Very enticing this magick craft, so much so that it leads to self-deification. Let us use what some might consider an extreme example in the form of Rex Diablos Church who is the former Magister Templi in the church of satan, is now the Magus of the Chaos Imperium and whose name appears to mean something to the likes of: the devil is the king of the church.
He has made statements to the effect of that magick is based on scientifically demonstrable. Magick has two basic component to it: 1) it is premised upon the concept of bringing about causation via an applying of the will and 2) being empowered by demonic entities—by any other name (familiars, spirit guides, guardian angels, etc.).
Since there are certain manners whereby to go about conjuring up demons and imposing your will. Therefore, the practitioner of the magick craft—be they a conscious theist or some sort or not—very easily end up concluding that they, themselves, are a or the deity. After all, they are the ones volitionally, that is willfully, causing nature to conform to their wishes.
This is in counter distinction to the Christian who serves a sovereign LORD. YHVH is sovereign and so we do not craft results. Yes, we pray and yet within His will and not ours, “Your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10).
In typical satanic form, via what some call the “law of reversals,” satanists seek to reverse YHVH’s order. Everything that satan and his adherents do is a negation of that which YHVH did as they can only seek to emulate Him. They turn everything upside-down, inside out and backwards.
Thus, whilst YHVH stated, “I am that I am,” Diabolus Rex Church stated, “I am that I am not.”
That was during a discussion with Clyde Lewis and Freeman as he came across as a swell and good humored guy. By the way, he may very well be swell and good humored as, after all, he is not the enemy but is himself a victim (however willing) of the enemy.
However at last, the friendly neighborhood satanist lets the demon cat out of the bag.
He quoted the Jehovah’s Witness version of John 1:1 “The Word was ‘a’ god” to which, for whatever ignorant reason, Clyde Lewis says, “Yeah.”
Then added, “We have become gods…we are God, we’ve stolen the fire as Prometheus and now it’s upon us to do the same thing.”
Indeed, Prometheus is the lucifer figure and Diabolus Rex Church has fallen for the original lie, “You will be like God” (Genesis 3:5).
Also, during the discussion, which included a Q&A with callers, he could not exactly manage to be consistent. Whenever he was challenged he played the aloof neutral part and would say something like that the challenger had expressed an opinion and he happened to hold to a different one.
However, he did take occasional pop shots are religion. Well, not religion in general but exclusively one particular religion and that was…Buddhism? No. Zoroastrianism? Nay. Islam? Not. Let’s see, which one, which one? Right he only besmirched Christianity because, after all, why bother arguing against falsehood? Rather, he sought to discredit his only real obstacle: the truth of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah as expressed via traditional biblical Christianity.
Now that is a compliment!!!