This sermon is about the concept of Communion, which is an key
aspect of the Satanic life. It covers a lot of ground, and may
raise more questions than it answers. This is a good thing,
because the topic is the important one of how Satanists interact 
with other Satanists and with the outside world.


Communion is the explicit usage of power against another
person.  I have described previously how the Satanist views all
his or her interactions with other people as being based on
power, the specific power here being the ability to get what you
want from other people at minimum cost to yourself. To that end,
the Satanist manipulates people to the best of his ability, and
particularly does so by exploiting the weaknesses that he finds
within them.

This is *always* a conscious form of behaviour for a Satanist. A
naturally selfish person is not necessarily a Satanist, although
their behaviour may superficially look the same. Instead the
Satanist is always aware of what he is doing, and indeed can be
said to train him or herself to do it better. This can be done
through a process of internal ritualisation of his behaviour -
essentially the Satanist has his own private techniques to (in
the modern parlance) get "in the zone" for his behaviour towards
others.

A successful Satanist will always appear confident, but it is an
important matter here not to confuse the cause with the effect.
The appearance of confidence is the external effect; the cause
is the explicit, perhaps ritualised, but always conscious,
desire and willingness to have people do what you want. It may
seem odd at first that this is called Communion, but a moment's
thought will show that the name illustrates the ultimate truth -
this *is* how Satanists "commune" with the outside world.

The name, however, also takes on its more conventional meaning
when applied to the way that Satanists interact with each other.

In this situation manipulation is harder, because any Satanist
of any value will understand what is going on and resist it.
Instead, Satanists sometimes accept each others' desires and
help with their fulfilment. Of course, there is often a price to
pay for any such help. No one should be under the impression
that Satanists are naturally friendly to each other. But deals
can still be made, and mutual satisfaction achieved.

If you think about it, all interactions with the Satanic powers
are described as negotiations - people "deal with the Devil", or
even "sell their souls". This aspect will be mentioned again in 
the next sermon, but the same is true with the interaction between 
fellow Satanists. We may all be "one in communion" with Satan and 
with each other, but our own individual desires are paramount and 
have to be satisfied.

Finally, even if nothing particular is desired, there is still 
much that can be gained from ritual acts that worship the darkness 
within fellow Satanists. I have a lot of personal experience of 
this in my own past, where it was used as a technique to strengthen 
the bonds within a group. But note, again, that this is not some 
kind of friendly mutual appreciation. The acts are of worship, 
intense and to be taken seriously, and quite explicitly directional 
in their nature. They may be followed by other acts in the opposite 
direction, perhaps as payment, but that is a separate issue to be 
settled between the participants involved.