The Process was an art and philosophy collective formed in the early 1990s and birthed at the same time as, and with a subset of the same people from, the studio work for the Skinny Puppy album The Process. Early contributors included Nivek Ogre, Genesis P-Orridge, William Morrison, and Loki der Quaeler. The Process collective aimed to connect the international industrial music community via the nascent internet while ostensibly reviving the "deviant psychotherapy cult" Process Church of the Final Judgement.

The Process Cross — formed by the overlapping of 4 P's - was borrowed from The Process Church of the Final Judgement (Process Church) and appears on albums by Ministry and the Skinny Puppy/Throbbing Gristle collaboration Puppy Gristle. The Process Cross also appears in several Skinny Puppy music videos. Director William Morrison has the symbol tattooed on his forearm; musician Genesis P-Orridge and Satanic Temple founder Lucien Greaves bear the mark on their biceps.

In 1993 Morrison received a cease-and-desist letter from lawyers representing Chase Bank, claiming the bank owned the copyright to The Process' logo. Morrison suggested the lawyers obtain a copy of a book written by William Sims Bainbridge in 1978, titled Satan's Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult, which would definitively prove The Process Church of the Final Judgement held the copyright. Morrison did not hear back from the lawyers.

In 1992, Rick Rubin invited Skinny Puppy (and their entourage) to reside at the Shangri-La recording studio in Malibu, California, while creating their first album for American Recordings. Genesis P-Orridge was enlisted to work on the project. During a brainstorming session on potential concepts for the album, P-Orridge produced copies of a magazine produced by the Process Church titled Love, Sex, Death, and Fear. Morrison recalls himself and Ordo Templi Orientis member Adam Rostoker (Adam Walks Between Worlds) as immediately excited by the material. Nivek Ogre was also intrigued.

Although The Process Church of the Final Judgement is credited as the conceptual inspiration for The Process collective, members have cited media theorist Marshall McLuhan and cultural critic Neil Postman as influences, stating that the collective was looking to explore media technologies and their impact on culture.

"We all felt we had found our muse. Genesis, Adam Rostoker (Adam Walks Between Worlds) and I penned the original Thee Process IS... document and sent it out into the world causing mass confusion within our sphere. American Recordings got on board and released to the press..."

— William Morrison, The Process is...(www.process.org)

"The Process is a collaboration ov Individuals. We fight all forms ov restriction to realise thee potential ov thee human brain through a system ov pagan Magick. It exists devoid ov dogma, be it political or religious. Information is shared amongst those involved, not in order to be treated as instruction but rather as a means to promote participation, discipline and contribution to an ideal as opposed to self-ambition. Thee recognition that only truth counts. Rituals (sigils) are employed as a means ov discovering one's true psyche, desires (and their realisation), integrating thee conscious and subconscious as a way to produce a spiritually whole person as opposed to a fragmented shell. The Process attempts to wake people up to thee fact that they are controlled, socially programmed to suit those with an interest in control, and that guilt and fear are weapons employed to suppress natural advancement. Preconceptions must be swept aside and a de-programming occur until fearless and guiltless sexuality is mastered. The Process embraces suitable forms ov technology to support its aims for collective advancement. Methods ov information access include recordings, booklists, video deprogramming transmissions. These are all designed to surprise, even shock, but with a view to expansion, thee removal ov limitation."