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The Church of Satan (CoS) is a religious organization dedicated to the religion of Satanism as defined by Anton Szandor LaVey. Founded in San Francisco in 1966, by LaVey, it is considered the "oldest satanic religion in continual existence", and more importantly the most influential, inspiring "numerous imitator and breakaway groups". [2]
The Satanic Temple (TST) is a non-theistic organization and new religious movement, [1] founded in 2013 and headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts.Established in reaction to the "intrusion of Christian values on American politics", [4] [9] congregations have also formed in Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
The church uses a cartoonish version of the Christian devil as its logo as a symbol of rebellion and intellectual questioning, although it specifically rejects the concept of Satan as a ...
Anton Szandor LaVey [1] (born Howard Stanton Levey; April 11, 1930 – October 29, 1997) was an American author, musician, and LaVeyan Satanist. [2] He was the founder of the Church of Satan, the philosophy of LaVeyan Satanism, and the concept of Satanism.
"Our display features the 7 Tenets, a set of seven core beliefs that members see as their guideposts for our deeply held beliefs." On Thursday, the group reported that one of its statues was ...
The Temple believes in reason, empathy and the pursuit of knowledge, its website FAQ helpfully explains. And it doesn’t worship Satan. “Satan is a symbol of the Eternal Rebel in opposition to ...
Both the Church of Satan and the Temple of Set also use the trapezoid symbol. [92] The version used by the Church includes flames, a pitchfork and the number 666, while the trapezoid of the Temple has a left-facing Egyptian sceptre , and the number 666 stylized in geometric shapes rather than as clear numbers.
Zeena was born in San Francisco on November 19 1963 to Anton LaVey and Diane Hegarty, co-founders of the Church of Satan.On May 23, 1967, three-year-old Zeena had the first and most highly publicized Satanic baptism in history performed by her father.