The Satanic Temple

In a city forever marked by the moral panic of the 1692 witch trials, the Satanic Temple Headquarters offers a bold, ironic counterpoint. Located in a converted 19th-century funeral home, the site serves as both the official base of The Satanic Temple and an art gallery that challenges notions of religion, justice, and superstition.

The gallery features rotating exhibits that include occult artifacts, political commentary, and religious satire. At its core stands the towering Baphomet statue—a winged, horned figure with children at its side—created as a symbol of separation of church and state. Visitors will also find displays on the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, religious persecution, and the temple’s various legal campaigns for civil liberties.

Despite the name, The Satanic Temple is not about devil-worship. It’s a non-theistic religious movement that uses Satanic imagery to promote reason, empathy, and secularism. The space feels more like a thought-provoking museum than a house of worship—but its atmosphere, history, and subject matter still give it a deeply subversive, even forbidden, edge.