Its founder Gregor A. Sometime between and , Anton Lavey, a former carnival worker and musician, held night classes in the occult. Regular attendees eventually formed the Church of Satan. These sessions were mostly discussion-based but on April 30, , the group formalized as the Church of Satan and the meetings became more ritual-based, incorporating theatrics, costuming and music.
Lavey became known as the Black Pope. Anton Lavey, of the First Satanic Church, performing a satanic ceremony, The Satanic Bible gave the church a national reputation and served as a strong vehicle for its significant growth. Ohio barber and part-time spiritual medium Herbert Sloan claimed in that he started the first Satanist organization, the Our Lady of Endor Coven of the Ophite Cultus Sathanas, in Sloane described his group as focused on the metaphysical aspects of Satan and offered service, communion and coffee and donuts socializing afterward.
As the Church of Satan grew in size, internal rifts developed, leading some members split off to start their own branches. Newsletter editor Michael Aquino left to form the Temple of Set in , and plenty others followed. The next decade brought in newer denominations like the Luciferian Children of Satan, founded by Marco Dimitri in Italy in Dimitri was convicted of child abuse but was later cleared.
The Satanic Reds formed in in New York, and combined Satanism with socialism and Lovecraftian concepts—a subgenre of horror fiction.
The s Satanic Panic saw Christian fundamentalists push the idea that Satanic cults were systematically abusing children in rituals and committing widespread murder, and successfully convince the general public through sensational news coverage. Serial killer Richard Ramirez , when finally captured in , claimed to be a Satanist, employing Satanic symbolism to his look and claiming to know Lavey, adding fuel to the fire of the panic.
Lavey claimed they had briefly met in the streets in the s, but Ramirez had never set foot in the church. The panic escalated, with Satanic Ritual Abuse becoming a standard aspect of high profile cases like the McMartin School in California. These criminal cases featured a consistent lack of evidence and alleged coercion on the part of child psychologists pushing the conspiracy theory.
The zeal of the fundamentalists led to few if any investigations or prosecutions of actual Satanists. Most of the victims of the frenzy were other Christians. In Barton appointed author and Church member Peter H. Gilmore as high priest and his wife, church administrator Peggy Nadramia, as high priestess. The GCL follows many LaVeyan principles with touches of the occult and has chapters in other countries. The most successful result of church divisions is The Satanic Temple.
It first gained attention in with a satirical rally against Florida Governor Rick Scott, but grew into a more organized group quickly.
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I'd gotten into alcohol and drugs, and lost my virginity at I chose rebellion. I played guitar in a band with some friends - it was an easy way to get attention.
I took it from his bookshelf and read the whole thing in one go. Written by the founder of the Church of Satan, Anton LaVey, it has sold over a million copies since it was first published in I really connected with it. I was unhappy in my relationship with my then girlfriend and I was arguing a lot with my parents. Satanism seemed to acknowledge the pain and anger I was feeling.
The next day, I had a huge row with my mum, so I locked myself in my room and started carving a pentagram - the symbol of the Church of Satan - onto my arm. I wanted to permanently scar my body. People interpret it in different ways but, to me, Satanism was about loving yourself at the expense of others.
Most Satanists believe in doing everything in their power to get what they want out of life. Indulging in desires such as sex, food, and booze is encouraged. It breeds selfishness within you, which is what makes it so dark - for yourself as well as those around you. Putting yourself first all the time, and not caring about others, is lonely. But, at the time, I felt like the Christian God that I grew up with, who was meant to be good, didn't seem to care about my suffering.
I was self-harming and rebelling with drink and drugs. It seemed to be all about pretending everything was fine; there was no room for darkness or controversy. So I rejected it. Satanism gripped me. It became my life.
I drew the pentagram on everything, from my school books to my body. My friends and my girlfriend were freaked out - they all thought I'd gone too far. I went from being pretty popular to having no friends.
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