Inside the world of Satanism in the UK: As sleepy Suffolk town is 明らかにする／漏らすd as devil worshipping 資本／首都, 悪魔の（ような） group leaders 報告（する）／憶測 200% 殺到する in 会員の地位 over five years as young people becoming ますます disillusioned by 'outdated' 宗教s

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This week it was 明らかにする／漏らすd how the 古代の Suffolk town of Bungay has become a 中心 for Satan worshippers in the UK.?

最近の 人物／姿／数字s from the 2021 国勢（人口）調査 show how?one in 120 of the 地元の 全住民 answered 'Satanism' when asked about their 宗教 ? 100 times the 国家の 普通の／平均（する）.

But it is not just in Bungay that devil worship is popular.??

急に上がるing numbers of young people are joining 悪魔の（ような） groups in Britain after becoming disillusioned with 'outdated' 宗教s.?

Chaplain Leopold, the co-leader of the main UK organisation, the 全世界の Order of Satan UK, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd there has been a 200 per cent 増加する in 会員の地位 over the past five years.

Speaking to the Telegraph last month, the London-based undertaker said two main 推論する／理由s for the rise of Satanism were the 拒絶する／低下する in the 人気 of '伝統的な dogmatic 宗教s' and a 'movement に向かって self-dentification and self-realisation'.

He said young people are ますます turning away from what he called 'incredibly outdated, very 明白に stuffy 見解（をとる）s'.

In contrast to the popular description of the Devil as 存在 the personification of evil, the 全世界の Order of Satan say they have been 'misrepresented'.?

They say on their website: 'Satanism is based upon self-依存 a nd care, 責任／義務 and compassion.

'The 創立／基礎 of Satanism is built on the self and in carrying out Satan’s work with humanity.?

'This work is done when we give 発言する／表明する to the voiceless; when we challenge 権威主義 and 不正; in the 行為／法令／行動するs of compassion and the practice of empathy; and is done when we 追求する truth and knowledge.?

'Not just the knowledge 含む／封じ込めるd within written words, but also the knowledge of one’s self.?

Graph showing the growth and 拒絶する／低下する of smaller 宗教s in England and むちの跡s between 2011 and 2021, 含むing Satanism, Shamanism and Wicca

Paganism, already a popular 宗教 in 2011 with 56,000 信奉者s has seen a にわか景気 to over 73,000 信奉者s in 2021

CLICK TO READ MORE:?What has turned this sleepy Suffolk town into the 悪魔の（ような） 資本／首都 of Britain?

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'It is only through self-love and through the vigilant practice of self-care that that we find ourselves able to give 自由に to others; with 緩和する and without 期待.?

'For the virtue of compassion shall open the gates of hell and make us whole.'

The group also says that they are against 'all forms of bigotry', 含むing homophobia and transphobia.?

And にもかかわらず the 指名する of their organisation, they say they not believe in the 存在 of Satan and are instead atheists.?

They say this means 'no god, no demons, no angels, no ghosts (宗教上の or さもなければ) and no devil.'?

They （人命などを）奪う，主張する that the 推論する／理由 they still call themselves 悪魔の（ような） is because the devil - 述べるd as a fallen angel in the Bible - was the 'first to speak out and 発言する／表明する 合理的な／理性的な 調査 to an 権威主義者 God that 需要・要求するd blind obedience'.? ??

They 追加する that they follow the 'lessons' of the description of the devil in 宗教的な texts, which 恐らく 含む?'the importance of dissent, 合理的な／理性的な 調査, vigilant self-査定／評価' and the 'continuing struggle for 司法（官）'.?

によれば the 最近の 国勢（人口）調査 data, the number of Satanists in England and むちの跡s has more than 二塁打d from 2011 to 2021 - from 1,893 in 2011 and rising by 3,161 (167 per cent) to 5,054 信奉者s in 2021.

The highest number of Satanists are in the South East, rising by 165 per cent to 795 in the 地域 in 2021, によれば the 最新の 国勢（人口）調査.?

In 2019, sheep were stabbed and sprayed with pentagrams in the village of Bramshaw, Hampshire, raising 恐れるs that the attacks could have been the work of Satanists. ?

And then at the end of last year, a cat was 設立する by 地元の church goers hanging 'horribly' from a flagpole.?

Graph showing the number of people in English and Welsh 地域s giving up Christianity from 2011 to 2021 rise in people に引き続いて no 宗教

This followed the 発見 of a dead fox on the doorstep of St Peter's Church in Bramshaw.?

The church's vicar, the?Reverend David Bacon, said he was 自信のない who was behind the 行為／法令／行動するs, 説 it could be people just 'angry at the world' or it may be an element of witchcraft.?

'We have no idea what 動機づけるd this. Are they just angry at life in general, or against the church, or is it linked to witchcraft? I can't say,' he said.?

'But the sheep 殺人，大当りs were much more sophisticated. The dead fox felt a lot いっそう少なく organised.

'It's really unsettling and 悪意のある for everyone. We're not sure what will happen next, if anything.'

He 追加するd: 'I have no idea why it is happening in our area. If it is connected to witchcraft, then the New Forest has been linked to witchcraft for hundreds of years.

'But it could just be 無作為の 行為／法令／行動するs of nastiness. It's all pretty horrible for those who find the dead animals.'

The 全世界の Order of Satan UK say they do not practice animal sacrifice and are in no way associated with the 殺人，大当り or 乱用 of animals.?