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| '''Satanism''' is a group of butthurt neegs who can't take their feelings getting hurt. Also see "Goths". And if ye dont wepent bee4 teh lord yalls gna be sent to teh fire hells. 666 DEEMONS YA'LL!!!!!!!! | |||
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| '''Satanism''' is a group of ] and ] beliefs based on the character of ].<ref name="B.A. Robinson">{{cite web|url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/satanism.htm|accessdate=March 24, 2013|date=March 2006|title=Religious Satanism, 16th-century Satanism, Satanic Dabbling, etc|publisher=Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance|author=B.A. Robinson}}</ref> Although the public practice of Satanism began with the founding of the ] in 1966, historical precedents exist: a group called the ] was founded in ] by Herbert Arthur Sloane in 1948.<ref name=JamesRLewis>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=James R.|title=The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions|year=2002|publisher=Prometheus Books|isbn=1573922226|page=553|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lk8_ARNz-dYC&pg=PA553&lpg=PA553&dq=Ophite+Cultus+Satanas+arthur+sloane&source=bl&ots=0-fd-BTaIU&sig=fwTaGGyMlBMoKwJJWVq3NFyhfMI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=c1AUU5exCoeFrQGSyYCADg&ved=0CGAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Ophite%20Cultus%20Satanas%20arthur%20sloane&f=false}}</ref> | |||
| ]'s Sabbatic Goat (known as The Goat of Mendes or ]) has become one of the most common symbols of Satanism.]] | |||
| Satanist groups that appeared after the 1960s are widely diverse, but two major trends are ] and ]. Theistic Satanists venerate Satan as a supernatural ], viewing him not as omnipotent but rather as a ]. In contrast, atheistic Satanists regard Satan as merely a symbol of certain human traits.<ref name="Point of Inquiry Interview">{{cite web|last=Gilmore|first=Peter|title=Science and Satanism|url=http://www.pointofinquiry.org/peter_h_gilmore_science_and_satanism/|work=Point of Inquiry Interview|accessdate=9 December 2013}}</ref> | |||
| There are signs that Satanistic beliefs have become more socially tolerated. Satanism is now allowed in the ] of the ], despite opposition from Christians,<ref> '']''</ref><ref>Carter, Helen. . '']''</ref><ref> '']''</ref> and in 2005, the ] debated over protecting the religious rights of prison inmates after a lawsuit challenging the issue was filed to them.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/22/politics/22religion.html?pagewanted=print&position=|title=Inmates Who Follow Satanism and Wicca Find Unlikely Ally|author=Linda Greenhouse|publisher=New York Times|date=March 22, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0321/p03s02-usju.html|title=Before high court: law that allows for religious rights|publisher=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref> | |||
| Contemporary Satanism is mainly an American phenomenon, the ideas spreading with the effects of globalization and the Internet.<ref name="crsi" /> The Internet promotes awareness of other Satanists, and is also the main battleground for the definitions of Satanism today.<ref name="crsi" /> Satanism started to reach ] in the 1990s, in time with the fall of the ], and most noticeably in ] and ], predominantly Roman Catholic countries.<ref name="crs8">{{cite book |last= Alisauskiene |first= Milda |title= Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology |year= 2009 |publisher= Ashgate Publishing |isbn= 0-7546-5286-6 |editor= Jesper Aagaard Petersen |chapter= The Peculiarities of Lithuanian Satanism}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title =Satanism stalks Poland |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/778438.stm |publisher= BBC News |date= 2000-06-05}}</ref> It was estimated that there were 50,000 Satanists in 1990. There may now be as many as 100,000 Satanists in the world.<ref name="B.A. Robinson"/> | |||
| ==Definition== | |||
| In their study of Satanism, the ] scholars Asbjorn Dyrendal, ], and Jesper Aa. Petersen stated that the term "Satanism" "has a history of being a designation made by people against those whom they dislike; it is a term used for "]"."{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|p=7}} | |||
| Elsewhere, Petersen noted that "Satanism as something others do is very different from Satanism as a self-designation".{{sfn|Petersen|2012|p=92}} | |||
| Eugene Gallagher noted that as commonly used, "Satanism" was usually "a polemical, not a descriptive term".{{sfn|Gallagher|2006|p=151}} | |||
| == Accusations of Satanism == | |||
