Cult of the Silver Serpent

Religion: The Silver Serpent.
Basic Beliefs:

Selfishness and materialism is good for one's own happiness.

A person must seek one's own desires through any means necessary, such as manipulation and deception.

The pursuit of wealth, power, knowledge and pleasure is the only way to enlightenment.

The weak are unworthy and must be taken advantage of to further the interests of the Cult and its followers.

War is a means for the Cult to gain more followers and spread the faith. The Cult believes war and conflict is necessary for survival and progress.

Primary Region Worshipped: Kusagakure and The Stone Village.
Deities worshipped: The Silver Serpent.
Symbols: Snakes, Dragons, or other serpent like creatures. Amethysts and rubies.
Practices and rituals:

Group rituals would include the worship of the Silver Serpent goddess, possibly in an abandoned or hidden temple. Sex would be a key part of the rituals with the followers. The followers would engage in various sexual acts to please the goddess and to please themselves.

Other rituals would include the offering of money, gifts, or offerings to the goddess, in hopes of receiving a blessing or good luck. The followers would seek personal gain and try to exploit others for their own benefit.

Regular ceremonies and sacrifices to their goddess, in order to gain favor and blessings.

Practitioners and followers engaging in debauchery and indulging in taboo, deviant and carnal acts

The teaching of forbidden arts and knowledge.

The spreading of their religion through proselytizing and recruitment of more followers.

Engaging in occult rites in order to summon and commune with the goddess.

Participating in orgies, sex rituals and hedonistic practices.

Practicing dark arts and forbidden jutsu to exert power and control over others.

Consuming hallucinogenic and narcotic substances to tap into altered states of consciousness.

Celebrating religious and spiritual festivals in which wild behavior and debauchery is the norm.

Holidays:
1. The Solstitium - A festival in honor of the goddess's birth, marked by wild celebrations of all kinds.
2. Shadowfall - To mark a new darkness which is the start of the goddess's reign. During this holiday they engage in dark practices, including blood sacrifices.
3. The Vernal Equinox - Celebrated as a rebirth of the goddess, marked by wild dance and revelry where all are welcome.
4. Bloodmoon - During this holiday the cultists celebrate by engaging in blood rituals and human sacrifice.
Taboos:

showing any sort of respect to or seeking help from any other god or goddess other than their goddess.

They have a taboo against revealing the secrets of the Cult to anyone outside the faith.

questioning or rejecting any ritual, practice or commandment issued by the Cult.

showing any sort of weakness or allowing the self to be taken advantage of by others.

Failing to live up to the standards of beauty, sensuality and desire.

Detailed Beliefs:

The weak and powerless are considered worthless and undeserving, and are fair game for the strong to exploit.

Materialistic gain is not only desirable, but it is a necessity, as it allows one to satisfy their desires and pursue their ambitions.

One must be ruthless and cutthroat in order to survive in a world of self-interest and competition.

Self-pleasure and indulgences are considered to be essential to happiness, and should be sought after with reckless abandon.

The most devout followers are greatly rewarded, usually within the form of a wish or minor miracle granted to those deemed worthy enough by the goddess.

History: ???.
Allies: ???.
Enemies: Jashinists.
Known Worshippers: ???.
Known Artifacts:
The Serpents Tome- A tome containing forbidden knowledge and arcane secrets of the cult.
Known Churches/temples/sacred grounds: ???.
Known Creatures: ???.