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Old 09-07-2009, 01:29 PM   #9 (permalink)
Mydriasis
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I really don't think he was a satanist nor a megalomaniac, at all.

Why he wasn't a satanist imo - Sure he was selfish, and did pagan/wiccan rituals. I think he was enticed by other means of primitive religions and spiritual exploration(which I think we all should be to some degree). Maybe in the eyes of a die hard christian he was a satanist. Taking pleasures in sex, drugs, and speaking "vulgarities". He was married but claimed that even in his will he was a single man, but still left everything to his wife.

In some of his poems he mentions demons and heaven forbid satyrs(sex driven men/rams?) but it's metaphorical. If you read poetry word for word, you are either a fool or the poetry has no other meaning.

Why he wasn't a megalomaniac - How did he have "delusions" of grandeur when he really was grand and idolized and worshiped by thousands. He would have hordes of people following him with the enchantment of he and his bands music and his words. Manic? Sure but how could you hide feeling so good when you had any pleasure of flesh in your disposal with no real repracussions. The man did not fear death, so even his dieing probably wasn't dismal for him. He even said in the video above(paraphrased) "Life hurts a lot more than death, so there's no reason to fear death".

I think some people don't/didn't like him because they envy or fear his life-style.

But none of this has much to do with his philosophies or ideologies...
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