The Temple of Set foundation

Record summary

Michael Aquino founded the Temple of Set in 1975 after leaving the Church of Satan, presenting Setian religion as a form of religious Satanism centered on self-deification, initiatory practice, and the Egyptian deity Set interpreted through modern occult philosophy. The organization developed graded orders, rituals, and published instructional material. It matters for comparing modern initiatory structures with older ceremonial and Left-Hand Path traditions. The group’s existence and publications are readily traceable, but descriptions by hostile observers may conflate religious Satanism with criminal or conspiratorial claims.