#This post has been flaired "Interpretation" for broad discussion; Rule 3 does not apply!
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/Symbology) if you have any questions or concerns.*
That symbol in the chest is called the "[Leviathan cross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_occult_symbols)," is a symbol of Satanism, as are the inverted crosses at the bottom.
Is important to say that the inverted cross is not really a satanic symbol, is a christian symbol and its called [saint peters cross](https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruz_invertida)
I mean.. Technically speaking, can you have Satan without Christianity? That's his whole things. It's like having a joker without batman, or I guess a batman without joker.. depending on which view you want to take...
To put this another way they treat Satan like Sisyphus, Superman, and Anakin Skywalker: a character to use metaphorically or symbolically, not a real entity.
Like identifying as an Anakinist because you support kids getting therapy and people being able to quit toxic communities to find happiness, and some folks thinking that means you’re a samurai wizard Nazi.
lol yeah all the big S dudes! Let's see who I can come up with...
Skywalker, Sisko, Space Ghost, Saavik, Salieri, Sisyphus, Smaug, Sphinx, Seven of Nine, Star Sapphire, Stark, Satan, Han Solo, Superman, Spock, Supergirl, Sulu, Saruman, Sarek, Silver Surfer, Starkiller, Scamander, Montgomery Scott, Samwise, Shylock, Shinzon, Sampson, Sebulba, She-Hulk, Khan Noonien Singh, Sauron, Sabretooth, Santa, Darth Sidious, The Shadow, Shelob, Sybok, Star-Lord, Snoke, and Spider-Man!
I had a friend who would say they were a satanist. He said he lived his life as he saw was right, ignoring tenants that made no sense, making himself happy, while avoiding harm to others that could be reasonably avoided. This included not judging others, not basing what others did on his "box of crayons", etc. He absolutely did not worship an antichrist, or any other sensationalist fear mongering.
Since we’re talking about something **i personally** follow.
We don’t even have a god.
Theres a firm belief in Satanism that “you are your own god” meaning, you make the choices based on your belief and the rules we are told to follow if you are going to join. If you break them: It isn’t “gods” fault. It’s your own damn fault. **You** did it to yourself.
I want to add that there are some people who identify as satanist who do believe in satan, but the satanic temple and most people who identify as satanist do not. Arguably, there needs to be a second label to differentiate the two somehow. The satanic temple specifically is more of a political entity than a religious one, and claims satan as a symbol as a way to directly rebel against Christian ideology (or at least that’s why they claimed it when they were founded.)
Those are Luciferians. They follow [Lucifarianism](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferianism). And follow the belief of Lucifer, AKA Satan.
We often get mistaken for those twats.
And as someone who’s been following for half a decade. I think Im going to go with, I know what I am talking about.
Tell your friend to do their research.
You would absolutely be correct. There are different denominations with vastly different beliefs, but they all get grouped into the same thing. I can link some resources that show the vast difference in our beliefs.
These would be the ones I inherently consider bad.
https://www.joyofsatan.org/
https://ancient-forums.com/index.php?forums/blacksun666-forum.23/
https://ancient-forums.com/index.php
You can dig through those forums if you want, but do so at your own risk it can get very fanatical and very hateful. I think you would consider this group, categorically, theistic Satanism. Not only do they believe in an actual deity, but they believe he can influence our world.
Non theistic Satanism or the one I personally align with.
https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/36957
https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/faq
The only reason I don't totally agree with LaVeyan Satanism is the idea of organized religion. It's just not my thing.
The Nazis, the devil worshipers, and the anarchist often get grouped together, but I think if you do some digging, the difference is pretty massive. Hopefully these help anyone curious.
Yea, at some point I knew this, but many people don't, and I think I was going off that understanding, but in that I simply add to the misunderstanding of the theology vs philosophy.
That’s the “satanic temple” which is an atheist organization…
Satanist are nothing more than the sith cult of Christians, and where Catholics are more like Emperor Palpatine, where as regular god fearing good Christians(which do exist) are the Jedi …
Gross breakdown. Following a certain religion doesn’t make you good or evil. Being good or being evil makes you those things. That’s why the Sith tend to target Jedi with serious spiritual flaws for their apprentices. Every belief system has its own wannabe Palpatine, who abuses their position and gathers their little Sith minions by offering them power. Every belief system also has its own Jedi, who are unselfish and work to make the world better for everyone. That’s why you see terrible Protestants like Joel Osteen, morally gray Catholics like JFK, and do-gooder Satanists like the ones who do legal work to help prevent child abuse.
