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Letters from the Devil

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Letters from the Devil
LettersFromtheDevil.jpg
Author
Anton LaVey
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Various
Genre
News article
Publisher
Lulu

Publication date
 2010
Pages
72
ISBN
978-0557431731
Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey is a volume are over 60 tabloid newspaper articles written by the founder of the Church of Satan, long thought to be lost.[1] It was published in 2010 by Lulu.
Notes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6657054-letters-from-the-devil
References[edit]


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LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

  


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Letters from the Devil

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Letters from the Devil
LettersFromtheDevil.jpg
Author
Anton LaVey
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Various
Genre
News article
Publisher
Lulu

Publication date
 2010
Pages
72
ISBN
978-0557431731
Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey is a volume are over 60 tabloid newspaper articles written by the founder of the Church of Satan, long thought to be lost.[1] It was published in 2010 by Lulu.
Notes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6657054-letters-from-the-devil
References[edit]


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

  


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The Satanic Scriptures

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The Satanic Scriptures
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Author
Peter H. Gilmore
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
LaVeyan Satanism, ritual
Genre
Philosophy
Publisher
Scapegoat

Publication date
 2007
Pages
302
ISBN
0976403595
The Satanic Scriptures is a book by current High Priest of the Church of Satan, Peter H. Gilmore.[1][2] Like The Satanic Bible before it, it is a collection of essays and observations. It also contains detailed writings on once non-public Satanic rituals. The hardback edition of the book was given a limited release on April 30, 2007, Walpurgisnacht, with a mainstream release following on the 13th of October the same year.
The book was published first in English by Scapegoat Publishing as a 304 page clothbound edition, a slipcased edition, and as a paperback edition. There are French, German, Portuguese and Estonian translations. On Walpurgisnacht of 2012, a successful Kickstarter project was launched to pre-sell Las Escrituras Satánicas, the Spanish language edition.[3]


Contents  [hide]
1 Essays
2 Rituals
3 References
4 External links

Essays[edit]
Many of the essays were published in magazines like The Black Flame and online before collected in this book, most of the essays are improved variations. Some, including the essay released in the excerpt, deal with what the Church of Satan deems to be pseudo-Satanists, and those who refuse to affiliate with the Church, but instead form their own groups.
Other essays touch on the similarity between fascist aesthetics and LaVeyan Satanism, along with a multitude of political issues that correlate to the Satanic viewpoint. Included are issues such as terrorism in the United States, the Columbine High School massacre and the West Memphis Three.
Rituals[edit]
Many of the rituals detailed in the book were previously only known to members of the priesthood in the Church of Satan, such as the wedding rite which was performed by founder Anton LaVey, along with the details for a Satanic funeral, assumed to be a variation on one such which was performed on him.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.thesatanicscriptures.com/blog/
2.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/sources-print.php
3.Jump up ^ http://www.scapegoatpublishing.com/blog/
External links[edit]
The Satanic Scriptures
Las Escrituras Satánicas
Scapegoat Publishing
Church of Satan


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

  


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The Satanic Scriptures

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The Satanic Scriptures
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Author
Peter H. Gilmore
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
LaVeyan Satanism, ritual
Genre
Philosophy
Publisher
Scapegoat

Publication date
 2007
Pages
302
ISBN
0976403595
The Satanic Scriptures is a book by current High Priest of the Church of Satan, Peter H. Gilmore.[1][2] Like The Satanic Bible before it, it is a collection of essays and observations. It also contains detailed writings on once non-public Satanic rituals. The hardback edition of the book was given a limited release on April 30, 2007, Walpurgisnacht, with a mainstream release following on the 13th of October the same year.
The book was published first in English by Scapegoat Publishing as a 304 page clothbound edition, a slipcased edition, and as a paperback edition. There are French, German, Portuguese and Estonian translations. On Walpurgisnacht of 2012, a successful Kickstarter project was launched to pre-sell Las Escrituras Satánicas, the Spanish language edition.[3]


Contents  [hide]
1 Essays
2 Rituals
3 References
4 External links

Essays[edit]
Many of the essays were published in magazines like The Black Flame and online before collected in this book, most of the essays are improved variations. Some, including the essay released in the excerpt, deal with what the Church of Satan deems to be pseudo-Satanists, and those who refuse to affiliate with the Church, but instead form their own groups.
Other essays touch on the similarity between fascist aesthetics and LaVeyan Satanism, along with a multitude of political issues that correlate to the Satanic viewpoint. Included are issues such as terrorism in the United States, the Columbine High School massacre and the West Memphis Three.
Rituals[edit]
Many of the rituals detailed in the book were previously only known to members of the priesthood in the Church of Satan, such as the wedding rite which was performed by founder Anton LaVey, along with the details for a Satanic funeral, assumed to be a variation on one such which was performed on him.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.thesatanicscriptures.com/blog/
2.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/sources-print.php
3.Jump up ^ http://www.scapegoatpublishing.com/blog/
External links[edit]
The Satanic Scriptures
Las Escrituras Satánicas
Scapegoat Publishing
Church of Satan


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

  


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The Secret Life of a Satanist

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The Secret Life of a Satanist
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Author
Blanche Barton
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Anton LaVey
Genre
Biography
Publisher
Feral House

Publication date
 1992,2003
Media type
Acros the media fire
Pages
262
The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey is a book by Blanche Barton. It was published by Feral House in 1990; in paperback in 1992. A revised edition of the book is scheduled for release September 2, 2014.[1]


[hide]
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LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1627310029/ref=ox_sc_act_title_9?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER



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The Secret Life of a Satanist

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The Secret Life of a Satanist
SecretLifeofaSatanistOriginal.png
Author
Blanche Barton
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Anton LaVey
Genre
Biography
Publisher
Feral House

Publication date
 1992,2003
Media type
Acros the media fire
Pages
262
The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey is a book by Blanche Barton. It was published by Feral House in 1990; in paperback in 1992. A revised edition of the book is scheduled for release September 2, 2014.[1]


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LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

References[edit]
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The Church of Satan (book)

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The Church of Satan
TheChurchofSatanBiography.jpg
Author
Blanche Barton
Country
United States
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Church of Satan, Satanic panic
Genre
Biography
Publisher
Hell's Kitchen Productions

Publication date
 1990
Pages
200
ISBN
0962328626
The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion is a book by Blanche Barton which provides a detailed history of the church. It was published on November 1, 1990 by Hell's Kitchen Productions. A revised edition is currently in production and will include updated and expanded content.[1][2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Contents 1.1 Chapters
1.2 Appendices
1.3 Satanic music 1.3.1 Devil songs
1.3.2 Suicide songs
1.3.3 Classical music
1.4 Satanic Cinema
1.5 Further reading 1.5.1 Non-fiction
1.5.2 Fiction

