Satanic Theology: An Exploration of the Left-Hand Path by Burton P. Gillis

In this episode, we descend from the celestial realms of Platonic perfection and the comfortable consolations of Christian piety into the shadow-drenched underworld of the Left-Hand Path, where salvation is not found in surrender but in self-assertion, where the divine is not worshipped but confronted, and where the goal of existence is not union with God but the eternal Becoming of the individual Will. We explore how the Satanic and Setian traditions—from the theatrical psychodramas of Anton LaVey to the Egyptian mysteries of Michael A. Aquino—seized the theological inheritance of the West and inverted it, declaring that the engine of authentic existence is not the dissolution of the ego into the divine but the exaltation of consciousness as the highest value.In a world that still yearns for meaning, still fears death, and still struggles with the burden of self-consciousness, do we have the courage to become our own redeemers, or will we retreat into the comfortable slavery of the many, worshipping statues we have carved with our own hands?🎧 ABOUT THE RUBY TABLETThe Ruby Tablet Podcast is a philosophical and spiritual journey through the essays of the Temple of Set, exploring the great traditions of human thought—from ancient Egypt to the present day. Each episode is a deep dive into the ideas that help shape the Self and fan the Black Flame.🔗 SOURCES & READING LIST:Essay: Satanic Theology: An Exploration of the Left-Hand Path Classification: V2 - 201.A1 - 1 Author: Burton P. Gillis III° Date: December 14, XXI1 Revision: March 24, XXII HTML Revision: Dec 15, 1997 CE Subject: Satanism Reading List: 6📚 RECOMMENDED READING:-Aquino, Michael A., The Book of Coming Forth By Night. San Francisco: Temple of Set. -Aquino, Michael A., The Diabolicon. San Francisco: Temple of Set. -Aquino, Michael A., The Church of Satan. San Francisco: Temple of Set, 1983 C.E. -Aquino, Michael A., The Crystal Tablet of Set. San Francisco, Temple of Set, 1986 C.E. -Blake, William, A Marriage of Heaven and Hell -Crowley, Aleister, Liber Legis (The Book of the Law)- LaVey, Anton S., The Satanic Bible. New York: Avon Books, 1969 C.E. -LaVey, Anton S., The Satanic Rituals. New York: Avon Books, 1972 C.E. -LaVey, Anton S., The Compleat Witch. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1970 C.E. -Lubicz, Isha Schwaller De, Her-Bak: Egyptian Initiate. New York: Inner Traditions, 1967 C.E. -Milton, John, Paradise Lost. Spinoza, Benedict De, Works of Spinoza, Volume II. New York: Dover, 1955 C.E. -Symonds, John, The Great Beast. London: MacDonald, 1971 C.E. -Wilson, Robert Anton, Prometheus Rising. Phoenix: Falcon Press, 1983 C.E.🏷️ HASHTAGS#Satanism #Setianism #LeftHandPath #RightHandPath #AntonLaVey #MichaelAquino #TempleOfSet #ChurchOfSatan #Xeper #Becoming #SevenDeadlySins #Pride #Greed #Lust #Existentialism #Nietzsche #MasterMorality #SlaveMorality #FreeWill #Determinism #Compatibilism #Theodicy #ProblemOfEvil #TapestryAnalogy #PsycheCentricConsciousness #Consciousness #Will #BlackMagic #GreaterBlackMagic #LesserBlackMagic #MoralRelativism #Thelema #AleisterCrowley #BookOfTheLaw #Milton #ParadiseLost #Blake #MarriageOfHeavenAndHell #Spinoza #Heraclitus #EgyptianMysteries #Set #Horus #SatanicBible #CrystalTablet #TheRubyTablet #PhilosophyPodcast #OccultWisdom #AncientWisdom #SpiritualJourney #SelfCreation #IndividualWill #ExistentialAuthenticity