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Temple of Set
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- Not to be confused with temple of Seti I in Abydos, Egypt, in which you may find inscriptions known as the Abydos helicopter
The Temple of Set is an occult organization founded in 1975 by Michael Aquino. It has its roots in Anton LaVey's Church of Satan, which Aquino and several other founders left over "philosophical differences". Essentially they considered the Church of Satan to be a circus sideshow and wanted to practice serious occultism. They distance themselves from Satanism however, using the term "Setian" instead, in reference to the Egyptian god Set.
[edit] Beliefs
The Temple of Set is an "initiatory" organization, meaning they have several degrees of membership, from I to VI. First degree (new) members are given the Crystal Tablet of Set, which contains their beliefs. The Temple of Set places emphasis on the concept of "Xeper" (an Egyptian-derived word) roughly meaning willed self-evolution.
[edit] Set
In Egyptian mythology Set (also spelled Seth) was the god of the desert and of storms. He was in conflict with Osris, Horus, and Isis. Osris was seen as a bringer of civilization, and Set, his younger brother, murdered Osris out of jealousy.
In the Temple of Set's inerpretation, Set is seen as the original and most authentic archetype of the "dark" deities found in all religions, and Set's rebellion against Osris is thus analogous to that of Satan against God and so on.
[edit] Conspiracy theories
The Temple of Set occasionally comes up in conspiracy theories regarding its founder, who was also a Lt. Colonel in U.S. Army intelligence and co-wrote a paper on psychological warfare called MindWar. This is often cited among the Satanic panic crowd as evidence of Satanist infiltration of the military.
