h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

At some point, LaVey got poor, so he decided that all ranks in the Church of Satan could be obtained purely through cash dontaions. One Michael Aquino said "Screw this!" and led a small group out of the Church. These attempted to contact Satan via ouiji board, and he turned out to be the Egyptian god Set. Thus was the Temple of set born, whose ultimate aim is are something like permanent, total self-consciousness, completely seperate from all else -rather similar to what many other religions define as eternal damnation.