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Mogg,
Ah, that might be the
problem here... Things have cleaned up or more precisely
exploded since the 1980s. The field of Satanism is much more
heterogenous and diverse today. Grahams article (1995) and
my anthology (2009) are good places to start.
I definitely do not
say that links are non-existent - and some were (or
are) high profile: Your ToS example, some of LaVey's
acquaintances in the 1970s and 80s (and his own writings in
the 1980s), LaVey's and Aquino's enduring interest in Nazi
occulture, Boyd Rice, Nikolas and Zeena Schreck in the
1980s... the apocalypse culture of Feral House, ONA's right
wing esotericism etc etc. But they cannot determine the
field as a whole, not then and certainly not now. And they
have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis; some are
tongue in cheek, some are deadly serious, some are
inflammatory rhetoric, some are translated into political
action (and being an organizer of BNF is pretty obvious). As
with asatru or Islam, for example, Satanism is not just one
thing and cannot be defined by one group.
Perhaps the best
analogy is with heathenism and asatru; some are racists,
some are "racialist", some are left-wing pluralists and some
don't care one whiff about politics.
Best,
Jesper.
Jesper
It definitely requires careful wording / research - of course I
agree that there are
" Satanists who combine socialism and
Satanism, anarchism and Satanism - and a lot are totally
apolitical and couldn't care less."
But there are also the opposite - ie right wing/neofascist
types with an interest in
satanism - many of whom are quite high profile.
It could well be that things have been cleaned up some since
the worse excesses of the 1980s -
i'll have to reread Graham's article to see what he says -
but it surely cannot have escaped your notice that the one
time UK head of
TOS was also reputed to be an organiser for
the British National Front? So it must be there in the
literature somewhere ?
I really hope you're right about it being a minority but
sometimes
I get a bit worn down when I see some Setians wearing nazi
regalia and with extremist views -
Mogg
