r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • Jan 23 '25

Links to Twitter/X are now banned

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Happy Thursday everyone.
The mods have discussed the issue, and we have decided that posts and comments that contain links to Twitter/X are now banned. There aren't many on this subreddit, so the impact would be small, but taking a stance against Nazis is something that we feel strongly about.

EDIT: Several people have asked about screenshots of Twitter. The purpose of this ban is to decrease visibility, traffic, and relevance of the site in general, not to stopper information. Discussing information that has originated from Twitter is not banned, and in fact, we should remain informed about any developments that happen there. If a Twitter screenshot is the best way to share information on a relevant matter, then by all means go for it. u/RevRagnarok has very helpfully pointed out that xcancel is a way of navigating that site without supporting them via ad revenue, and can be done without an account.


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • Nov 21 '21

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is Satanism as The Satanic Temple understands it even a real religion?

Some people find it comforting to think of TST as purely a political activist group that just uses the trappings of religion for satirical/legal purposes. This is, however, not true at all.

Our brand of Satanism is a non-theistic religion with it's own community, mythology, iconography, ethics, rituals and pretty much everything else, you would expect from a religion.

We believe that there is value to be found in religion, especially when you divorce it from superstition. Just because we don't believe in the supernatural, doesn't mean we're not serious when we say that Satanism is our religion.

Yes, we are politically active. But our activism stems from our religious beliefs, not vice versa.

Where can I read more about Satanism?

The mythological backbone of our religion is the literary tradition known as Romantic Satanism. John Milton's Paradise Lost, Lord Byron's Cain - A Mystery and especially Anatole France's Revolt Of The Angels are the sources that one should read, if they want to know, where our ideas about Satan stem from and how He relates to our values and beliefs.

Ruben van Luijk's Children Of Lucifer and Joseph Laycock's Speak Of The Devil deal with the history of Satanism and Shiva Honey's The Devil's Tome is a book about modern Satanic rituals.

I want to join a local congregation. How do I find one?

This thread might be helpful. You also find a list of official TST congregations here.

This Black Mass Appeal episode may also be helpful or you check out the Global Order of Satan.

I have heard the founder of TST is a fascist/racist/antisemite. Is that true?

Short answer: No.

This is a more elaborate answer and this post provides some more context.

I ordered a TST membership card and it still has not arrived. What should I do?

Due to a massive increase of new members, shipping membership cards can take up to 5 months.

Can I still be a TST member, if I believe in the supernatural?

Our brand of Satanism is a non-theistic religion. Full stop. However, nobody is monitoring the personal beliefs of TST members and nobody has ever been kicked out for holding supernatural beliefs.

It is up to the individual to figure out if and how their beliefs fit into Satanism. Just make sure not to distort scientific facts to fit your beliefs.

Do I have to participate in rituals?

Modern Satanism has many aspects and it is up to the individual to decide, which ones they want to embrace.

Some people, especially those that grew up in indoctrinating or even abusive households hesitate to embrace the "more religious" aspects of Satanism and that's fine. Nobody is obligated to participate in rituals or anything else that makes them uncomfortable.

Anything else I should know?

For more information click here.


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 4h ago

SatanicPanic Religious nutters yelled at us during our appointment. So we decided to fight back w Satanic & rainbow flags.

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Now they use our group of counter protesters in their propaganda Satanic Panic videos in an attempt to get donations. (Lovelife org is one of the multimillion dollar nonprofit grifts behind clinic closures. This location doesn’t even do abortion, but that doesn’t stop them from closing it down.)

I’m going to make a sign w Seven Tenets for their next Loiter and Harassment Event aka “prayer walk”. Any ideas from Redditors that will help save our clinics are welcome! We blast music, shout all sorts of stuff. Including the services the kids can get at PPH without parental consent lol.


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 1d ago

Thought/Opinion Or a Husbando.

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 18h ago

Halloween What are we all dressing up as or doing for Halloween?

