The Church Of Satan is a religious organisation dedicated to the religion of LaVeyan Satanism as per the Satanic Bible.
I didn’t know this originally but Satanism has different competing denominations. For example, the Satanic Temple is unrelated to the Church Of Satan, although both fall under the general Satanic umbrella.
We are the first above-ground organization in history openly dedicated to the acceptance of Man’s true nature—that of a carnal beast, living in a cosmos that is indifferent to our existence.
The Church Of Satan’s website
To us, Satan is the symbol that best suits the nature of we who are carnal by birth—people who feel no battles raging between our thoughts and feelings, we who do not embrace the concept of a soul imprisoned in a body.
He represents pride, liberty, and individualism—qualities often defined as Evil by those who worship external deities, who feel there is a war between their minds and emotions.
Anton LaVey lived between 1930—1997 and founded the Church of Satan in 1966. Actually, Anton LaVey wasn’t his real name. He was born Howard Levey (Jewish heritage, interestingly) and later changed it to Anton LaVey.
He was a musical entertainer, a writer and actor.
And he was a complete oddball, evidently.
Apparently, the purpose of the religion was (is) to promote Satan, not as an actual theistic being, but as a symbol of personal freedom and individualism.
In other words, Satan is a concept; a placeholder for a set of ideas.
I’m not convinced.
Particularly because, if that were true, then there’d be no need for all the symbolism and rituals.
The official website has a pile of answers to popular questions related to sacrifice, child trafficking, rituals, Christianity and more.
I spoke to David Harris, a magister in the Church Of Satan. A magister is a medieval word to describe a master or a teacher.
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