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=== Occultism ===
The practices of the Temple of Zeus may bear similarities to those of other groups categorized under theistic Satanism and esoteric ideology.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book |last1=Bancarz |first1=Steven |title=The Second Coming of the New Age: The Hidden Dangers of Alternative Spirituality in Contemporary America and Its Churches |last2=Peck |first2=Josh |publisher=Defender Publishing |year=2018 |isbn=978-1948014113 |pages=74}}</ref> As Christian author and biblical researcher Josh Peck notes, "theistic Satanism engages in every New age practice under the sun in their dedications to Satan and Satanic philosophy."<ref name=":15" /> As an example, he cites their use of divination methods such as, [[astrology]], [[Magic (supernatural)|magic]], [[Dowsing|pendulums]], [[runes]], [[clairvoyance]], [[past lives]], the [[pineal gland]] and [[third eye]], the [[chakra]]s, [[Bioelectricity|bioelectric technology]], the [[astral plane]], spells, the [[Kundalini|kundalini serpent]], [[trance]], as well as methods in [[self-hypnosis]], [[incense]], [[telekinesis]], [[Neural oscillation|brain waves]], and [[chanting]].<ref name=":15" />

The scholar of Satanism, Jesper A. Petersen, notes that practitioners who experiment with the meditation practices of the Temple of Zeus may find them useful, and adds that the group's use of magic spans from simple to complex techniques.<ref name=":7" /> These include sorcery, spells, and various types of [[witchcraft]], all of which require the practitioner to imaginatively apply specialized knowledge and technique to the object of the [[Spell (magic)|spell]], [[Hypnosis|hypnotism]], [[Spiritual Healing|healing]] and other kind of magic or [[divination]].<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stebbins |first=Robert |title=The Interrelationship of Leisure and Play |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2015 |isbn=978-1137513014 |location= |pages=61}}</ref> They also offer a range of occult techniques in [[black magic]].<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Armson |first=Morandir |year=2014 |title=The Search for "Meaning": Occult Redefinitions and the Internet |url=https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/POM/article/view/15116 |journal=The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies |publisher=Equinox Publishing |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=79 |doi=10.1558/pome.v16i1.15116|url-access=subscription }}</ref>