2 References

Contents[edit]
Chapters[edit]
1.Let the Games Begin
2.Diabolical Consequences
3.The Modern Prometheus
4.What Demons Conjured?
5.Satanism in Theory and Practice
6.Satan's Master Plan
7.How to Perform Satanic Rituals
8.Guidelines for Grottos and Groups
Appendices[edit]
1.Letters: "Many Are Called..."
2.Satanic Music: That Old Black Magic
3.Satanic Cinema: Down These Mean Streets...
4.Further Reading: The Devil's Bookshelf
The book is dedicated to "Ben Hecht, Robert E. Howard, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Knox Hammersly, and Walt Disney, who made their Pacts."
"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est."
The opening epigraph is the William Ernest Henley poem "Invictus".
Chapter one, "Let the Games Begin", opens with quotes from proponents and opponents of Satanism with illustrative examples of contemporary Satanic practice. It then provides reasons for (and the context into which) Anton LaVey founded the Church of Satan (CoS) and the religion of Satanism.
The second chapter, "Diabolical Consequences", covers the media response to CoS activities and the notable personalities it attracted. The cultural and personal impact of Satanism are discussed, as is the mid-1970s re-organization of the Church.
Chapter three, "The Modern Prometheus", gives a biographical sketch of LaVey.
In chapter four, "What Demons Conjured?", a catalog of the CoS's influence on popular culture and occultism is presented; as are rebuttals to the claims of "Satanbusters" and "survivors of Satanic ritual abuse".
Chapter five, "Satanism in Theory and Practice", covers the unique nature of Satanism as (not just a religious identity, but) a theory of aesthetics and an ethnology. Reflections on the popularity of Satanic imagery are given. It reprints the "Nine Satanic Statements" and the "Nine Satanic Sins". LaVey responds to some of the frequent accusations against Satanism.
In the sixth chapter, "Satan's Master Plan", LaVey affirms "his commitment to destroy Christianity and herd mentality in all forms." It presents the "Five-Point Program" of Satanic goals to change the world. The "Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth" are reprinted, as is the "Hymn of the Satanic Empire".
The seventh chapter informs the reader on "How to Perform Satanic Rituals". It presents five "main elements...central to success" at achieving magical results. Several specific misconceptions of Satanism are then addressed. Advice on magical effectiveness and evading common snares are given.
The eighth and final chapter presents "Guidelines for Grottos and Groups". It begins with a description of a typical CoS ritual. LaVey's view of the desire to join groups and perform group rituals is given, with advice on what to watch out for (in a Satanic bunco tip sheet). Recommendations on how to meet other Satanists, start groups, name grottos, and execute rituals are given. LaVey encourages Satanists to "make pioneering discoveries and achievements" as a way of forcing "objective authorities... to see and acknowledge the quality, productivity and superiority of Satanic thought."
Four appendices are included: In "Letters: 'Many Are Called...'" a collection of sample letters the CoS has received is presented; "Satanic Music: That Old Black Magic"; "Satanic Cinema: Down These Mean Streets"; and "Further Reading: The Devil's Bookshelf".
Satanic music[edit]
In Appendix II, "Satanic Music: That Old Black Magic", lists popular songs dealing with "Satan and his tools", songs about suicide, and classical composers with Satanic associations are provided.
Devil songs[edit]
"At The Devil's Ball" (by Irving Berlin)
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
"Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
"Devil May Care"
"Devil's Question"
"Dream Lover" (early version by Victor Schertzinger)
"Get Thee Behind Me Satan"
"Ghost Riders in the Sky"
"He's a Devil in His Own Home Town"
"It's Magic"
"Jezebel"
"My Sin"
"Old Devil Moon"
"On the Level, You're a Devil"
"Pack Up Your Sins and Go to The Devil" (by Irving Berlin)
"Pagan Love Song"
"Satan Takes a Holiday"
"Satanic Blues"
"Sinner"
"Stay Down Here Where You Belong" (by Irving Berlin)
"Strange Enchantment"
"Taboo"
"That Old Black Magic"
"Witchcraft"
Suicide songs[edit]
"Blue Prelude"
"Black Moonlight"
"Gloomy Sunday"
"Goodnight, Irene"
"Here Lies Love"
Classical music[edit]
Daniel Auber — Fra Diavolo
Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Hector Berlioz — Symphonie Fantastique, Funeral and Triumphal Symphony
Frédéric Chopin
Paul Dukas — The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Georges Enesco
Franz Liszt — Mephisto Waltz, Faust Symphony, Dante Symphony
Felix Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night's Dream, Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Modest Mussorgsky — Night on Bald Mountain
Giacomo Puccini
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Russian Easter Overture
Camille Saint-Saëns — Danse Macabre, Omphale's Spinning Wheel
Jean Sibelius — Valse Triste, Finlandia
Richard Strauss — Don Juan, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Ein Heldenleben
Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird, The Rite of Spring
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner — The Ring of the Nibelung
Satanic Cinema[edit]
Appendix III, "Satanic Cinema: Down These Mean Streets...", asserts that a "complete education in Satanic philosophy is available at your local video store." It provides a list of films included for being philosophically instructional; seeming to "delight those with a Satanic sense of irony, justice or aesthetics"; or for being "clear examples of the effect on technology, societal norms, and religion that the Church of Satan has had" over its history.
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The
Alice, Sweet Alice
All the King's Men (1949 version)
An Inspector Calls
Bambi
Bedazzled (1967 version)
Bitter Tea of General Yen, The
Black Cat, The (1934 version)
Black Zoo
Bladerunner
Blue Velvet
Boy With Green Hair, The
Brotherhood of Satan, The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
Car, The
Carnival of Souls
Citizen Kane
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Comic, The
Crawlspace
Crimes of Dr. Mabuse, The
Criminal Life of Archibaldo Delacruz, The
Curse of the Demon
Dead of Night
Death Wish
The Doll (film)
Double Life, A
Duel in the Sun
Evilspeak
Fantasia
5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, The
Flaming Urge, The
Freaks
Gangster, The
Gizmo!
Great Flamarion, The
Great Gabbo, The
Hans Christian Andersen
Hell on Frisco Bay
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
I Bury the Living
Inherit the Wind
Island of Lost Souls
It's Alive!
Key Largo
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Koyaanisqatsi
Leopard Man, The
M (1931 version)
M (1951 version)
Marjoe
Masque of the Red Death, The
Metropolis (1927 version)
Most Dangerous Game, The
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Murder, Inc.
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Night of the Generals, The
Night of the Hunter, The
Night Tide
Nosferatu, the Vampire (1922 version)
Pennies From Heaven (Steve Martin version)
Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, The
Private Parts (1972 film)
Puritan, The (1938 version)
Radio Days
Roman Scandals
Rosemary's Baby
Ruling Class, The
Satanis
Scarface (1932 version)
Scoundrel, The
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Sea Wolf, The (1941 Robinson version)
Serial
Seventh Victim, The
Shadow of a Doubt
Simon, King of the Witches
Simon of the Desert
Smile (1975 version)
Snowman, The
Soylent Green
Specter of the Rose
Stardust Memories
Strangers on a Train
Stepford Wives, The (1975 version)
Svengali (1931 version)
Tourist Trap
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Victors, The
Westworld
Wicker Man, The (1973 version)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Wise Blood
Yanco
Zelig
Further reading[edit]
In the fourth appendix, "Further Reading: The Devil's Bookshelf", a list works that "will provide food for discussion groups or diabolical rumination" is provided. The list is considered supplementary to the bibliography of The Satanic Witch.
Non-fiction[edit]
Dr. Robert U. Akeret: Photoanalysis
Dr. Robert O. Becker and Gary Selden: The Body Electric
Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary
Jan Harold Brunvand: The Vanishing Hitchhiker, etc.
Elias Canetti: Crowds and Power
Robert Eisler: Man Into Wolf
Michel Foucault: Madness and Civilization
Sigmund Freud: esp. The Interpretation of Dreams, etc.
Paul Fussell: Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
William Lindsay Gresham: Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look at the Glittering World of the Carny
James A. Haught: Holy Horrors
Ben Hecht: A Guide for the Bedevilled (esp. "Kegs of Dynamite in a Window") and 1001 Afternoons in Chicago
The Johnson Smith Company Catalogue: Surprising Novelties, Puzzles, Tricks, Jokegoods, Useful Articles, etc.
Carl Jung: Man and His Symbols
Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince
Thomas Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population
Jerry Mander: Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
Daniel P. Mannix: esp. History of Torture, We Who Are Not As Others, The Hellfire Club, The Beast, etc.
H.L. Mencken: esp. The American Language
Friedrich Nietzsche: esp. Beyond Good and Evil, The Anti-Christ and Twilight of the Gods
Wilhelm Reich: esp. The Function of the Orgasm, Character Analysis, etc.
Herbert Spencer: esp. The Study of Sociology and Principles of Sociology
Peter Viereck: Metapolitics: The Roots of the Nazi Mind
Benjamin Walker: Encyclopedia of Esoteric Man
James Yaffe: The American Jews
Fiction[edit]
Horatio Alger, Jr.: any
Ambrose Bierce: "eerie" short stories
Ray Bradbury: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights
Robert W. Chambers: The King in Yellow
Fyodor Dostoevsky: Notes from Underground
Charles G. Finney: Circus of Dr. Lao
Jeffrey Frank: The Creep
William Lindsay Gresham: Nightmare Alley
Ben Hecht: Fantazius Mallare, The Kingdom of Evil, and his film noir screenplays
Shirley Jackson: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby
Jack London: esp. The Sea-Wolf, and "books of lycanthropic transformation"
W. Somerset Maugham: esp. Rain and A Writer's Notebook
A. Merritt: Seven Footprints to Satan
John Milton: Paradise Lost
Bob Randall: The Fan
Fred Saberhagen: The Dracula Tape
George Bernard Shaw: esp. Man and Superman
Terry Southern: The Magic Christian
Jules Verne: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
H.G. Wells: esp. The Island of Dr. Moreau
Nathanael West: A Cool Million
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Cornell Woolrich: The Bride Wore Black, The Black Curtain, etc., short stories and screenplays
Weird Tales and Arkham House writers: H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Clark Ashton Smith, George Haas, August Derleth, et al.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/sources-print.php
2.Jump up ^ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/873285.The_Church_of_Satan?from_search=true


