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Satanism Explained v2.0

Quite the elegant description! Though other forms do exist.

In "Theistic Satanism", the god of the Old Testament is seen as still the creator, but Satan comes to free us from his perceived despotism, either by his influence or example. One, uh... rare form that pulls from Gnostic Christianity, actually claims Jesus as a Satanic Savior!

The Temple of Set is a Satanic Organization, depending on who you ask. The idea was started in the Church of Satan, (who' beliefs others discussed briefly, but thoroughly) that a Satanic figure was an adversarial element to any religion. Thus, someone who models themselves off of the Norse Loki, the Persian Ahriman, or many others would be a Satanist.

The Temple of Set formed to literally worship Set. It pulls from latter-day Egyptian thought that Set ran counter to Ma'at, thus in support of isfet. Ma'at and isfet are not necessarily good and evil; but ma'at is more balance, something like karma, cosmic order. Isfet is embodied in chaos - not as in disorder, but in something existing as potential.

When Horus and Set fought, Horus lost an eye and Set lost his... "manhood". Horus grew another eye, while Set didn't regenerate. This is an instance of Isfet.

In earlier Egyptian belief, Set was the one charged with keeping "The uncreated one", the literal embodiment of isfet, at bay. Isfet is the closest thing the Egyptians had to "evil" as we would understand it today.

I am also familiar with LaVeyan Satanism...A bit more of a hedonistic lifestyle than a religion, imo.

Illuminati, anyone?

Satanists as formed by the late Anton Lavey do not recognize any other group as being satanists and instead view them as neo-pagans or monotheists. The closest thing to an existing "satanist" prior to satanism is the Yezidis who are technically still monotheists.

I wouldn't call them negative urges. Natural, animal urges maybe.
The clearest way for me to think about it is to compare it to Freud. Satanism is the Id, Christianity is the Superego.

That is, Satanism allows its followers to act on their desires without guilt or repression. It embraces our "sinful" emotions. As atheists (LaVeyan Satanists must be atheist), why should we believe that we should be ashamed of them? It's the Id.
Christianity, the Superego, tells us that we should be ashamed of not only sinful action but the thought of sinful action as well. It tells us to like according to the ideal of society's rules and punishes us when we stray from them. It's a catch 22. It keeps us in line, at least according to society/ religion's rules, but it keeps us in a constant state of guilt. It forces us to repress natural human thoughts.

Morals and structure aside, I personally think that LaVeyan Satanism is more healthy than most religions because I believe most religions encourage too much repression. I don't agree with Freud on many things, but I do agree with him that too much repression is bad for people.