Grotto Belief

Someone brought up that "*The we are our own Gods*" is owned by the Church of Satan only.

(As in, they are Gods, through atheism...?? a Paradox here) We are God like in the spiritual omnipotent fashion, that we believe we share spiritual gifts with Satan their self, seeing them as both genders and also neither gender at the same time.

Being "God Like" is often seen in a dumb down mortal or mundane fashion, as today most live their lives being "subjected" to great or small punishments by Karma or the view of some all Omnipotent "God Being". Most people Fear this notion and this "God" when the truth of such a matter is, a time frame existed when those who had natural abilities, used them in a way in which they punished the Guilty and people saw them as Gods. They were Omnipotent beings but they were Not Gods. They were revered as Gods because common people witnessed them and miracles and knew them to be God Like, but not God fearing like the mundane world has become.

Where did the CoS receive this tenet? Of course it is popular for rebels who fear obstruction of their way of life to say they need no God, they are their own God, but act like depraved animals who are immature because Sex is the power so they masturbate and feel powerful over those who oppress them. Grotto Tradios does not do that because we believe we are the old ones who are waking and coming forth to the lead the world into a new atmosphere one free of oppression. We are the Gods people wrote traditions about. I remember Egyptian, Etruscani, Roman, Mede lives and eras of time. I remember Shamanic workings and journeys. I still have the abilities I had then. Church Of Satan doctrine is a bully text in which these people debase themselves with their self masterbation rituals and grandeur to feel like they are better than the sheep around them. Masterbation has nothing to do with Satanism.

We believe "Satan" is Dark Pagan or Nocturnal Mystery because most of true satanism is a mystery tradition that has roots in ancient shamanism and ancient paiga (paesha), and can't be proven but can not also be disdained. Spirituality is a personal road which isn't something proven by book or seen by the eyes of the people because Godhood or being Omnipotent, is not something you should attempt to prove to people because it is a sacred way of being and life that not everyone is going to understand. Ego is about fear. Boasting about one's abilities is about supernatural success trying to bully and belittle the humble. This is also fear. Insecurity over life overthrown, of enemies finally getting their just rewards is also Fear. If you have fear inside you, you are immature and NOT Omnipotent! "Look at this" or "look what I can do" or believing you can sleep with a woman or man and own them or absorb their "abilities or powers" is insecurity and fear. This is evil.

Being a Grottoian, or Grotto Traditionalist Satanist is about knowing better and being what one is, and doing what one must do. Similar to the Templar, or the Soldiers of Christ. Similar in belief to the Methodist and also Lutheran beliefs, similar also to Universalism. If I must say we believe in the omnipotent being and that we are the omnipotent being to differentiate from the Church of Satan so be it. Therefore the path of the Grotto-ian makes them an "Outhos" which is Latin for "Path". They being, omnipotent does not make them a warrior on the path but the warrior path itself. This is Heatheru (Caysharoo) principle. Anyone with Craft smarts and experience can thus create a path from any other path when it's their time. It may not be popular. But that is not why we are here, we are not here for the Pageant, or the show. We have come to do our work, and we will continue too regardless of doctrine or lack there of.

"In the Time of Gods, When Old Ones Wake, and Demons take to the skies.

Our armies rise up against the lost to take back the dawn, and the blackened tides.

By night's furious end we will once again stand upon a gleaming shore

From Days of old to nights so bold we become who we are once more.

Rise up, Rise Up! See the blood in the streets and the ash of the dead.

Furious and frightened, the fearful once so bold, run right into the dread.

Nothing more to be seen of them as they rot to their core, their skin blistering and the skies listening

to their screams as they list to heaven's chore."

(Ana Massien)