the first parts were interesting when talking about the contrast and opposition satanism provides from the christian religions. but it lost me when it got into the sex stuff. i tried to have an open mind like the book said to bc i really wanted to see it as an earthly connection primarily and giving into desire is important when compared to how prude christianity is. but it was so gendered and focused on women in a way that just rubbed me wrong. how many pages and chapters can really be dedicated to sex honestly. and by the time they got to that part, the narration was passive. “if this then this happens sometimes maybe”. going thru every avenue and saying “this is true but this is also true” just takes away from the supposed demanding nature of satanism. so it didn’t really sell it to me at the end of the day. i didn’t really go into this expecting to be profoundly influenced so it didn’t break any expectations but i still thought it got a little weird imo.