Stefano Bigliardi

Children of Satan (Bambini di Satana)

CHILDREN OF SATAN TIMELINE

1963:  Marco Dimitri was born.

1975:  Dimitri attended the meetings of the association Fratellanza Cosmica.

1982:  Marco Dimitri founded the association Bambini di Satana.

1984-1989:  Dimitri worked as a private security guard.

1992:  After infiltrating the association, the Carabinieri raided a ritual in Savignano sul Rubicone.

1996 (January):  Dimitri, vice president Piergiorgio Bonora, and director Gennaro Luongo were incarcerated over accusations of sexual violence. Dimitri attempted suicide. The accusation proved inconsistent and unfounded.

1996 (June):  Dimitri was accused of child sex abuse during satanic rites.

1997:  Dimitri was acquitted unconditionally.

1998:  Dimitri launched the website Bambini di Satana.

2004:  Dimitri was awarded compensation for unjust detention.

2012:  Dimitri ran for the Chamber of Deputies for the party Democrazia Atea.

2021:  Dimitri died in his apartment in Bologna.

FOUNDER/GROUP HISTORY

Born in Bologna on February 13, 1963, Marco Dimitri was the second son of a middle-class family. [Image at right] His father worked as a policeman and his mother as a housewife (Beccaria 2006:11-12; Paolinelli 2007:43). Dimitri grew up in Croce di Casalecchio, on the outskirts of Bologna (Beccaria 2006:9). [For an extended version of this profile, see Bigliardi 2021]

In 1975, at the age of twelve, following a UFO sighting while he was spending a holiday by the sea, Dimitri reached out to Roberto Negrini’s (1958) group, Fratellanza Cosmica (Cosmic Brotherhood), in Bologna (Beccaria 2006:24-27; Dimitri and Lai 2006:20-21). Fratellanza Cosmica was the offshoot of a group based in Sicily, the Centro Studi Fratellanza Cosmica, which gathered around contactee Eugenio Siragusa (1919-2006). Siragusa claimed that he had encountered, on the slopes of Mt. Etna, two extraterrestrials who introduced themselves as divine messengers, and that he was receiving messages from Holy Mary and Jesus. After Negrini’s falling-out with Siragusa in 1978, the organisation in Bologna was renamed Ordine Solare (Solar Order) and claimed contacts with extraterrestrial and supernatural entities. Negrini later founded the O.T.O. – Fraternitas Hermetica Luciferiana; at that time, however, Dimitri no longer had ties with him (see CESNUR 2021a; Zoccatelli 1999).

When Dimitri was fourteen, his mother fell gravely ill, causing him to frequently stay at relatives’ or friends’ houses before her untimely passing (Beccaria 2006:12; Dimitri and Lai 2006:21-24). Eventually, Dimitri’s father remarried. This decision led them to drift away from each other. Dimitri’s father died in 1986 (Beccaria 2006:11; Dimitri and Lai 2006:25).

After middle school, Dimitri enrolled at ITIS (Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale – State Technical Industrial Institute), but he dropped out after a year to sign up for ECAP (Ente Cooperativo per l’Apprendimento [literally: Cooperative Institution for Learning]), a private school from which he graduated with a diploma in telecommunications (Paolinelli 2007:44; Dimitri and Lai 2006:28). In 1981, at the age of eighteen, Dimitri completed mandatory military service at a base in Udine (Caserma Cavarzerani).

The following year he founded the association Bambini di Satana (Satan’s Children). Dimitri then began receiving considerable media attention. Although he emphasised that he subscribed to a cultural version of Satanism, the media suggested that he and his affiliates worshipped a personal Satan. On this basis he was invited to major TV shows, like the immensely popular Maurizio Costanzo Show (Beccaria 2006:43; Dimitri and Lai 2006:33; Paolinelli 2007:54). He was even invited to a debate on national public television (RAI) with monsignor Emmanuel Milingo (b. 1930), a Zambian catholic archbishop known as a healer and exorcist (Beccaria 2006:43; Dimitri and Lai 2006:42-43). In 2012, Dimitri ran unsuccessfully in the national elections for the minor political party Democrazia Atea (Atheist Democracy).

