It’s Friday night in Downtown Santiago, the capital of Chile, and a group of 15 people gather around a table.
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A woman holds copies of The Satanic Bible by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey and The Bible of the Adversary by Michael Ford, before the start of a ceremony at the General Cemetery in Santiago, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. Members of The Temple of Satan: Satanists and Luciferians of Chile, drink wine at the start of a monthly ceremony in Santiago, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.
Azazel, The Temple of Satan: Satanists and Luciferians of Chile founder, takes part in a monthly ceremony in Santiago, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Five years after the Satanic Temple of the United States made headlines — and unleashed a wave of panic — when it, a similar organization in Chile, a conservative country where half of its population of 18 million identifies as Catholic, is asking the government to recognize them legally as aScholars, believers and residents consulted by The Associated Press note that Chile, where a long-lasting tradition of Catholicism has played a leading role in public discussions, is experiencing a crisis...
Haborym and other members of the Temple of Satan in Chile spoke on condition their real names not be used, particularly with many hold public-facing jobs, citing growing threats.helped to portray the idea of Satanists as linked to sacrifice, evil, pain and death, modern groups like Chile’s Temple of Satan are strongly against animal abuse, prohibit the affiliation of people with criminal records, see pleasures as a delight rather than a sin, and do not express their opinions unless asked.
“The history of Satanism is well known it has often been the cause of tragedies,” the leaders of several churches in Chile, including the Catholic, Anglican, Jewish and Evangelical, said in a joint statement. Just like Azazel, others have turned to the Temple of Satan out of disappointment with traditional religions. The new congregants include not only occultists and esotericists, but also Catholics, Jews, Protestants and Evangelicals.
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