I am very much a newcomer to JoS, and my first posting received quite a few responses! Thank you all very much for responding so quickly, answering my questions, and in general letting me know that I am truly home. I finally feel comfortable - free - and content. I am beginning to retune...

I was a Satanist when I was a teenager. Of course, I was a novice, ignorant and full of myself. I read TSB by Mr. Lavey and thought that's all I ever needed to know and could, without consequence, figure everything out myself. A foolish young girl I was to avoid asking for the proper guidance...