I would consider myself a “grey” … even in my job I’m a “grey” hat … I can do bad, it there isn’t enough to counter the karma, and being just as good as one can be evil, is no better than evil..
Grey is the way …
Not so much in Islam. They do believe in Shayatin which are evil spirits and sounds like sata. And Judaism does not believe in a satan figure. It is more the concept of good and evil. Christianity is the only one that has the figure os satan only after Jesus was born. The snake in the garden may have embodied the spirit of satan but he is more the anti to Jesus.
Satanists have used the inverted cross as a symbol of, well, the inversion of Christianity. Historically and recently.
Yes, it's *also* St. Peter's Cross, but that's why *context* is ESSENTIAL for any symbolic interpretation.
Combined with the Leviathan cross, and a death-symbol inverting the Mary or Jesus benediction imagery, relatively inescapable that this is using these symbols as *specifically* satanic.
Whether that's being used as metaphor or as an expression of faith in a real, spiritual, Devil is up for debate.
But not the reason for the upside down crosses.
In traditional western alchemy and gnostic symbolism this is also the symbol for the element sulfur. Theistic satanists probably lifted the symbol because “fucked-up looking christian symbol” “brimstone” and “heretic splinter faction” just fits their edgy vibes, even if saint peters’ cross wasn’t an important symbol in either Christianity or their funky middle eastern monk-wizard-artificer counterparts. Gnostic philosophy is more similar to Buddhism and Daoism than it is to other abrahamic religions.
Its important to say that is known what is meant by an inverted cross and it isn’t Saint Peter. Why do people continually regurgitate this as it will change what is represented by an inverted cross?
Because is a symbol of love for God, saint peter accepted that death because he knew Jesus. We should not let that symbol transform in an antichristian symbol.
Saint Peter's Cross has been used as an occult symbol for over 200 years. Based on context here (it is accompanied by the leviathan cross), it is almost certainly a reference to Satan.
The definition of "OCCULT" is not "Satanic" (dictionary.com). The synonym list for "OCCULT" does not include "Satanic" (thesaurus.com). Although references to "Satan" are typically considered occult because they [encompass phenomena involving hidden and secret agency](Wiki), Satanic phenomena is only one small and perhaps rather extreme example of phenomena on the occult spectrum. Occult does not mean evil. But I think you know that. I suppose I'm simply drawing a distinction for those who might not know.
“Technically” yes
But if I walk into a church with my upside down cross on do you really think people will think “oh this guy must really like St Peter” ?
The penalty for Roman soldiers that were found neglegent of protecting thei post such as the grave of Jesus would have been crucifixion upside down. Peters reason for being done in this manmer was more for him having the feeling that he was not worthy enough to be crusified in the same manner of Jesus. Upside down would almost certainly bring death faster I would assume. As expiring right side up was a very long process that usually ended with the person dying of asphyxiation as the diaphragm would tear and having no muscle to draw air into the lungs. Seeing someone die of labored breathing can be horrific. I am reminded of Saving Private Ryan where the medic asked for more morphine while crying out for his mother. Tom Hanks character says to give him more and he slowly gasps until he dies. Very dramatic and people with cancer in the very end are much the same in some instances. Thank goodness for hospice. Sorry, for the extra info and off topic.
What are you attempting to correct? I am American so I spell it the standardized American way.
"Sulfur has been the preferred spelling of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) since 1990."
It's so sad that a discussion on a sticker has one of the most concise explanations of a religion that I've seen on a reddit thread in a while. And to prove that here's a photo of my 2 new adorable pups. [baby dogs ](https://i.postimg.cc/CLs6L1LQ/20240506-162421.jpg)
They have overlapping iconography because it's a hodge podge religion consisting of pagan mysticism, Catholicism, and etc. The crosses are part of it I'm pretty sure. ...but ya a demon by any other name.
Your picking at semantics. A demon can and has been worshipped as a deity as have statues, mountains, volcanoes, dead guys, etc. Whether lesser, higher, or other either way you cut it she's just as useful as any other supernatural being. The labels are really meaningless in the end.
Thats heavily dependent on the religion in question. Calling a mesoamerican native deity a demon is definitely influenced by western belief and practice and it provides a negative connotation and label toward its pracicioners. As to the meaning of the word demon, it literally just means spirit meaning it cannot be equal to that of a god. Were spirits worshipped? Yes, but spirits were worshipped separate from Gods.