Between 1992 and 1997 Dimitri faced a string of raids and trials based on authorities’ accusations of sexual violence and sexual abuse. He was ultimately vindicated on all these charges, but at one point he attempted suicide. After the trials, Dimitri continued to reside in Bologna and supported himself as a web designer and web master, although these jobs did not provide him with a stable income (Beccaria 2006:165). On February 13, 2021, his birthday, Dimitri died of a heart attack at his house in Bologna.

DOCTRINES/BELIEFS

Dimitri’s Satanism was initially influenced by Aleister Crowely (1875-1947); he claimed that he didn’t hold Anton La Vey (1930-1997) in high esteem (Dimitri and Lai 2006:144,146; Beccaria 2006:27). Rather, Dimitri’s Satanism conveyed a countercultural message: “what we propose is individual self-awareness: that men and women become self-aware and break away from external deities” (Dimitri and Lai 2006:14). As Dimitri put the matter:

A famous occultist of the past, Aleister Crowley, scandalised the politically correct world with his statement ‘Do What Thou Wilt’: this statement is a foundation of Satanist philosophy and its meaning is very deep. This sentence, that so much scandalised moralists and boring minds, does not mean do whatever crosses your mind, in a frantic and chaotic way and under transgressive stress, but execute (DO) what is your will. The meaning of this sentence is the true law of magic: transform reality (DO) based on your will….Every intelligent person has the right to be what they are, to cultivate their impulses instead of repressing them, the right to lead them towards a goal that one elected. Therefore, the person has a duty towards themselves, by instinct, to realise what they really will; everyone can only live their existence according to their own nature, and only those who fully live their ‘essence’ are happy (Dimitri Cos’è la magia, undated).

For Dimitri, Bambini di Satana was a “cultural association originating in paganism that considers man and woman as the thinking center of the universe and who can express, through rituals, a self-awareness that harmonises with the ego” (Dimitri and Lai 2006:32).

Dimitri was a skeptic about such phenomena as religion, spirits, afterlife, and possession from an early age. For example, he recalled that at the age of fourteen he was exorcised, but with no results; in fact, he was harassed by the priest (Beccaria 2006:15; Dimitri and Lai 2006:26-27). He stated that he did not believe in the hereafter; he did report on having witnessed “quite strange phenomena. Levitation, ‘raps’ on walls, on séance tables, on human bodies. I even recorded voices through experiments in psychophony.” However, he also specified that such experiences “were just the results of experiments, not really a demonstration of the existence of spirits, because, as it is well known, our brain has amazing potential” (Dimitri and Lai 2006:26). Dimitri was also skeptical about demonic possessions (Dimitri and Lai 2006:48), asking for instance “why Satan does not possess a head of State; then a world war would be for him a child’s play” (Dimitri and Lai 2006:27, italics in the original).

The philosophy of Bambini di Satana extolled vice, art, spirit, wealth, as well as science, praised as “one of religion’s main enemies” (Introvigne 2010:400). In a later phase, the visitors of the website Bambini di Satana (whose name is written in gothic font) were welcomed by the following message:

RATIONALIST group, not based on a creed. We emphasise that we do NOT believe in spirits, in ‘god’ or the ‘devil.’ We only use ‘Satan’ as a synonym of ‘opposition.’ From time immemorial, such emancipatory opposition is exerted through SCIENCE, the only tool that can tear apart obscurantism, whatever its origin is. The light that illuminates the darkness is rationality. Our activities: promotion of science as a tool of emancipation. Monitoring religious and/or pseudoscientific abuse” (Bambini di Satana website n.d.).

This guiding philosophy translated directly into Dimitri’s formulation of the association’s mission:

Dissemination of a mindset receptive towards the idea that humans evolve. Promotion of official science as a tool of evolution in opposition to obscurantism. Promotion of state secularism. Promotion of basic human rights. Promotion of artistic values. Monitoring superstition-based religious abuses. Monitoring pseudoscience-based obscurantism. Dissemination of online material related to all the aforementioned points. Keeping a database of Italian pedophilic priests – a database created by the association, detailing the names of the priests involved in cases of sexual abuse of children. Keeping an international database (handled by a third party). De-baptism related procedures, paperwork, free legal support. Dissemination of general-public scientific and cultural information, in defense of secularism, basic human rights, and human self-development. Debunking pseudoscientific hoaxes and theories. Collaboration with international networks in defense of children. Collaboration with international networks in defense of human dignity, including but not limited to LGBT individuals” (Dimitri, personal communication, December 28, 2018).

