I propose this first exercise to understand what satanic empathy is. The exercise is done with the black mirror and is the first one proposed in the pages of "Black Souls". and with it we take the first real step into Black Magic and the occult. This has a fundamental implication, which must be accepted and understood even before understanding anything about satanic empathy: I cannot "explain" empathy, since empathy is an occult knowledge. What I can "explain" is a way to arrive at the occult understanding of empathy, that is, a way to create a series of conditions by which to grasp the occult - esoteric - meaning of something that cannot be explained directly, because everyone arrives - or should arrive - autonomously at the explanation. Satanic empathy, as an occult ability, explains itself in the mind and heart of the Satanist who applies it - and it is impossible to say how and why. What I can do is try to explain to you how to bring about the right conditions within and without yourself to reach the occult goal - because the occult goal is inexplicable by its nature.

This is a special exercise and can be done at all levels of experience in Dark Witchcraft - and at the end of the page I will propose some variations for the more experienced Satanists. This is because there is no such thing as simple or difficult, ordinary or advanced in Black Magic, there is only - in most cases - a progressive refinement of sinister empathy that allows one to see and feel things that one could not see or feel before.

Choose a quiet night, when you are sure you will have no distractions. Lock yourself in a room and remain naked. Wear only your black cloak. Prepare a candle. It doesn't matter what color it is - it never really matters what color the candle is, unless it is important to you. Let's not get distracted by these trivial causal details. I usually recommend black candles, but only because the wax emits less scatter and reflection, and the resulting light is more circumscribed. Sit on the floor, for example on a rug. Light the candle on the floor, in front of you. Uncover the black mirror that you have previously prepared in the room. Then place the mirror between you and the candle, with the surface of the mirror facing the candle. An unusual position for the mirror, but extremely effective for this type of exercise which is based entirely on left empathy. The final setup then involves you sitting on the floor, covered by your black cloak, with the black mirror in front of you and the lit candle on the floor, with the mirror resting on the floor and facing the candle. From your position you should not see the reflective surface of the mirror in any way, and you should not have a too vertical view of the candle flame.

And now you stop, in silence, you look at the candle and wait. Try to concentrate, to relax and to let go of any distractions. This is a ritual that must be performed in the dark and in total silence: only the small flame must exist in the dark. The goal is to be able to read in the flame what comes from the black mirror - and to be able to feel that something is really coming. For those who are new to this, this exercise allows you to understand what empathy is, since there is nothing else in this ritual: if it is impossible to explain in words and show in fact what acausal energies are, the first step to understanding them in an occult way is to put yourself in the condition to see their effects, and to visualize their presence. The essence of the ritual is this: pure visualization of dark energy. For those who are more experienced, this exercise allows you to test the refinement of your sinister empathy and to explore new sensory paths.

But now relax. Keep your eyes on the flame until nothing else exists. The flame will probably play strange tricks on your retina, but maintain eye contact and do not get distracted by the spots of color. What you have to do gradually, and what you will understand for yourself in an occult way, is that you are not simply looking at the flame. In fact, you are not looking at the flame at all. You are looking at the black mirror. You are looking at the black mirror through a small flame in front of it. For novices, it is still too early to look directly into the black mirror. Not because it is wrong or dangerous, but simply because they do not know what to look at. This exercise is to understand - or begin to understand - the nature of a black mirror and acausal energies, or dark energies, without interacting directly with the black mirror.

The important thing is not to be hasty. Any reasonable assessment of what is happening should not be made before 15-30 minutes, depending on the sensitivity of each person. If you are a novice and it is your first time, avoid any conclusions until at least 20 minutes of pure concentration, so at least 30 minutes after the exercise has started. Suggestions are harmful and misleading. Forget the horror movie you saw last night and see things for what they are. The neighbor slamming the door is simply the neighbor slamming the door. The creaking of the closet is just thermal contraction. If you think the devil will appear in front of you, please stop reading and delete your GSB account - and create a Netflix account. Satanism and Black Magic are absolutely serious subjects, and you will be amazed by the occult events that will happen - more inside you than around you.

