20 Facts About Satanic Temple

Satanic Temple, often abbreviated TST, is a nontheistic religious organization that is primarily based in the United States, with additional congregations in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Satanic Temple opened its official headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts, in 2016.

Satanic Temple Sober Faction is a peer support group that offers a Satanic approach to recovery from addiction.

In July 2013, The Satanic Temple held a "Pink Mass" over the grave of Catherine Johnston, the mother of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps.

Shortly before Phelps's death on March 19,2014, The Satanic Temple expressed interest in holding a similar ceremony for the church founder.

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In May 2014, the Satanic Temple scheduled a Black Mass to be held on the Harvard University campus, sponsored by the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club; the event was forced to relocate off campus due to significant opposition by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and school administrators.

In March 2017, The Satanic Temple launched an anti-spanking campaign against corporal punishment in schools, as part of the Protect Children Project.

Satanic Temple members dressed in bondage fetish clothing, wearing baby masks and diapers while engaging in flagellation.

In November 2015 the Satanic Temple received media attention for offering to take in Muslims or refugees that were afraid of experiencing backlash over the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.

On January 14,2017, a week before the Trump presidential inauguration, the Temple hosted what it billed as the largest Satanic gathering in history, hoping to double the attendance of the 2015 gathering in Detroit for the Baphomet unveiling.

The Satanic Temple maintains there was never any "local community" question during the application process.

In September 2021, as part of its opposition to the Texas Heartbeat Act, the Satanic Temple wrote the US Food and Drug Administration, saying that it had a faith-based right to access medical abortion drugs, including misoprostol and mifepristone.

On February 12,2022, the Satanic Temple held their first SatanCon convention inside Saguaro Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Lucien Greaves has described the Satanic Temple as being a progressive and updated version of LaVey's Satanism.

Satanic Temple has criticized the LaVeyan Church of Satan for its lack of political lobbying and what he sees as their exclusivity, referring to them as autocratic and hierarchical, and saying that the Church fetishizes authoritarianism.

Conversely, the Church of Satan has made statements claiming that The Satanic Temple are only "masquerading as Satanists" and do not represent Satanism.

Satanic Temple has received some criticism for their actions, most notably from religious organizations and figures.

Many critics state that they believe that the Satanic Temple is not a serious organization and is instead meant to be a prank, form of satire, or elaborate trolling attempt.

Satanic Temple has inspired the development of other Satanic religious organizations: some developed amicably and others through religious schism.

In March 2020, several "approved administrators" of the TST-Washington chapter left the Satanic Temple and took control of the chapter's social media pages.