RITUALS/PRACTICES

For Dimitri, ritual is simply an enactment of individual will:

What is a ritual, then? It is a set of actions that, from a point of the will  [sic – Italian “da un punto di volontà”] lead to the goal one wills. In each and every moment of our life we perform rituals: in order to get to point ‘B’ starting from point ‘A’ we need to follow a certain path, only that one, because alternative paths would upset our will, we would find ourselves at point ‘C’ or point ‘D.’ Therefore, there are specific actions we take to go from ‘A’ to ‘B,’ and only those specific actions. The set of actions taken is called ritual…. On the energetic plane, things are not different. In order to obtain a specific thing, one needs the help of a specific demon, the demon is conjured with the most appropriate ritual, that is, a set of words and actions that conjure the energy that one wants. Once we have obtained the energetic presence, once we have tuned in with it, we will use the will as a to achieve our goal. This is what a ritual is all about, there are neither horrible corpses, nor human bones, nor sacrifices: all this is only based on an iron will.

Participating in the oath of allegiance is the initial ritual, which marks one’s entry into the group:

I swear fidelity to the Work of Satan’s Children and to Satan himself, that is, to myself, erect in my nature, in my divine ego. I swear loyalty in my actions following my initiation. By sealing my signature with a drop of blood I proclaim myself Satan.

The initiation is celebrated by tracing the number 666 with Dimitri’s blood on the novice’s forehead, as the novice stood naked in front of the congregation (CESNUR 2021b). Bambini di Satana has offered a vast array of wedding ceremonies (including for couples, throuples, and even relatives), baptism rejection, divorce, damnation, and possession. Rituals performed in Bologna take place in a temple, which in fact is a room located in Dimitri’s apartment. The room contains an altar, effigies of the devil, a wand, a bell, a sword, a chalice, pentacles, and dressed in cowls (Dimitri and Lai 2006:52-53).

Sex was also one of the elements of the earliest period of the Bambini di Satana. It was present both in their language and in their rituals, at least on paper. Half of the Infernal Gospel, a handbook of sorts authored by Dimitri is, according to Introvigne, “a description of sexual intercourse of all sorts and kinds in a style reminiscent of pornographic publications” (Introvigne 2010:400).  Dimitri explained that “there were experiments in tantrism (Crowley’s “red magic”) but certainly not tons of sex” (Dimitri, personal communication, December 28, 2018).

One of the vice-presidents, Alessandro Chalambalakis, who joined during a later phase remembered that at the time of his participation the rituals were performed weekly, or bi-weekly, that they hardly involved more than five participants, and that sex was not a main component. They were rather a form of “demonic meditation,” aimed at exploring one’s subconscious and empowering one’s creative instinct (Chalambalakis, personal communication, August 4, 2021).

ORGANIZATION/LEADERSHIP

The Bambini di Satana Corporation was founded in 1982 and was legally registered at the Bologna courts as a non-profit cultural association. Affiliation was free, and the fee was simply required for the membership card, which expired annually and gave access to special rituals (CESNUR 2021b). The symbol of the organization was a goat’s head inscribed in a five-pointed pentacle [Image at right]

Dimitri styled himself “La Grande Bestia 666” (The Great Beast 666) (Dimitri 1998) and publicly expressed his ambition to become the reference point for Satanists the world over (CESNUR 2021b). He served as president of the association, which was led by a Council composed of five members serving three-year terms. Affiliates formed “monothematic groups” that pursued member interests in certain areas of study. These groups were subject to the Council’s approval, and they were led by one “responsabile.” Affiliates were not allowed to use the name Bambini di Satana outside the association and its initiatives (Dimitri and Lai 2006:49-50).

The organization’s founding principles included democracy and the rejection of racism and any form of violence and racism. In order to obtain membership, one was required to be at least age eighteen, provide personal data for organizational records, pay a membership fee, and sign with their blood an oath of allegiance to Satan. Membership was a two-stage process. One first joined an entry group, perusing Bambini’s material under an affiliate’s supervision. Later, one formally expressed interest in completing the membership process, underwent an examination on a topic of interest, and, upon the group’s Council approval, received a personal magic name. Disaffiliation required a formal request. Membership could be revoked in case of illegal conduct or behavior inconsistent with group statutes. Non-participatory membership through voluntary donations was also permissible.

