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Joy of Satan Ministries, also referred to as Joy of Satan (JoS) or since 2025 known as Temple of Zeus (ToZ) after the passing of their founder Andrea Maxine Dietrich in May of 2020, [1] is a western esoteric occult organization founded in 2002 by Andrea M. Dietrich [2] Joy of Satan Ministries advocates "Spiritual Satanism", [3] an ideology that presents a synthesis of theistic Satanism, Nazism ...
A sigil used in rituals invoking Lucifer, first recorded in the 18th-century True Grimoire. Known among Theistic Satanists as the Seal of Satan, the symbol is also associated with music groups including Zeal & Ardor. Sigil of Baphomet: 19th century French Occultism, Joy of Satan Ministries
The Infernal Names is a compiled list of adversarial or antihero figures from mythology intended for use in Satanic ritual. The following names are as listed in The Satanic Bible (1969), written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey . [ 1 ]
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 ...
The Satanic Rituals is a book by Anton Szandor LaVey, published in 1972 by Avon Books as a companion volume to The Satanic Bible. The book outlines nine rituals and ceremonies intended for group performance, with an introductory essay to each.
A new religious movement and form of Western esotericism, the Temple espouses a religion known as Zevism, whose practitioners are called Zevists. This is sometimes identified as a form of Satanism. Prior to 2025, Temple of Zeus was known as the Joy of Satan Ministries (JoS). It is a western esoteric occult organization founded in 2002 by Andrea ...
[1] [28] It was this image that was later adopted as the official symbol—called the Sigil of Baphomet—of the Church of Satan, and continues to be used among Satanists. [ 74 ] Baphomet, as Lévi's illustration suggests, has occasionally been portrayed as a synonym of Satan or a demon , a member of the hierarchy of Hell.
Greater and lesser magic (known also as high and low magic or collectively Satanic magic), within LaVeyan Satanism, designate types of beliefs with the term greater magic applying to ritual practice meant as psychodramatic catharsis to focus ones emotions for a specific purpose and lesser magic applied to the practice of manipulation by means of applied psychology and glamour (or "wile and ...