Ministra Melankalie leads a discussion about how destruction rituals involve burning harmful content on paper. However, burning books publicly has a terrible reputation due to its association with censorship and the Nazis. Is there an appropriate response or an acceptable book burning? Can book burnings be reclaimed?

Service 4 18

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Minister Elder Mahakala leads a discussion about as a community we are going to continue to have struggles, times of conflict, difficulty, and a myriad of rough roads, both locally and globally. What can be quite helpful during these inevitable hard times is remembering the Satanic Joy we experience individually and collectively.

Service 4.17

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How to contribute

Attending our religious services is always free. You are invited to attend a live event and even participate in the text chat regardless of whether you are a member of TST or even whether you are a Satanist. These services are available to help promote community and understanding of the diverse activities and viewpoints within our religious community. If you would like you help support this enterprise with a small donation that will specifically be used to support our virtual religious services, please visit: tst.link/donate-to-services.

General disclaimer

Views expressed by ministers or any discussion panelists during the service are their own views, for which they exclusively take responsibility. Views expressed by ministers or discussants during services should not be interpreted as "official" positions of The Satanic Temple or their ministry. The opinions expressed by any Satanist reflects that Satanist's own viewpoint and should not be automatically construed to represent the views of other members of The Satanic Temple, or of religious Satanism as a whole. You get the idea: people speak for themselves.

Minister Richard Proctor leads a discussion on the importance of religious holidays and how they force us to confront and acknowledge specific ideas periodically.

The invocation will be spoken in Irish.

Service 4.16

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How to contribute

Attending our religious services is always free. You are invited to attend a live event and even participate in the text chat regardless of whether you are a member of TST or even whether you are a Satanist. These services are available to help promote community and understanding of the diverse activities and viewpoints within our religious community. If you would like you help support this enterprise with a small donation that will specifically be used to support our virtual religious services, please visit: tst.link/donate-to-services.

General disclaimer

Views expressed by ministers or any discussion panelists during the service are their own views, for which they exclusively take responsibility. Views expressed by ministers or discussants during services should not be interpreted as "official" positions of The Satanic Temple or their ministry. The opinions expressed by any Satanist reflects that Satanist's own viewpoint and should not be automatically construed to represent the views of other members of The Satanic Temple, or of religious Satanism as a whole. You get the idea: people speak for themselves.