“Eldritch Rites don’t immediately come to mind when you hear the words “Toledo, Ohio.” A grimy, mostly working-class city in northwestern Ohio, Toledo was the home of the satanic Our Lady of Endor Coven. Founded around 1948 by Toledo native Herbert Sloane, the cult enjoyed a long existence until his death in the 1980s.Sloane, who performed black magic rituals in the back of his barbershop, genuinely believed in and worshiped Satan. As such, Sloane and his group were some of the first public Satanists in the US, predating Anton LaVey’s Church of Satan by almost 20 years.Sloane’s coven believed in a Gnostic interpretation of satanism. In their view, the “Horned God” of Satan told Eve in the Garden of Eden that a supreme God held power over the Judeo-Christian God who had created the universe.Our Lady of Endor Coven—named after the medium responsible for raising the spirit of the prophet Samuel in the First Book of Samuel—was almost entirely mystical and was committed to performing numerous occult rituals to commune more closely with the Horned God.Such cerebral devil worship tended to keep membership low. As a result, Sloane’s group never achieved the notoriety of the Church of Satan or its many offshoots.
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Toledo was a massive satanic city at one point.
“Eldritch Rites don’t immediately come to mind when you hear the words “Toledo, Ohio.” A grimy, mostly working-class city in northwestern Ohio, Toledo was the home of the satanic Our Lady of Endor Coven. Founded around 1948 by Toledo native Herbert Sloane, the cult enjoyed a long existence until his death in the 1980s.Sloane, who performed black magic rituals in the back of his barbershop, genuinely believed in and worshiped Satan. As such, Sloane and his group were some of the first public Satanists in the US, predating Anton LaVey’s Church of Satan by almost 20 years.Sloane’s coven believed in a Gnostic interpretation of satanism. In their view, the “Horned God” of Satan told Eve in the Garden of Eden that a supreme God held power over the Judeo-Christian God who had created the universe.Our Lady of Endor Coven—named after the medium responsible for raising the spirit of the prophet Samuel in the First Book of Samuel—was almost entirely mystical and was committed to performing numerous occult rituals to commune more closely with the Horned God.Such cerebral devil worship tended to keep membership low. As a result, Sloane’s group never achieved the notoriety of the Church of Satan or its many offshoots. ”
https://listverse.com/2016/01/28/10-cities-and-towns-with-connections-to-satanism/