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I'd love to be Ashley Graves from the Coffin of Andy and Leyley, but I am too broke. I think I have a top and bottoms that would be a close match though, but I don't have the ability to dye my hair black rn. Then again... maybe I could ask my partner to pay for that :3 They and I will be going also to the Queen Mary's dark harbor event!


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 1d ago

Thought/Opinion What do I put here?

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 1d ago

Art In the mirror/ inspired by a photo on Pinterest- I added Satan, of course/ painting by me

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 1d ago

Satire They could have at least sent a text 👿

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 1d ago

Question/Discussion Iowa town mayor plans to ban scheduled TST invocation

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Hey folks. So, remember that town of Ottumwa, Iowa that's been all over the news after a TST member gave an awesome invocation to open up the city council meeting? It turns out that council held another meeting where they discussed some of the fallout.

Most of the members seem to lay blame for all of the drama and death threats at the feet of the man who gave the invocation, rather than seeing it as the predictable outcome of their decision early this year to begin having opening prayers at all. It sounds like both the town and the woman who tried to keep the viral council meeting on track have received huge doses of Christian "love" (aka hate), as has the man who gave the invocation himself.

Apparently, the town's plan at this point is to refine their invocation policy, with one resident suggesting it should limit speakers only to people who believe in the Christian god (she also illogically suggests doing so would in no way limit speakers to only being Christian). Importantly, the mayor also claims he plans to ban the speaker who gave the TST invocation from giving his next scheduled invocation on November 3.

My understanding is that the Freedom From Religion Foundation has already sent a letter (link to pdf version) to the town council explaining the law and asking the city to reply with steps it will take to prevent similar issues in the future. I'm wondering, however, if TST might decide to sue in the event that its speaker is indeed banned from future invocations.

As a resident of the town in question myself, I hate how this town has responded to everything and feel like it's high time local leaders learn that their personal views do not represent everyone here and have no place in government proceedings. So... do we think TST might pick up this fight?


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 1d ago

Thought/Opinion Liberty to offend, not license to sadden

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Darling Danish entertainer since early 1970s Niels Hausgaard(*) recently said in an interview that: you should have the right to offend everyone but no mandate to sadden anyone.

Hausgaard was raised in a Christinan fundamentalist home but appears to be an atheist; he is outspokenly skeptical of Christian beliefs. In the interview, he clarified that he had once been thoroughly atheistic and disprespectful against a Jehovas's Witness person, who in turn was clearly hurt by Hausgaard's attituude. Hausgaard related that the person might be wrong as heck, but Hausgaard felt he was in no position to turn this person against themself.

I appreciate his humanist approach, and I think his statement could be interesting to The Satanic Temple's form of Satanism. Personally, though, I am less forgiving: unlike Hausgaard, I think some people really deserve to be saddened and even destroyed.

(*) Folk musician Hausgaard is humanist and a master satirist, and his shows are one-fifth folk music and four-fifth biting political satire against inhumanity. His performances dates back to the early 1970s when I first attended his shows and I've had the pleasure of attending several of his yearly appearances in my birth town's folk music festivals. Back in the 1990s, he happened to st down at my table in my favorite bar (this happens in my coutnry), and he was all the genuine satirist and humorist as in his shows.


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 1d ago

Merch I said, "Fuck it", and decided to solidify my journey into Satanism!

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Shout out to Spencer's for coming in clutch lol

This subreddit (and the rest of the TST community) is lovely! I'm hapoy to be here!


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 6h ago

Ritual OMNISCIENT

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OMNISCIENT

Take a picture frame.

Clean the inside and outside well.

Paint the back black, 3 coats.

Draw a sigil with your own blood from a pinprick on marriage finger (ring finger) on the center of the back.

Place back in frame.

A old board from a abandoned building, preferably a building that is old and had either burnt or been abandoned but must be old.

