Satanic Cross

Satanic Cross

The Satanic Cross, is a variation of the alchemical symbol for Sulfur, that represents fire and brimstone. The sulfur symbol was placed above the Nine Satanic Statements (p. 25) in The Satanic Bible in LaVeyan Satanism, and is commonly used in rituals performed by Theistic Satanists. It can also be interpreted as a combination of the Lorraine cross and the mathematical symbol for Infinity, or a phallic re-imagining of the cross, with the Infinity symbol representing a scrotum. It is incorrectly interpretated as a symbol of Satanism, because it didn't have any connection with Satanism before LaVey adopted it from the Cross of Lorraine or even the Patriarchal cross, which is also a symbol of Christianity and Hermeticism. Hermetic alchemists of the Renaissance used the emblem as a symbol of earth and spirit by combining the square earth cross with the cross of Christ. When drawn symmetrically, it symbolised the hermetic maxim, "As above, so below".

In the Catholic Church, the equal-armed Lorraine Cross denotes the office of Cardinal.