Becoming a Satanic Witch--Based on Anton Lavey's "The Satanic Witch"

What is a Satanic Witch?

1. The witch is a woman (obviously)

2. The witch is either a wretched old crone with warts on her nose or an extremely beautiful woman. Are you ugly? If so, you qualify. If not, you have the ability to be a very pretty girl.

3. The witch has made a pact with the Devil and through rituals dedicated to Him gains her power. In order to be a successful witch, one does have to make a pact with the Devil, at least symbolically. She must recognize her very earthly heritage and realize she is working on that level at all times. She must worship the Luciferian element of pride within her, knowing full well that it is her honest ego that impels her to learn the arts of enchantment in the first place. She must also realize that she has become a witch. A strong and non-hypocritical realization of this factor, occasionally pondered, is a potent ritual in its own right.

4. She has the power to get what she wants. Though the proper balance, the willingness to temporarily adapt to certain situations, and a little patience, many women are witches without even knowing it!

5. She has the facility to cloud men's minds. If you have the guts to follow the advice contained herein, this should be the easiest part.

6. She has an intuitive capacity which allows her to size up a given person or situation before she proceeds further.

Basically, what that means is that a witch is someone who can shock others with her appearance, whether that be because she is either very ugly or very beautiful. This is where we run into a slight problem. I have met so many pretty women who see themselves as undesirable. If you are not ugly enough to make people stare at you, then you have the potential to be charming.

A witch also has to "make a pact with the devil." I think what Lavey means by this is that a witch must reconize that the very reson she is studying satanic "witchcraft" is for her own gain. In Laveyan Satanism, Satan is not an actual being, but a representation of indulgence.

A witch has the power to get what she wants. This goes right along with the previous one. A witch is able to adapt to certian situations in order to acieve her own personal goals.

Note: The part in italics is quoted directly from The Satanic Witch. I left some out because they involved things that I did not believe. I am an Independent Satanist, and though I support many of the things that Laveyan Satanism teaches, there are a few things that I do not find true, such as magic. Since this book is about my interpertations and experiances, I found it appropriate to only include things that I regard as true.