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Founded in 2008 the Order of S.A.T.A.N is a Dark Druid church of nature spirituality, rooted in the Druid Revival of the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and offering an opportunity for modern people to experience the teachings and practices
of traditional Druidry in today's world.
Order of S.A.T.A.N understands Druidry as a path of nature spirituality and inner transformation founded on personal experience
rather than dogmatic belief. It is a church in the original sense of that word, a community of people following a spiritual
path together. It welcomes men and women of all national origins, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and affiliations with
other Druidic and spiritual traditions. Ecological awareness and commitment to an earth-honoring lifestyle, celebration of
the cycles of nature through seasonal ritual, and personal development through meditation and other spiritual exercises form
the core of its work, and involvement in the arts, healing practices, and traditional esoteric studies are among its applications
and expressions.
Spirituality is the ultimate aim of Druidcraft. It believes in the reality of spiritual values and seeks to project them
into the whole sphere of its influence. It emphasizes the reality of spiritual things, and seeks to build up belief in the
reality of spiritual life. It endeavors to lay old upon the spiritual qualities in a mans being and develop these to the very
highest. It would cultivate the highest ideals and aspirations. It would develop faith, courage, confidence, sympathy, responsibility
for others, self-sacrifice and service. It would make these qualities operative in every aspect of human life and conduct.
Its method is instruction, and its medium is the ritual. It recognizes that without the cultivation of the spiritual, a man
possesses neither strong character nor a true life.
The Order of S.A.T.A.N is a modern Druid church drawing its inspiration and many of its teachings from the Druid Revival
of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. We don't claim direct descent from the original Druids - the priestly caste of
ancient Britain, Ireland, and Gaul, which went extinct around twelve hundred years ago - and to be honest, we're skeptical
of any group that does make that claim. Instead, like other modern Druid groups, the Order of S.A.T.A.N evolved out of a three-hundred-year-old
movement, the Druid Revival, that found the fragmentary legacy of the ancient Druids a powerful source of inspiration and
insight, and drew on a wide range of sources in shaping a nature spirituality to meet the challenges of today.
Its roots in the Druid Revival gives the Order of S.A.T.A.N certain features in common with esoteric societies such as
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. It offers three degrees of initiation - Apprentice, Companion, and Adept - which are
conferred upon completion of a graded study program. Its members have the opportunity to meet in local congregations, called
Groves, and a national Grand Grove oversees the Order, charters Groves, and manages the study program.
In keeping with the traditions of Revival Druidry, the Order of S.A.T.A.N encourages its members to pursue their own spiritual
directions within a broad common framework, and its approach to spirituality is personal and experiential rather than dogmatic.
The initiation rituals and study program are prescribed, and Order of S.A.T.A.N members are expected to keep four traditional
Druid holy days, the solstices and equinoxes. Rituals for the holy days aren't prescribed, however, and in fact candidates
for the degree of Druid Companion are expected to create original rituals for these and any other holy days they choose to
celebrate. Creativity and the quest for personal Awen - the inner light of inspiration - are among the Order of S.A.T.A.N
central values.
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