Dragon Rouge

Dragon Rouge, also known as the Ordo Draconis et Atri Adamantis, was started on December 31, 1989 in Sweden. Members of the Dragon Rouge are known to practice dark magic, which is an activity where individuals seek personal gain through occult activities. Practitioners believe dark magic can be used for virtuous acts like helping a person who is sick or for malicious acts like unjuring an enemy. Dragon Rouge reports it has hundreds of members around the world.

First Satanic Church

The First Satanic Church was started on October 31, 1999 by Karla LaVey, the daughter of Church of Satan founder, Anton LaVey. When the Church of Satan's headquarters were moved to New York, New York following the death of her father in the late 1990's, Karla disagreed with the new leadership's decision. She soon re-established a satanic church in San Francisco, California, modeled after her father's, and called it the First Satanic Church.
The church regularly has activities in the Bay Area.

Luciferianism

Luciferianists were theistic Satanists who celebrated the spirit-being Lucifer. Some adherents identified the figurewith the biblical character Satan, while others associated him with old-world mythologies and occult lore.
The 12 century document, The Gesta Treverorum, or "Deeds of Treven," are the records of the Archbishops of Trier and the writings of Popes, amassed by monks from St. Matthews Abbey located in Trier, France. The documents speak of the existence and activity of Luciferians. Pope Gregory IX (1145-1241) writes that Luciferians argued that Lucifer was unfairly expelled from heaven.
Many groups today claim an affiliation with historical Luciferianism, including The Order of the Phosphorus, The Ordo Luciferis, The Ordo Luciferi, The Temple of the Dark Sun, and The Neo-Luciferian Church.

The Ophites

The "Ophites" (from the Greek word for snake), also known as the Serpentinians, were associated with Gnostic and Egyptian sects around 100 A.D. They honored the serpent written of in Genesis 3:1-14.

"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, Theserpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" (King James Version, emphasis mine).

What is known about the Ophites comes from early Christian writers. Clement of Alexandria, head of the Catechitical School of Alexandria in the late first to early second century, wrote that the name "Ophians" was taken from the groups object of worship (Storm. vii 17, p.900). Irenaus, Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul in the 2nd century, mentioned the Ophites in a book on heresy (Against Heresy, i. 23-28). Furthermore, Philaster, the Bishop of Brescia in the 4th century, wrote that the Ophites were produced by the devil.