Michelle Gloria

“It's up to you to build a life of personal meaning. God or external forces won't step in and guide you in the right direction. Satanism teaches us that this life is all we have, so let's learn how to make it count. What brings you most joy? Where is your passion? How can
you personally make a difference in creating a more just, compassionate world? Let your own heart lead you.”
― Lilith Starr, Compassionate Satanism: An Introduction to Modern Satanic Practice

“I believe it’s time to move to a more effective, science-based model of treating addiction, one that doesn’t rely on an external power to heal. I believe it’s time we put our efforts into mental health care, social justice and universal access to proven treatments instead of leaving recovery up to these twelve-step groups.”
― Lilith Starr, The Happy Satanist: Finding Self-Empowerment

“For Plato and Socrates, the philosopher is one who lives according to virtue and reason, cultivating the pleasures of the soul and intellect and not the pleasures and passions of the baser desires of the body. The key to this path is grasping first that there are absolutes—absolute truth, goodness, beauty, and other aspects of life. These are universal forms that are recollected from our past lives and ultimately harken back to the One, or the monad, from which all things mysteriously emanated. We, as humans, “see” truly through the soul, and seeing with this higher, awakened eyesight allows us to peer into the higher realm of existence where truth is eternal, not subject to the chaotic flux and temporal finitude and change of this life.”
― Jay Dyer, Meta-Narratives: Essays on Philosophy and Symbolism

“History, culture, and faith are not exempt from scrutiny; they must be questioned, analyzed, and understood through the lens of reason.”
― Alok Barman, The Rational View