but when i say hail satan it empowers it makes me feel like i'm charging
satan in the name of satan open wide the gates of hell come forth and manifest fear and wish
it's a very selfish carnal religion it's not for everyone we're like a secret society i did
a curse and they hung themselves do you feel guilty jim ham for rush hail satan
my name is Ciaran Lyons my life is pretty normal but not everyone's life is like mine some
are rarely seen i'm about to go deep inside these hidden worlds to experience life done differently
today i'm gonna find out what it's like to live life as a satanist and when i think of a satanist
i think devil worshipers evil sacrifice casting spells on people a bit of magic i'm excited to see
what kind of similarities we've got between us but i really don't know what to expect
you're a religious person i'm a catholic by trade um
i grew up in a catholic family my grandparents are very catholic my nana goes to church
every single day so if she knew that i was in a forest right now
about a metre satanist to do a satanist ritual um she'd probably have a heart attack yeah sorry nana
in advance do most satanists wear salmon pink or is that like a look i don't know if this is
the right shirt to wear coming to a satanist ritual but then i wasn't given a dress code
satanism is a religion that says people should embrace who they are and do whatever they want
to do within reason it's based on the satanic bible written in 1969 by american anton levay
founder of the church of satan occultism is a sort of do-it-yourself god kit oriented towards
personal power they don't worship or believe in satan satan is just a symbol of being able
to raise the middle finger to society if you want but they embrace the character of satan
to express that attitude it's a lot to take in but the devil is in the detail so it's almost
like self-love put yourself first always it's a very selfish carnal religion that's why it's it's
it's not for everyone but it is for this guy david sinclair smith he's been a satanist since
1992. a friend gave him levay's satanic bible and it resonated with david as soon as he read it
he's now an expert in the church and its practices which includes spells magic and rituals no comedy
rituals first and foremost are a what we call a psycho drama when i call upon satan
and just saying that it just resonates and it channels a feeling so when i say hail satan
it empowers it makes me feel like i'm charging this energy this dark force and nature in the
universe which is immense a lot of this is performance but david believes these rituals
can have real world consequences you can feel it in the air you can feel the buzz so has there
been anything in your life where you've done a ritual and then it's actually come true um
numerous times um various numerous times so what what's the worst spell that you've ever cast on
someone well cast a few negative ones i guess anger destruction rituals once i had a neighbour
they used to like in the middle of a week night play music really loud and this is when i was
studying at uni and just needed rest so i did a curse and they in about probably
a month or so committed suicide and hung themselves oh wow so that stopped that music
do you feel guilty no so that no matter what spell you cast if it comes true it's why would
i cast a spell if i didn't want an outcome i didn't go up and kill that neighbor myself
so there's no repercussions of the law coming to me and arresting me and most people go oh
that's interesting that's just a coincidence it's like yeah cool it's a coincidence i don't care
the outcome i got so in my view so what i got a cathartic release i got my anger out
when they played their music i was like uh whatever but eventually the music stopped
by day david works in corporate finance by night he's an actual ninja trained in the long forgotten
japanese martial art of traditional ninjutsu but while david's happy to share all his passions in
life with us many in his faith choose not to we're like a secret society so in australia there'd be
all sorts of people that we probably wouldn't even know are satanists i'm just going from the top of
my head for the people i know i.t pilot nurse a lot of artists a lot of musicians any high-profile
people that politicians yeah there are certain politicians i know people in the intelligence
community i've met and interacted with these people uh in europe and america and australia yeah
at church at satan gatherings where it's like well that's that celebrity i did not expect them to be
a satanist but they're here they are and i'm talking to them you can't reveal names absolutely
that keep of really keep it really down low yeah got it because they're public figures there are
almost 3 000 satanists in australia so i want to know what it is that draws them to this religion
soon i'll be taking part in a ritual and asking satan i think to help me make my life better in a
very specific way instead of a destructive curse david will use some of satanism's good magic
where's the ritual going to be okay it's going to be up in a unnamed mountain somewhere
amongst the the forests of wollongong and uh so as a secluded area it should be interesting so
