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This file is an exerpt from The Book of Darkness, an official work
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of the Ordo Templi Satanis, P.O. Box 1093, Atwater, CA 95301. It is
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copyright 1991. All persons are hereby given permission to make
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copies and/or distribute this exerpt, so long as in so doing the
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contents of this work is not altered in any way, including this
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paragraph.
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Satanic Ecology
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(From the Book of the World)
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The currently rising tide of "ecological awareness" is a
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trend which has severe repercussions for humanity as a species,
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and which should concern the Satanist especially. On the surface,
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the Green Movement is a noble endeavor; saving nature for future
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generations, recycling waste, conserving resources, and protect-
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ing animals and plants from the ravages of humankind.
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However, this facade is easily broken, if any care to do so.
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When the appeals to emotionalism are stripped away from their
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message, the environmentalists are seen for what they truly are;
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modern day Luddites whose fear of modern technology has driven
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them to combat progress in the only way they know how; to make
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progress itself appear evil.
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There are two concurrent but individual threads in the
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environmental movement. The first is aimed at the preservation of
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plants and animals, and the environments that support them. This
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is yet another facet of the vast egalitarianism movement. Why
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stop at making all humans equal? Why not take it to its logical
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conclusion and make all living things equal? When a human has no
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more right to a given piece of land than, say, a moose, who is to
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say that the moose's rights don't come first? And when it comes
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down to it, for all the environmentalist talk about the benefits
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in pharmaceuticals and the like, the question is one of sacrific-
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ing the interests of humans to support the interests of lesser
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species.
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The Satanic point of view on this matter should be obvious.
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The right to perform an action is a direct function of possessing
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the power to perform that action. If humans possess the power
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(the "might", we might say), then they have by default acquired
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the right to do it. To even suggest that the interests of humani-
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ty should come after those of another is patently absurd, and
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even more, could be construed as treason against the species. If
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a single human dies so that a dozen snaildarters might prosper,
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that is infinitely too high a price to pay. Even the natural
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Aristocrats, the Satanists, must feel and demonstrate a loyalty
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to their own species (stratified though that species may be) and
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represent its interests before those of any other species.
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Does this mean that Satanists advocate the complete obliter-
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ation of all other forms of life on the planet? Of course not.
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All we are saying is that, given a choice, humanity's interests
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must come first. If, along the way, other animal species can be
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incorporated into the world that we create for ourselves with a
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minimum of effort, then all the better. But the first and fore-
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most consideration must be mankind.
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Naturally, if a species can be found that makes a direct
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contribution to human survival, comfort, or luxury, such as the
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animals and plants we use for food, or the animals we keep as
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pets (to a reasonable and limited degree) then by all means they
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should be kept. Our position is directed to those species which
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yield to mankind no direct material advantage.
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The second point of the ecological attack lies in the direc-
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tion of the scarcity of resources. It is a fact that cannot be
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disputed; the supply of readily available (read economically
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extractable) resources is finite and care must be used in the
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extraction and use of all raw materials. There is no arguing this
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statement. However, it is quite possible to argue the timetables
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which are given for the depletion of the planet's resources.
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More significant than that, however, is the fact that the
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ecologists have completely ignored the application of technology
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in the quest for new sources of raw materials. The vast deposito-
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ries of the seabeds lie untapped, awaiting the coming of man. And
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even more exciting, the limitless reaches of space can afford
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humanity not only an ample supply of raw materials for the fore-
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seeable future, but also can yield to us something that we need
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even more desperately-- a challenge, a new frontier to be ex-
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plored and tamed. Space can be that thing which humanity has been
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lacking for the last century or so; a new enterprise tough enough
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to test the mettle of the whole species, which can temper the
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metal of our best and brightest and turn out characters that can
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live on forever, making incalculable contributions to the history
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of humanity.
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Our species can have no other destiny than to conquer this
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and all other worlds. The opportunities afforded by the prospect
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of space exploration; raw materials, living space, and a chal-
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lenge sufficient to test an entire world of people; these are too
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great to pass up. Satanists must stand at the forefront of space
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exploration, seeing it as the ultimate expression of humanity's
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climb from the primordial slime to reach out and touch the stars.
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