Liber XXIV · Satanism
Introduction
The Devil in history, Satanist religion and the Left-Hand Path.
Satan has a long history: from the accusing 'adversary' of the Hebrew Bible to the fallen angel of Christian theology and the rebel hero of Milton and the Romantics. Organised religious Satanism is far younger, dating in its familiar form to Anton LaVey's Church of Satan in 1966. This section examines both, along with the Temple of Set, theistic Satanism, Luciferianism, the origins of the term 'Left-Hand Path', and the moral panics that have surrounded the subject, drawing on the growing academic study of Satanism.
7 min readWhat Is Satanism? Atheistic, Theistic and Modern Forms ExplainedWhat is Satanism? A guide to its history and forms: Romantic Satanism, LaVey's Church of Satan, the Temple of Set, The Satanic Temple and theistic Satanism.7 min readThe Satanic Temple: History, Seven Tenets and ActivismThe Satanic Temple explained: its 2013 founding, the Seven Tenets, church-state campaigns, After School Satan and how it differs from the Church of Satan.7 min readThe Satanic Temple's Baphomet Statue: Detroit 2015 and AfterThe Satanic Temple's bronze Baphomet statue: the Oklahoma Ten Commandments dispute, the 2015 Detroit unveiling, its roots in Lévi and the Arkansas campaign.
Forthcoming in this chapter
15- Anton LaVey: Life, Works and Influence
- Diane Hegarty: Life, Works and Influence
- Blanche Barton: Life, Works and Influence
- Peter H. Gilmore: Life, Works and Influence
- Lilith Aquino: Life, Works and Influence
- Stanisław Przybyszewski: Life, Works and Influence
- Joris-Karl Huysmans: Life, Works and Influence
- Lucien Greaves: Life, Works and Influence
- Charles Baudelaire: Life, Works and Influence
- John Milton: Life, Works and Influence
- William Blake: Life, Works and Influence
- Lord Byron: Life, Works and Influence
- Percy Bysshe Shelley: Life, Works and Influence
- Kenneth Anger: Life, Works and Influence
- What Does the Inverted Pentagram Mean?