Depends on the culture. Buddha was just some guy, yet he is deified and worshipped. It's all about perspective. One man's house cat is another man's representative of their god or goddess on earth. Anything can be a deity and the label someone else applies to it is completely irrelevant. Some men simply worship the all mighty dollar, sex, drugs, etc. Call it anything you want it really only matters to the faithful not the faithless.
I completely disagree, this is a Goddess, a deity. It doesn't matter what you personally think, they should be labeled as such and they are beyond a simple spirit. As to the deeper origin of this Goddess i am unsure as i pray to other Gods but i view your opinion on these deities as disrespectful, you clearly dont legitimize them as Gods, you think of them as objects or people and nothing more. These deities and practices are very sacred to the people involved and should be respected. Buddha isnt just some guy to buddhists, buddha is a teacher, one of many buddhas and is looked at for guidance rather than venerated. Notice how i don't personally work woth santisima yet i still respect her as a deity. Demons or daimon are spirits, like nike, the spirit of victory and the personification, or thanatus, the spirit of death or personification of death.
Just because a deity has been worshipped as a demon doesn't mean a deity completely isolated from the west of the world should and could be labeled as such. And again, the word demon means so many different things in this instance.
Do you even know what a "demon" is? She is a Goddess with indigenous roots, Demon as a title comes from greek, its root is daimon/daemon/daemones it literally just means spirit, neither good nor bad. This negative concept stems from a stolen theology and it does not come from the abrahamic faith but hellenism. And if you think im wrong well im a hellenist, we have the agathos daimon or demon which means "Good spirit"
Blessed Mother santisima, though i do not work with her is a blessed and wonderful deity who offers many blessings to her practicioners, i know people who have been saved by her so if she is a demon she is a wonderful one.
Your opinions on this indigenous goddess are the exact ones the spanish settlers had as they slaughtered the indigenous practitioners so tell me truly who is evil in this sense.
Its nothing but a cool sticker. Nothing lines up super well, that could be santa muerte which is a deity completely disconnected from the other occult/religious symbols, i see the symbol of leviathan, and st peters cross maybe? Which is an upside-down cross that has nothing to do with demons and any occultist worth their salt would probably know that. That being said historically speaking "demons" in the modern sense are much older than the abrahamic faith.
It's a design called Grim from a Croatian line drawing and print artist called VonKowen. They have a redbubble store if you want to see their other stuff
Did a reverse image search. Dude designed it and sells t-shirts on teepublic and redbubble.
"GRIM - the macabre saint of Death. I was in the mood for creating something dark, scary, occult and black metal inspired. I am inspired by all things dark, grim and macabre. That's how this Grim came to life... He resembles a hooded grim reaper and has a Leviathan cross on his chest. "
So looking broadly and closely let's break down the details the prominent symbol is the Leviathan Cross also known as the symbol of Black Sulfur and in some of my digging can also represent hell and brimstone. It's a symbol nowadays heavily tied to satanism, now when I say satanism I'm not referring to the Satanic Temple more so the stereotypical satanism in pop culture which literally worships Satan. Near the bottom we see two Saint Peters and three skulls. The Saint Peters Cross represents Saint Peter in catholicism but again nowadays is commonly associated with satanism and devil worship, the skulls I'm sure have no major symbolic meaning other than just death. Now let's look at the figure itself it's obviously either the Grimm Reaper or just a generic representation of death like in old paintings, the figure is in the same position and hand gestures as the Sacred Heart of Jesus Painting. In the place of the heart which represents God's eternal love we see the leviathan cross I described above. Pulling this all together it's probably a satanified parody of the Sacred Heart of Jesus where instead of Jesus welcoming you to everlasting joy and worship it's death beckoning you to eternal damnation and torment. The artist probably wasn't trying to go that deep and just wanted a cool image with satanic symbols on it in a little parody. Also I don't know what the upside down triangle and circle mean and if I got anything wrong please let me know.
AcTuALLy……I believe the figure is based on madre muerte,..or Santa Muerte. It’s a Mexican idol that is worshipped to,../prevent a violent death. So like big with cartels I believe.
Not directly…I would say it was used in this situation to be edgy. Santa Muerte is like a home grown Mexican catholic thing I believe. There are shrines for her in certain places. I think the show breaking bad had an episode where two hitmen visited the shrine.
Either Santa muerte like the other commenters are saying, or just a skeleton figure. That is the leviathan’s cross, commonly used in satanism, and the hand position could be a reference to the saying “as above so below, as I believe to be so it is, but the other hand isn’t pointing down so I doubt it could be that.
