T H E W A T C H E R ===================== N.Z. Voice of the Left-Hand Path No. 3, July, 1990CE XXVAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CRIME & PUNISHMENT Since liberalism ascended to the control of our society and politically applied the Christian slush of tolerance and brotherly love to the dregs of humanity, our society has witnessed an escalation of crime year by year. Yet the liberals, and the preachers and lay-preachers who have latched onto the Labour government, having witnessed the failure of their other-worldly dogma, propose not a reversal of their currently disastrous policies on crime but an extension on ever grander scales. What they will never admit, because it strikes at the very root of their social gospel, is that one does not achieve a quality society if the constituent parts of that society comprise an increasing number of genetic garbage. Social engineering schemes geared towards changes in the educational and justice system are a complete waste of tax-expenditure if they are not predicated upon a recognition of the predominantly genetic basis of intelligence, personality/psychology, and the related factors of crime, deliquency and personality disorder. In a study by Mednick, Gabrielli and Hutchings, published in Science (May 1984), entitled "Genetic Influences in Criminal convictions: Evidence from an Adoption Court" it was found that convictions of adoptive parents didn't significantly relate to their son's criminality, but convictions of the biological parents did. Clearly eugenic measures are long overdue, and are the key to reducing crime and many other social ills. Habitual criminals are likely to be the product of their genetic inheritance, more so than any alleged social disadvantage. Sterilization and capital punishment are in order. Secondly, eugenic measures widely applied will create a quality population and remove from the gene pool those genes making for low intelligence, personality disorders and criminal tendencies. Any organism which does not excrete its toxic wastes will die, and the human social organism is no exceptions. Nature's law of genetic selection, put into recess by civilization, needs to be reactivated as a conscious policy. Such proposals are of course anathema to the Christian as being a tampering with the will of god, and to the liberal who sees them as a denial of 'human rights'. In the short-term vigorous forms of punishment should not be neglected, on the basis that they don't 'reform' offenders. Dr Raymond B Cattell, the eminent psychologist and eugenicist, has advocated in his book Beyondism "the need for severe measures against criminals." "Any retribution, as distinct from a therapeutic treatment of criminals the Humanist regards a purely irrational and demonstratably due to deep 'psychoanalytic' sadisms in the citizen. Yet in the normal integrated person the severity with which demands are made on the self is correlated with the severity of demands on others. It is quite probable from recent research on the superego that its strength in the majority may be reinforced by just punishment of offenders and demoralized by an unreflective system of meeting crime by an indulgent 'therapeutic' attitude." It's time to stop 'turning the other cheek' and start dispensing justice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRINCE OF DARKNESS IN POLYNESIA : 1000 BCE Set, the original Prince of Darkness, was being honoured with petroglyphs on boulders in Hawaii as far back as 3000 years ago by Egyptian sea-farers. The Egyptians conducted explorations for gold which took them as far afield as Indonesia, America, Australia, NZ and Hawaii. In NZ Egyptian coins have been found dating back to 200BCE. At Gympie, Queensland, there is a pyramid perhaps 3000 years old, near which petroglyphs of the anhk cross, and a scarab have been found. The Hawaiian petroglyphs are on Lanai. In 1963 the British Egyptologist Dr Gwyn Griffiths, upon viewing photographs of the inscriptions, said that they "are so Egyptian they were done either by the Egyptians themselves, or by some tribe to whom they had taught their religion." Of seven boulders examined by epigraphers, petroglyphs of Egyptian tomb and other funerary designs, boats, Egyptian-type dogs, are among the subjects to be seen. Set is shown in his dog form, with forked tail, and is also depicted with his symbolic trumpet and goose. Set's wife Nephthys is also portrayed. REFERENCES: Coin could prove vital historic link, Evening Post, NZ, 13 June, 1983 Australian Post 30 August 1984. Ruth Knudsen, Egyptian signs in Hawaii, Epigraphic Socty. Occ. Publications, Vol. 13, 1985, San Diego. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TEMPLE OF SET The Temple of Set was incorporated in 1975CE, when Dr Michael Aquino and the majority of the priesthood of the Church of Satan resigned in protest against Anton LaVey's decision to redesign the C/S "as a non-functional vehicle for his personal expression and financial income." Set is the Egyptian deity recognized by the Temple as the most ancient of the divine personifications representing psychecentric consciousness. He is the origin of the Hebraic Satan (from Set-hen, one of the god's formal titles). Images of Set have been dated to ca. 3200 BCE, and inscriptions dating to ca. 5000BCE. The Temple's philosophy is based on the development and contribution of the individual psyche - "the 'real you' of your conscious intelligence," rejecting the aim of other religions to melt the psyche into oblivion of a 'universal consciouness.' "The second premise of the Temple is that the psychecentric consciousness can evolve towards its own divinity through deliberate exercise of the intelligence and will, a process of becoming or coming into being" (Egyptian=Xeper). The Temple is not dogmatic, and "seeks merely to be a forum for Setians to communicate and cooperate with one another constructively and courteously." "There are not congregations of docile 'followers' [present C/S members please note - editor] - only cooperative philosophers and magicians." Initial fees are $50 (US), $US60.00 overseas for which the accepted Setian I° receives a membership card and certificate, a medallion (all beautifully produced) a sub. to The Scroll of Set and the Crystal Tablet of Set. The latter includes members' intercommunication roster; The Book of Coming Forth by Night, which gave Dr Aquino the mandate to form the Temple; The Diabolicon, a wonderful piece of classical Satanism penned by Dr Aquino while stationed as an intelligence officer in Vietnam; Dr Aquino's commentary on Crowley's Book of the Law, and much else which will provide abundant mental sunshine and inspiration to anyone interested in the Left Hand Path. A copy of the Temple's Gen. Info. and Admission Policies is available from: Temple of Set, Box 4507 St. Louis, MO 63108 USA, or directly from the editor of the Watcher. