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Demonology & Spirits

Tiamat

The primordial sea figure in the Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elish, defeated by Marduk in its account of cosmic ordering.

Texts & Sources

Second Enoch

The Slavonic Enochic work also known as the Book of the Secrets of Enoch, describing ascent, creation, and instruction.

Demonology & Spirits

Ereshkigal

A Mesopotamian queen of the underworld, known through myths of descent and traditions concerning Nergal.

Demonology & Spirits

Set

An ancient Egyptian deity associated with conflict and disorder, also reinterpreted in modern Setian religion.

History

Gnosticism

A modern umbrella term for several ancient religious movements and texts concerned with saving knowledge and divine origins.

Texts & Sources

Life of Adam and Eve

The Life of Adam and Eve is a group of related apocryphal narratives about the first humans. Its versions expand the Eden story through accounts of repentance, the Devil’s hostility, illness, burial, and hoped-for restoration.

Theology & Cosmology

Fallen angels

Fallen angels are heavenly beings portrayed as losing their place or proper condition through transgression. Enochic descent, Satan’s refusal to honor Adam, and the war in Revelation are distinct accounts that later interpretation can bring together.

Texts & Sources

Temptation of Jesus

The temptation of Jesus is an encounter with Satan in the wilderness narrated by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Its differing forms connect hunger, divine sonship, scriptural argument, worldly rule, and worship.

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.

Culture & Ethics

Samhain

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

Demonology & Spirits

Orobas

A Goetic prince portrayed as a horse and then a human, noted for the fidelity attributed to him.

Demonology & Spirits

Haures

A Goetic duke, also called Flauros, associated with fiery destruction and answers about divine matters.

Theology & Cosmology

Lucifer

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”…

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…

Devotional Practice

Meditation and contemplation

Meditation in theistic Satanism refers to contemplative practices used to focus attention, examine experience, cultivate devotional awareness, or create a deliberate setting for approaching Satan and other spirits. There is no single Satanic meditation method. Practices range from silent sitting and breath awareness to visualization, repetitive prayer, sigil contemplation, journaling, and extended…

Demonology & Spirits

Zepar

A Goetic duke depicted as a red-clad soldier whose entry concerns attraction and fertility.

Demonology & Spirits

Purson

A Goetic king riding a bear, with offices concerning hidden knowledge, treasure, and cosmology.

Organizations & Traditions

Dragon Rouge

An initiatory order whose Draconian system brings together Qliphoth, Goetic magic, alchemy, and other esoteric traditions.

Texts & Sources

Book of Jubilees

A retelling of Genesis and early Exodus arranged through jubilees, with angelic revelation, calendar teaching, and expanded narratives.

History

Michael Aquino

A founder and major author of the Temple of Set, associated with the modern Setian interpretation of Xeper.