Members were quite diverse. According to Chalambalakis, members were a mixture of esotericism enthusiasts, rationalists, anti-Christians, atheists, agnostics, heavy-metal fans, and others who were simply captivated by Dimitri’s charisma (Chalambalakis, personal communication, August 4, 2021). Membership numbers are difficult to estimate, with most estimates being in the range of a few hundred, particularly in online and financial supporters are not included (Paolinelli 2007:54, 65; Beccaria 2006:45, 53, 167; Dimitri, personal communication, December 28, 2018).

Around 1997-1998 Dimitri and Chalambalakis created the first Bambini di Satana webpage, and designed and produced the magazine Kaffeina. The later website was designed and managed by Dimitri. The site included articles that criticised conspiracy theories, fake news, and pseudosciences, but also contained a “pedophilic priests database” and a page for sbattezzo (literally: de-baptism), a form to be sent to one’s parish requesting that their name be struck from the record of baptised children. The website also hosted multiple interviews with Dimitri.

ISSUES/CHALLENGES

Beginning in the late 1980s, Dimitri and some of his administrative associates experienced a series of sexual abuse claims, similar to those that were circulating in both Europe and the United States as a central feature of what became known as the “Satanism scare” (Introvigne 2016; Zanin 2004). In all of these cases Dimitri and his associates were legally cleared of wrongdoing.

The first charges were brought in 1989 when a carabiniere who infiltrated the group claimed that, every Friday, Dimitri celebrated orgiastic rites including sexual abuse of virgins. However, no supporting evidence was presented and the case was dropped (Beccaria 2006:40-41; Dimitri and Lai 2006:66). A second incident took place in 1992 in Savignano sul Rubicone (Rimini) where one of the group’s ceremonies was raided based on a suspicion was that the group was engaging in prostitution. However, no supporting evidence was presented and the case was shelved (Beccaria 2006:44). Dimitri, however, lost his job as a security guard and started to financially support himself by selling his services as a fortune teller (Dimitri and Lai 2006:101; Beccaria 2006:45). In January 1996, Dimitri, the vice-president Piergiorgio Bonora, and the director Gennaro Luongo were jailed over the accusation of having sexually assaulted a girl who entertained a relationship with Luongo and had signed up for membership but never participated in rituals (Beccaria 2006:48-51). While the case was being litigated, Dimitri attempted suicide in jail (Beccaria 2006:59-60). The girl’s claims, however, proved inconsistent on several counts, and the case was dismissed. Dimitri was released from prison, and found his apartment had been turned upside down during a raid (Beccaria 2006:68; Dimitri and Lai 2006:81). In 1996, the same accuser renewed her accusations, this time with support from the Gruppo di Ricerca e Informazione sulle Sette (Group for Research and Information on Sects) (Beccaria 2006:72). For a time the trial received wide exposure throughout regional and national media. Speculations emerged as to the existence of a network of Satanists all over the country and of socially respectable people above Dimitri manipulating him (Beccaria 2006:81,84). Local and national press fueled the panic and Dimitri’s “satanic aura.” During the trial, however, major inconsistencies and absence of supporting evidence emerged. Due to the lack of evidence and inconsistent testimonies, the trial ended on June 20, 1997 with Dimitri’s (and the other defendants’) acquittal: there was no case to answer (Italian: “il fatto non sussiste”). The only offense detected was a minor tax violation (Beccaria 2006:134-135; Dimitri and Lai 2006:132). The acquittal was confirmed by the Court of Appeal in January 2000 (Beccaria 2006:162). In July 2004 the Court of Appeal in Bologna ordered a compensation of 100,000 Euros to Dimitri for having unjustly served thirteen months in jail (Beccaria 2006:165). [Image at right] Finally, in 1999 two additional sets of charges involving sexual violence were brought against Dimitri. Again, in both cases the testimonies were inconsistent, and the accusations were ruled to have no merit (Beccaria 2006:159-60).

The most significant challenge to Bambini di Satana is the death of Marco Dimitri in 2021. No immediate leadership figure has been identified, and the future of the small group therefore remains very much in doubt.

IMAGES
Image #1: Marco Dimitri.
Image #2: Bambini di Satana organization logo.

Image #3: Marco Dimitri being arrested and escorted by two carabinieri.

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SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES

Bambini di Satana’s earliest website: https://home666.tripod.com/index.html

Bambini di Satana’s website in the second phase: http://www.bambinidisatana.com/

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Publication Date:
28 October 2021

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