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

  


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The Church of Satan (book)

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The Church of Satan
TheChurchofSatanBiography.jpg
Author
Blanche Barton
Country
United States
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Church of Satan, Satanic panic
Genre
Biography
Publisher
Hell's Kitchen Productions

Publication date
 1990
Pages
200
ISBN
0962328626
The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion is a book by Blanche Barton which provides a detailed history of the church. It was published on November 1, 1990 by Hell's Kitchen Productions. A revised edition is currently in production and will include updated and expanded content.[1][2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Contents 1.1 Chapters
1.2 Appendices
1.3 Satanic music 1.3.1 Devil songs
1.3.2 Suicide songs
1.3.3 Classical music
1.4 Satanic Cinema
1.5 Further reading 1.5.1 Non-fiction
1.5.2 Fiction

2 References

Contents[edit]
Chapters[edit]
1.Let the Games Begin
2.Diabolical Consequences
3.The Modern Prometheus
4.What Demons Conjured?
5.Satanism in Theory and Practice
6.Satan's Master Plan
7.How to Perform Satanic Rituals
8.Guidelines for Grottos and Groups
Appendices[edit]
1.Letters: "Many Are Called..."
2.Satanic Music: That Old Black Magic
3.Satanic Cinema: Down These Mean Streets...
4.Further Reading: The Devil's Bookshelf
The book is dedicated to "Ben Hecht, Robert E. Howard, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Knox Hammersly, and Walt Disney, who made their Pacts."
"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est."
The opening epigraph is the William Ernest Henley poem "Invictus".
Chapter one, "Let the Games Begin", opens with quotes from proponents and opponents of Satanism with illustrative examples of contemporary Satanic practice. It then provides reasons for (and the context into which) Anton LaVey founded the Church of Satan (CoS) and the religion of Satanism.
The second chapter, "Diabolical Consequences", covers the media response to CoS activities and the notable personalities it attracted. The cultural and personal impact of Satanism are discussed, as is the mid-1970s re-organization of the Church.
Chapter three, "The Modern Prometheus", gives a biographical sketch of LaVey.
In chapter four, "What Demons Conjured?", a catalog of the CoS's influence on popular culture and occultism is presented; as are rebuttals to the claims of "Satanbusters" and "survivors of Satanic ritual abuse".
Chapter five, "Satanism in Theory and Practice", covers the unique nature of Satanism as (not just a religious identity, but) a theory of aesthetics and an ethnology. Reflections on the popularity of Satanic imagery are given. It reprints the "Nine Satanic Statements" and the "Nine Satanic Sins". LaVey responds to some of the frequent accusations against Satanism.
In the sixth chapter, "Satan's Master Plan", LaVey affirms "his commitment to destroy Christianity and herd mentality in all forms." It presents the "Five-Point Program" of Satanic goals to change the world. The "Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth" are reprinted, as is the "Hymn of the Satanic Empire".
The seventh chapter informs the reader on "How to Perform Satanic Rituals". It presents five "main elements...central to success" at achieving magical results. Several specific misconceptions of Satanism are then addressed. Advice on magical effectiveness and evading common snares are given.
The eighth and final chapter presents "Guidelines for Grottos and Groups". It begins with a description of a typical CoS ritual. LaVey's view of the desire to join groups and perform group rituals is given, with advice on what to watch out for (in a Satanic bunco tip sheet). Recommendations on how to meet other Satanists, start groups, name grottos, and execute rituals are given. LaVey encourages Satanists to "make pioneering discoveries and achievements" as a way of forcing "objective authorities... to see and acknowledge the quality, productivity and superiority of Satanic thought."
Four appendices are included: In "Letters: 'Many Are Called...'" a collection of sample letters the CoS has received is presented; "Satanic Music: That Old Black Magic"; "Satanic Cinema: Down These Mean Streets"; and "Further Reading: The Devil's Bookshelf".
Satanic music[edit]
In Appendix II, "Satanic Music: That Old Black Magic", lists popular songs dealing with "Satan and his tools", songs about suicide, and classical composers with Satanic associations are provided.
Devil songs[edit]
"At The Devil's Ball" (by Irving Berlin)
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
"Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
"Devil May Care"
"Devil's Question"
"Dream Lover" (early version by Victor Schertzinger)
"Get Thee Behind Me Satan"
"Ghost Riders in the Sky"
"He's a Devil in His Own Home Town"
"It's Magic"
"Jezebel"
"My Sin"
"Old Devil Moon"
"On the Level, You're a Devil"
"Pack Up Your Sins and Go to The Devil" (by Irving Berlin)
"Pagan Love Song"
"Satan Takes a Holiday"
"Satanic Blues"
"Sinner"
"Stay Down Here Where You Belong" (by Irving Berlin)
"Strange Enchantment"
"Taboo"
"That Old Black Magic"
"Witchcraft"
Suicide songs[edit]
"Blue Prelude"
"Black Moonlight"
"Gloomy Sunday"
"Goodnight, Irene"
"Here Lies Love"
Classical music[edit]
Daniel Auber — Fra Diavolo
Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Hector Berlioz — Symphonie Fantastique, Funeral and Triumphal Symphony
Frédéric Chopin
Paul Dukas — The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Georges Enesco
Franz Liszt — Mephisto Waltz, Faust Symphony, Dante Symphony
Felix Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night's Dream, Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Modest Mussorgsky — Night on Bald Mountain
Giacomo Puccini
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Russian Easter Overture
Camille Saint-Saëns — Danse Macabre, Omphale's Spinning Wheel
Jean Sibelius — Valse Triste, Finlandia
Richard Strauss — Don Juan, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Ein Heldenleben
Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird, The Rite of Spring
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner — The Ring of the Nibelung
Satanic Cinema[edit]
Appendix III, "Satanic Cinema: Down These Mean Streets...", asserts that a "complete education in Satanic philosophy is available at your local video store." It provides a list of films included for being philosophically instructional; seeming to "delight those with a Satanic sense of irony, justice or aesthetics"; or for being "clear examples of the effect on technology, societal norms, and religion that the Church of Satan has had" over its history.
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The
Alice, Sweet Alice
All the King's Men (1949 version)
An Inspector Calls
Bambi
Bedazzled (1967 version)
Bitter Tea of General Yen, The
Black Cat, The (1934 version)
Black Zoo
Bladerunner
Blue Velvet
Boy With Green Hair, The
Brotherhood of Satan, The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
Car, The
Carnival of Souls
Citizen Kane
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Comic, The
Crawlspace
Crimes of Dr. Mabuse, The
Criminal Life of Archibaldo Delacruz, The
Curse of the Demon
Dead of Night
Death Wish
The Doll (film)
Double Life, A
Duel in the Sun
Evilspeak
Fantasia
5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, The
Flaming Urge, The
Freaks
Gangster, The
Gizmo!
Great Flamarion, The
Great Gabbo, The
Hans Christian Andersen
Hell on Frisco Bay
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
I Bury the Living
Inherit the Wind
Island of Lost Souls
It's Alive!
Key Largo
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Koyaanisqatsi
Leopard Man, The
M (1931 version)
M (1951 version)
Marjoe
Masque of the Red Death, The
Metropolis (1927 version)
Most Dangerous Game, The
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Murder, Inc.
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Night of the Generals, The
Night of the Hunter, The
Night Tide
Nosferatu, the Vampire (1922 version)
Pennies From Heaven (Steve Martin version)
Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, The
Private Parts (1972 film)
Puritan, The (1938 version)
Radio Days
Roman Scandals
Rosemary's Baby
Ruling Class, The
Satanis
Scarface (1932 version)
Scoundrel, The
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Sea Wolf, The (1941 Robinson version)
Serial
Seventh Victim, The
Shadow of a Doubt
Simon, King of the Witches
Simon of the Desert
Smile (1975 version)
Snowman, The
Soylent Green
Specter of the Rose
Stardust Memories
Strangers on a Train
Stepford Wives, The (1975 version)
Svengali (1931 version)
Tourist Trap
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Victors, The
Westworld
Wicker Man, The (1973 version)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Wise Blood
Yanco
Zelig
Further reading[edit]
In the fourth appendix, "Further Reading: The Devil's Bookshelf", a list works that "will provide food for discussion groups or diabolical rumination" is provided. The list is considered supplementary to the bibliography of The Satanic Witch.
Non-fiction[edit]
Dr. Robert U. Akeret: Photoanalysis
Dr. Robert O. Becker and Gary Selden: The Body Electric
Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary
Jan Harold Brunvand: The Vanishing Hitchhiker, etc.
Elias Canetti: Crowds and Power
Robert Eisler: Man Into Wolf
Michel Foucault: Madness and Civilization
Sigmund Freud: esp. The Interpretation of Dreams, etc.
Paul Fussell: Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
William Lindsay Gresham: Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look at the Glittering World of the Carny
James A. Haught: Holy Horrors
Ben Hecht: A Guide for the Bedevilled (esp. "Kegs of Dynamite in a Window") and 1001 Afternoons in Chicago
The Johnson Smith Company Catalogue: Surprising Novelties, Puzzles, Tricks, Jokegoods, Useful Articles, etc.
Carl Jung: Man and His Symbols
Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince
Thomas Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population
Jerry Mander: Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
Daniel P. Mannix: esp. History of Torture, We Who Are Not As Others, The Hellfire Club, The Beast, etc.
H.L. Mencken: esp. The American Language
Friedrich Nietzsche: esp. Beyond Good and Evil, The Anti-Christ and Twilight of the Gods
Wilhelm Reich: esp. The Function of the Orgasm, Character Analysis, etc.
Herbert Spencer: esp. The Study of Sociology and Principles of Sociology
Peter Viereck: Metapolitics: The Roots of the Nazi Mind
Benjamin Walker: Encyclopedia of Esoteric Man
James Yaffe: The American Jews
Fiction[edit]
Horatio Alger, Jr.: any
Ambrose Bierce: "eerie" short stories
Ray Bradbury: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights
Robert W. Chambers: The King in Yellow
Fyodor Dostoevsky: Notes from Underground
Charles G. Finney: Circus of Dr. Lao
Jeffrey Frank: The Creep
William Lindsay Gresham: Nightmare Alley
Ben Hecht: Fantazius Mallare, The Kingdom of Evil, and his film noir screenplays
Shirley Jackson: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby
Jack London: esp. The Sea-Wolf, and "books of lycanthropic transformation"
W. Somerset Maugham: esp. Rain and A Writer's Notebook
A. Merritt: Seven Footprints to Satan
John Milton: Paradise Lost
Bob Randall: The Fan
Fred Saberhagen: The Dracula Tape
George Bernard Shaw: esp. Man and Superman
Terry Southern: The Magic Christian
Jules Verne: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
H.G. Wells: esp. The Island of Dr. Moreau
Nathanael West: A Cool Million
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Cornell Woolrich: The Bride Wore Black, The Black Curtain, etc., short stories and screenplays
Weird Tales and Arkham House writers: H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Clark Ashton Smith, George Haas, August Derleth, et al.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/sources-print.php
2.Jump up ^ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/873285.The_Church_of_Satan?from_search=true


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 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
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Satan Speaks!

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Satan Speaks!
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Author
Anton LaVey
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Various
Genre
Philosophy, humor
Publisher
Feral House

Publication date
 1998
Pages
192
ISBN
ISBN 0922915660
Satan Speaks! is the fifth and final book by Anton LaVey, completed a few days before his death on October 29, 1997. It was published the following year by Feral House. The book consists of sixty-one "unorthodox, paradoxical and humorous" essays written by "the most misunderstood man in America".[attribution needed] It includes a foreword by Marilyn Manson and an introduction by Blanche Barton, and features cover art by artist Coop.[1]
References[edit]
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 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 




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Satan Speaks!

