Theistic Satanism

Theistic Satanism is the belief that Satan is a god or force, and the worship of him.^[1] It is a kind of Satanism. It is different from Atheistic Satanism, which sees Satan only as a symbol.

This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in English. Click [expand] for important translation instructions.

View a machine-translated version of the English article.
Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the Simple English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary Content in this edit is translated from the existing English Wikipedia article at [[:en:Theistic Satanism]]; see its history for attribution.
You should also add the template {{Translated|en|Theistic Satanism}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Theistic Satanists do not all believe the same things. Many have their own ideas. They disagree with Anton LaVey, who said that Satan is only a symbol.^[2]^[3] Both kinds of Satanists may believe in magic and use rituals. But Theistic Satanists also believe that Satan is real and pray to him.^[4] Some say people in the past worshipped Satan in the same way, such as La Voisin, a French witch. Some even say they learned Satanism from their family.^[5]

In history, many people were called Satanists when they only had unusual beliefs. Because of this, it is hard to know if people really worshipped Satan.^[6] Paul Tuitean says that the idea of "reverse Christianity" was invented by the Inquisition.^[7] George Bataille, however, says that a Black Mass may have existed before the witch trials.^[8]

The poet John Milton was not a Theistic Satanist. But his poem Paradise Lost inspired many people who later admired Satan. The poet William Blake said that Milton was "of the Devil’s party without knowing it."^[9]

Nikolas Schreck [en] says that writers like Milton, Dante, Marlowe, and Goethe created the modern idea of Satan. He argues that these writers had a special "Luciferian vision" and a "diabolical consciousness" that shaped their works.^[10]

Theistic Satanism

History

Related pages

References

Further reading

Other websites

Wikiwand - on