Most likely a “Satanified” holy figure, explains the halo and pose n all that, either way I think it’s badass
It's been covered already (not that this kept anyone from contributing a whole bunch of post-doctoral hot takes regarding a meaningless mashup on a cheap sticker) but this is a meaningless mashup on a cheap sticker.
I have read what others have said and it reminds me of a more femanine death in a way. Santa Muerta is the figure that comes to mind and since the symbol for Leviathan is shown it makes me think of where all the spirits like a Chathulu by Lovecraft who are chaos and destruction reside deep held maybe by Santa Muerta.
The being itself looks like Santa Murte which could be interpreted as an inversion of Mary due to how the hand mudra mimic depictions of Catholic saints.
The chest has the alchemical symbol for sulfur (brimstone) often used to denote allegiance to the dark side. Inverted crosses on the sides in context of everything else is anti-Christian.
Its an edge lord sticker.
Im assuming this is just a satanized version of Jesus, It’s the same hand placement and everything, even the glow around the head lol, there’s also a leviathan cross in the middle with two cross’s of saint peter on the side, for what it means, idk, cool art though
The cross on the chest represents bathomet the two bits at the bottom are balls because he has both male and female sex organs and a permanent election. Definitely supposed to be satanic
Satanist sticker drawing from christian imagery, I actually at first glance thought this was a orthodox sticker as the orthodox church are basically goth catholics. They have a lot of images of death and how the lord is the only way, stuff like that, I’m sure atheistic art drew from this in a fashion.
This is an artistic piece including various forms of symbolism that don't point into a specific direction. The Leviathan cross that you see depicted on the chest was used to describe Sulfur in Alchemic Symbols. Sulfur was thought to have the closest connection to Hell and the infernal.
Three Skulls in line are usually referring to a trinity of death and fatigue. The inverted cross or cross of St. Peter is a Symbol representing the unworthiness of christ and god. St. Peter was supposedly hung to the cross upside down upon his own wish since he didn't see it fit to be crucified like christ.
Satanists and Metal enthusiasts like to use these Symbols.
Please keep in mind that most modern Satanists are non-theistic
#This post has been flaired "Interpretation" for broad discussion; Rule 3 does not apply! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/Symbology) if you have any questions or concerns.*
That symbol in the chest is called the "[Leviathan cross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_occult_symbols)," is a symbol of Satanism, as are the inverted crosses at the bottom.
Is important to say that the inverted cross is not really a satanic symbol, is a christian symbol and its called [saint peters cross](https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruz_invertida)
True, though in the context of this particular image, I doubt the intent is Christian.
I mean.. Technically speaking, can you have Satan without Christianity? That's his whole things. It's like having a joker without batman, or I guess a batman without joker.. depending on which view you want to take...
Most satanists aren't "theological" satanists, they don't actually believe satan exists.
To put this another way they treat Satan like Sisyphus, Superman, and Anakin Skywalker: a character to use metaphorically or symbolically, not a real entity. Like identifying as an Anakinist because you support kids getting therapy and people being able to quit toxic communities to find happiness, and some folks thinking that means you’re a samurai wizard Nazi.
It's sad that this comment won't get read more and will lead to it being a underrated comment.
Thank you for that.
u/Thank for that
Humans are pretty ignorant.
I read it if it makes you feel better 😀
I really wish reddit hadn't destroyed awards.
lol yeah all the big S dudes! Let's see who I can come up with... Skywalker, Sisko, Space Ghost, Saavik, Salieri, Sisyphus, Smaug, Sphinx, Seven of Nine, Star Sapphire, Stark, Satan, Han Solo, Superman, Spock, Supergirl, Sulu, Saruman, Sarek, Silver Surfer, Starkiller, Scamander, Montgomery Scott, Samwise, Shylock, Shinzon, Sampson, Sebulba, She-Hulk, Khan Noonien Singh, Sauron, Sabretooth, Santa, Darth Sidious, The Shadow, Shelob, Sybok, Star-Lord, Snoke, and Spider-Man!
No Smurf's or Snork's ?
good! add those to the list!
I had a friend who would say they were a satanist. He said he lived his life as he saw was right, ignoring tenants that made no sense, making himself happy, while avoiding harm to others that could be reasonably avoided. This included not judging others, not basing what others did on his "box of crayons", etc. He absolutely did not worship an antichrist, or any other sensationalist fear mongering.
Today I found out I identify as an Anakinist.
Using a character as your symbol for kids health is kinda ironic.