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Satan Speaks!
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Author
Anton LaVey
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Various
Genre
Philosophy, humor
Publisher
Feral House

Publication date
 1998
Pages
192
ISBN
ISBN 0922915660
Satan Speaks! is the fifth and final book by Anton LaVey, completed a few days before his death on October 29, 1997. It was published the following year by Feral House. The book consists of sixty-one "unorthodox, paradoxical and humorous" essays written by "the most misunderstood man in America".[attribution needed] It includes a foreword by Marilyn Manson and an introduction by Blanche Barton, and features cover art by artist Coop.[1]
References[edit]
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 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 




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The Devil's Notebook

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The Devil's Notebook
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Author
Anton LaVey
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Various
Genre
Philosophy
Publisher
Feral House

Publication date
 1992
Pages
147
ISBN
ISBN 0922915113
The Devil's Notebook is the fourth book by Anton LaVey, published in 1992 by Feral House. It includes a foreword by Adam Parfrey and design by Sean Tejaratchi. The book contains forty-one essays in which LaVey provides commentary on such topics as nonconformity, occult faddism, Nazism, terrorism, cannibalism, erotic politics, the “Goodguy badge”, demoralization and the construction of artificial human companions. Included are instructions for the creation of what LaVey terms "total environments", or places of magical evocation, where the enlightened may escape the deleterious effects of contemporary existence.[1]
References[edit]
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 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

  


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The Devil's Notebook

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The Devil's Notebook
Thedevilsnotebook.jpg
Author
Anton LaVey
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Various
Genre
Philosophy
Publisher
Feral House

Publication date
 1992
Pages
147
ISBN
ISBN 0922915113
The Devil's Notebook is the fourth book by Anton LaVey, published in 1992 by Feral House. It includes a foreword by Adam Parfrey and design by Sean Tejaratchi. The book contains forty-one essays in which LaVey provides commentary on such topics as nonconformity, occult faddism, Nazism, terrorism, cannibalism, erotic politics, the “Goodguy badge”, demoralization and the construction of artificial human companions. Included are instructions for the creation of what LaVey terms "total environments", or places of magical evocation, where the enlightened may escape the deleterious effects of contemporary existence.[1]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://feralhouse.com/the-devils-notebook/


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LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

  


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The Satanic Witch

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The Satanic Witch
TheCompleatWitch.jpg
Author
Anton LaVey
Original title
The Compleat Witch
Country
United States
Language
English
Subject
Lesser magic, witchcraft
Genre
Occult, philosophy

Publication date
 1971
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
The Compleat Witch, or What to Do When Virtue Fails (currently titled The Satanic Witch) is a book by Anton LaVey, published in 1971 by Dodd, Mead & Company. The first paperback edition was released by Lancer Books. It was republished by Feral House in 1989 with an introduction by Zeena LaVey; and again in 2003 with a new introduction by Peggy Nadramia and afterword by Blanche Barton. The publisher describes the book as "...undiluted Gypsy lore regarding the forbidden knowledge of seduction and manipulation.".[1]



 Current publication cover
One of the most important concepts LaVey introduced in The Satanic Witch was the LaVey Synthesizer Clock, an improved form of somatotyping incorporating a fourth basic type to the three already in common use (by addition of the "pure feminine" type, opposite to the "pure masculine" or mesomorphic type). The LaVey Synthesizer Clock postulates that all persons occupy a set body and personality type, placed along varying degrees of the four types proposed ("clock position"), and that ideal friends and lovers will represent the opposite personality/body type by position on the LaVey Synthesizer Clock. 12 o'clock represents the masculine / mesomorphic body type; 3 o'clock represents the slender / ectomorphic body type; 6 o'clock represents the feminine body type; and 9 o'clock represents the round / endomorphic body type.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://feralhouse.com/the-satanic-witch/
LaVey, Anton Szandor. The Satanic Witch. (2003 2nd ed. 1st printing), Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-84-9
External links[edit]
Excerpts and updates on The Satanic Witch"Anton LaVey and Women - Apologetics" by Vexen Crabtree from "A Defence Of Common Attacks on Satanism"


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LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

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The Satanic Witch

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The Satanic Witch
TheCompleatWitch.jpg
Author
Anton LaVey
Original title
The Compleat Witch
Country
United States
Language
English
Subject
Lesser magic, witchcraft
Genre
Occult, philosophy

Publication date
 1971
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
The Compleat Witch, or What to Do When Virtue Fails (currently titled The Satanic Witch) is a book by Anton LaVey, published in 1971 by Dodd, Mead & Company. The first paperback edition was released by Lancer Books. It was republished by Feral House in 1989 with an introduction by Zeena LaVey; and again in 2003 with a new introduction by Peggy Nadramia and afterword by Blanche Barton. The publisher describes the book as "...undiluted Gypsy lore regarding the forbidden knowledge of seduction and manipulation.".[1]



 Current publication cover
One of the most important concepts LaVey introduced in The Satanic Witch was the LaVey Synthesizer Clock, an improved form of somatotyping incorporating a fourth basic type to the three already in common use (by addition of the "pure feminine" type, opposite to the "pure masculine" or mesomorphic type). The LaVey Synthesizer Clock postulates that all persons occupy a set body and personality type, placed along varying degrees of the four types proposed ("clock position"), and that ideal friends and lovers will represent the opposite personality/body type by position on the LaVey Synthesizer Clock. 12 o'clock represents the masculine / mesomorphic body type; 3 o'clock represents the slender / ectomorphic body type; 6 o'clock represents the feminine body type; and 9 o'clock represents the round / endomorphic body type.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://feralhouse.com/the-satanic-witch/
LaVey, Anton Szandor. The Satanic Witch. (2003 2nd ed. 1st printing), Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-84-9
External links[edit]
Excerpts and updates on The Satanic Witch"Anton LaVey and Women - Apologetics" by Vexen Crabtree from "A Defence Of Common Attacks on Satanism"


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 

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The Satanic Rituals

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The Satanic Rituals
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The Avon Books edition

Author
Anton LaVey
Country
United States
Language
English
Subject
Magic, ritual
Genre
Occult
Published
1972
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
224
Followed by
The Satanic Witch
The Satanic Rituals is a book by Anton Szandor LaVey published in 1972 as a companion volume to The Satanic Bible. It is a collection of nine rituals with an introductory essay to each. The Satanic Rituals includes the child baptism ritual used by Anton LaVey at the first publicly recorded Satanic baptism in history for his youngest daughter Zeena (in The Satanic Rituals, LaVey dedicates the ceremony to Zeena). The child Satanic Baptism garnered world-wide publicity and was first recorded and released, with other rituals, in the vinyl LP The Satanic Mass, originally released on LaVey's own label, Murgenstrumm, 1968.[1][2][3][4]
It was published by Avon Books as a 224-page paperback. It has also been published in hard-cover (by Buccaneer Books, 1991), and with a textbook binding (by Universe Books, 1978).
See also[edit]
Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Satanic Mass/Zeena's Baptism Track A9 go to 3:42".
2.Jump up ^ "The Satanic Mass, Track A9 (Zeena's Baptism)". Murgenstrumm, 1968 Vinly LP.
3.Jump up ^ "Satanist Anton LaVey Baptising Daughter". San Francisco, California, USA: Bettmann/CORBIS. May 23, 1967. "LaVey [...] said the mystic ceremony was the first such baptism in history."
4.Jump up ^ "clippings of Zeena's baptism world wide".


[hide]
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LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
 Hell ·
 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
 9
 

Key concepts
Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
 Individualism ·
 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
 Realism ·
 Egoism ·
 Secularism ·
 Epicureanism ·
 Pragmatism ·
 Skepticism ·
 Freethought ·
 Social Darwinism ·
 Lex talionis ·
 Self-preservation ·
 Human nature ·
 Temporal ·
 Secularity ·
 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
 Elitism ·
 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 




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The Satanic Rituals

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The Satanic Rituals
TheSatanicRituals.jpg
The Avon Books edition

Author
Anton LaVey
Country
United States
Language
English
Subject
Magic, ritual
Genre
Occult
Published
1972
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
224
Followed by
The Satanic Witch
The Satanic Rituals is a book by Anton Szandor LaVey published in 1972 as a companion volume to The Satanic Bible. It is a collection of nine rituals with an introductory essay to each. The Satanic Rituals includes the child baptism ritual used by Anton LaVey at the first publicly recorded Satanic baptism in history for his youngest daughter Zeena (in The Satanic Rituals, LaVey dedicates the ceremony to Zeena). The child Satanic Baptism garnered world-wide publicity and was first recorded and released, with other rituals, in the vinyl LP The Satanic Mass, originally released on LaVey's own label, Murgenstrumm, 1968.[1][2][3][4]
It was published by Avon Books as a 224-page paperback. It has also been published in hard-cover (by Buccaneer Books, 1991), and with a textbook binding (by Universe Books, 1978).
See also[edit]
Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Satanic Mass/Zeena's Baptism Track A9 go to 3:42".
2.Jump up ^ "The Satanic Mass, Track A9 (Zeena's Baptism)". Murgenstrumm, 1968 Vinly LP.
3.Jump up ^ "Satanist Anton LaVey Baptising Daughter". San Francisco, California, USA: Bettmann/CORBIS. May 23, 1967. "LaVey [...] said the mystic ceremony was the first such baptism in history."
4.Jump up ^ "clippings of Zeena's baptism world wide".


