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Grigoripedia

Grigoripedia is the official online encyclopedia of Satano-Grigorism, maintained by members of the Grigorist Temple of Satanael. Launched in June 2026 according to its About page, it documents the religion’s beliefs, deities, scriptures, history, holidays, and terminology from a Satano-Grigorist perspective.

Culture & Ethics

Faust

Faust is the scholar or magician at the center of a European legend about bargaining with the Devil. The 1587 Faust book, Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, and Goethe’s Faust give the story different treatments of knowledge, desire, damnation, and human striving.

Texts & Sources

Malleus Maleficarum

The Malleus Maleficarum is a Latin treatise associated with the inquisitor Heinrich Kramer. It combined demonological argument with proposals for prosecuting alleged witches. Its allegations, treatment of women, and influence require critical historical reading.

Theology & Cosmology

Iblis

Iblis is the figure who refuses God’s command to bow to Adam in the Qur’an. Islamic commentary and Sufi literature explore his pride, his relationship to the jinn, his role as a tempter, and the meaning of his disobedience.

Theology & Cosmology

Modern Paganism

An introduction to contemporary Pagan traditions, including Wicca, Druidry, and Heathenry, and their different uses of older sources.

Culture & Ethics

Halloween

The public holiday of 31 October, including lanterns, visiting customs, disguise, and its Celtic and Christian histories.

Culture & Ethics

Samhain

The Gaelic beginning-of-winter festival, Irish customs of food and divination, and its place in modern Pagan practice.

Culture & Ethics

Religious freedom

Freedom of religion and belief in international human rights texts, including minority religions, nonbelief, and religious expression.

Culture & Ethics

Satanic holidays

The different holiday calendars published by the Church of Satan and The Satanic Temple, with dates and organizational meanings.

Organizations & Traditions

Temple of Set

The Temple of Set is an initiatory organization whose identity centers on Set and Xeper. Its relationship with Satanism requires attention to both historical origins and later self-description.

Demonology & Spirits

Beleth

A Goetic king riding a pale horse, associated with desire and an elaborate ceremonial reception.

Organizations & Traditions

Fraternitas Saturni

A German magical fraternity whose teaching gives Saturn a central symbolic and initiatory role.

Texts & Sources

Emerald Tablet

A brief Hermetic text whose images of above and below, sun and moon, and transformation influenced alchemical writing.

History

Éliphas Lévi

A nineteenth-century French occult author associated with ceremonial symbolism and the influential image of Baphomet.

History

Austin Osman Spare

An English artist and occult author whose treatment of desire and sigils influenced later magical practice.

Culture & Ethics

Baphomet

Baphomet is an occult figure whose history connects the medieval trial of the Knights Templar, nineteenth-century ceremonial symbolism, twentieth-century Satanic iconography, and the modern public imagery of The Satanic Temple. The familiar goat-headed, winged, androgynous figure is not a medieval portrait of a secret Templar god. It was created in the nineteenth century by the French occultist Éliphas…

Demonology & Spirits

Lilith

Lilith is a figure whose history spans ancient Near Eastern demonology, Jewish folklore, medieval protective magic, Kabbalah, literature, feminist reinterpretation, modern occultism, and contemporary Satanic or Luciferian religion. She is often introduced today as “Adam’s first wife,” but that familiar story is medieval rather than biblical. Earlier sources describe beings called lilith or lilin in…

Demonology & Spirits

Watchers

The Watchers are heavenly beings whose descent, teachings, and punishment are narrated in 1 Enoch. Their literary identity must be distinguished from later religious interpretations.

Demonology & Spirits

Semjaza

Semjaza is a leading figure in the Enochic account of the Watchers’ oath and descent. His role differs from the teaching and punishment associated with Azazel.

Demonology & Spirits

Belial

Belial appears in biblical religious language and later spirit catalogues. These uses should be distinguished rather than treated as one unchanged biography.