| <!-- Groups or individuals alleged to have practiced Satanism before the appearance of modern Satanism in the 1960s --> | |||
| Historically, some people or groups have been specifically described as worshiping Satan or the Devil, or of being devoted to the work of Satan. The widespread preponderance of these groups in European cultures is in part connected with the importance and meaning of Satan within Christianity. | |||
| === Christianity === | |||
| ]]] | |||
| {{See also|European witchcraft|Maleficium (sorcery)|Witch-cult hypothesis}} | |||
| <!-- in chronological order --> | |||
| * ]s celebrating ], ], ], or other pagan deities were often claimed by the ] to be worshiping the ] and his crones and minions.<ref name="Robbins">Robbins, Rossell Hope, ''The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology'', 1959.</ref> Examples of this can be found in the medieval ], for example, where witches are described as serving Satan along with the goddess ]. At least from the onset of the ], however, the Catholic Church came to regard ], including the lessons from Pagan ], in a more positive light | |||
| *Many ] groups have been regarded as Satanic, with its prominent details implying Lucifer, or the serpent, as being a true god or prophet that liberated Adam and Eve while the god of the Old Testament is regarded as a ]. ] accused ], founder of ], of being Satanic when Mani said that ] is "the devil god which created the world"<ref name="Mani1"> by Alan G. Hefner in ''The Mystica'', undated</ref> and that "he who spoke with Moses, the Jews, and the priests, is the of Darkness, not the god of truth."<ref name="Mani2">''Acta Archelai'' of Hegemonius, Chapter XII, ''c.'' AD 350, quoted in of Manicheism, compiled by Prods Oktor Skjærvø, page 68. History of the ''Acta Archelai'' explained in the , page 11</ref> | |||
| * The ], in particular, the notion that witches congregated at a ] in order to serve the Devil.<ref name="Robbins"/> | |||
| * ] (15th century, France) was a French nobleman who was tried and executed for the murders of hundreds of children in quasi-Satanic rituals.<ref name="Robbins"/> | |||
| * ] (16th century, Germany).<ref name="Robbins"/> Many instructions, in German and in Latin, for making a ] were attributed to him. These were collected and published in Germany in a few of the volumes of '']'' (1845–1849). | |||
| * ] (17th century, France). Although set up by the Catholic Church, a very famous document, in Latin, of a pact with the Devil he allegedly wrote has been preserved.<ref name="Robbins"/> | |||
| * People involved in the ], such as ] and ] (17th century, France). The documentation from their trial is the principal Early Modern source for information on the ].<ref>Extensively described in: Zacharias, Gerhard, ''Der dunkle Gott: Satanskult und Schwarze Messe'', München (1964).</ref><ref>Original sources: Ravaisson, François ''Archives de la Bastille'' (Paris, 1866-1884, volumes IV, V, VI, VII)</ref> | |||
| * The ] (18th century, France), described by ] as being a fanatic Satanist.<ref>Dr. Iwan Bloch, ''Marquis de Sade: His Life and Work'', 1899: ''"The Marquis de Sade gave evidence in his novels of being a fanatic Satanist."''</ref> His works graphically described ] against the Catholic Church, such as an ] resembling a ] conducted by ] in the ] (in his novel '']''). | |||
| * In 1865, the anti-Vatican ] poet ] published his poem ''Inno a Satana'' ("Hymn to Satan"), praising Satan as the god of reason and expressing religious hatred towards Christianity. | |||
| * Many adherents of the ], such as the ] author ], the ] artist ], and the ] poet ] (who published '']'' in 1857) either called themselves Satanists, or created overtly Satanist artwork and literature.<ref>], ''Esthétes et Magiciens'', 1969; ''Dreamers of Decadence'', 1971.</ref> | |||
| * Some French movements widely described as being Satanist by French writers of the time (late 19th to early 20th centuries). The most well-known description available in ] is the 1891 novel '']'' by ]. However, there were numerous other well-known personalities in France that were related to the circles Huysmans describes, such as ], ], ], and ], who either wrote about Satanism in France, or were accused of being Satanists themselves.<ref>], ''Le Satanisme et la Magie - avec une étude de J.-K. Huysmans'', Paris, 1895.</ref><ref>], ''Là-Bas'', 1891</ref> | |||
| * ] was described as being Satanist in the completely discredited ].<ref>], '''', London: George Redway 1896.</ref> | |||