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
The Church of Satan
 

Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
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 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
 Satan ·
 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
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 Serpent ·
 Trapezoid ·
 Inverted pentagram ·
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Carnality ·
 Atheism ·
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 Pragmatism ·
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 Lex talionis ·
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 Self-awareness ·
 Will to power ·
 Natural law ·
 Survival of the fittest ·
 Law of the jungle ·
 Hierarchy ·
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 Social stratification ·
 Iconoclasm ·
 Self-discipline ·
 I-theism ·
 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
 An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
 




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The Satanic Bible
Cover of the book showing title and author in white text above a purple Sigil of Baphomet
Author
Anton LaVey
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Satanism, magic
Genre
Religion, occult, philosophy
Publisher
Avon Books

Publication date
 1969
Pages
272
ISBN
978-0-380-01539-9
Followed by
The Satanic Witch
The Satanic Bible is a collection of essays, observations, and rituals published by Anton LaVey in 1969. It contains the core principles of Satanism, and is considered the foundation of its philosophy and dogma.[1] It has been described as the most important document to influence contemporary Satanism.[2] Though The Satanic Bible is not considered to be sacred scripture in the way the Christian Bible is to Christianity, LaVeyan Satanists regard it as an authoritative text[1] as it is a contemporary text that has attained for them scriptural status.[3] It extols the virtues of exploring one's own nature and instincts. Believers have been described as "atheistic Satanists"[4] because they believe that God is not an external entity, but rather something that each person creates as a projection of his or her own personality—a benevolent and stabilizing force in his or her life.[5][6] There have been thirty printings of The Satanic Bible,[7] through which it has sold over a million copies.[8]
The Satanic Bible is composed of four books: The Book of Satan, The Book of Lucifer, The Book of Belial, and The Book of Leviathan. The Book of Satan challenges the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, and promotes hedonism.[9] The Book of Lucifer holds most of the philosophy in The Satanic Bible, with twelve chapters discussing topics such as indulgence, love, hate, and sex. LaVey also uses the book to dispel rumors surrounding the religion. In The Book of Belial, LaVey details rituals and magic. He discusses the required mindset and focus for performing a ritual, and provides instructions for three rituals: those for sex, compassion, or destruction.[10] The Book of Leviathan provides four invocations for Satan, lust, compassion, and destruction.[11] It also lists the nineteen Enochian Keys (adapted from John Dee's Enochian keys), provided in both Enochian and translated to English.[12]
There have been both positive and negative reactions to The Satanic Bible. It has been described as "razor-sharp"[13] and "influential".[14] Criticism of The Satanic Bible stems both from qualms over LaVey's writing and disapproval of the content itself. LaVey has been criticized for plagiarizing sections,[15] and accusations have been made that his philosophies are largely borrowed.[16][17] The Satanic Bible has been heavily condemned as dangerous, particularly to adolescents.[18] Attempts have been made, both successfully and unsuccessfully, to ban the book in schools, public libraries, and prisons,[19][20][21] though these attempts are somewhat rare.[22]


Contents  [hide]
1 History 1.1 Publication history
2 Content 2.1 Dedication
2.2 Introductions
2.3 Preface
2.4 Prologue
2.5 The Book of Satan
2.6 The Book of Lucifer
2.7 The Book of Belial
2.8 The Book of Leviathan
3 Themes 3.1 God and Satan
3.2 Science
3.3 Human nature and Social Darwinism
4 Influence
5 Reception
6 Notes
7 References

History[edit]
There are multiple stories of the birth of The Satanic Bible. In the introduction to the 2005–present edition, High Priest Peter H. Gilmore describes LaVey as having compiled The Satanic Bible on his own from monographs he had written about the Church of Satan and its rituals. Gilmore lists a number of people who influenced LaVey's writings: Ayn Rand, Friedrich Nietzsche, H. L. Mencken, the members of the carnival with whom LaVey had supposedly worked in his youth, P. T. Barnum, Mark Twain, John Milton, and Lord Byron.[23]
LaVey's estranged daughter Zeena Schreck, in an exposé about both her father's religion and past, attributes the birth of The Satanic Bible to a suggestion by Peter Mayer, a publisher for Avon.[17] According to Schreck, Mayer proposed that LaVey author a Satanic bible to draw from the popularity of the 1968 horror film Rosemary's Baby, which had caused a recent rise in public interest in both Satanism and other occult practices.[24] Schreck states that, aided by Diane Hegarty, LaVey compiled a number of writings he had already been distributing: an introduction to Satanism, a number of short essays, a guide to ritual magic, and articles he had previously published in The Cloven Hoof, a Church of Satan newsletter.[25][17]
Either to meet length requirements set by the publisher[15] or out of agreement with the ideas,[23] LaVey and Hegarty borrowed heavily from writings by other authors. These included a social Darwinist book published in 1890 entitled Might Is Right by Ragnar Redbeard, as well as Dee's Enochian keys from Aleister Crowley's The Equinox, modified to replace references to Christianity with those to Satan.[26] Some accuse LaVey of paraphrasing the Nine Satanic Statements from Rand's Atlas Shrugged without acknowledgement, though others maintain that LaVey was simply drawing inspiration from the novel.[27][28] LaVey later affirmed the connection with Rand's ideas by stating that LaVeyan Satanism was "just Ayn Rand's philosophy, with ceremony and ritual added".[29]
Publication history[edit]
Originally published in paperback by Avon in 1969, The Satanic Bible has had thirty printings[7] and has never gone out of print.[30] A hardcover edition was published by University Books that same year but has now been out of print for decades.[31] In 2015, William Morrow published a new hardcover edition of the book combined in a single volume with its companion work, The Satanic Rituals, and marketed under a special arrangement by Rabid Crow Arts and Graphics.[32] The main content has not changed throughout the editions, although the dedication was removed after several printings and the introduction has changed several times.[33] The Sigil of Baphomet has been printed on the cover since the original publication.[34] The Satanic Bible has sold over one million copies since its initial release.[33] It has also been translated into Danish, Swedish, Spanish and Finnish.[35]
Content[edit]
Dedication[edit]
Though it is no longer included in current printings of The Satanic Bible, early printings included an extensive dedication to various people whom LaVey recognized as influences. LaVey's primary dedication was to Bernardino Nogara (misprinted as "Logara"), Karl Haushofer, Grigori Rasputin, Basil Zaharoff, Alessandro Cagliostro, Barnabas, Ragnar Redbeard, William Mortensen, Hans Brick, Max Reinhardt, Orrin Klapp, Fritz Lang, Friedrich Nietzsche, W. C. Fields, P. T. Barnum, Hans Poelzig, Reginald Marsh, Wilhelm Reich, and Mark Twain. The secondary dedication named Howard Hughes, James Moody, Marcello Truzzi, Adrian‐Claude Frazier, Marilyn Monroe, Wesley Mather, William Lindsay Gresham, Hugo Zacchini, Jayne Mansfield, Frederick Goerner, C. Huntley, Nathanael West, Horatio Alger, Jr., Robert E. Howard, George Orwell, H. P. Lovecraft, Tuesday Weld, H. G. Wells, Sister Marie Koven, Harry Houdini, Togare (LaVey's pet lion), and the Nine Unknown Men from The Nine Unknown.[36]
Introductions[edit]
Throughout the various printings of The Satanic Bible, it has included introductions by various authors. The first edition (in print from 1969 to 1972) included an excerpt from an article by Burton H. Wolfe, an investigative journalist and biographer of LaVey, entitled "The Church that Worships Satan". Wolfe provides an extensive biography of LaVey and a history of the Church of Satan. He mentions Rosemary's Baby as contributing to the popularity of Satanism, though he does not claim LaVeyan Satanism to have directly influenced its creation.[37] From 1972 until 1976, the introduction to The Satanic Bible was a piece by Michael A. Aquino, who later went on to found the Temple of Set with a number of members of the Church of Satan. He gives a detailed analysis of the Satanic philosophies, and dispels myths about LaVeyan Satanism. He explains that it is not "devil worship", and that LaVeyan Satanists in fact reject the worship of external gods completely. He too provides a brief background on LaVey, explaining how LaVey brought some of the knowledge he had acquired while working with the circus to his religion.[38] Wolfe again wrote the introduction for the 1976 to 2005 editions of The Satanic Bible. It included some of the same content as the 1969 version, with an expanded biography of LaVey and more information on the various conflicts between other religions and LaVeyan Satanism.[39] Since 2005, The Satanic Bible has contained an introduction written by Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan. In this introduction, he discusses his discovery of LaVeyan Satanism and his relationship with LaVey. He then goes on to provide a detailed biography of LaVey and addresses allegations that LaVey falsified much of the story of his own past. The introduction also provides a history of The Satanic Bible itself, as well as that of two other books by LaVey: The Satanic Witch and The Satanic Rituals.[40]
Preface[edit]
LaVey explains his reasons for writing The Satanic Bible in a short preface. He speaks skeptically about volumes written by other authors on the subject of magic,[41] dismissing them as "nothing more than sanctimonious fraud" and "volumes of hoary misinformation and false prophecy." He complains that other authors do no more than confuse the subject. He mocks those who spend large amounts of money on attempts to follow rituals and learn about the magic shared in other occult books. He also notes that many of the existing writings on Satanic magic and ideology were created by "right-hand path" authors. He tells that The Satanic Bible contains both truth and fantasy, and declares, "What you see may not always please you, but you will see!"[42]
Prologue[edit]
The prologue to The Satanic Bible begins by discussing the concept of gods, good and evil, and human nature. It includes the Nine Satanic Statements:
1.Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence!
2.Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams!
3.Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit!
4.Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates!
5.Satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek!
6.Satan represents responsibility to the responsible, instead of concern for psychic vampires!
7.Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development," has become the most vicious animal of all!
8.Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!
9.Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years![43]
The Nine Satanic Statements outline the basic ideology of LaVeyan Satanism, and have become some of the guiding principles of LaVeyan Satanism. They also served as a template for later publications by LaVey, such as his 1987 "Nine Satanic Sins".[25] Ayn Rand's influence on LaVeyan Satanism is very apparent in the Nine Satanic Statements, to the point where some, including Nikolas Schreck, assert that the Statements are simply unacknowledged paraphrase of Rand's thoughts.[17]
The Book of Satan[edit]
Much of the first book of The Satanic Bible is taken from parts of Redbeard's Might Is Right, edited to remove the racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny present in the original version.[44][45] It challenges both the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, advocating instead a tooth-for-tooth philosophy. LaVey, through Redbeard, strongly advocates social Darwinism, saying, "Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!"[9] Humans are identified as instinctually predatory, and "lust and carnal desire" are singled out as part of humans' intrinsic nature.[46] The Book of Satan suggests a hedonistic outlook, saying, "I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly happiness." Indulgence is endorsed, and readers are encouraged to make the most of their lives. It criticizes both law and religious principles, instead suggesting doing only what makes one happy and successful. LaVey continues to denounce other religions, and he rails against what he considers to be arbitrary definitions of "good" and "evil".[9] Religion is criticized as a man-made construct, and the reader is urged to question everything and destroy any lies that he or she uncovers. Long-standing lies that are believed to be irrefutable truths are identified as the most dangerous.[47] The last part of The Book of Satan is an adaptation of the Christian Beatitudes, changed to reflect the principles of LaVeyan Satanism.[48]
