The Neo-Luciferian Church (NLC) is a Gnostic and Luciferian organisation with roots in western esotericism, Voodoo, Luciferianism

Luciferianism

Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer, originally a name referring to the planet Venus when it rises ahead of the Sun....

, Thelema

Thelema

Thelema is a religious philosophy that was established, defined and developed by the early 20th century British writer and ceremonial magician, Aleister Crowley. He believed himself to be the prophet of a new age, the Æon of Horus, based upon a religious experience that he had in Egypt in 1904...

 and Magick

Magick

Magick is an Early Modern English spelling for magic, used in works such as the 1651 translation of De Occulta Philosophia, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, or Of Magick...

. The Neo-Luciferian Church belongs in the succession from a number of churches, some Gnostic and Magical in origin, others belonging to the Apostolic succession

Apostolic Succession

Apostolic succession is a doctrine, held by some Christian denominations, which asserts that the chosen successors of the Twelve Apostles, from the first century to the present day, have inherited the spiritual, ecclesiastical and sacramental authority, power, and responsibility that were...

 as received within the Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis. The NLC also carries on the magical current from the Danish Luciferian Carl William Hansen

Carl William Hansen

Carl William Hansen was a Danish author, Luciferian, Wandering Bishop and Occultist.Hansen was born in Copenhagen and first initiated into Martinism in 1898 by Alphonse Wallen...

, also known as "Ben Kadosh", and his Naassenic Gnostic Synod.

The NLC is active in several Scandinavian countries.