| * In Germany, from about 1910 to 1925, ], who was becoming a popular German horror writer (including for film scripts), was giving lectures on ''Die Religion des Satan'' (''The Religion of Satan''), inspired by ]'s 1897 German work ''Die Synagoge des Satan'' (''The Synagogue of Satan''). In 1926, ] founded the ], which dealt with both Lucifer and Satan, and published the book ''Satanische Magie'' (''Satanic Magic'') the same year.<ref>Per Faxneld, ''Witches, Anarchism, and Evolutionism'', in '''', Oxford University Press, 2013: ''...from the 1910s and onwards (until at least 1925), horror author and poet Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943) held wildly popular lectures with the title "Die Religion des Satan", based almost verbatim on "Die Synagoge des Satan". In the 1920s, the satanic content in the teachings of the German esoteric order Fraternitas Saturni was greatly inspired by Przybyszewski's ideas.''</ref> | |||
| * At least two Satanic (or "Luciferian") sects existed in France in the 1930s. One was led by ], and had rituals dedicated to Satan and Lucifer.<ref>Medway, Gareth (2001). ''Lure of the Sinister: The Unnatural History of Satanism''. p. 18.</ref> Another, led by a former Catholic ], celebrated an inversion of the ] (a "Luciferian Mass"), which included the phrase "''In nomine Domini Dei nostri Satanae Luciferi Excelsi''" (a phrase that re-appeared 30 years later in Anton LaVey's ''Satanic Bible'').<ref>''Messe Luciférienne'', in Pierre Geyraud, ''Les Petites Églises de Paris'', 1937 (Source here: ).</ref> | |||
| === Islam === | |||
| The ], a minority religion of the ] who worship ], are often referred to as ] worshippers by some ].<ref>"The Devil Worshipers of the Middle East : Their Beliefs & Sacred Books" Holmes Pub Group LLC (December 1993) ISBN 1-55818-231-4 ISBN 978-1-55818-231-8</ref> Due to this, they have been targeted for conversion and extermination by the ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Loughlin|first1=Ed|title=Devil in the detail as Yazidis look to Kurds in withstanding Islamic radicals’ advance|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/devil-in-the-detail-as-yazidis-look-to-kurds-in-withstanding-islamic-radicals-advance-1.1898441|accessdate=16 August 2014|work=]|date=16 August 2014}}</ref> | |||
| ===Satanic Ritual Abuse hysteria=== | |||
| {{Main|Satanic Ritual Abuse}} | |||
| In his history of Satanism, Gareth Medway labelled the Satanic Ritual Abuse hysteria "a rerun of the old witch-hunts".{{sfn|Medway|2001|p=8}} | |||
| ==Artistic Satanism== | |||
| ===Literary Satanism=== | |||
| ]'', as illustrated by ]]] | |||
| ], some works, such as '']'', were taken up by ] like ] and described as presenting the biblical figure of ] as an ] representing a ], ], ], ] and ].{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} Those works actually featuring Satan as a heroic character are fewer in number but do exist. ] and ] (cf. '']'') included such characterizations in their works long before religious Satanists took up the pen. From then on, Satan and Satanism started to gain a new meaning outside of Christianity.<ref name="crsi">{{cite book |title= Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology |year= 2009 |publisher= Ashgate Publishing |isbn= 978-0-7546-5286-1 |author= Jesper Aagaard Petersen |chapter= Introduction: Embracing Satan}}</ref> | |||
| === Popular music === | |||
| ] has often been connected with Satanism, in part for the lyrical content of several bands and their frequent use of imagery often tied to ] beliefs (such as the inverted ]). More often than not musicians associating themselves with black metal say they do not believe in legitimate Satanic ideology and often profess to being atheists, agnostics, or ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/death-to-false-satanism|title=Death to False Satanism {{!}} NOISEY|website=NOISEY|access-date=2016-03-08}}</ref> In some instances, followers of ] religions use Satanic references for entertainment purposes and ].<ref>] (1993). ''Raising Hell!: The Book of Satan and Rock 'n' Roll''.</ref> Most of black metal's "first wave" bands only used Satanism for shock value; one of the few exceptions is ] singer ], who follows ]<ref name="rhi1">{{Ill|de|Götz Kühnemund}}: ''A History of Horror''. In: '']'', no. 282, November 2010, pp. 20-27.</ref> and whom ] calls "one of the only performers of the '80s Satanic Metal who was more than just a ] using a devilish image for shock value".<ref name=loc15f>], Didrik Søderlind: '']'', Feral House 1998, pp. 15f.</ref> One early precursor to Satanic metal was the 1969 rock album '']'', which contained numerous references to Satanism that reappeared in later Satanic rock music. | |||
