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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]
Like the older Church of Satan, its congregants do not believe in a supernatural Satan, but if the CoS saw Satanism as a "negative mirror" of Christianity, reversing Christian principles of altruism (helping the downtrodden and community-mindedness), the Christian principles TST wants to reverse are politically conservative activist ones—the ...
Many other Satanist groups and individual Satanists who are not part of the Church of Satan also recognize LaVey's work as influential. [91] Many Satanists attribute their conversions or discoveries of Satanism to The Satanic Bible , with 20% of respondents to a survey by James Lewis mentioning The Satanic Bible directly as influencing their ...
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 ...
Challenging LaVey insistence that the magic practiced in ceremonies in the church's "ritual chamber", was not supernatural but merely "supernormal", [98] Lucien Greaves, spokesperson for The Satanic Temple, a rival of the Church of Satan, argues LaVey's beliefs about magic were "artfully, and probably intentionally, unclear in his writings".
"Our display features the 7 Tenets, a set of seven core beliefs that members see as their guideposts for our deeply held beliefs." ... "For those who wish to worship Satan, they are free to do so ...
The inverted pentagram is a widespread symbol of Satanism. [1]Theistic Satanism, otherwise referred to as traditional Satanism, religious Satanism, or spiritual Satanism, [2] is an umbrella term for religious groups that consider Satan, the Devil, to objectively exist as a deity, supernatural entity, or spiritual being worthy of worship or reverence, whom individuals may believe in, contact ...
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.