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...Francisco, California by '''Anton Szandor LaVey'''. It formally codified a philosophy LaVey called ''Satanism'' — a system of self-deification, rational self-int ...ed "Magic Circles" — informal lectures and discussion groups on occultism, philosophy, and forbidden knowledge — at his home, the famous '''Black House''' on Cal ...

...ield of study and practice, it encompasses systems of knowledge, spiritual philosophy, ritual practice, and esoteric tradition that claim access to hidden laws o ...''the [[Occult]]'' refers to the body of esoteric knowledge, practice, and philosophy concerned with forces and realities held to lie beyond ordinary perception ...

...statute, or religious authority. It is a foundational concept in classical philosophy, [[Common Law]] traditions, and modern sovereignty and freedom movements. A ...ept has shaped Western civilisation for over two millennia — from Athenian philosophy through Roman jurisprudence, medieval theology, and Enlightenment political ...

== Founding and Philosophy == ...nisations, and government bodies — effectively seeding the singularitarian philosophy across multiple sectors. ...

...tments that went far beyond neutral coordination — including transhumanist philosophy, eugenics-adjacent population thinking, and the long-term project of cultiv ...e and Its Philosophy'', in which he argued that the organisation's guiding philosophy should be what he called '''Scientific World Humanism''' — a secular, evolu ...

...and emigrated to the United States with his family as a child. He studied philosophy at Stanford University, graduating in 1989, and subsequently obtained a law == Political Philosophy and Contradictions == ...

...tic global governance agenda, combining rigorous research with a practical philosophy of community-based resistance. His work covers the interlocking relationshi ...d alternative economic systems — the practical expression of his political philosophy. ...

...what is widely regarded as the first explicit formulation of transhumanist philosophy: In his 1946 preparatory document ''UNESCO: Its Purpose and Its Philosophy'', Huxley wrote openly about his belief that the organisation should promot ...

== Themes and Philosophy == ...

...thumb|right|LaVeyan Satanism centres on organised ritual and individualist philosophy rather than supernatural deity worship.]] ...ntinues to operate as an organisation, maintaining that it is an atheistic philosophy rather than a supernatural religion. It opposes crime, abuse, and illegal a ...

...studies, counterculture history, and techno-occult analysis argue that his philosophy and network of initiates seeded movements that directly shaped American roc ...tion explicitly modelled in part on Crowleyan principles — argue that this philosophy functions as a spiritual framework for the ruling class: a sophisticated ju ...

...was reportedly devoted to mocking Christian ritual, celebrating libertine philosophy, and exploring occult themes under a veneer of aristocratic entertainment. * '''Egyptian mysticism''' — Hermetic philosophy traceable to the Corpus Hermeticum ...

...f death itself. His work sits at the contested intersection of technology, philosophy, and politics, drawing both serious scientific engagement and sharp critici ...al substrate — questions that remain genuinely unresolved in neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and theology alike. ...

...convergence of ancient [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] cosmological ideas with the philosophy and practice of modern technology — particularly the internet, [[Artificial ...ideas and assumptions that recur across technology culture, transhumanist philosophy, and certain esoteric traditions: ...

...[Mystery Schools|mystery school]] concepts, [[Occult Symbolism]], Hermetic philosophy, Kabbalistic cosmology, and Paracelsian medicine. ...also express a pansophic ideal: the unification of science, religion, and philosophy into a complete wisdom. They call physicians, scholars, and rulers to refor ...

...minds of the Scottish Enlightenment. He served as '''Professor of Natural Philosophy''' at the University of Edinburgh for nearly three decades and was a Fellow ...or political agitator. He approached the subject as he approached natural philosophy — with close attention to primary sources, documented correspondence, and s ...

...at cathedrals. Modern '''speculative Freemasonry''' — concerned with moral philosophy and esoteric symbolism rather than physical stonemasonry — emerged formally ...ury movement that blended Christian mysticism with Hermetic and alchemical philosophy; many early Masonic figures were also Rosicrucians. ...

...piritual science." Trained rigorously in mathematics, natural science, and philosophy, and later a recognised Goethe scholar, Steiner occupied a unique position: ...t Rostock, centred on the epistemology of Fichte, later published as ''The Philosophy of Freedom'' (1894), which remains foundational to Anthroposophical thought ...

...completing her undergraduate studies in India before earning a PhD in the philosophy of physics at the [[University of Western Ontario]] in Canada. Her doctoral Shiva's political philosophy is grounded in the concept of '''Earth Democracy''' — a framework that asse ...

...acceptance of natural limits — especially death. Where mainstream Western philosophy of the era tended to accept mortality as an inescapable fact, Russian Cosmi ...hing toward the stars, the conquest of nature — was saturated with Cosmist philosophy, even when not explicitly labelled as such. ...