Satanists of the World
1960s (The Foundation of the Religion)
Church of Satan
1970s (Expansion, Denomination Splitting)
Temple of Set
2. The Temple of Set Founded: 1975 (as a splinter group from the Church of Satan)
Founder: Michael A. Aquino
Type: Theistic Satanism evolving into Setianism (worship of the Egyptian god Set)
Key Beliefs: Self-deification, the existence of the "Prince of Darkness" as a real entity (Set).
Notable Members:
Michael A. Aquino (founder)
Don Webb (former High Priest)
Lilith Aquino (Michael Aquino’s wife)
1980s
1990s
2000s
Using:
https://www.chatgpt.com as resource to supplement previous research
and
https://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=browser as a means of organizing the database entries