Undisclosed location. South Carolina. A Satanic Grimoire. A Grimoire is a book containing the religious texts, rites, rituals, and spells, of occult practitioners. The book shown in this image contains numerous Satanic Rituals, Curses, and religious literature used in the Satanic Religion.
Undisclosed location. South Carolina. The entrance to the “Black Parlor,” a ritual chamber in the home of a Satanic priest.
“On the altar of the Devil up is down, pleasure is pain, darkness is light, slavery is freedom, and madness is sanity. The Satanic ritual chamber is the ideal setting for the entertainment of unspoken thoughts or a veritable palace of perversity.” - The book of Satanic Rituals by Anton Szandor LaVey.
Undisclosed location. South Carolina. The Sigil of Baphomet
Baphomet first appeared in the trial transcripts for the Knights Templar in the 14th century. By the 19th century, the name had come into popular English language. Dating back to 1856, the name of Baphomet has been associated with a goat headed creature that was drawn by Eliphas Levi. Levi was an author of the occult by way of France. This drawing included elements that stand for the sum total of the universe.
In the time the Baphomet was drawn, Levi’s intention was to create a symbolization of his concept of “the equilibrium of the opposites.” It was a large part of his notion of Astral Light. On the other hand, the Baphomet stands for a sacrilegious tradition that is supposed to give rise to a perfect social order.
Undisclosed location. South Carolina. A Satanic altar in preparation for the ritual of ordainment. A lone candle either black or sometimes red is used to give the new Satanic priest a feeling of the Flames of Hell as he receives his vows of Priesthood.
Undisclosed location. South Carolina. The steeple of a church viewed from the front porch of a Satanist following a mass.
Undisclosed location. South Carolina. The music video “Killers With The Cross” performed by the German power metal band Powerwolf plays in the TV room of a Satanist on Halloween.
A member of a Satanic church wearing the Tau Robes and headdress of Ordo Templi Orientis during a black mass. OTO is considered by some Satanists to be an earlier prototype form of Satanism.
Undisclosed location. South Carolina. A Satanic altar in preparation for the ritual of ordainment.
Undisclosed location. South Carolina. An inverted crucifix directly across from a Presbyterian Church is seen through the upstairs window.
Some sources attribute to the inception of the Leviathan Cross to the Knights Templar. The symbol was then adopted by Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan. It is said that the higher positioning of the crossbar on a traditional Christian cross indicates submission to a higher power. On the other hand, LaVey’s inversion would have indicated that his beliefs were the opposite, that he lived his life with himself as its center.
Undisclosed location. South Carolina. Baphomet, The Symbol of the satanic goat. Baphomet is portrayed as a half-human, half-goat figure, or goat head.
The Church of Satan, founded in 1966 in San Francisco, adopted a rendition of Baphomet to symbolize satanism. The symbol is a goat’s head drawn within an inverted pentacle, enclosed in a double circle. In the outer circle, Hebraic figures at each point in the pentagram spell out Leviathan, a huge water serpent associated with the devil.