Editing The Satanic Temple (section)

== Community and subgroups ==

=== Black Mass ===
In May 2014, the Temple scheduled a [[Black Mass]] to be held on the [[Harvard University]] campus, sponsored by the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club; the event was forced to relocate off campus due to significant opposition by [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston]] and school administrators.<ref>{{cite web |author=Cultural Studies Club of the Harvard Extension School |date=May 11, 2014 |title=A response from the organizers of the black mass |url=http://harvardpolitics.com/harvard/response-organizers-black-mass/ |access-date=November 29, 2018 |work=[[Harvard Political Review]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Andersen |first1=Travis |last2=Anderson |first2=Derek J. |date=May 13, 2014 |title=Amid outcry, black mass at Harvard is called off |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/05/12/cardinal-sean-malley-expresses-disappointment-harvard-decision-allow-black-mass-campus/tUjYx2817C65LAHousRIeP/story.html |access-date=November 29, 2018 |newspaper=[[Boston Globe]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Delwiche |first1=Theodore R. |last2=Patel |first2=Alexander H. |date=May 12, 2014 |title=Even after Harvard Group Drops Sponsorship, Black Mass Takes Place at Hong Kong |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/5/12/black-mass-relocated-controversy/ |access-date=November 29, 2018 |work=[[The Harvard Crimson]]}}</ref>

=== Los Angeles Satanic Mass ===
On January 14, 2017, the Temple hosted what it billed as the largest Satanic gathering in history, hoping to double the attendance of the 2015 gathering in Detroit for the Baphomet unveiling. Film crews from VICE and NatGeo were on hand to document the event. The mass included three parts: Invocation Ritual, Destruction Ritual and a Bloodletting Ritual.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 14, 2017 |title=Satanic Mass ft. 3teeth, Author & Punisher, Coven of Ashes |url=https://www.facebook.com/events/1829019433995074/ |access-date=November 29, 2018 |website=Facebook}}</ref> Local Los Angeles media was also on hand to cover the event, calling the event "a bloody good time".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Verbueren |first1=Hannah |date=January 13, 2017 |title=The Satanic Black Mass was a Bloody Good Time |url=https://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/the-satanic-temples-black-mass-was-a-bloody-good-time-7826667 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |website=LA Weekly}}</ref>

=== Pentagram ritual ===
On June 6, 2016, the Temple performed a pentagram ritual<ref>{{cite news |last=Romero |first=Dennis |date=May 26, 2016 |title=Satanists Plan to Celebrate 6/6/16 in L.A. |url=https://www.laweekly.com/satanists-plan-to-celebrate-6-6-16-in-l-a/ |access-date=November 29, 2018 |newspaper=L.A. Weekly}}</ref> around the California city of Lancaster in Los Angeles County, to support California State Senate candidate Steve Hill, who hoped to be the first Satanic Temple member elected to public office.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sanburn |first=Josh |date=May 12, 2016 |title=He's an Atheist. A Satanist. And He Wants Your Vote |url=https://time.com/4328169/satanic-temple-steve-hill-california-state-senate-race/ |access-date=November 29, 2018 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>

===SatanCon===
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On February 12, 2022, the Satanic Temple held their first SatanCon convention inside Saguaro Hotel in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]]. Outside the hotel, hundreds of Christians protested the convention holding crucifixes, crosses, and signs denouncing Satan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pitts |first=William |date=2022-02-12 |title=Satanic Temple holds inaugural convention in Scottsdale |url=https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/satanic-temple-satancon-holds-inaugural-convention-in-scottsdale/75-5cbdbaa4-17df-4752-8738-9ad99bb64df5 |access-date=2022-02-16 |website=[[KPNX]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Satanic Temple announced the celebration of its 10th anniversary at SatanCon 2023, held April 28–30, 2023, in downtown [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=TST |title=SatanCon Home |url=https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/satancon-home |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=TST |language=en}}</ref>

=== Sober Faction ===
The Satanic Temple Sober Faction is a peer support group that offers a Satanic approach to recovery from addiction. Sober Faction meetings assist those who are suffering from addiction in finding sobriety without including or invoking religion in the recovery process.

The Sober Faction's method is guided by TST's Seven Tenets and utilizes the Seven Rituals, which were crafted specifically for the Sober Faction's recovery program. The ritual process promotes self-empowerment while giving structure to each individual's recovery journey.

The group recognizes and respects that there are multiple perspectives and multiple approaches to recovery. The group explicitly says that meetings are not a professional form of therapy, and that anyone struggling with addiction should also seek help from a medical professional.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sober Faction |url=https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/sober-faction}}</ref>