Nguyen, Gary (March 27, 2018). "How Science Created A Panic About Satanic Cults". World Religion News . Retrieved November 29, 2018. Gryboski, Michael (March 19, 2014). "Satanic Group Plans to Turn Westboro Baptist Church Founder Gay in the Afterlife". Christian Post . Retrieved November 29, 2018. Some people prefer to be lone wolves, and probably more so in Satanism than in other groups. But I think that for the most part, people do feel a sense of community. The Satanic Temple hosts a lot of community events — things like charity drives and beach cleanups, as well as online events like movie nights. People find strength in being with other people that share their values, even if that value is nonconformity. The Satanic Temple-Chicago Displays Holiday Monument In Illinois". For Infernal Use Only. December 3, 2018 . Retrieved April 28, 2019. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

Hinkley, Justin A. (December 7, 2016). "Snaketivity, Nativity returning to Capitol". Lansing State Journal . Retrieved April 28, 2019. Gunn, Joshua (2005). "Prime-time Satanism: Rumor-Panic and the Work of Iconic Topoi". Visual Communication. 4 (1): 93–120. doi: 10.1177/1470357205048939. S2CID 144737058. The Satanic Temple is divided over its leader's decision to hire Alex Jones's lawyer". August 9, 2018. The prologue to The Satanic Bible begins by discussing the concept of gods, good and evil, and human nature. It includes the Nine Satanic Statements: The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!

The Satanic Temple announced the celebration of its 10th anniversary at SatanCon 2023, held April 28–30, 2023, in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. [114] Bladensburg Peace Cross Ceremony [ edit ]Cavaglion, Gabriel; Sela-Shayovitz, Revital (December 2005). "The Cultural Construction of Contemporary Satanic Legends in Israel". Folklore. 116 (3): 255–271. doi: 10.1080/00155870500282701. S2CID 161360139. a b Tharrett, Matthew (July 20, 2013). "Satanic Temple Makes Deceased Westboro Baptists "Gay Forever" In Pink Mass Ceremony". Queerty . Retrieved November 29, 2018. LaVey established his movement in the U.S. state of California through the founding of his Church of Satan on Walpurgisnacht of 1966, which he proclaimed to be "the Year One", Anno Satanas—the first year of the "Age of Satan". His ideas were heavily influenced by the ideas and writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Ayn Rand and Arthur Desmond. The church grew under LaVey's leadership, with regional grottos being founded across the United States. A number of these seceded from the church to form independent Satanic organizations during the early 1970s. In 1975, LaVey abolished the grotto system, after which LaVeyan Satanism became a far less organized movement, although it remained greatly influenced by LaVey's writings. In the coming years, members of the church left it to establish their own organizations, also following LaVey's ideas, among them John Dewey Allee's First Church of Satan and Karla LaVey's First Satanic Church.

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard (2009). Contemporary Religious Satanism: a Critical Anthology. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-5286-1.FirstHand - The Satanic Temple". FirstHand. September 4, 2018. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021 . Retrieved April 18, 2022. Saint Thomas, Sophie (February 17, 2016). "Satanists Call for Investigation into 'Satanic Panic' Killing of 8-Year-Old Boy". Broadly . Retrieved November 29, 2018.