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks for The Watcher. I do like your mag. - you concentrate on the areas in which you have expertise, which makes it particularly valuable. Magda Graham, Editor, Dark lily, Britain. You are a great man - the very embodiment of Desmon's declaration, "Blessed are the destroyers of false hope; they are the true Messiahs. (HE was a New Zealander also). Our next issue will be widely circulated! We eagerly seek your input. Please free to "sound-off". A scathing editorial or serious study - whatever your prefer! Yours in Satan, John Dewey Allee, Editor, Brimstone, Ancient Brotherhood of Satan, USA From what we've read, your ministry is sound and quite dynamic on the literary level. Your work in the satanic mode is just as valid as anyone elses. You deserve more appreciation and recognition than you will even get from others who want to hog the literary limelight for themselves. Rev. Fox III° Priest of Mendes, Church of S.A.T.A.N. USA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Radio Werewolf MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA & PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT #1313 8033 SUNSET BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90046 5 February, 1990, XXV A.S. Dear Sirs: Your information on The Order of The Left-Hand Path including The Watcher and other pamphlets was recently shown to me by an associate in The Black House. I am a member of The Werewolf Order, an elite Satanic militia who has taken on the responsibility of preparing the spearhead for a radical Satanic dominion. Upon reading your material I was struck by its support of the drug abuser Aleister Crowley, the child molester Michael Aquino and many other useless claimants to the Satanic philosophy. The Werewolf Order stands in strict opposition to all of these practices, liberal-humanistic ideologies or in the worst case, The Temple of Shit (sic), even a juvenile belief in a diety. All of these beliefs contradict the rational ideas presented in The Satanic Bible by Anton La Vey as well as the philosophy of the Werewolf order. Your use of the Church of Satan's symbol seems questionable at best, as I doubt that they would approve of the association. If you sincerely suppose the obsolete ideas implied by your listing of all these individuals who we feels are standing in the way of true Satanic world power, then we must state that you are hardly qualified to represent Satanism in New Zealand or elsewhere as your activities would only dilute the strength of a growing movement that would best be served without such embarrassments to out cause. On a personal note, your quoting such an important thinker as Nietzsche with such lightweights as Nomolos, The Black Flame and other untermenschen would hardly point the way to The Overman. This is not to perpetuate the petty squabbling so familiar to all small minded organizations, but to make clear that there is at least one Satanic group that insists on being unholier than thou by refusing to give credence to such excreta. Hopefully, you may awaken to these truths before you are drawn in to the sinking ship you are presently drowning on. Heil Fenris! G. Escott Minister of Ideological Purity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G Escott Minister of Ideological Purity Radio Werewolf OPEN LETTER Mr Escott Your letter of 5 Feb. received today. Your description of the purpose of The Werewolf Order certainly makes it sound commendable, but in view of your other comments I am left wondering whether you have the experience and attitude necessary to achieve such a lofty purpose as 'preparing the spearhead for a Satanic dominion.' Having effectively spoken out publicly against 'liberal-humanistic ideologies' for 15 years, and demolished in debate some of NZ's leading advocates of such ideologies among academe and the media, I don't really need a lecture on ideology and strategy. Your attitude in your letter is wholly negative, sectarian and dogmatic. It is reminiscent of the self-destruct mechanism of dogma-obsessed grouplets of the extreme Left and Right who are more concerned with intra-group politics and intrigue than advancing their respective causes. The very term 'ideological purity' suggests this. Trivial bitching about ideological intricacies is no substitute for advancing the cause. That you are so upset by my having listed impartially several Satanist groups which are outside the scope of the Church of Satan indicates insecurity within your own movement. I am fully aware of the various reprehensible personality traits of Crowley, and he recognised his own shortcomings and failure to live up to his own creed. However, Crowley's personal life should not detract from the fundamentally Nietzschean and satanic character of Thelema, once lifted out of the obscurity of eastern and Western mysticism. On a strictly strategic and practical level I think there is also something to be said for reaching out to those in the Thelemic community who may be receptive to Satanism, rather than alienating ourselves from each other for the sake of 'ideological purity.' The CS must recognise this too, to some extent, otherwise why would it trot out Kenneth Anger and his Crowleyan films when it suits? My own views on drug-abuse, and