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This may be the world's largest ever gathering of Satanists - and it's about to begin at a Marriott hotel in downtown Boston. In a candle-lit room set aside for Satanic ceremonies, a neon sign welcomes you to The Little Black Chapel. A raised altar stands at one end, a white pentagram on the floor in front of it.

The ritual being performed here is an "unbaptism", in which participants symbolically reject religious rites performed when they were children.

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They wear a floor-length, hooded cloak and a black face mask. Their hands are bound with rope, which is then cast off to represent liberation. Pages are torn out of a Bible to symbolise overturning their Christian baptism. Finding The Satanic Temple has really helped me embrace logic and empathy. The Satanic Temple is recognised as a religion by the US government, and has ministers and congregations in America, Europe and Australia.

More than people snapped up tickets for its late April convention, dubbed SatanCon. Members say they don't actually believe in a literal Lucifer or Hell. Instead, they say Satan is a metaphor for questioning authority, and grounding your beliefs in science. The sense of community around these shared values makes it a religion, they say. They do use the symbols of Satan for rituals - for example when celebrating a wedding or adopting a new name.

That might include having an upside-down neon cross on your altar while shouting: "Hail Satan! And our opening ceremony did have the ripping up of a Bible as a symbol of oppression, especially oppression of LGBTQ folk and women, and also the BIPOC community, and pretty much anybody who's grown up with religious trauma, which is a tremendous number of our members.

The Satanists say they respect everyone's right to choose their faith, and they're not trying to upset people. But Christian protesters from many denominations have gathered outside the hotel, carrying signs warning of damnation. Convention-goers in the lobby eye the protest outside. The event takes up the whole fourth floor of the hotel. The Satanists fill it with androgynous goth chic, flamboyant robes, hand-painted horns, diabolical tattoos, and high-maintenance moustache choices.

Most people here are old enough to be parents, and several are. I spot at least one pushchair. Presentations are given, including one called "Hellbillies: Visible Satanism in Rural America", and a seminar on Satanism and self-pleasure. Political activism is a core part of The Satanic Temple's identity. It believes religion and the state should be kept separate, and frequently files lawsuits in the US to defend the distinction.

Their point is serious, but they relish bringing satire and outrageousness to the fight. In Oklahoma, for example, they asked to erect an 8ft 2. The Commandments were ultimately removed after a court battle.

The Temple also advocates for abortion access, arguing that everyone should have autonomy over their own body. Earlier this year, it opened an online clinic based in New Mexico, which provides abortion pills by mail. It has also developed an abortion ritual for people terminating a pregnancy - which is designed to be comforting and involves reciting an affirmation before the abortion - and argues its members must be religiously exempt from abortion bans that would stop them performing it.