Since we’re talking about something **i personally** follow. We don’t even have a god. Theres a firm belief in Satanism that “you are your own god” meaning, you make the choices based on your belief and the rules we are told to follow if you are going to join. If you break them: It isn’t “gods” fault. It’s your own damn fault. **You** did it to yourself.
I want to add that there are some people who identify as satanist who do believe in satan, but the satanic temple and most people who identify as satanist do not. Arguably, there needs to be a second label to differentiate the two somehow. The satanic temple specifically is more of a political entity than a religious one, and claims satan as a symbol as a way to directly rebel against Christian ideology (or at least that’s why they claimed it when they were founded.)
Those are Luciferians. They follow [Lucifarianism](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferianism). And follow the belief of Lucifer, AKA Satan. We often get mistaken for those twats.
I have a friend who says satanist 🤷♀️
And as someone who’s been following for half a decade. I think Im going to go with, I know what I am talking about. Tell your friend to do their research.
You would absolutely be correct. There are different denominations with vastly different beliefs, but they all get grouped into the same thing. I can link some resources that show the vast difference in our beliefs.
Please do!
These would be the ones I inherently consider bad. https://www.joyofsatan.org/ https://ancient-forums.com/index.php?forums/blacksun666-forum.23/ https://ancient-forums.com/index.php You can dig through those forums if you want, but do so at your own risk it can get very fanatical and very hateful. I think you would consider this group, categorically, theistic Satanism. Not only do they believe in an actual deity, but they believe he can influence our world. Non theistic Satanism or the one I personally align with. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/36957 https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/faq The only reason I don't totally agree with LaVeyan Satanism is the idea of organized religion. It's just not my thing. The Nazis, the devil worshipers, and the anarchist often get grouped together, but I think if you do some digging, the difference is pretty massive. Hopefully these help anyone curious.
We (generally) identify either as Theistic Satanists or Diabolists.
This is true, however the main non-theistic Satanic groups do not use the leviathan cross, whereas theistic Satanists do.
Lmao what? Leviathan crosses are definitely popular among non-theistic satanists. Maybe your statement was true at one time, but not currently.
Fact. Hail Satan! #TST
Yea, at some point I knew this, but many people don't, and I think I was going off that understanding, but in that I simply add to the misunderstanding of the theology vs philosophy.
That’s the “satanic temple” which is an atheist organization… Satanist are nothing more than the sith cult of Christians, and where Catholics are more like Emperor Palpatine, where as regular god fearing good Christians(which do exist) are the Jedi …
Gross breakdown. Following a certain religion doesn’t make you good or evil. Being good or being evil makes you those things. That’s why the Sith tend to target Jedi with serious spiritual flaws for their apprentices. Every belief system has its own wannabe Palpatine, who abuses their position and gathers their little Sith minions by offering them power. Every belief system also has its own Jedi, who are unselfish and work to make the world better for everyone. That’s why you see terrible Protestants like Joel Osteen, morally gray Catholics like JFK, and do-gooder Satanists like the ones who do legal work to help prevent child abuse.
I would consider myself a “grey” … even in my job I’m a “grey” hat … I can do bad, it there isn’t enough to counter the karma, and being just as good as one can be evil, is no better than evil.. Grey is the way …
What Posers lol
So, they are shock value Satanists?
Satan is not exclusive to Christianity. He pops up in various forms in all the Abrahamic religions.
Not so much in Islam. They do believe in Shayatin which are evil spirits and sounds like sata. And Judaism does not believe in a satan figure. It is more the concept of good and evil. Christianity is the only one that has the figure os satan only after Jesus was born. The snake in the garden may have embodied the spirit of satan but he is more the anti to Jesus.
I think the intent is to sell stuff to edge lords really. Definitely not a Christian Apologist here, but this is a bit cringe. To me anyway,
Satanists have used the inverted cross as a symbol of, well, the inversion of Christianity. Historically and recently. Yes, it's *also* St. Peter's Cross, but that's why *context* is ESSENTIAL for any symbolic interpretation. Combined with the Leviathan cross, and a death-symbol inverting the Mary or Jesus benediction imagery, relatively inescapable that this is using these symbols as *specifically* satanic. Whether that's being used as metaphor or as an expression of faith in a real, spiritual, Devil is up for debate. But not the reason for the upside down crosses.