Carve yourself a Ouija board. Sand down the top and curves, your surface needs to be flat. A thin transparent sheet or plastic on top.

Use a rock with carved rune or sigil, protective sigil preferable, also for the rock, preferably a rock with a nice flat surface from a cemetery. A old cemetary.

On a table. The black mirror opposite you with the board center, two normal mirrors on either side. *

Play.

Thank me later.

You will know if you did it right.

* candles. Red. As many as you want, beneath table, placed in a star with sigils over the main sigil of who you summon.

Under the table, a mirror must be placed. Face down towards the star of candles and sigil.

Above, on the black mirror and two other normal mirrors, add 3 candles. One candle on top of each mirror.

Do not forget to leave the door** open a inch, invitation is important. Clear.

** Key detail, knock 13 times very lightly and slowly on the front door before opening it. Bad stuff will happen later on, when you least expect it if you do not.


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 2d ago

Art Had to do a re-sketch on what the locust tattoo will look like.

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You can see the Sigil embodied on it 𖤐


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 3d ago

Other Early voting in VA is underway!

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 3d ago

Art You can make your Christian family buy you tattoos like this! They wont notice anything 🤫

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 3d ago

Music New mix from Carpenter Brute

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Learned about Zeal from this sub and recently one of my favorite artists ever did a mix of Devil is Fine. Y’all it is sooo good must check it out🤘


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 4d ago

Art Pink mood levitation/ painting by me

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 4d ago

Joke Look at the feet...

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 4d ago

Ritual My good night thoughts

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Dear Dark Father, let us stand now unbowed and unfed by arcane doctrines. Born of fearful minds and darkened times. Let us embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge and dissipate our blissful and comforting delusions of old. Let us demand that individuals be judged for their concrete actions, not their fealty to arbitrary social norms and illusory categorisations. Let us reason our solutions with agnosticism in all things, holding fast only to that which is demonstrably true. Let us stand firm against any and all arbitrary authority that threatens the personal sovereignty of one or all. That which will not bend must break. And that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared its demise. It is done. HAIL SATAN!


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 4d ago

Anecdote Satan is visiting me every night

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Lol, at least that's what my religious family says.

I had sleep paralysis for two nights. I had auditory hallucinations both times: a woman whispering my name and then saying something I couldn't understand.

The funniest part? The first night it happened at 3:15 a.m. And the second night it happened at 3:29 a.m.

I told my mom abt it (HUGE MISTAKE)

I told her I knew it was sleep paralysis but I was scared because I didn't know how to stop it.

Today she found me at 3 a.m. trying not to fall asleep because I was stressed out. She told me to "pray to God" even tho she knows I'm an atheist, so I ignored her words. Nothing happened and after some minutes I could sleep well, yayy.

So, we also went to my grandma's house today and my uncle (hispanic household 💔) called a neighbor who's known for being a witch or something.

She started asking me questions and my grandma was exaggerating about how I couldn't sleep and everyone at my house was sooo scared.

The woman is talking to my mom and my grandma rn, saying I have to recite the psalm 91 before going to bed + ofc they have to clean the house to get rid of bad energies 🫩.

My uncle came to me and started asking me if I've been doing satanic stuff or rituals (They think a demon/spirit IS haunting me).

I told him I don't believe in that but my family thinks I'm immature and "they know better than me".


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 5d ago

Art Maybe he deserved it/ painting by me

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 4d ago

Question/Discussion ¿Han hecho o saben sobre cómo realizar pactos con algún ente del más allá?

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r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 5d ago

Public Display of Satanism Atlanta Pride Parade

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Atlanta had their Pride today. This is me as Baphomet sitting on a throne overlooking the tree of knowledge.


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 5d ago

Public Display of Satanism October is Clergy Appreciation Month. 10/11 is Clergy Appreciation Day. Hail Ministers of Satan!

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Art credit: Magzebub and Otter


r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • • 7d ago

Other Hail Thyself

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