There is a contract involved in Satanism. The demons will serve you but you also should serve them. It is the direct manifestation of the worship of Satan and opposition to Jesus Christ of the Bible. “The worship of the devil alleged during the two final decades of the 19^th cent. To have been carried on in various countries of Europe and America was stated to have two branches or divisions. One of these to which the name Satanism is more strictly applicable, was a worship of Satan, the adversary of God and of Christianity, admitting that he is an evil being, a rebel against God, a lost archangel. The worshippers are said to have had recourse to the devil because they held that god had betrayed the human race; they knowingly entered into alliance with His adversary and worshipped him with rites which were a defiance of the true God…. The late group… was known under the alternative names of Luciferians and Palladists. They were said to adore Lucifer, the equal and foe of Adonai or Yahweh. He was in their view the God of light, the good principle, while Adonai was the God of darkness, the evil principle. In short, he was Satan himself. This worship was founded on a dualistic philosophy and was a sort of topsy-turvy Christianity…These relics were averred to have their become the sacred objects of a society which was a development of Freemasonry. The head of the society we are told, was one Albert Pike, under whose influence it spread all over the civilized world…His successor Adriano Lemmi transferred the supreme direction of the society from Charleston to Rome. The practice of magic blossomed out in its lodges, accompanied by not merely nonsensical but foul, cruel, and obscene rites, culminating in the formal abjuration of Christ and His religion, the apparition of devil in person to his votaries, and their organized and periodical worship of him (ERE Vol. 11. pp.203-204).

The organization attributed to Freemasons and Palladists was in fact a parody of the real organization of the Jesuits. If the correspondence between the two was observed, the known existence of the Jesuit organization merely served to render credible to the minds of the faithful that of which their opponents were accused (ERE Vol. 11. pp.206)

“People who become involved with modern forms of Satanism have often been heavily influenced by drugs, illicit sex, and heavy metal rock music. Some see it as a way of venting hostilities, while others seek out Satanism as a means of overtly rebelling against authority…Satanists seek freedom from traditional customs, moral and ethical values, and institutionalism. Many report having had a natural attraction for the devil and the religiously forbidden” (Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult, p.245).

“The imagery and lyrics created by heavy metal rock music have contributed heavily to the occult renaissance of the 20^th century…The lyrics of many heavy metal songs have the common themes of rebellion against authority, pre- and extramarital sex, drug use and occult practice. The title track of the album ‘Show no Mercy’ contains the following lines: ‘through the night we ride in pairs…/ from the depths of hell’s domain…/ worried from the gates of hell/ In Lord Satan we trust” (Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult, p.245).