Lucifer is a name whose religious meaning developed from an ancient expression for the morning star into one of the best-known names associated with the Devil, fallen angels, occult illumination, and modern Luciferian religion. The word itself is Latin: lūcifer means “light-bringer” or “light-bearer” and was used for the planet Venus when it appeared before sunrise. The later equation “Lucifer = Satan”…
Prayer is intentional communication addressed to a deity, spirit, sacred power, or ultimate reality. It can include praise, petition, confession, thanksgiving, lament, dedication, silence, repetition, or simple direct speech. In theistic Satanism, prayer usually means addressing Satan or another spiritually real being rather than speaking only to oneself or performing a purely symbolic exercise.
Ethics in theistic Satanism concerns the moral principles, responsibilities, virtues, prohibitions, and methods of judgement developed by Satanists who regard Satan or related beings as real rather than purely symbolic. There is no universal Satanic ethical code. Theistic Satanism is decentralized, and its practitioners may draw on personal conscience, religious devotion, philosophical individualism,…
The High Satanic Church is an independent theistic Satanist religious organization and online congregation centered on the worship of Satan as a real deity. Its public website describes the Church as theistic, devotional, and unaffiliated with both the Church of Satan and The Satanic Temple. The organization maintains public material on beliefs and practice as well as member accounts, lodges, writings,…
1 Enoch brings together accounts of heavenly beings, judgment, celestial order, and righteousness. It is a composite work rather than a single continuous biography of Enoch.
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.
A Goetic president depicted as a lion, associated with hidden knowledge, mechanical arts, and transformation.
A Goetic duke whose description combines a lion-like form with a warning about theft and familiar spirits.
A Goetic duke associated with answers, reconciliation, and the obscure term Xenopilus.
A Goetic prince portrayed with a leopard head and griffin wings, whose stated office concerns desire.
A Goetic duke depicted as a red-clad soldier whose entry concerns attraction and fertility.
A Goetic duke associated with wealth, eloquence, and the places of the dead.
A Goetic duke portrayed as a mermaid, associated with ships, storms, and afflicted wounds.
A winged lion-shaped Goetic duke associated with crafts, philosophy, and learned subjects.
A Goetic marquis appearing as a star, associated with plants, stones, and bird-like apparitions.
The religious and philosophical tradition associated with Aleister Crowley and The Book of the Law.
The Hebrew Enochic work associated with heavenly palaces and Enoch’s transformation into Metatron.
A founder and major author of the Temple of Set, associated with the modern Setian interpretation of Xeper.