The Book Of Satan
I
- In this arid wilderness of steel and stone I
raise up my voice that you may hear. To the East and to the West I beckon.
To the North and to the South I show a sign proclaiming: Death to the
weakling, wealth to the strong!
- Open your eyes that you may see, Oh men of
mildewed minds, and listen to me ye bewildered millions!
- For I stand forth to challenge the wisdom of
the world; to interrogate the "laws" of man and of
"God"!
- I request reason for your golden rule and ask
the why and wherefore of your ten commandments.
- Before none of your printed idols do I bend in
acquiescence, and he who saith "thou shalt" to me is my mortal
foe!
- I dip my forefinger in the watery blood of
your impotent mad redeemer, and write over his thorn-torn brow: The TRUE
prince of evil - the king of slaves!
- No hoary falsehood shall be a truth to me; no
stifling dogma shall encramp my pen!
- I break away from all conventions that do not
lead to my earthly success and happiness.
- I raise up in stern invasion the standard of
the strong!
- I gaze into the glassy eye of your fearsome
Jehovah, and pluck him by the beard; I uplift a broad-axe, and split open
his worm-eaten skull!
- I blast out the ghastly contents of
philosophically whited sepulchers and laugh with sardonic wrath!