Satanism.
Not in a gay 'heavy metal, ooh evil' way but some of Anton La Vey's tracts on self-determination really struck a chord with me. I thought he was the ultimate helmet, with his 'Ming the Merciless' fashions and 'walking round San Fransisco with a panther on a chain' shit, but his background was the circus and the panto tactics employed gained him financial backing from imbeciles who wanted to be a bit 'shocking and weird'.

I assumed I'd hate the fellow and thought the Hollywood 'black magic' shit marked him out as an utter tosser, but was surprised to find in his writings an honest philosophical system that I found little to disagree with. He was advocating a kind of anti-religion where one shouldn't follow anyone and therefore shouldered all responsibility for one's actions, but ultimately due to his own presentation methods created ironically the precise opposite.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 18:04, Reply)