So, what will happen? Or what could happen? You will be surprised to know that something will happen - in the sense that it is impossible to get to the end without something having happened. If you feel that nothing really happened, reread the first pages of Black Souls, or read TSP again, or forget about Satanism. Your mind goes elsewhere. But I'm not here to tell you what will happen: my goal here is to explain to you what to do to make the occult event happen inside you - or even around you. Your absolute concentration on the candle must be reflected in the mirror. The exercise is not to be dazzled by the candle, but to penetrate the small movements of the fire to read in them the dark energy coming from the mirror. If you are a novice, your five causal senses are totally ineffective in picking up the sensory stimuli coming from the nexion: you can use them to feel their reflection, and begin to understand more about them and their nature - that is, to develop sinister empathy. Like standing with your back to a lighted window and trying to understand something of who and what passes outside by observing only the shadows that come in. At first they will be just spots of light and dark, without sense or shape. Then your understanding will evolve to a greater degree. By filtering out all the suggestions and explainable events, only the occult events and occult sensations that will arise in you, at the moment they happen, will remain.

This ritual has no predetermined ending - see also the variations I propose below for more experienced Satanists in Black Magic. I believe that within an hour the ritual can begin and end. This depends a lot on what happens, how it happens, when it happens and what effect it has on the mind and soul of the Satanist experiencing the event. Very novice Satanists usually hastily conclude the ritual after the first occult event, due to fear. Others who are more curious prolong the ritual in anticipation of other occult events, or to delve deeper into the current event. Usually, there comes a time when it is evident that concentration on sensory perception has dropped, or vanished, and that is the time to end the ritual - the human mind is not capable of remaining deeply concentrated for too long. When distractions, even distracting thoughts, take over it is time to conclude. Blow out the candle in any way you like, cover and close the black mirror and turn on the lights. Then go to sleep. Other occult events may occur in your sleep after the ritual, such as strange dreams. But we will talk about this on another page.

RITUAL VARIATIONS FOR EXPERIENCED SATANISTS

Since I propose this ritual as a way to discover and begin to develop Satanic Empathy, I advise beginners not to apply these variations out of pure curiosity, otherwise the purpose of the ritual is distorted. The following variations should only be applied by those who have already developed Satanic Empathy and therefore do this ritual to deepen the ways of the acausal, and not to discover Empathy. Applying these variations the first time you do this ritual simply does not make sense. A novice Satanist would not even understand why to do what is said below and what and how to interpret what could happen next.

1. At the moment of a clear and perceptible occult event, grab the black mirror, turn it towards you and cast your eyes inside. You should - or could - be able to "surprise" the energy responsible for what is happening and you may be able to interact with it directly.

2. Perform the ritual during a satanic masturbation. Jerk off while you sink with your thoughts into the Abyss and evaluate if, how and when the energy coming out of the black mirror reacts to the satanic energy you emanate. Or, if you are able to establish an empathic relationship between your thoughts and the energy flowing from the mirror, so that they are one. This version of the ritual is difficult, because it requires a double concentration - on the energies visualized on the candle and on the satanic masturbation.

3. Two Satanists, two mirrors, one candle. The two Satanists always behind the two mirrors, the two mirrors opposite each other, and the candle in the middle. This double version of the ritual could give unexpected and unhoped-for effects.

4. Perform the ritual with your eyes closed. It might seem like a contradiction, but instead this version is a kind of enhancement of the difficulty of the ritual, for those who want to reach ever greater degrees of refinement of their Satanic Empathy.

5. For those who are familiar with stones and crystals: place a crystal in front of the candle and position all the elements so as not to have a direct view of the flame (which, from your point of view behind the mirror, is covered by the mirror itself), but to see only the light reflected by the candle on the crystal. A very low candle, such as a tea light, can be useful.

6. Eliminate the candle from the ritual. This version of the ritual is particularly complex and may not return any results, it depends on the sensorial finesse of the Satanist. This version reduces the essence of the ritual to the bare minimum: only the Satanist in the dark, and the black mirror turned elsewhere. The perception of the energies flowing from the black mirror must necessarily occur on higher sensory levels, unattainable without a very fine empathy.

Some of these versions of the ritual will be explored specifically in later pages of Black Souls, to delve into some details.