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Sorcerer and Pagan Ben Dean
This week we speak with Ben Dean
Ben has been applying occult, magickal practices and the satanic philosophy to his life for over a decade.
Ben came into the rooms of AA at the age of 24 -(now 13 years sober) where he took issue with the Christian element in AA. In his words – he saw Christianity 'as a matter of swapping your masters, instead of no longer being a slave'. Initially drawn to the polytheistic idea of the norse gods, he then began to explore different magickal paths such as Chaos Magick, sorcery, ceremonial magick, divination and alchemical practices. All these were sautéed with a good helping of psychology, rational thought and philosophy,
This is the spiritual basis of his 12 Step recovery program. He, of course, settles for a slightly more provocative title of Satanist, which he feels covers everything.
Ben actively seeks to dispel the myths and stereotypes that surround Satanism. He works with the Human Library, has appeared on the BBC's ‘Sunday Morning Live’, as well as speaking with large corporations such as Google, Ebay, Heineken and Tesco as part of their diversity training.
Ben is a published author and the founder of an addiction recovery website. He runs a group of secular AA/NA meetings that is populated by a team of rebels in recovery 'where any demon, god, goddess and deity are welcome'.
Ben is also chairman of the UK based Church of Rational Satanism and treasurer of Occult and magick group Star Club - which takes magickal practitioners on a journey to explore different realms of magick and allows each individual to incorporate them into their own working practices.
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By DavidThis week we speak with Ben Dean
Ben has been applying occult, magickal practices and the satanic philosophy to his life for over a decade.
Ben came into the rooms of AA at the age of 24 -(now 13 years sober) where he took issue with the Christian element in AA. In his words – he saw Christianity 'as a matter of swapping your masters, instead of no longer being a slave'. Initially drawn to the polytheistic idea of the norse gods, he then began to explore different magickal paths such as Chaos Magick, sorcery, ceremonial magick, divination and alchemical practices. All these were sautéed with a good helping of psychology, rational thought and philosophy,
This is the spiritual basis of his 12 Step recovery program. He, of course, settles for a slightly more provocative title of Satanist, which he feels covers everything.
Ben actively seeks to dispel the myths and stereotypes that surround Satanism. He works with the Human Library, has appeared on the BBC's ‘Sunday Morning Live’, as well as speaking with large corporations such as Google, Ebay, Heineken and Tesco as part of their diversity training.
Ben is a published author and the founder of an addiction recovery website. He runs a group of secular AA/NA meetings that is populated by a team of rebels in recovery 'where any demon, god, goddess and deity are welcome'.
Ben is also chairman of the UK based Church of Rational Satanism and treasurer of Occult and magick group Star Club - which takes magickal practitioners on a journey to explore different realms of magick and allows each individual to incorporate them into their own working practices.