ABSTRACT
The phenomenon of Satanism might be considered balancing on the periphery of religious life; its existence in modern society is usually hypothetical and based on different rumours. But since the late sixties Satanism has emerged as a religious alternative with organizations in Western societies – especially the US and Western Europe. Only as recent as the nineties has Satanism shown up in Eastern Europe. Such a delay was consistent with the fall of the Soviet Union and most visible in the Roman Catholic countries, like Poland and Lithuania. But unlike in Western societies (mostly the US) there were no official satanic organizations created in Lithuania.
