Thank you, spirited irish, for this post!
In his little book, "Your God is Too Small", J.B. Phillips describes a number of belief constructs that entail a "diminished God". However, Phillips (IIRC) did not refer to them as "Satanic". Nor did he, IMO, discuss some of the most prevalent vociferous, unenlightened and abrasive God-limiting religious postures (not necessarily "modern" ones).
I find my thinking to be more aligned with that of Guernon.
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Recently, I encountered a small, innocuous, factual video that tests and stresses one's belief system and subtly reveals any personal tendency toward diminishing God (or vainly aggrandizing Mankind or Earth):
I strongly recommend viewing it for its sheer inspirational value (or, even, as a "self-test").
No matter how many times I view the video, I find myself overwhelmed by the incomprehensibly awesome mightiness of our Creator God. Viewing it (in the proper spiritual attitude) can result in a profound, joyous exerience of worshiping, glorifying and praising our Creator. In fact, I'm considering making my own, private "meditation piece" version -- with the soundtrack replaced with Verdi's "Magnificat" and Handel's "Halleluia!".
But, I must admit, it also unequivocally "puts me in my proper place" -- and that is not an ego-building experience, at all.. '-)
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Be advised: if your belief system relies in any way on placing God in a "Man-sized box", you may find the revealed facts mildly to strongly disturbing. I have observed viewers who are visiby "shaken" by it. And I have observed a few who literally tremble and sweat while viewing it; and others who turn it off -- or, even fear and refuse to view it at all. YMMV...
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As one of my all-time favorite FReepers has said,
"Man is not the measure of God"
Or, as Scripture says:
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."
Psalm 19:1 -- King James Version (KJV)
FYI, Guenon was a brilliant metaphysician of the perennial philosophy tradition who sincerely worshipped his God and obviously held to the existence of the satanic. Guenon had respect for other religious traditions and was not inclined to attempt subversion of them, which is why he sought to warn Christians of a stealthy anti-Christian movement aimed at subverting and destroying Christianity.
Guenon called this movement ‘modernism’ and connected it with naturalism, Buddhism, Theosophy, evolution, and spiritism (contact with spirits).
Though very few individuals and cults have actually worshipped Satan said Guenon, many more perform his cult while remaining oblivious to infernal influence. This is especially true of modern naturalists.
Though it’s not well known today, Christians who began falling away from the faith and thence into modernism beginning around the time of the Renaissance not only developed an unhealthy interest in spiritism in its’ myriad forms but practiced it.
Guenon knew that these people would fall under the influence of infernal spirits and not realize it. This was the case with James.
It was the case with Carl Jung as well. Jung believed that his spirit familiar Philemon was actually an archetype of his own subconscious. But when it was too late he realized with horror that Philemon was an intelligent being outside of and separate from Jung’s consciousness.
In his book, “True Spirituality,” Francis Schaeffer laments the widespread loss of spiritual discernment and belief in an unseen or spiritual realm due to the stifling, blinding effects of naturalism-—which makes it impossible to take seriously, let alone understand the meaning of unconscious Satanism.