Writer: InfernalDevotee
Subject: Clarity Isn’t Weakness
Link: Tumblr / 07.06.2026
Clarity Isn’t Weakness
I do not like the thought that I keep reading in Luciferian literature (especially Michael W Ford) that charity is weakness.
I find it ignores the reality of human interdependence, of the fact that true self-reliance is impossible because everything is made by other people — your water, your protective laws, your food. We have a duty to each other just as much as to ourselves — and while yes, you should always take care of yourself first, just so should you accept help and give out help to others.
Because it elevates you, if for no other reason. Doing things for other people and contributing to your community and environment is good for your mental health, keeps you grounded and satisfied.
We literally evolved this far because we are social creatures! When our brains don’t have anything to think about, the social centres are activated automatically. Humans need each other most, and giving them advice or a book is often not enough and doesn’t feel empathetic to me at all, and I just dislike that on principle.
While I do agree with the largely individualistic view of the left hand path, i don’t think we can ignore the balance with our collective. Beauty is found in friendship, in soothing someone, in taking care of one another. And to ignore that is sad to me, because it is so fundamental to our biology, to being human.
Lucifer Himself is a being of profound empathy, someone who wants to help others and His followers and personally, I don’t feel good thinking that helping others harms them. (While acknowledging the extreme of complete reliance without trying, but still, those people deserve help as well)
Just a thought, but it makes me uncomfortable to imply that living by the grace of your community is not right, because that too is a unique way of life and worth it in itself.
Nice essay with which I agree completely. Loving other people is embedded in our dna and gave evolving Homo sapiens a distinct competitive advantage. We love our children and therefore do not eat them. We love our tribe and can fight off marauders.
What I see as different in Satanism is freedom from imposed societal restrictions. Individual and defiant but not necessarily isolated. I do not believe in turning the other cheek, though sometimes not reacting with violence in the moment is the best response. Nor should we tolerate people who wish to use or control us like the church has for two millennia.
And we can celibate our animal nature to the fullest, especially sexually, without guilt or shame.
Sharing our wealth with others feels good and improves the society we depend on for our quality of life. Loving the members of our coven or Satanic community adds joy to our pleasure and protects us.
Crowley’s “do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law” continues: “love is the law. Love under will.”
Nothing wrong with being kind, just don’t take any shit from anyone. (Unless it gives you pleasure).
Hail Satan