Theistic Satanism
![A sigil of Lucifer that was invented in 2004 by Joy of Satan, and then adopted as the main symbol of the Church of the Elders in 2007. It is based upon part of an earlier sigil from the Grimorium Verum.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Sigil_of_Lucifer.svg5629.png")
![Illustration by Martin van Maële, of a Witches' Sabbath, in the 1911 edition of La Sorciere, by Jules Michelet.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Martin_van_Maele_-_La_Sorcière_065629.jpg")
![Eliphas Levi's Baphomet, adopted symbol of some Left-Hand Path systems, including some theistic Satanist groups](/Images/godic/202501/08/Baphomet5630.png")
![The full sigil of Lucifer, as it originally appeared in the Grimorium Verum](/Images/godic/202501/08/Grimoirium_verum_full_sigil_of_lucifer5630.png")
Theistic Satanism is the belief that Satan is a supernatural being or force that individuals may contact and supplicate to, and represents loosely affiliated or independent groups and cabals which hold such a belief. Another characteristic of Theistic Satanism include the use of ceremonial magic.