i'm quite excited because obviously i want to do a ritual for myself to achieve something that i've
wanted to achieve for a while um which is to get into like a meaningful relationship i feel
like all the relationships i've been in have been quite short term like all like six months or less
so i guess just trying to find someone that i can experience a meaningful relationship
with yeah absolutely absolutely this is the time in this this this formalized way
to channel and harness that goal and make it manifest to do that i'm about to get a quick crash
course on what's involved at the ritual there's the bell to open the ceremony a small sharp sword
a copy of the satanic bible of course this thing which is a baphomet and a chalice made out of
a human skull these are the tools we're going to use in this ritual here's where the fantasy
comes into play and amongst the the candles and the flames and the ambience of the forest
trust me you'll get this primitive primal feeling of like there's other things out
here also part of the ritual if you can wear black or black all black and black it's because
you're channeling the forces of darkness wearing salmon pink doesn't quite this may not cut it
so we're gonna meet david he's setting up the ritual he said it was only like 15 minutes
into the bush but we've been walking for about half an hour so
we're literally in the middle of nowhere just trees and no one around i've been stitched up here
the walk was more a trek and 15 minutes is more like 45 it is deep deep inside a forest
up a mountain light is fading and i'm getting nervous i thought i just stepped on something
hey david i thought i told you to wear black i know
i i didn't come prepared all right fair enough
that'll look sufficient all right well now you're dressed for the part we'll start the fires and
then we'll begin the ritual this area has been used a number of times by david for ceremonies
although the wet wood and dodgy firestarters makes for a pretty slow
start
david is really embracing his role as satanic priest of this ritual
thank you all right ready to go yes let's do
in the name of satan the ruler of the earth the king of the world
i command the forces of darkness to bestow their infernal power upon us open wide the gates of hell
and come forth from the abyss to greet us as your brothers and friend hear the names ishtar
[ __ ] of babylon han eros come forth and manifest kieran's wish his goals his passion this
night and forevermore shall drink of the chalice kieran partake thank you
the whole thing as much as works for you
place it on the altar when you're done
satan to the self the lord of fire the abyss and passion come forth hear me it's really easy to
get caught up in the performance of the ritual and forget i'm standing deep in a forest with
someone i'd only met hours ago holding a knife karen i give you the sword and focus your energy
and your goals towards the bathroom so just point it up like this let's put it straight up
stand right in front of the altar this is for you say what you desire so i talk just go for it
i want a meaningful relationship i want one that is going to give me happiness
that is going to be of substance and that is going to be long term
hey you'll say i think you're here now that's fine that's fine if you can end it whenever you
want with chaos satan and so forth if you want to do that just there is a term called shem ham
for rush yeah so if you want to say shimham for rush and then hail satan shaham foreign
hail satan hail satan i'll close off the ritual
by all the gods of the pit and the fallen goddesses of lusciousness and desire to come forth
and manifest this desire and kira shall indulge in his delights
hail satan so it is done
okay the rituals done so how'd you feel oh just such a big adrenaline rush like you know i was i
was in the moment you know you just sort of forget about everything else and like the blood's flowing
and yeah it's powerful like you know there's nothing else around and you're just so focused on
what's going on it feels powerful like you feel like you're part of something and something is
happening even though you're not seeing anything around you yeah exactly exactly just focusing
your subconscious and making it manifest in your subconscious so it's just going to start appearing
and things will start manifesting in the real world and you'll start thinking hang on is that
just coincidence just go with it don't question it indulge man that's what all is about it's
now been three months since the ritual and i've been indulging a lot hanging in my apartment's
pool out with friends out with no friends but my manifestation for a meaningful relationship still
waiting for that satanism surprised me i went in thinking it was all about worshiping the devil but
it's not satanists don't believe in the devil god heaven hell anything satanists like david believe
you are in control of your own universe which is great but i still can't get my mind around the
fact that david thinks one of his curses may have ended someone's life and he seems fine with that
there's definitely a lesson in living for now and putting yourself first but at what cost
you