It was the first aboveground organization in history to openly dedicate the acceptance of Satan. Satanism is the worship Satan as God-like figure and who practice Satanism are considered to be Satanist. Between 1980s and 1990s, a panic spread through United States about Satanic cults who were supposedly engaging in sexual abuse, infant sacrifice, perverse ceremonies, and mind-control; however, no hard evidence were found to prove the rituals were occurring. During this time, a new diagnostic and criminological category emerges called “Satanic Ritual Abuse.” Satanism not only worships Satan, it also desecrates the symbols of Christianity. There are conspiracies of satanic rituals that involved horrendous sacrifices and sexual acts. However, there is a ceremony called the black mass, similar to the mass of the Catholic …show more content…
The symbols include Goat of Mendes, reverse cross, baphomet, pentagram, and Lucifer. The Goat of Mendes is an emblem of fertility and sexual freedom and correlates to the enigmatic figure, Baphomet. Baphmet is drawn with the head of a Goat, a human body with cloven feet and wings. The Baphomet is demonic deity and symbolic of Satan. Moreover, a pentagram is a five-pointed star that is formed by drawing a continuous line in five straight segments. However in Satanism, they used an inverted pentagram to represent the head of a goat. The two upward-facing points are meant to resemble the horns of a goat; the sideways-facing points are ears, while the downward-facing point is the muzzled. Furthermore, a reverse cross is widely known to be Satanic. In fact, it does not truly represent Satanism. In the bible, the up side down cross is an ancient symbol of St. Peter’s crucifixion when he was martyred because he did not believe himself worth to be crucified in the manner of his Lord. Also, the Sigil of Lucifer or also known as “Seal of Satna,” is a symbol of modern Satanist and its original purpose of the sigil was to aid in a visual invocation of the angel