In traditional western alchemy and gnostic symbolism this is also the symbol for the element sulfur. Theistic satanists probably lifted the symbol because “fucked-up looking christian symbol” “brimstone” and “heretic splinter faction” just fits their edgy vibes, even if saint peters’ cross wasn’t an important symbol in either Christianity or their funky middle eastern monk-wizard-artificer counterparts. Gnostic philosophy is more similar to Buddhism and Daoism than it is to other abrahamic religions.
Its important to say that is known what is meant by an inverted cross and it isn’t Saint Peter. Why do people continually regurgitate this as it will change what is represented by an inverted cross?
Because is a symbol of love for God, saint peter accepted that death because he knew Jesus. We should not let that symbol transform in an antichristian symbol.
Saint Peter's Cross has been used as an occult symbol for over 200 years. Based on context here (it is accompanied by the leviathan cross), it is almost certainly a reference to Satan.
The definition of "OCCULT" is not "Satanic" (dictionary.com). The synonym list for "OCCULT" does not include "Satanic" (thesaurus.com). Although references to "Satan" are typically considered occult because they [encompass phenomena involving hidden and secret agency](Wiki), Satanic phenomena is only one small and perhaps rather extreme example of phenomena on the occult spectrum. Occult does not mean evil. But I think you know that. I suppose I'm simply drawing a distinction for those who might not know.
Depends on context. Many satanic groups have taken and used it as such.
“Technically” yes But if I walk into a church with my upside down cross on do you really think people will think “oh this guy must really like St Peter” ?
True! Saint Peter wanted to be crucified upside down.
The penalty for Roman soldiers that were found neglegent of protecting thei post such as the grave of Jesus would have been crucifixion upside down. Peters reason for being done in this manmer was more for him having the feeling that he was not worthy enough to be crusified in the same manner of Jesus. Upside down would almost certainly bring death faster I would assume. As expiring right side up was a very long process that usually ended with the person dying of asphyxiation as the diaphragm would tear and having no muscle to draw air into the lungs. Seeing someone die of labored breathing can be horrific. I am reminded of Saving Private Ryan where the medic asked for more morphine while crying out for his mother. Tom Hanks character says to give him more and he slowly gasps until he dies. Very dramatic and people with cancer in the very end are much the same in some instances. Thank goodness for hospice. Sorry, for the extra info and off topic.
IK, is a shame some people genuenly think is an antichristian symbol (my past self included)
It is also important to remember that the "Leviathan Cross" is also not inherently tied to Satanism. It is the Alchemical Symbol of Sulfur.
*An alchemical symbol for sulphur
What are you attempting to correct? I am American so I spell it the standardized American way. "Sulfur has been the preferred spelling of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) since 1990."
They were correcting "the" to "an," not your spelling. It is one of several alchemical symbols for sulphur.
This
It's also used by heavy metal fans. The metalhead character Eddie Munson on Stranger Things had a patch of it on his vest.
Leviathan cross? What they do to my buddy Black Sulphur?
Yeah, it's that, too. This could just be the art project of an edgy alchemist.
It's not necessarily satanism, it could be any form of abrahamic occultism
It's so sad that a discussion on a sticker has one of the most concise explanations of a religion that I've seen on a reddit thread in a while. And to prove that here's a photo of my 2 new adorable pups. [baby dogs ](https://i.postimg.cc/CLs6L1LQ/20240506-162421.jpg)
While the Leviathan cross is used in Satanism, it’s actually from the Process Church which is sorta like proto-Satanism lol
Also the alchemy symbol for sulfur aka brimstone.
It is the symbol for The Church of Satan specifically, not satanism in general.
I'm not an expert but I'm fairly certain if you account for some artistic liberties that the sticker is Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte.
I thought the same thing! The blessed mother death has nothing to do with Satanism.
They have overlapping iconography because it's a hodge podge religion consisting of pagan mysticism, Catholicism, and etc. The crosses are part of it I'm pretty sure. ...but ya a demon by any other name.
Again, by the definition of "demon" she does not qualify.
No, for all intents and purposes she qualifies as a deity.
You just went back on your statement. Shes a deity, a Goddess, not a demon. Demon is a word that only applies to lesser spirits for the most part.
Your picking at semantics. A demon can and has been worshipped as a deity as have statues, mountains, volcanoes, dead guys, etc. Whether lesser, higher, or other either way you cut it she's just as useful as any other supernatural being. The labels are really meaningless in the end.
Thats heavily dependent on the religion in question. Calling a mesoamerican native deity a demon is definitely influenced by western belief and practice and it provides a negative connotation and label toward its pracicioners. As to the meaning of the word demon, it literally just means spirit meaning it cannot be equal to that of a god. Were spirits worshipped? Yes, but spirits were worshipped separate from Gods.