| ], vocalist and bassist of the band ], once openly claimed to be a practitioner of ], and has spoken publicly to profess staunch ]. The controversial ] frontman ] openly spoke about his "chaos-gnostic" satanic beliefs, being a member of the ], and called his band "the sonic propaganda unit of the MLO".<ref>.</ref> ] artists such as ] from ] and ] from ] have also identified themselves as Satanists and actively promoted their beliefs.<ref>{{cite book | title=Metal: The Definitive Guide | year=2007 | author=Garry Sharpe-Young }}</ref> Numerous ] that covered parts of Norway in the early 1990s were also attributed to youths involved in the black metal movement, which included people promoting theistic Satanic beliefs and strong anti-LaVeyan attitudes.<ref name="vybirs">{{cite video | people=Grude, Torstein (Director) | date=January 1, 1998 | url=http://home.no/metalra/reviews/videos/satan_rides_the_media.html | title=Satan rir media | medium=motion picture | location=Norway | publisher=Grude, Torstein}}</ref> However, the legitimacy of such actions as Satanic endeavors, rather than simply rebellious actions done for publicity, is something that has been doubted by even some of those who contribute to the genre.<ref name="Interview with Ihsahn for Lords of Chaos."></ref> | |||
| == Religious Satanism == | |||
| Rather than being one single form of religious Satanism, there are instead multiple different religious Satanisms, each with different ideas about what being a Satanist entails.{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|p=3}} Dyrendal, Lewis, and Petersen believed that it was not a single ], but rather a ].{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|p=4}} They believed that there was a ] that united all of the varying groups in this milieu,{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|p=7}} and that most of them were ]s.{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|p=4}} They argued that there were a set of features that were common to the groups in this Satanic milieu: these were the positive use of the term "Satanist" as a designation, an emphasis on individualism, a genealogy that connects them to other Satanic groups, a transgressive and antinomian stance, a self-perception as an elite, and an embrace of values such as pride, self-reliance, and productive non-conformity.{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|pp=7–9}} | |||
| Dyrendal, Lewis, and Petersen argued that the groups within the Satanic milieu could be divided into three groups: reactive Satanists, rationalist Satanists, and esoteric Satanists.{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|p=5}} They saw reactive Satanism as encompassing "popular Satanism, inverted Christianity, and symbolic rebellion" and noted that it situates itself in opposition to society while at the same time conforming to society's perspective of evil.{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|p=5}} Rationalist Satanism is used to describe the trend in the Satanic milieu which is ], sceptical, materialistic, and epicurean.{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|p=6}} Esoteric Satanism instead applied to those forms which are ] and draw upon ideas from other forms of ], ], ], and ].{{sfn|Dyrendal|Lewis|Petersen|2016|p=6}} | |||
| ===Early forms=== | |||
| Satanic rhetoric and elements featured in the Third Term of the Trinity, an esoteric group founded in Paris, France in 1935 by the Russian occultist ].{{sfn|Medway|2001|pp=18–21}} | |||
| === Palladists === | |||
| {{Main|Palladists}} | |||
| Palladists are an alleged theistic Satanist society or member of that society. The name Palladian comes from ] and refers to the Greco-Roman goddess of wisdom and learning. | |||
| === Our Lady of Endor Coven === | |||
| {{Main|Our Lady of Endor Coven}} | |||
| Our Lady of Endor Coven, also known as Ophite Cultus Satanas (originally spelled "Sathanas"), was a satanic cult founded in 1948 by Herbert Arthur Sloane in ]. The group was heavily influenced by ] (especially that found in the contemporary book by ], ''The Gnostic Religion''), and worshiped Satanas, their name for Satan (''Cultus Satanas'' is a ] version of Cult of Satan). Satanas (or Satan) was defined in gnostic terms as the ] in the ] who revealed the knowledge of the true God to ]. That it called itself "]" is a reference to the ancient gnostic sect of the Ophites, who were said to worship the serpent. | |||
| === Theistic Satanism === | |||
| {{Main|Theistic Satanism}} | |||
