The Neo-Luciferian Church (NLC) is a Gnostic and Luciferian organisation with roots in western esotericism, Voodoo, Luciferianism, Thelema, and magic.
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History
The Neo-Luciferian Church was started in 2005 as a cooperation between Danish occultist Bjarne Salling Pedersen and the American artist, author and philosopher Michael Bertiaux, as a reawakening and modern interpretation of the Luciferian Gnosticism advocated by Danish occultist and member of the Ordo Templi Orientis Carl William Hansen, called Ben Kadosh in the early 1900s.
Today the organisation is primarily active in Denmark and Sweden and has a very strong internet presence.
Teachings
The Neo-Luciferian Church operates with a creed and a manifesto, and has a teaching that incorporates elements from Thelema, Gnosticism, Voodoo, traditional occultism, and witchcraft. There is an emphasis on art, psychology, and critical thinking.
The mythology draws heavily on Roman and Greek sources, and more dubious modern writings such as Charles Leland's Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, the works of Dion Fortune, Michael Bertiaux, and Aleister Crowley.
The Neo-Luciferian Church operates within a grade system of seven degrees and belongs in the succession from a number of churches, some Gnostic and magical in origin, others belonging to the apostolic succession as received within the Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis.