For these individuals, Satanism was not a religious belief or ritual activity, but rather a "strategic use of a symbol and a character as part of artistic and political expression."
[83] Kulaba bantu, ubuSathane kwakungeyona inkolelo yenkolo noma umsebenzi wesiko, kepha kunalokho "ukusetshenziswa kwamasu okufanekisa kanye nomlingiswa njengengxenye yezinkulumo zobuciko nezepolitiki."