answer your )uestions. %e)uest that you keep his&e&bership card long enough to photocopy it and send the copy to Central 0rotto, alongwith a copy of the co&pleted application and your evaluation.


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"out" to be a potent &e&ber of Church of atan. t!s considered an e+tre&e breech ofprotocol and grounds for suspension of 0rotto 1aster status to purposefully e+poseso&eone who wishes his or her affiliation to re&ain covert. @e have always kept&e&bership rosters secured. @e e+pect you to respect your grotto &e&bers! privacy inthe sa&e way. *on!t bird-dog influential &e&bers, don!t stake the& out or pester the&.

They are our strength. 's 0rotto 1aster, you are in a greater position of trust with theChurch of atan and our &e&bers - *#>!T


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independent thought and can be relegated to the role of e&pty-headed, brainwashed&oron.

There aren!t &any of these instigators of "lively e+change" yet, but one or two have

wor&ed their way into the good graces of the atanic network, leeching off of ourgrowing above-ground syste& of newsletters and correspondents, yet snidely refusing toalign the&selves with our progenitor organi?ation. >ow that atanis& is beco&ing analternative, the "lot lice" are sniffing around at ways to sneak in under the tent flapwithout putting the&selves on the line. @e &ust recogni?e their insidious techni)uesbefore they under&ine us irreparably. They pride the&selves on being "unaffiliated",i&plying that "affiliated" foru&s, like The


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who have read The atanic


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5/ atanophobic groups get a hold of a copy of *arkness (isible advocating bestiality,ape and incest and use it to confir& all of the Christian hysteria we!ve had to fight so hardto dispel. @e get to clean up the shit, we get flack at work, we get our childrenjeopardi?ed and our cars egged, not 1r. unaffiliated, ethical-in)uiry, what-who-&e.

6/ #ur &ost supportive, productive, stalwart &e&bers get tired of being called"sycophants", tired of being drawn into pointless interchanges, get tired of defending andjustifying the&selves and their chosen leader, and )uietly &ove on to less co&plicated,&ore productive advocacies.

7/ 1e&bers of our hierarchy begin to debate about how best to handle these psychicva&pires - whether it!s better to &ake people aware, publish a shit list of people to free?eout of the network, or whether it!s better to shine a glaring light on the&, allow the& allthe foru& they can handle, thereby showing the&selves for the sli&e that they are. @eare therefore divided. ow could an infiltrating Christian agent provocateur bent ondestroying the atanic &ove&ent under&ine it &ore efficiently

The only reason !ve gone into so&e detail concerning these &ethods is so that you!ll bee)uipped to recogni?e such divisive &aneuverings when you see the&. o far, we!ve alldone a pretty good job of weeding out this sort of contentiousness.


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The Church of atan was for&ed as a &utual ad&iration society, not as an encountergroup. @e are energi?ed by and supportive of each other. #f course there are going to bedifferences a&ong us. atan is representative of the reconciliation of apparentirreconcilables. @e!re driven individualists with our own obsessions and directions. #neof our greatest strengths is that we can!t be neatly pigeonholed and dis&issed. 'nton

La(ey intended his organi?ation to be a &eeting of &inds, where a highly-evolved black&an could stand forth in front of a


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#ur &ost productive people are "La(ey fanatics", those who say, "Yeah, this &akes a lotof sense. !ll throw in &y lot with the ones who started it, who sustain it, and !ll do &ypart by applying atanis& in &y own life toward product and satisfaction." ycophantsare the ones who &ake it worthwhile for *r. La(ey to continue writing, to keeprecording his &usic. They encourage further productivity and let hi& know his

perseverance isn!t in vain. 'nton La(ey doesn!t need to justify or defend hi&self toanyoneA his strength and his talent justify hi&. e is a noble, creative &an who re&ainssteadfast in his convictions. That!s what his detractors can!t stand. is words and his&usic only ring truer because of their efforts to defuse hi&. ycophantic praise is &orevaluable to hi& than people who want to start their groups or their newsletters, "all forthe good of the Church." tart the&, fine. #9 You!re a scu&bag, don!t like you, get away fro&&e, you stink, don!t want to hear what you have to say, !& not interested, you are notwelco&e here, go find another sucker.

't this juncture, we cannot tolerate dissension, dialoguing, skeptical in)uiry or inciting to&utiny. The stakes are too high. f this is to be called tyrannical, despotic and ruthless, sobe it. nternal strife is our only significant ene&y. >ow you can recogni?e these agitators!sleight of hand, and their &otives. @e know who we are and they know who they are.Yes, it is an us-vs.-the& worldA even when they try to call the&selves atanists. 'nddon!t e+pect &e to be drawn into further angry response when this article is dissected by"honest in)uirers". 1y ritual is co&plete. have &ore i&portant things to do and so doyou.

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APP)*I+ ,o&e Thoughts on atanic %ituals

@hat follows is a grotto nitiation %itual, based on the original initiation rites used by theChurch of atan. 'll of our rituals are based on principles, scenes, and phrases that havebeen passed down through various atanic lines for centuries. 1ost general guidelines foratanic rituals can be found in *r. La(ey!s atanic


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This is another reason why we can!t tell how &any people are atanists at this point -their religions count heads by tracking their baptis& records. @e don!t have any suchritual that divides a "full-fledged" atanist fro& one who is living the atanic philosophy.$verything one needs to how to be a successful atanist is in The atanic


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Initiation Ritualfor Church of atan 0rotto Participants

Preparation for the Celebrant, before ritual9 *uring the ritual, the nitiate should be givena @ord upon which he can concentrate his energies, so&ething the Celebrant B0rotto1aster or Priest/ feels will inspire or help the nitiate fulfill the ne+t phase of his &agicalpath. The Celebrant should &editate on this nitiate ahead of ti&e, to prepare hi&self toinitiate the individual. Take a piece of hisEher clothing or jewelry a few days before theritual, to hold and psycho&etri?e in private &editation in order to bring forth a focusword for the nitiate, to connect with the nitiate so that you will be )ualified to usher hi&into this ne+t stage of his &agical transfor&ation. The ritual consists of three partsreflecting the awakening of 1ind, pirit and =lesh9 The test of the nitiate!s &ind, thepurification of his spirit, then the presentation of the first tools the >eophyte will need to&anifest his will on the physical plane. :se your intuition to ti&e the nitiation so that it

will plant seeds of &agic. @hat strengths can you conjure for hi&, what cautions does heneed at this stage of his develop&ent, what &ust he do &ore of, or less of =ind a wordof direction and write it on a s&all slip of paper, to give hi& during the nitiation %itual.'ssign various &e&bers of your group one of the >ine atanic tate&ents. Let the&know they!ll be e+pected to recite it during the cere&ony Bif you have fewer than nineother people in your group, assign two or three tate&ents to each participant/. #ne ofthe nitiate!s friends a&ong the group will speak as his ponsor during the cere&ony.'lso choose two &e&bers to act as 'colytes for the evening. $+plain their tasks to the&as they are described below. 1ost rituals &ust be carefully rehearsed with all participantsto insure the ritual proceeds s&oothly. This can not be the case with the nitiation %itual,in which the &ain participant-the nitiate should not know fully what is going to happen

to hi& before he actually participates in his nitiation. This builds up &agical anticipationin hi& and &akes his e+perience of the ritual &ore potent. You and the other grottoparticipants should rehearse your lines, &usic cues and &ove&ents, but the nitiateshould not be present.

Preparation for the nitiate9 The nitiate should be instructed to &e&ori?e the >ineatanic tate&ents. e Bhe/ &ust also wear a garb to the actual ritual that can beloosened at the neck, to be drawn down low enough to e+pose his heart. The nitiateshould be instructed not to eat the day of the ritual. This is traditionally for reasons ofpurification and focus. f he Bshe/ is so predisposed, instruct hi& to take a candlelit, ritualbath before leaving for his nitiation, washing away past guilts and fears and opening

hi&self or herself to new e+periences Busing no scents or oilsA the de&ons can be likenedto wild beasts who will trust you &ore if they can s&ell you, un&asked by frankincenseand &yrrh/.

