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Temple of Set: Diabolicon, Xeper, and the Path of Separation

Explore the teachings of the Temple of Set, one of the most influential yet misunderstood esoteric movements of the modern era. From Michael A. Aquino’s Diabolicon to the mysterious Leviathan Working, this lecture uncovers the philosophy of Xeper (self-becoming), the myth of Lucifer/Set, and the Temple’s quest for self-deification. Drawing on peer-reviewed scholarship and rare sources, we trace how Setianism reshaped the Left-Hand Path and challenged mainstream ideas of religion, magic, and identity.

If you’re curious about Satanism, esotericism, or the deeper currents of occult philosophy, this is a journey into the heart of one of the most radical magical traditions of our time.

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Dyrendal, A., Lewis, J. R., & Petersen, J. A. (2016). The invention of Satanism. Oxford University Press.

Flowers, S. E. (1999). Order of Leviathan papers. Privately circulated manuscript.

Granholm, K. (2012). The Left-Hand Path and post-Satanism: The example of the Temple of Set. In P. Faxneld & J. A. Petersen (Eds.), The devil’s party: Satanism in modernity (pp. 209-228). Oxford University Press.

Granholm, K. (2014). Dark enlightenment: The historical, sociological, and discursive contexts of contemporary esoteric Satanism. Åbo Akademi University Press.

Petersen, J. A. (2012). The seeds of Satan: Conceptions of magic in contemporary Satanism. Aries, 12(1), 91-129.

Schipper, B. U. (2014). Ancient Egypt and modern occultism: Trajectories of religion from the pyramids to pyramidology. In A. B. Kilcher & P. Theisohn (Eds.), Die Enzyklopädik der Esoterik (pp. 413-431). Wilhelm Fink.

van Luijk, R. (2016). Children of Lucifer: The origins of modern religious Satanism. Oxford University Press.

Webb, D. (2004). Uncle Setnakt’s essential guide to the Left Hand Path. Rûna-Raven Press.

Wimbush, V. L. (2015). Scripturalizing the Human: The Written as the Political.(2015). Taylor & Francis.

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00:00 Support Angela’s Symposium

03:27 The founding of the Temple of Set

13:36 Historical prologue: from LaVey to Aquino and the Setian schism

19:32 Scripturalising the Left-Hand Path: what Diabolicon is and how it functions

25:59 The Leviathan Working and the doctrine of remanifestation

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35:40 Xeper and the metaphysics of self-deification

43:49 Comparative perspectives and the evolving nature of modern Setianism

53:49 references

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Published on August 31, 2025

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