Excerpt from Malick's Black Souls writing....

(caps added by Wolfhook for emphasis here)

"The reason why a Satanist deliberately indulges in the most unbridled perversion, breaking taboos and boundaries one after another, seeking ever greater depravity, is inherent in the motivations of Dark Witchcraft in its most general sense. And these motives, as we have already seen, evolve alongside the personal evolution of the Satanist on his Satanic Path.

IN THE EARLY STAGES of the Left-Hand Path, the "why" a Satanist descends into depravity almost always refers to the individual's personal desires/goals. That is, a Satanist wants to be depraved - and increasingly so - for the sake of it, because greater depravity essentially equates to a personal goal. The early practice of Hermetic Magic is almost always self-referential: the Satanist feeds his sexual hunger for the sake of it, and because this perceives this as a righteous action in his sinister worldview.

WITH PERSONAL EVOLUTION AND WITH THE PROGRESS LEARNING OF THE DARK ARTS, WITH [entering into] ADEPTSHIP, THIS APPROACH CHANGES CONSIDERABLY. The Satanist puts aside his personal needs, his sexual hunger - which however finds satisfaction - and begins to pursue objectives of Cosmic Magic, that is, he begins to feel part of a superior project that is usually Satan's Great Design of corruption of the world. In essence, the Satanist abandons the objectives of personal change and satisfaction and moves towards objectives of social change, using sex - practiced within Hermetic Magic - to facilitate such change."