| Theistic Satanism (also known as traditional Satanism, Spiritual Satanism or ] worship) is a form of Satanism with the primary belief that Satan is an actual ] or force to revere or worship.<ref name=autogenerated6>{{cite book | last=Partridge | first=Christopher Hugh | year=2004 | title=The Re-enchantment of the West |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g05THJPH5xUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Re-enchantment+of+the+West&lr=&sig=BmuWhU0n3TzA3fd4NfIBDPuCFjo#PPP1,M1 | accessdate=2008-05-12 |page=82}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theisticsatanism.com/rituals/prayers.html|title=Prayers to Satan|work=theisticsatanism.com}}</ref> Other characteristics of theistic Satanism may include a belief in ], which is manipulated through ], although that is not a defining criterion, and theistic Satanists may focus solely on devotion. | |||
| === LaVeyan Satanism === | |||
| ] | |||
| {{Main|LaVeyan Satanism}} | |||
| LaVeyan Satanism was founded in 1966 by ] through the establishment of the ]. Its central text, '']'', was published in 1969. The fundamentals of the religion's creed are synthesized in '']'', '']'', and '']''. Contrary to popular belief, LaVeyan Satanism does not involve the worship of deities. It is an ] philosophy that asserts the individual as his or her own god. Adherents instead see the character of ] as an ] of ], ] and ]. Adherents to the philosophy have described Satanism as a ] religion of the ], or "...the world's first ] religion".{{sfn|Who's? Right: Mankind, Religions & The End Times|Warman-Stallings|2012||p=35}}{{sfn|Sexuality and New Religious Movements|"The Religion of the Flesh": Sexual Liberation|Bognan|Lewis|2014}}<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-satanjul09-story.html</ref> | |||
| === Luciferianism === | |||
| ] | |||
| {{Main|Luciferianism}} | |||
| Luciferianism can be understood best as a belief system or intellectual creed that venerates the essential and inherent characteristics that are affixed and commonly given to ]. Luciferianism is often identified as an auxiliary creed or movement of Satanism, due to the common identification of Lucifer with Satan. Some Luciferians accept this identification and/or consider Lucifer as the "light bearer" and illuminated aspect of Satan, giving them the name of Satanists and the right to bear the title. Others reject it, giving the argument that Lucifer is a more positive and easy-going ideal than Satan. They are inspired by the ancient myths of ], ] and ], ] and traditional Western occultism. | |||
| === The Church of Satan === | |||
| {{Main|Church of Satan}} | |||
| The '''Church of Satan''' was established at the ] in ], ], on ], April 30, 1966, by Anton Szandor LaVey, who was the church's ] until his death in 1997. In 2001, ] was appointed to the position of high priest, and the church's headquarters were moved to ], ].{{sfn|Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch's Mouth|Jack Fritscher|2004|pg=27}} The Church is dedicated to the religion of LaVeyan Satanism as codified in ''The Satanic Bible''. The church rejects the legitimacy of any other organizations who claim to be Satanists.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ohlheiser |first=Abby |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2014/11/07/the-church-of-satan-wants-you-to-stop-calling-these-devil-worshipping-alleged-murderers-satanists/ |title=The Church of Satan wants you to stop calling these ‘devil worshiping’ alleged murderers Satanists |publisher=The Washington Post |date=2014-11-07 |accessdate=2015-11-19}}</ref><ref>]</ref> | |||
| === First Satanic Church === | |||
| {{Main|First Satanic Church}} | |||
| After LaVey's death in 1997, the Church of Satan was taken over by a new administration and its headquarters was moved to ]. LaVey's daughter, the High Priestess Karla LaVey, felt this to be a disservice to her father's legacy. The First Satanic Church was re-founded on October 31, 1999 by ] to carry on the legacy of her father. She continues to run it out of ]. | |||
| === Temple of Set === | |||
| {{Main|Temple of Set}} | |||
| The Temple of Set is an ] ] society claiming to be the world's leading ] religious organization. It was established in 1975 by Michael A. Aquino and certain members of the priesthood of the Church of Satan,<ref>{{cite book |title= Church of Satan |url= http://www.xeper.org/maquino/nm/COS.pdf |format=PDF|last= Aquino |first= Michael |year= 2002 |publisher= Temple of Set |location= San Francisco }}</ref> who left because of administrative and philosophical disagreements. ToS deliberately self-differentiates from CoS in several ways, most significantly in theology and sociology.<ref name="crs2">{{cite book |last= Harvey |first= Graham |title= Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology |year= 2009 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |isbn= 978-0-7546-5286-1 |editor= Jesper Aagaard Petersen |chapter= Satanism: Performing Alterity and Othering}}</ref> The philosophy of the Temple of Set may be summed up as "enlightened individualism" — enhancement and improvement of oneself by personal education, experiment and initiation. This process is necessarily different and distinctive for each individual. The members do not agree on whether Set is "real" or not, and they're not expected to.<ref name="crs2" /> | |||