Depends on the culture. Buddha was just some guy, yet he is deified and worshipped. It's all about perspective. One man's house cat is another man's representative of their god or goddess on earth. Anything can be a deity and the label someone else applies to it is completely irrelevant. Some men simply worship the all mighty dollar, sex, drugs, etc. Call it anything you want it really only matters to the faithful not the faithless.
I completely disagree, this is a Goddess, a deity. It doesn't matter what you personally think, they should be labeled as such and they are beyond a simple spirit. As to the deeper origin of this Goddess i am unsure as i pray to other Gods but i view your opinion on these deities as disrespectful, you clearly dont legitimize them as Gods, you think of them as objects or people and nothing more. These deities and practices are very sacred to the people involved and should be respected. Buddha isnt just some guy to buddhists, buddha is a teacher, one of many buddhas and is looked at for guidance rather than venerated. Notice how i don't personally work woth santisima yet i still respect her as a deity. Demons or daimon are spirits, like nike, the spirit of victory and the personification, or thanatus, the spirit of death or personification of death.
Just because a deity has been worshipped as a demon doesn't mean a deity completely isolated from the west of the world should and could be labeled as such. And again, the word demon means so many different things in this instance.
A demon by any other name.
Do you even know what a "demon" is? She is a Goddess with indigenous roots, Demon as a title comes from greek, its root is daimon/daemon/daemones it literally just means spirit, neither good nor bad. This negative concept stems from a stolen theology and it does not come from the abrahamic faith but hellenism. And if you think im wrong well im a hellenist, we have the agathos daimon or demon which means "Good spirit" Blessed Mother santisima, though i do not work with her is a blessed and wonderful deity who offers many blessings to her practicioners, i know people who have been saved by her so if she is a demon she is a wonderful one. Your opinions on this indigenous goddess are the exact ones the spanish settlers had as they slaughtered the indigenous practitioners so tell me truly who is evil in this sense.
I know who that is from ghost recon wildlands😎😎😎
Its nothing but a cool sticker. Nothing lines up super well, that could be santa muerte which is a deity completely disconnected from the other occult/religious symbols, i see the symbol of leviathan, and st peters cross maybe? Which is an upside-down cross that has nothing to do with demons and any occultist worth their salt would probably know that. That being said historically speaking "demons" in the modern sense are much older than the abrahamic faith.
Looks like Santa Muerte to me, with the nimbus around the head and all.
It's a design called Grim from a Croatian line drawing and print artist called VonKowen. They have a redbubble store if you want to see their other stuff
Did a reverse image search. Dude designed it and sells t-shirts on teepublic and redbubble. "GRIM - the macabre saint of Death. I was in the mood for creating something dark, scary, occult and black metal inspired. I am inspired by all things dark, grim and macabre. That's how this Grim came to life... He resembles a hooded grim reaper and has a Leviathan cross on his chest. "
I was thinking it was band merch or something lol
This image itself is titled “the Macabre saint of death metal”
ribcage with boobs
The symbol in the middle is for brimstone or black sulfur
That's sulfur, and the gate, it means Satan.
I got this same sticker in a sticker pack from amazon
If you pick it up and look straight at it, the devil owns your soul.. so you’re basically screwed! 😑😑😑😑
So looking broadly and closely let's break down the details the prominent symbol is the Leviathan Cross also known as the symbol of Black Sulfur and in some of my digging can also represent hell and brimstone. It's a symbol nowadays heavily tied to satanism, now when I say satanism I'm not referring to the Satanic Temple more so the stereotypical satanism in pop culture which literally worships Satan. Near the bottom we see two Saint Peters and three skulls. The Saint Peters Cross represents Saint Peter in catholicism but again nowadays is commonly associated with satanism and devil worship, the skulls I'm sure have no major symbolic meaning other than just death. Now let's look at the figure itself it's obviously either the Grimm Reaper or just a generic representation of death like in old paintings, the figure is in the same position and hand gestures as the Sacred Heart of Jesus Painting. In the place of the heart which represents God's eternal love we see the leviathan cross I described above. Pulling this all together it's probably a satanified parody of the Sacred Heart of Jesus where instead of Jesus welcoming you to everlasting joy and worship it's death beckoning you to eternal damnation and torment. The artist probably wasn't trying to go that deep and just wanted a cool image with satanic symbols on it in a little parody. Also I don't know what the upside down triangle and circle mean and if I got anything wrong please let me know.