The Book of Lucifer[edit]
The Book of Lucifer contains the majority of the philosophy of The Satanic Bible. It details how Christianity has taught that God is good and Satan is evil,[49] and presents an alternate view. It describes that the concept of Satan, used synonymously with "God", is different for each LaVeyan Satanist, but that to all it represents a good and steadying force in his or her life. Believers have been called "atheistic Satanists" because of this lack of belief in external gods,[4] but others identify as antitheistic.[50] Satan is seen to LaVeyan Satanists not as "an anthropomorphic being with cloven hooves, a barbed tail, and horns", but as a force of nature that has only been described as evil by other religions.[51] Satan is viewed as a metaphor[50] or a symbol, not as a being to be worshipped.[52]
LaVey rejects the idea of prayer, instead urging Satanists to take action to fix a situation instead of asking for a solution.[53] The seven deadly sins are advocated, on the basis that they all lead to personal pleasure. He says that Satanism is a form of "controlled selfishness", in the sense that doing something to help another will in turn make one happy. The Golden Rule is again mentioned, and LaVey suggests altering it from "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" to "Do unto others as they do unto you" so that if someone is treated poorly, he or she can respond viciously.[54] The Book of Lucifer also contains a list of "The Four Crown Princes of Hell" (Satan, Lucifer, Belial, and Leviathan)[55] and of seventy-seven "Infernal Names", representations of Satan from various cultures and religions.[56] They are the names that, according to LaVey, are most useful in Satanic rituals.[55]
The Book of Lucifer contains a long chapter titled "Satanic Sex", discussing Satanism's view on sexual activity as well as misconceptions surrounding these views. He denies the belief that sex is the most important element in LaVeyan Satanism, and that participation in orgies or other promiscuous behavior is forced. He explains that sexual freedom is encouraged, but only in the sense that believers should be free to explore their own sexualities as they please, without harming others.[57] Along with the rumors regarding Satanic views on sex, LaVey also addresses those about animal and human sacrifice. He explains that the only time a LaVeyan Satanist would perform a human sacrifice would be to accomplish two goals: to "release the magician's wrath" as he or she performed a curse, and to kill someone who deserved to die. He considers the action of hurting another person a request to be destroyed, and explains that the Satanist is morally required to grant this request in the form of a curse. LaVey also says that a Satanist would never sacrifice a baby or an animal, as they are pure carnal beings and considered to be sacred.[58] In The Book of Lucifer, LaVey outlines LaVeyan Satanism's views on death. He explains that one who has lived a full life will dread death, and that this is the way it should be. He also does not agree with the idea of reincarnation. He encourages a strong will to live, comparing it to animals' instincts to fight viciously for their lives. Suicide is discouraged except in cases of euthanasia, where it would end extreme suffering.[59] Because the Satanist is considered his or her own god, birthdays are celebrated as the most important holidays. Following one's birthday in importance are Walpurgisnacht and Halloween. Solstices and equinoxes are also celebrated.[60]
The Book of Belial[edit]
The third book of The Satanic Bible describes rituals and magic.[49] According to Joshua Gunn, these are adapted from books of ritual magic such as Crowley's Magick: Elementary Theory.[61] The Satanic Rituals, published by LaVey in 1972, outlines the rituals more precisely, and contains the entire text of the Black Mass.[62] LaVey begins The Book of Belial by defining magic as "The change in situations or events in accordance with one's will, which would, using normally accepted methods, be unchangeable."[63] He explains that some of the rituals are simply applied psychology or science, but that some contain parts with no scientific basis.
LaVey explains that, in order to control a person, one must first attract his or her attention. He gives three qualities that can be employed for this purpose: sex appeal, sentiment (cuteness or innocence), and wonder. He also advocates the use of odor.[64] In the Book of Belial, he discusses three types of rituals: those for sex, compassion, and destruction. Sex rituals work to entice another person; compassion rituals work to improve health, intelligence, success, and so on; destruction rituals work to destroy another person.[65] LaVey advocates finding others with whom to practice Satanic rituals in order to reaffirm one's faith and avoid antisocial behavior. He particularly advocates group participation for destruction rituals, as compassion and sex rituals are more private in nature.[66] LaVey goes on to list the key components to successful ritual: desire, timing, imagery, direction, and "The Balance Factor" (awareness of one's own limitations).[67] Details for the various Satanic rituals are explained in The Book of Belial, and lists of necessary objects (such as clothing, altars, and the symbol of Baphomet) are given.[68]
The Book of Leviathan[edit]
The final book of The Satanic Bible emphasizes the importance of spoken word and emotion to effective magic.[49] An "Invocation to Satan" as well as three invocations for the three types of ritual are given.[11] The "Invocation to Satan" commands the dark forces to grant power to the summoner, and lists the Infernal names for use in the invocation. The "Invocation employed towards the conjuration of lust" is used for attracting the attentions of another. Both male and female versions of the invocation are provided. The "Invocation employed towards the conjuration of destruction" commands the dark forces to destroy the subject of the invocation. The "Invocation employed towards the conjuration of compassion" requests protection, health, strength, and the destruction of anything ailing the subject of the invocation.[11] The rest of The Book of Leviathan is composed of the Enochian Keys, which LaVey adapted from Dee's original work. They are given in Enochian and also translated into English.[69] LaVey provides a brief introduction that credits Dee and explains some of the history behind the Enochian Keys and language. He maintains that the translations provided are an "unvarnishing" of the translations performed by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the 1800s,[70] but others accuse LaVey of simply changing references to Christianity with those to Satan.[26]
Themes[edit]
God and Satan[edit]
The Satanic Bible often uses the terms "God" and "Satan" interchangeably,[4] except when referring to the concepts of these as viewed by other religions. LaVey also occasionally uses the term "God" to refer to other religions' views of God, and "Satan" or synonyms to refer to the idea of god as interpreted by LaVeyan Satanism, as when he writes, "When all religious faith in lies has waned, it is because man has become closer to himself and farther from 'God'; closer to the 'Devil.'"[71] Throughout The Satanic Bible, the LaVeyan Satanist's view of god is described as the Satanist's true "self"—a projection of his or her own personality—not an external deity.[5] Satan is used as a representation of personal liberty and individualism.[72] Satan is also used as a metaphor for the ideas connected with the early Christian view of Satan or the serpent: wise, defiant, questioning, and free-thinking.[73] LaVey discusses this extensively in The Book of Lucifer, explaining that the gods worshipped by other religions are also projections of man's true self. He argues that man's unwillingness to accept his own ego has caused him to externalize these gods so as to avoid the feeling of narcissism that would accompany self-worship.[74]