| Setianism, in theory, is similar to theistic Satanism. The principle deity of Setianism is the ancient Egyptian god ], or Seth, the god of adversary. Set supposedly is the ] behind the ] entity Satan. Set, as the first principle of consciousness, is emulated by Setians, who symbolize the concept of individual, subjective intelligence distinct from the natural order as the "Black Flame". (Some people who are not members of the Temple of Set find spiritual inspiration in the Egyptian god ], and may share some beliefs with the organization. The belief system in general is referred to as Setianism.) | |||
| Members of the Temple of Set are mostly male, between the ages of twenty and fifty.<ref name="crs2" /> | |||
| === Order of Nine Angles === | |||
| {{Main|Order of Nine Angles}} | |||
| The authors Per Faxneld and Jesper Petersen write that the Order of Nine Angles (ONA, O9A) "represent a dangerous and extreme form of Satanism".<ref name=faxneld>Per Faxneld: ''Post-Satanism, Left Hand Paths, and Beyond'' in Per Faxneld & Jesper Petersen (eds) ''The Devil's Party: Satanism in Modernity'', Oxford University Press (2012), p.207. ISBN 9780199779246</ref> The ONA first attracted public attention during the 1980s and 1990s after being mentioned in books detailing ]. They were initially formed in the ] and are presently organized around clandestine cells (which it calls ''traditional nexions'')<ref>Senholt, Jacob. ''Secret Identities in The Sinister Tradition: Political Esotericism and the Convergence of Radical Islam, Satanism and National Socialism in the Order of Nine Angles'', in Per Faxneld & Jesper Petersen (eds), ''The Devil's Party: Satanism in Modernity''. Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780199779246</ref><ref></ref> and around what it calls ''sinister tribes''.<ref></ref><ref></ref> | |||
| === The Satanic Temple === | |||
| {{main|The Satanic Temple}} | |||
| The Satanic Temple is an organization founded around January 2013. The Temple uses the ] as a mythological foundation for a ] religion, in order to construct a ] that can usefully contextualize life experiences and promote pragmatic skepticism, rational reciprocity, personal autonomy, and curiosity. Both of the co-founders are "atheistic Satanists" - they do not believe that Satan actually exists.<ref>{{Cite news|title = A Mischievious Thorn in the Side of Conservative Christianity|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/us/a-mischievious-thorn-in-the-side-of-conservative-christianity.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = July 10, 2015|access-date = 2015-07-11|issn = 0362-4331|first = Mark|last = Oppenheimer}}</ref> | |||
| The church actively participates in public affairs. This has manifested in several public political actions<ref>{{cite web|author=Massoud Hayoun |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/8/satanists-aim-tobuildamonumentonthebiblebelt.html |title=Group aims to put 'Satanist' monument near Oklahoma capitol | Al Jazeera America |publisher=America.aljazeera.com |date=2013-12-08 |accessdate=2014-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/world-our-backyard/2013/dec/9/satanists-petition-build-monument-oklahoma-state-c/ |title=Satanists petition to build monument on Oklahoma state capitol grounds | Washington Times Communities |publisher=Communities.washingtontimes.com |date=2013-12-09 |accessdate=2014-03-25}}</ref> and efforts at lobbying,<ref name="greaves">{{cite web|last=Bugbee |first=Shane |url=http://www.vice.com/read/unmasking-lucien-greaves-aka-doug-mesner-leader-of-the-satanic-temple |title=Unmasking Lucien Greaves, Leader of the Satanic Temple | VICE United States |publisher=Vice.com |date=2013-07-30 |accessdate=2014-03-25}}</ref> with a focus on the ] and using satire against religious organizations that it believes interfere with freedom and the pursuit of happiness. | |||
| The only requirements to be a member are to support the tenets and beliefs of the organization, and to name oneself a member. | |||
| The Satanic Temple was founded by Lucien Greaves, and its largest chapter, in ], is led by Jex Blackmore.<ref name="greaves"/><ref name="baphomet">{{cite web|url=http://time.com/3972713/detroit-satanic-statue-baphomet/|title=Hundreds Gather for Unveiling of Satanic Statue in Detroit}}</ref> | |||
