Satanic New Zealand (also Satanic Aotearoa or The Society of Satan New Zealand Incorporated) is a social union, and isn’t in itself a religion, church, or order (in the sense of being an initiatory body). Although we discuss and debate, and we all certainly have different tastes and views on many subjects and issues; we hold that no member should try to coerce or force anyone to hold their own views. Members also include people with strongly similar views and desires to us, sometimes referred to as “de-facto Satanists”. 

We think that if you have things right, the benefits of that are your own.

SNZ exists for the practical purposes of it’s members.

We aim to keep SNZ as a union-like society focusing on Satanism, and Satanists in the unique situation of living in Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Satanic New Zealand does not try to bridge wide range of views in Aotearoa / New Zealand – and we encourage mature debate and expression. Those who term themselves Satanists do not always agree in person, or even get along. While we advocate for individuals, SNZ does try to facilitate many things that it’s members do find easier and more effectively done with collective force.

That includes the right to exist and live in New Zealand according to our sincerely held beliefs.

We see that the essence of Satanic authority begins and ends with the self: that “black flame” of primal individual being for which in myth Lucifer challenged God and fell from heaven to gift to us / curse us with – and thus became “Satan,” literally meaning “the accursed one.” We also find that parallels of this archetype might be found in most cultures around the globe, historically and presently. The many personifications of this common theme of “Other” seems to teach us a lot about ourselves – and each presents us with a powerful muse. 

The concept of social contract (Although nominally expounded by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau around the mid 1700s) – that under the right conditions a group can help the individual to live more fully, be more powerful, fulfil more of their goals as long as a certain etiquette is agreed on…  is a very old one.

Elect Members make the society a useful tool; one just for those who see themselves as “travelers of the left hand path” in general – focused primarily on the current issues and conditions particular to Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Hail, Satan.