
The Satanic Temple Of Los Angeles, a chapter of a nationwide satanic organization, hosted a massive 'black mass' Saturday night, complete with a live bloodletting ritual and a 45-minute lecture about demonic cats.

Guests could also attend a destruction ritual and an invocation ritual, both with live music. The event doubled as a fundraiser for the chapter's causes, with include women's reproductive rights, the First Amendment and prisoner's rights.

The Satanic Temple, headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts, has 24 chapters across the United states. Members of the movement, which calls itself an organized religion, do not believe in a personal Satan but say they preach rationalism and reject superstition.

VIP tickets to Saturday's massive rally cost $66.60, while other guests paid $15. Attendees, many of which wore costume, were pictured by LAist enjoying six hours of Satanic activities, including live painting and tattooing.

The Satanic Temple Los Angeles held a huge black mass Saturday night, drawing in many attendees wearing costumes

Guests to the event paid $15 for a regular tickets, and $66,60 for the VIP experience. Some of them showed up in gory outfits

The black mass included three rituals - a destruction ritual, an invocation ritual and a bloodletting ritual - all with live music

One of the performers donned a black dress and a mask while musicians played in the background wearing glittery hoods

Rock on! Some of the attendees looked like they were enjoying a concert and flashed the sign of the horns with their hands

Artsy: The soiree included this installation, depicting a green Satan with breasts and a pentacle drawn on its forehead

Bring your own tools: Some of the black mass performers were seen brandishing a hammer, a mallet and a crowbar

The attendees were clearly enjoying the evening and kept flashing the sign of the horns with their fingers

Doors opened at 9 pm and the evening began with a comedy set by Satanist politician Steve Hill, who ran for the state Senate in California's 21st district last year.

'I'm a Satanist as far as trying to get people to understand that I don't believe in the devil any more than I believe in God,' Hill, a Democrat, once told Time Magazine.

'All of it is stupid. But if I have to tell people I'm the devil to get them to listen, then, OK, I'm the devil.'

Guests were treated at 10 pm to a 45-minute lecture on demonic cats by writer, photographer and occult expert Dr Paul Koudounaris, who has also researched sexual encounters between the living and the dead.

Live music played a significant part of the six-hour event, which was said to be the biggest rally ever thrown by the chapter

The devil's tattoo! Some guests chose to partake in some tattooing on a first-come, first-serve basis while inside the venue

Seeing red: One of the attendees was seen wearing a mask covering half of his face while basking in red lights at the venue

The crowd went wild during some of the performances, some of which happened during one of the evening's three rituals

Silhouettes gathered on stage and others appeared to bow at one point during the Satanist-themed six-hour evening

The event on Pico Boulevard also included artists, who did some live-drawing in keeping with the Satanist night's theme

Dancing with the devil! A man was caught on camera doing a bit of crowd-surfing during the evening while holding his drink

Some of the performers played the guitar while dressed in sparkly outfits that reflected the venue's red lighting

The night included three different rituals, during which performers kept playing live music while the crowd partook

Several bands had signed up to entertain the crowd. The night also included a 45-minute lecture on demonic cats

A woman dressed for the Satanist event was seen participating in one of the rituals, with a cable pulling her from the neck

Performers stepped in all throughout the six-hour black mass, playing either during the rituals or in-between the events

Music appeared to be a central park of the evening, with many of the attendees enjoying the performer's sets

Doors opened at 9 pm and the evening's musical performances began immediately, concluding six hours later

The black mass continued with a destruction ritual from 11:55 to 12:45. Several members later asked for the text of the ritual, which was praised by one attendee as an 'intense and awe-inspiring experience'.

'These were things that I held in my hands These were things that belonged to me These were things that I held in my heart These are things that have meaning to me These things are not dead, because they never carried life. But I gave these things life, because they have carried me,' the ritual began according to a transcript shared by The Satanic Temple Los Angeles on Facebook.

A one-hour invocation ritual followed at 1 am. The crowd later took part in a bloodletting ritual from 2:15 am to 2:45 am.

The Satanic Temple Los Angeles had teased the event ahead of time, saying it had faced 'rampant opposition' in the months leading up to it.

'We hope you will celebrate liberation, rebellion and a new global Satanic alliance,' an announcement read.

Funds raised during the black mass will go towards the group's campaign for women's reproductive rights, some lawsuits regarding First Amendment issues, and will go towards helping incarcerated individuals.

The evening was said to the the biggest event thrown by Los Angeles' Satanist Temple chapter - one of 24 across the US

Members of the Satanist Temple do not believe in a personal Satan but preach rationalism and reject superstition

A woman could be seen being pulled by the skin of her neck during what appeared to be one of the evening's rituals

The soiree doubled as a fundraiser for the chapter's causes, which include women's reproductive rights, the First Amendment and prisoner's rights

The Satanic Temple, headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts, has 24 chapters across the United states. Los Angeles' chapter organized Saturday's evening (pictured) and said it faced 'rampant opposition' in the previous months

In addition to several concerts (one of which is pictured), guests were treated to a 45-minute lecture on demonic cats by occult expert Dr Paul Koudounaris, who has also researched sexual encounters between the living and the dead

'We hope you will celebrate liberation, rebellion and a new global Satanic alliance,' the Temple wrote before the evening

The black mass (pictured) included a destruction ritual from 11:55 to 12:45. Several members later asked for the text of the ritual, which was praised by one attendee as an 'intense and awe-inspiring experience'

Funds raised during the black mass (pictured) will go towards the group's campaign for women's reproductive rights, some lawsuits regarding First Amendment issues, and will go towards helping incarcerated individuals