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>ecessary &ple&ents9 'll standard ritual i&ple&ents, as listed in The atanic


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C$L$T'T$9 a& no stranger to atan. have been su&&oned by i& and approach isaltar of &y own free @ill.

C$L$#%9 speak for the stranger. e is a friend in *arkness.

C$L$T9 @e will interrogate this stranger. you are a atanist, you know the

tate&ents we hold sacred. Co&plete the& with this congregation as witness.

>T$%%#0'T#>

st C#>0%$0'>T9 atan representsindtilgence...

>T'T$9 instead of abstinence;

nd C#>0%$0'>T9 atan represents vitale+istence...

>T'T$9 ...instead of spiritual pipe drea&s;

2rd C#>0%$0'>T9 atan represents undefiled wisdo&...

>T'T$9 .instead of hypocritical self-deceit;

3th C#>0%$0'>T9 atan represents kindness to those who deserve it...

>T'T$9 ...instead of love wasted on ingrates;

4th C#>0%$0'>T9 atan represents vengeance...

>T'T$9 ...instead of turning the other cheek;

5th C#>0%$0'>T9 atan represents responsibility to the responsible...

>T'T$9 ...instead of concern for psychic va&pires;

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6th C#>0%$0'>T9 atan represents &an as just another ani&al, so&eti&es better,&ore often worse than those that walk on all-fours...

>T'T$9 . . .who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual develop&ent," hasbeco&e the &ost vicious ani&al of all;

7th C#>0%$0'>T9 atan represents all of the so-called s&s...

>T'T$9 ...as they all lead to physical, &ental, or e&otional gratification;

8th C#>0%$0'>T9 atan has been the best friend the church has ever had...

>T'T$9 ...as he has kept it in business all these years;

B0ong is struck./

P:%=C'T#>

C$L$0%$0'T#> &oves back fro& encircling the nitiate, to a position behind theCelebrant. 'C#LYT$ re&ove hood, then bindings, fro& the nitiate./

C$L$T bares nitiate!s chest and holds candle fla&e close to nitiate!s heart./

C$L$T sprinkles over thebra?ier./

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C$L$T9 *rink deeply of the ineffable raging &ysteries of Leviathan i&self;Bands chalice back to 'colyte./

C$L$T'T$ turns toward the altar and reads te+t that an 'C#LYT$ holds out to hi&./

>T'T$9 a& ready. a& a atanist, the highest e&bodi&ent of hu&an life. renounceall of the pious and putrefying gods of the %ight-and Path. know that way leads toconfusion, stupidity and hypocrisy. defy the unjust and self-righteous. spit on the weakand inco&petent. will no longer be hindered by guilts or doubts &anufactured for &e,but will )uestion and challenge all things. reclai& authority over &y own life, here andnow. stand before &y Prince and &y fellow T'T$ e+tends left hand in the ign of theorns toward the altar./

>T'T$9 ail atan;

C#>0%$0'T#>9 ail atan;

B0ong is struck./

>T'T$9 he&ha&forash;

C#>0%$0'T#>9 he&ha&forash;

B0ong is struck./

C$L$T and>T'T$ turn to congregation./ *o we accept this Petitioner into our ranks

C#>0%$0'T#>9 @e accept hi& Bher/.

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C$L$T take off their hoods./

'0>1$>T

C$L$T9 *on this black robe and be recogni?ed as a fellow traveller on the inisterPath of trength and =ulfill&ent, honored that the King of the >ight has accepted youinto is real&.

B'C#LYT$ hands Celebrant s&all container of tiger bal&./

C$L$T touches a bit of tiger bal& to nitiate!s forehead./

C$L$9 %e&e&ber well. @e are always watching.

B0ong is struck./

B'C#LYT$ presents envelope resting on a pillow to Celebrant. C$L$T9 There are two &agical tools that can be revealed to you now. The first isthe power of ncantation. Language defines thought, thereby giving substance to the'ncient #nes. 'bracadabra. 'laka?a&. i& ala


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BC$L$T9 discover wisdo&.

1editate upon this word and

B0ong is struck./

B'C#LYT$ offers the Celebrant the T9 This is our second tool-the legacy of the 9 %ege atanas;

B0ong is struck./

C$L$9 ail atan;

BC$L$T9 o it is done.