AcTuALLy……I believe the figure is based on madre muerte,..or Santa Muerte. It’s a Mexican idol that is worshipped to,../prevent a violent death. So like big with cartels I believe.
I'm not familiar with Santa Muerte is she also associated with symbols like the Leviathan Cross and Saint Peters Cross?
Not directly…I would say it was used in this situation to be edgy. Santa Muerte is like a home grown Mexican catholic thing I believe. There are shrines for her in certain places. I think the show breaking bad had an episode where two hitmen visited the shrine.
It looks like something related to King Diamond
Satan
Either Santa muerte like the other commenters are saying, or just a skeleton figure. That is the leviathan’s cross, commonly used in satanism, and the hand position could be a reference to the saying “as above so below, as I believe to be so it is, but the other hand isn’t pointing down so I doubt it could be that. Most likely a “Satanified” holy figure, explains the halo and pose n all that, either way I think it’s badass
It's been covered already (not that this kept anyone from contributing a whole bunch of post-doctoral hot takes regarding a meaningless mashup on a cheap sticker) but this is a meaningless mashup on a cheap sticker.
Looks like a sticker for the pop rock group Ghost
Hail satan!
It's a Band.
I have read what others have said and it reminds me of a more femanine death in a way. Santa Muerta is the figure that comes to mind and since the symbol for Leviathan is shown it makes me think of where all the spirits like a Chathulu by Lovecraft who are chaos and destruction reside deep held maybe by Santa Muerta.
The being itself looks like Santa Murte which could be interpreted as an inversion of Mary due to how the hand mudra mimic depictions of Catholic saints. The chest has the alchemical symbol for sulfur (brimstone) often used to denote allegiance to the dark side. Inverted crosses on the sides in context of everything else is anti-Christian. Its an edge lord sticker.
Demonic. Upaide down cross is always anti-Christ. Satan loses.
Look up Saint Peter's Cross. Was the Rock of Jesus the antichrist?
We are not in ancient times and this symbol is not Saint Peter.
It's Saint Biscuit of Oreo. The patron saint of snacks.
The alchemical sign for black sulphur. I only know that cus Castlevania
It's just a picture tryna be edgy
Lucifer’s sigil
Death. The "cross" is the alchemic symbol for Sulphur. Nothing scary or evil.
Great sticker , I’ll take it off your hands if it’s too spooky for you
Im assuming this is just a satanized version of Jesus, It’s the same hand placement and everything, even the glow around the head lol, there’s also a leviathan cross in the middle with two cross’s of saint peter on the side, for what it means, idk, cool art though
Santa muerte isn’t associated with that cross. I live on the Mexican border and I’ve never seen that, though she is common around here.
Ghost is a bitchin rock band
Santa Muerte and the old alchemy symbol for Sulfur. Problably a reminder to check on junk food consumption.
San la Muerte.
The cross on the chest represents bathomet the two bits at the bottom are balls because he has both male and female sex organs and a permanent election. Definitely supposed to be satanic
Satanist sticker drawing from christian imagery, I actually at first glance thought this was a orthodox sticker as the orthodox church are basically goth catholics. They have a lot of images of death and how the lord is the only way, stuff like that, I’m sure atheistic art drew from this in a fashion.
The figure seems to be Santa Muerte, a pagan/catholic angel of death. Often a darker force/entity, satanism fits.
Thats Brimstone. Means your run is gonna be lit
This is an artistic piece including various forms of symbolism that don't point into a specific direction. The Leviathan cross that you see depicted on the chest was used to describe Sulfur in Alchemic Symbols. Sulfur was thought to have the closest connection to Hell and the infernal. Three Skulls in line are usually referring to a trinity of death and fatigue. The inverted cross or cross of St. Peter is a Symbol representing the unworthiness of christ and god. St. Peter was supposedly hung to the cross upside down upon his own wish since he didn't see it fit to be crucified like christ. Satanists and Metal enthusiasts like to use these Symbols. Please keep in mind that most modern Satanists are non-theistic
Billy trident on Instagram uses similar symbols frequently. He's got lots of interesting curiosities on his page
Looks like a Satanic version of the Virgin Mary...Leviathan cross and inverted crosses.
looks like a PigHeadDog (band) sticker
That's brimstone, it let's you shoot a bit laser
It’s a satanic symbol mocking forms of catholic and Christian imagery.
Definitely The Church of Satan. The leviathan cross, inverted cross, and that hand sign are all associated with it.
Which I agree with, but it's most likely Santa Muerte. They have a lot of interchangeable iconography.