indeed all forms of self-dissipation are detailed in my article 'Satanic morality.' In re. to my use of the CS symbol, I discontinued using it upon being informed that it is reserved for CS official reps. If the symbol is so jealously guarded by CS then I would have thought sensible precautions would have been taken, such as informing members as to its status via a constitution. I not that the symbol continues to be widely used by groups outside the CS. I can assure you that I have no great desire to set myself up as a rep. of Satanism in NZ, although I don't know what qualifies you to tell me I'm not qualified to do so. It would be interesting to know which of us has the greater experience as a polemicist, organizer and debator, and the best track record. Since there is obviously little direction emanating from the leadership of the CS, and there is obviously nobody else in NZ with the gumption to initiate something here, I felt obliged to give it a go myself. Since the CS leadership declines to give direction, I presumed it at least encouraged self-initiative on the part of its members; obviously not. In your zeal for 'ideological purity' at the expense of tangible progress it seems that even the CS affiliated magazine The Black Flame is not spared your wrath. Perhaps such negative criticism and condemnations are the only outlets you can think of to justify your grandiose title, Ho. Minister (?). Satanic Greetings Minister of Ideological Impurity OLHP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael A. Aquino Dear Setian Bolton, Thank you for the copies of the 2/5/XXV letter from "G. Escott" of Radio Werewolf and your 5/22/XXV reply. We haven't paid much attention to RW, assuming it to be merely a nom de plume for one or more LaVey-enthralled eccentrics in Los Angeles. In his decadence Anton seems to be particularly attractive to the type of social cripple who desperately needs a guru to fawn before - but also a guru who is sufficiently aloof not to intrude upon his followers' bratty rebelliousness with inconvenient expectations of mature behaviour. It is quite obvious to those of us who have been around for awhile that Anton holds such "spaniels" in contempt - using them as they may be used, then discarding them the moment they expect anything in return from him other than an occasional kick to satisfy their masochism. How different it is from the authentic (I-X) Church of Satan, among whose membership there was a climate of mutual courtesy, respect, and trust similar to that of the Temple of Set today - unsurpising , after all, since we are the original Church of Satan continued. This is the first time I have seen a LaVey-spaniel refer to me as a "child molester". Obviously the malicious allegations by that Army chaplain against Lilith and myself have long since been exposed as fraudulent, with no charges ever being brought against us. The San Francisco Police Department has since taken disciplinary action against the two officers who used the chaplain's allegations as an excuse to attack us [see the June Scroll of Set, now being mailed, as well as the enclosed reprint from an earlier issue]. Other legal procedures continue which, when brought to their logical conclusion, will see the chaplain personally called to account for his crime against us. Accordingly RW's referral to me as a "child molester" in a letter to you is a clear act of libel, which I shall file against the eventual but unlikely possibility that RW may someday be financially worth the attention of my attorneys. "Escott's" denunciation of our "juvenile belief in a diety" is very impressive and would be even more so if "Escott" could spell the word "deity" correctly. Our philosophy indeed affirms the existence of Set and of the Temple's authenticity as an institution sacred to that neter. "Escott's" indignation is rather odd considering that the post-X "Church of Satan" is neither a church nor does it believe in Satan. It is, by default, merely an Anton LaVey spaniel kennel - which is not exactly what the Prince of Darkness had in mind when the Church was founded on Walpurgisnacht I. As you so rightly observe in your response to "Escott", boorish name-calling is no substitute for substantive criticism. And the hard fact of the matter is that the Temple of Set is a rather pleasant, honest, and open institution in which a great many intelligent and interesting individuals are enjoying one another's company, artistry, and creativity. Xeper. June 1,XXV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Faustus Scorpius, I am sending along an IMO for a one year sub. to the Watcher, one copy of The Anti-Christ, and one copy of Essays on Satanism. I chose Satanism as my 'religion of choice' well over 15 years ago. I have spent much of that time exploring many of the other systems offered on today's palette of Occult/New age/Magickal teachings. While I have enjoyed these excursions into esoteric knowledge and have met many fine people along the way, it seems that I always returned at some point of divergence to my roots as a Satanist. 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Surrey 1989. 156pp. A history of witches and witch-craft and occultism generally, from shamans of prehistory to the magicians of today. Legends such as those of Merlin and Morgan le Fay, and chapters on the Knights Templar, the witch trials, Kabbalah, Werewolves, Gilles de Raus, Mother Shipton, possession, spiritualism, Theosophy and Madam Blavatsky, the Golden Dawn and Crowley, the modern wicca revival, and the Church of Satan are among the subjects covered in 33 chapters. The Aleister Crowley Scrapbook by Sandy Robertson (W Foulsham & Co. Ltd. London, 1988. 128pp.) This book contains a wealth of photographic material, some not previously published, on virtually every page. Included are memoirs on Crowley, poems, art, reprints of contemporary scandal-mongering press articles. A fascinating glimpse into the Abbey of Thelema is given. Some of Crowley's murals are shown, as restored by film-maker Kenneth Anger. 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