A DEVIL'S DIABOLICAL ADVICE FOR THE CAPTURING OF THE HUMAN HEART
THE WHOLE PHILOSOPHY OF HELL RESTS ON RECOGNITION OF THE AXIOM THAT ONE THING IS NOT ANOTHER THING, AND, SPECIALLY, THAT ONE SELF IS NOT ANOTHER SELF. MY GOOD IS MY GOOD, AND YOUR GOOD IS YOURS. WHAT ONE GAINS ANOTHER LOSES. EVEN AN INANIMATE OBJECT IS WHAT IT IS BY EXCLUDING ALL OTHER OBJECTS FORM THE SPACE IT OCCUPIES; IF IT EXPANDS, IT DOES SO BY THRUSTING OTHER OBJECTS ASIDE OR BY ABSORBING THEMJ A SELF DOES THE SAME. WITH BEASTS THE ABSORPTION TAKES THE FORM OF EATING; FOR US, IT MEANS THE SUCKING OF WILL AND FREEDOM OUT OF A WEAKER SELF INTO AS STRONGER. "TO BE" MEANS "TO BE IN COMPETITION."
NOW, THE ENEMY'S (I.E. GOD) PHILOSOPHY IS NOTHING MORE NOR ELSS THAN ONE CONTINUED ATTEMPT TO EVADE THIS VERY OBVIOUS TRUTH. HE AIMS AT A CONTRADICTION. THINGS ARE TO BE MANY, YET SOMEHOW ALSO ONE. THE GOOD OF ONE SELF IS TO BE THE GOOD OF ANOTHER. THIS IMPOSSIBILITY HE CALLS lOVE, AND THIS SAME MONOTONOUS PANACEA CAN BE DETECTED UNDER ALL HE DOES. . . . HE INTRODUCES INTO MATTER THAT OBSCENE INVENTION THE ORGANISM, IN WHICH THE PARTS ARE PERVERTED FROM THEIR NATURAL DESTINY OF COMPETITION AND MADE TO COOPERATE.
HIS REAL MOTIVE FOR FIXING ON SEX AS THE METHOD OF REPRODUCTION AMONG HUMANS IS ONLY TOO APPARENT FROM THE USE HE HAS MADE OF IT. SEX MIGHT HAVE BEEN FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, QUITE INNOCENT. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MERELY ONE MORE MODE IN WHICH A STRONGER SELF PREYED UPON A WEAKER - AS IT IS, INDEED AMONG THE SPIDERS WHERE THE BRIDE CONCLUDES HER NUPTIALS BY EATING HER GROOM. BUT IN THE HUMANS THE ENEMY HAS GRATUITOUSLY ASSOCIATED AFFECTION BETWEEN THE PARTIES WITH SEXUAL DESIRE. HE HAS ALSO MADE THE OFFSPRING DEPENDENT ON THE PARENTS GIVEN THE PARENTS AN IMPULSE TO SUPPORT IT - THUS PRODUCING THE FAMILY, WHICH IS LIKE THE ORGANISM, ONLY WORSE FOR THE MEMBERS ARE MORE DISTINCT, YET ALSO UNITED IN A MORE CONSCIOUS AND RESPONSIBLE WAY. THE WHOLE THING, IN FACT, TURNS OUT TO BE SIMPLY ONE MORE DEVICE FOR DRAGGING IN LOVE.
HUMANS CAN BE MADE TO INFER THE FALSE BELIEF THAT THE BLEND OF AFFECTION, FEAR, AND DESIRE WHICH THEY CALL "BEING IN LOVE" IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES A MARRIAGE EITHER HAPPY OR HOLY. THE ERROR IS EASY TO PRODUCE BECAUSE "BEING IN LOVE" DOES VERY OFTEN, IN WESTERN EUROPE, PRECEDE MARRIAGES WHICH ARE MADE IN OBEDIENCE TO THE ENEMY'S DESIGNS, THAT IS, WITH THE INTENTION OF FIDELITY, DERTILITY, AND GOODWILL. . . .IN OTHER WORDS, THE HUMANS ARE TO BE ENCOURAGED TO REGARD AS THE BASIS FOR MARRIAGE A HIGHLY COLOURED AND DISTORTED VERSION OF SOMETHING THE ENEMY REALLLY PROMISES AS ITS RESULT. TWO ADVANTGAGES FOLLOW. IN THE FIRST PLACE, HUMANS WHO HAVE NOT THE GIFT OF CONTINENCE CAN BE DETERRED FROM SEEKING MARRIAGE AS A SOLUTON BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FIND THEMSELVES "IN LOVE," AND, THANKS TO US, THE IDEA OF MARRYING WITH ANY OTHER MOTIVE SEEMS TO THEM LOW AND CYNICAL. THEY REGARD THE INTENTION OF LOYALTY TO A PARTNERSHIP FOR MUTUAL HELP, FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CHASTITY, AND FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF LIFE, AS SOMETHING LOWER THAN A STORM OF EMOTION. IN THE SECOND PLACE ANY SEXUAL INFATUATION WHATSOEVER, SO LONG AS IT INTENDS MARRIAGE, WILL BE REGARDED AS "LOVE", AND "LOVE" WILL BE HELD TO EXCUSE A MAN FROM ALL GUILT.