𝚁 𝙴 𝚅 𝙴 𝙻 𝙰 𝚃 𝙸 𝙾 𝙽 : 𝟷𝟽

To clarify Anton’s belief system, he neither believed in nor worshipped Satan as a literal entity. Rather, he defined Satanism as the instinct and ethic of radical non-conformity. To him, Satanism existed as the countercurrent to crowd mentality, and the pushback against the human mass of group-thinkers who, historically, are responsible for most earthly catastrophes. In Anton’s eyes, the Satanist, rather than being a force of malevolence, is history’s rebel, romantic, and freethinker — but with a razor’s edge of self-determination, which might be best summarized in the statement famously (if loosely) attributed to Ayn Rand: “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”

This body, I forgive it, I am tasting ash. I am wholly given to dark innocence.

As for you, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.