Temple of the Black Light

The Temple of the Black Light, formerly known as the Misanthropic Luciferian Order prior to 2007, was a satanic occult order founded in Sweden in 1995. It had originally three members, Vlad (real name, Shahin Khoshnood), Jon Nödtveidt and another member who left the group early. Johan Norman joined the order in the same time of Jon but left the group when Vlad and Jon started to talk about committing violent acts. Vlad's girlfriend later became a supporting member. The group never grew beyond this size again after two earlier friends had dropped out. As a sign of membership the three had a symbol tattooed on the arms, of a so-called "vampire pentagram" that Vlad had designed.

The Temple of the Black Light released Liber Azerate, a modern grimoire written by the founder Vlad, whose title was Magister Templi and nicknamed Frater Nemidial, in 2002. It was released on the internet in Swedish and Norwegian. Azerate is the hidden name of the "eleven anti-cosmic gods" described in the book. A related musical work is the 2006 Dissection album Reinkaos, the lyrics of which were co-written by Vlad, and which Jon Nödtveidt explained was "based on the book Liber Azerate and the teachings of MLO". The Temple of the Black Light propagate "Chaos-Gnostic Satanism" or "Current 218".

In 2010, Shahin Khoshnood under the pseudonym N.A-A.218 released a second book named Liber Falxifer which is the first of a series of books about Latin American death cults. It was published by Ixaxaar Publications, in limited editions. and in 2013 The Book of Sitra Achra: A Grimoire of the Dragons of the Other Side a book related to the Qliphoth.

The Temple of the Black Light has been described as a Swedish branch of the Order of Nine Angles by the American Combating Terrorism Center.