Educational tool only. All groups exist on a spectrum of control. Individual experiences vary. Based on publicly available reports, ex-member accounts, court records, and expert analyses — not medical or legal advice.

Pagan / Wiccan

15 pagan / wiccan group profiles. All scores are BITE-derived from publicly available sources.

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Pagan / Wiccan

Order of the Solar Temple

40/40· Extreme

Esoteric Neo-Templar movement founded by Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret (1984). Conducted mass murder-suicides in Switzerland, Quebec, and France between 1994 and 1997 killing 74 people including children.

Order of Nine Angles (O9A)

33/40· Extreme

Esoteric occult-political network associated with David Myatt. Texts explicitly endorse human sacrifice ('culling'), terrorism, and infiltration of mainstream institutions. Multiple O9A-associated members have been convicted of terrorism and violent crimes.

Asatru Folk Assembly (Folkish heathenry)

22/40· High

Folkish (racially exclusive) Germanic heathen organisation founded by Stephen McNallen (1994). Classified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group since 2017 for explicit white-only doctrine and frequent intersection with white-nationalist movements.

Temple of Set (Michael Aquino)

19/40· Moderate

Esoteric Left-Hand Path organisation founded by Michael Aquino (1975) splitting from Anton LaVey's Church of Satan. Distinctive Set-veneration theology. Aquino's history including the 1980s Presidio child-care abuse allegations (never charged) drew sustained scrutiny.

Online tarot / witch influencer cult communities (umbrella)

17/40· Moderate

Umbrella for the documented genre of online tarot / witch / divination influencer parasocial communities. Substantial subscription costs documented.

Online tarot cult communities 2024+

17/40· Moderate

Cross-reference — see various-online-tarot-witch-influencers.

European modern occult-revival movements (umbrella)

13/40· Moderate

Umbrella for European modern occult-revival movements (Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn lineage, Aurum Solis, etc.).

Church of Satan (Anton LaVey)

12/40· Moderate

Symbolic-atheist organisation founded by Anton LaVey (1966) in San Francisco. Largely individualistic philosophy of self-empowerment using Satanic imagery; not theistic. Mostly low-control; included as Pagan/Wiccan-spectrum reference point.

Feri Tradition (Victor and Cora Anderson Wicca)

10/40· Low

Small initiatory Wiccan tradition founded by Victor and Cora Anderson (1950s+). Distinctive Three Souls model and Black Heart of Innocence ritual.

Gardnerian Wicca (traditional initiatory)

6/40· Low

Original Gerald Gardner-derived initiatory Wiccan tradition (1950s). Coven-based with three-degree initiation. Mainstream low-control.

Alexandrian Wicca (traditional initiatory)

6/40· Low

Alex Sanders / Maxine Sanders-derived Wiccan tradition (1960s). Slightly more ceremonial than Gardnerian. Mainstream low-control.

Reclaiming Tradition (Starhawk feminist Wicca)

6/40· Low

Reclaiming Tradition feminist Wicca founded by Starhawk and others (1980s, San Francisco). Distinctive consensus-governance and political-activism integration.

Mainstream Wicca / contemporary Paganism

4/40· Low

Contemporary Wicca (Gardnerian, Alexandrian, eclectic) and broader Pagan / Druidic / reconstructionist movements are very low-CLCI traditions. No central authority, voluntary coven membership, individual exit at any time.