| The group has held worship services that include dance music, porn rooms, phallic imagery, ] behaviors and nudity.<ref name="dailybeast">{{cite web|url = http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/17/can-the-satanic-temple-save-america.html|title = Can the Satanic Temple Save America?|date = February 17, 2015|accessdate = July 11, 2015|publisher = TheDailyBeast.com|last = Kaffer|first = Nancy}}</ref> It also considers gay marriage a religious sacrament, and therefore argues that bans on the practice violate Satanists' freedom of religion. | |||
| Because the group regards inviolability of the body as a key doctrine, it also views all restrictions on ], including mandatory waiting periods, as an infringement on the rights of Satanists to practice their religion.<ref name="abortion">{{cite web|url = http://www.salon.com/2015/05/01/satanist_challenges_missouris_72_hour_abortion_wait_its_a_burden_on_my_sincerely_held_religious_beliefs/|title = Satanist challenges Missouri’s 72-hour abortion wait: It’s "a burden on my sincerely held religious beliefs"|date = May 1, 2015|publisher = Salon Magazine|last = Kutner|first = Jenny|accessdate = July 11, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| == See also == | |||
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| == References == | |||
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| : {{cite book |title=Lucifer Rising: Sin, Devil Worship & Rock n' Roll |last=Baddeley |first=Gavin |location=London |publisher=Plexus |year=2010 |edition=third |isbn=978-0-85965-455-5 |ref=harv}} | |||
| : {{cite contribution|contribution=Satan and the Beast: The Influence of Aleister Crowley on Modern Satanism |last=Dyrendal |first=Asbjørn |year=2012 |title=Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism |editors=Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr (eds.) |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford and New York |isbn=978-0-19-986309-9 |pages=369–394 |ref=harv}} | |||
| : {{cite book |last1=Dyrendal |first1=Asbjørn |last2=Lewis |first2=James R. |last3=Petersen |first3=Jesper Aa. |year=2016 |title=The Invention of Satanism |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford and New York |isbn=978-0195181104 |ref=harv}} | |||
| : {{cite contribution |last=Gallagher |first=Eugene |contribution=Satanism and the Church of Satan |title=Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America |others=Eugene V. Gallagher, W. Michael Ashcraft (editors) |year=2006 |pages=151–168 |location= |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=978-0313050787 |ref=harv}} | |||
| : {{cite book |last=Medway |first=Gareth J. |title=Lure of the Sinister: The Unnatural History of Satanism |publisher=New York University Press |location=New York and London |year=2001 |isbn=9780814756454 |ref=harv}} | |||
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| == Further reading == | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Michelet |first=Jules | title=] | year=1862 | isbn=978-0-8065-0059-1 | authorlink=Jules Michelet}} Considered the first modern work to discuss Satanism. | |||
| * {{cite book | last=Cavendish |first=Richard | title=The Black Arts: An Absorbing Account of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology, and Other Mystical Practices Throughout the Ages | year=1967 | isbn=978-0-399-50035-0 | authorlink=Richard Cavendish (occult writer)}} Summary of the history of Witchcraft, Satanism, and Devil Worship in the last part of the book. | |||
| * Passantino, Bob and Gretchen: ''Satanism'': Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 1995. | |||
| * {{cite book | author=Zacharias, Gerhard| title=The Satanic Cult | year=1980 | isbn=978-0-04-133008-3}} Translated from the 1964 German edition by Christine Trollope. | |||
| * {{cite book | author=Chornyisyn, Mykhailo | title=Hail Satan | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-557-06489-2}} | |||
| * {{cite book | author=Wlodek, Nikodem| title=Satans Raw| year=2004 }} | |||
| * {{cite book | author=Medway, Gareth | title=Lure of the Sinister: The Unnatural History of Satanism | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-8147-5645-4}} | |||
| * {{cite book | author=Noctulius, Emperor| title=The Path to Satan| year=2007 | isbn=978-1-4348-2055-6}} | |||
| * ], ''I satanisti. Storia, riti e miti del satanismo'', Sugarco, 2010 | |||
| == External links == | |||
| {{Commons category|Satanism}} | |||
| {{Wikinews|Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore}} | |||
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For other uses, see Satanism (disambiguation).
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