The opportunity for anyone to live within a total environment of their choice, with mandatory adherence to the aesthetic and behavioral standards of same – "Privately owned, operated and controlled environments as an alternative to homogenized and polyglot ones. The freedom to insularize oneself within a social milieu of personal well-being. An opportunity to feel, see, and hear that which is most aesthetically pleasing, without interference from those who would pollute or detract from that option." Ohlheiser, Abby (7 November 2014). "The Church of Satan wants you to stop calling these 'devil worshiping' alleged murderers Satanists". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2015-11-19.

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Schipper, Bernd U. (2010). "From Milton to Modern Satanism: The History of the Devil and the Dynamics between Religion and Literature". Journal of Religion in Europe. 3 (1): 103–124. doi: 10.1163/187489210X12597396698744. Faxneld, Per (2013). "Secret Lineages and de facto Satanists: Anton LaVey's Use of Esoteric Tradition". In Egil Asprem; Kennet Granholm (eds.). Contemporary Esotericism. Sheffield: Equinox. pp.72–90. ISBN 978-1-908049-32-2.

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Cult of Carnality: Sexuality, Eroticism, and Gender in Contemporary Satanism". In Lewis & Bogdan (2014), pp.165–181. In the 1999 survival horror video game Silent Hill, an interpretation of Baphomet appears as a possible final boss, representing the deity worshipped by a cult residing in the titular town. Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aa (2014). Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-931531-4.

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The link between Baphomet and the pagan god Pan was also observed by Aleister Crowley [66] as well as Anton LaVey: Barber, Malcolm (2006). The Trial of the Templars (2nded.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-67236-8. Seeking knowledge is seen by some theistic Satanists as being important to Satan, due to Satan being equated with the serpent in Genesis, which encouraged humans to partake of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. [52] Some perceive Satan as Éliphas Lévi's conception of Baphomet – a half-human and half-animal hermaphroditic bestower of knowledge ( gnosis). [51] Some Satanic groups, such as Luciferians, also seek to gain greater gnosis. [41] Some of such Satanists, such as the former Ophite Cultus Satanas, equate Yahweh with the demiurge of Gnosticism, and Satan with the transcendent being beyond. [41]Partridge, Christopher (2004). The Re-Enchantment of the West Volume. 1: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture, and Occulture. London: T&T Clark International. ISBN 978-0567084088. Let us state now for the edification of the vulgar, for the satisfaction of M. le Comte de Mirville, for the justification of the demonologist Bodin, for the greater glory of the Church, which persecuted Templars, burnt magicians, excommunicated Freemasons, &c. let us state boldly and precisely that all the inferior initiates of the occult sciences and profaners of the great arcanum, not only did in the past, but do now, and will ever, adore what is signified by this alarming symbol. Some groups are mistaken by scholars for theistic Satanists, such as the First Church of Satan. [3] However, the founder of the FCoS, John Allee, considers what he calls "devil-worship" to often be a symptom of psychosis. Other groups such as the 600 Club, [46] are accepting of all types of Satanists, as are the Synagogue of Satan, which aims for the ultimate destruction of religions, paradoxically including itself, and encourages not self-indulgence, but self-expression balanced by social responsibility. [47] Relation to other theologies [ edit ] Wright, Thomas (1865). "The Worship of the Generative Powers During the Middle Ages of Western Europe". In Knight, Richard Payne (ed.). A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus. London: J. C. Hotten.

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Lewis, J.; Bogdan, Henrik (14 January 2014). Sexuality and New Religious Movements. Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 978-1-349-68146-4. Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard, eds. (2005). Controversial New Religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195156836. The other chapters are De la ley nova, De caritat, and De iustitia. The three folios of the Occitan fragment were reunited on 21April 1887, and the work was then "discovered". Today it can be found in BnF fr.6182. Clovis Brunel dated it to the 13th century, and it was probably made in the Quercy. The work was originally written in Latin, but medieval Catalan translation exists, as does a complete Occitan one. The Occitan fragment has been translated by Zorzi, Diego (1954). "Un frammento provenzale della Doctrina Pueril di Raimondo Lull". Aevum. 28 (4): 345–349. In The Satanic Bible, LaVey writes that "after one's own birthday, the two major Satanic holidays are Walpurgisnacht and Halloween." Other holidays celebrated by members include the two solstices, the two equinoxes, and Yule. [125] [126] [127] Symbolism [ edit ] The Sigil of Baphomet

a b Waite, Class I, §2: "Since 1856 the influence of Eliphas Lévi and his doctrine of occultism has changed the face of this card, and it now appears as a pseudo-Baphometic figure with the head of a goat and a great torch between the horns; it is seated instead of erect, and in place of the generative organs there is the Hermetic caduceus."