 The ONA believe that there are historical precedents to their practice of human sacrifice , expressing belief in a prehistoric tradition in which humans were sacrificed to a goddess named Baphomet at the spring equinox and to the Arcturus star in the autumn . However , the ONA 's advocacy of human sacrifice has drawn strong criticism from other Satanist groups like the Temple of Set , who deem it to be detrimental to their own attempts to make Satanism more socially acceptable within Western nations . 