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APP)*I+ C

=or years, people have asked Church of atan representatives, "@ell, okay--your

philosophy is based on indulgence of hu&an instincts but do you have any sins like otherreligions" #ur answer has always been ">o".


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e+istence. @e are &aking history right now, everyday. 'lways keep the wider historicaland social picture in &ind. That is an i&portant key to both Lesser and 0reater 1agic.ee the patterns and fit things together as you want the pieces to fall into place. *o not beswayed by herd constraints--know that you are working on another level entirely fro& therest of the world.

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8/ o&e other groups to watch out for9 '/ =e&inist, @iccan-oriented, consciousness-raising groups who practice &ore &ale-bashing than &agicA ew 'ge groups thatpro&ote La(eyan concepts, but shun the dreaded "" wordA C/ Iargon-lad en Christians&as)uerading as atanistsA */ Pen-pal or lonely hearts social groups pretending to be

elitists perfor&ing powerful atanic rituals.

1ost of the above are subject to bitch-fights, petty jealousies, and rivalries. They are safehavens for s&all-&inded people trying to play head ga&es, preferring the protection ofgroups rather than really working to apply what 'nton La(ey wrote. This is not to saythat all groups are counterproductive to atanis& as a &ove&entA there are &any whichare productive, supportive branches of the Church of atan. Like various divisions of thesa&e ar&y, these distinct #rders &ay e&phasi?e one atanic i&age over another, butthey are all aligned, in co&&unication and working toward the sa&e goals.


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. igh heels, at least 2"--the classic witches! shoe. 1ost flattering to the leg, as t createsan inviting -curve, and a nice jiggle to your walk without even trying. f you!ve neverworn the&, don!t overesti&ate your shoe si?e. f they fit like your running shoes orsandals, they!re too large. 0ive yourself ti&e to learn to walk in the&A skip an e+erciseclass and give yourself a real workout;

2. >o bikini underwear--always full-cutA white, off-white or dusty-pinkA rayon or nylonBs&ooth-finish/ panties. The bikini cut was designed for wo&en with no curves. They arean anathe&a to the witch. They give no e&phasis to your a&ple hips or pleasingly s&allwaist.

3. >o pantyhose--the ene&y of every witch. They are nylon pants strangling our se+,allowing for no ventilation or freedo& of &ove&ent. The classic sea&ed stocking wasdesigned to aug&ent the beauty of a wo&an!s leg, the sea& tracing the gentle curves, thedark contrasting top accenting a wo&an!s seldo&-gli&psed thigh. 1ake sure the stockingis proportioned so the top hits you just a couple of inches above the knee. >o flashy

colors. o frills, lace, or black and red i&itation satin "stage-undies"that are designed for one night!s use and will fall apart after you do your racy strip-teasefor hubby. You want the G,GGG &ile-kind, that lasts long enough to look dingy andsoiledA the kind of underwear any decent, 0od-fearing wo&an would be &ortified if a&an gli&psed.

5. (ivid &ake-up--:se classic bright reds for your nails and lips. $ye shadow should bedra&atic blues and greens. o perfu&es or heavy deodorants--the scent of your own flesh is enticing enough.Perfu&es Iust rritate.

7. >o e+cessive jewelry--one ring on each hand is plenty. 'nd you don!t need to wear 2or 3 necklaces at a ti&eA weighing yourself down with heavy Iewelry only detracts fro& awo&an!s body. You don!t need to &ar yourself with tattoos and piercings to get attention.1ore than one earring in each ear doesn!t highlight your best features, it ca&ouflagesthe&. ' nose stud Iust invites so&eone to try to wipe the booger off your nose.

8. >o tattoos or piercings--don!t per&anently brand yourself as a slave to fashion. 's *r.La(ey has said, "' wo&an should be a work of artA she shouldn!t have to have arttattooed on her."

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Let the& stareA let the& &arvelA let the& tsk, tsk. They do enough to offend you Iust bybeing the sheep-like creatures they are. @hy not turn the tables Iust a little You willshock and enlighten. %evel in their fascination and take power fro& it.

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APP)*I+ uggestions for =urther %eading

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