If man insists on externalizing his true self in the form of "God," then why fear his true self, in fearing "God,"—why praise his true self in praising "God,"—why remain externalized from "God" in order to engage in ritual and religious ceremony in his name?
 Man needs ritual and dogma, but no law states that an externalized god is necessary in order to engage in ritual and ceremony performed in a god's name! Could it be that when he closes the gap between himself and his "God" he sees the demon of pride creeping forth—that very embodiment of Lucifer appearing in his midst?
—Anton LaVey, The Satanic Bible, pp. 44–45
Though at some points LaVey refers to Satan as a physical being, this is intended to encourage the Satanist's "rational self-interest."[75]
Science[edit]
Many of the ideas in The Satanic Bible are shaped around a secular, scientific view of the world. However, some of these ideas continue beyond present-day secularism by implying that various occult forces are not supernatural, but rather thus far undiscovered by science.[76] These forces are said to be manipulable by the practitioner of LaVeyan Satanism, a trait of the religion that has been compared with Christian Science and Scientology.[77]
James Lewis argues that scientific themes are so prevalent in The Satanic Bible because LaVey was appealing to the authority of science to legitimize LaVeyan Satanism as a religion.[78]
Human nature and Social Darwinism[edit]
Social Darwinism and the concept of "human nature" are ideas that are prevalent throughout The Satanic Bible. LaVey describes Satanism as "a religion based on the universal traits of man,"[79] and humans are described throughout as inherently carnal and animalistic. Each of the seven deadly sins is described as part of human's natural instinct, and are thus advocated.[80] Social Darwinism is particularly noticeable in The Book of Satan, where LaVey uses portions of Redbeard's Might Is Right, though it also appears throughout in references to man's inherent strength and instinct for self-preservation.[77][81] LaVeyan Satanism has been described as "institutionalism of Machiavellian self-interest" because of many of these themes.[82]
Influence[edit]
The Satanic Bible is recognized as one of the key texts of modern Satanism.[83][84][85] The Church of Satan requires that people accept "LaVey's principles" before becoming members of the church. Many other Satanist groups and individual Satanists who are not part of the Church of Satan also recognize LaVey's work as influential.[86] Many Satanists attribute their conversions or discoveries of Satanism to The Satanic Bible, with 20% of respondents to a survey by James Lewis mentioning The Satanic Bible directly as influencing their conversion.[87] In Gilmore's introduction, he lists a number of novels and films supposedly influenced by The Satanic Bible and LaVeyan Satanism. These include novels Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin and Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber, as well as films such as Rosemary's Baby, The Devil's Rain, The Car, and Dr. Dracula.[88] Others have lauded The Satanic Bible as heavily influential on metal and rock bands[89] such as Black Sabbath, Venom,[90] King Diamond,[91] and Marilyn Manson.[92]
Reception[edit]
Richard Metzger describes The Satanic Bible as "a razor-sharp, no-bullshit primer in natural and supernatural law."[13] David G. Bromley calls it "iconoclastic" and "the best-known and most influential statement of Satanic theology."[14] Eugene V. Gallagher says that Satanists use LaVey's writings "as lenses through which they view themselves, their group, and the cosmos." He also states: "With a clear-eyed appreciation of true human nature, a love of ritual and pageantry, and a flair for mockery, LaVey's Satanic Bible promulgated a gospel of self-indulgence that, he argued, anyone who dispassionately considered the facts would embrace."[93] The philosophy it presents has been described as "strident libertarianism" and "an obvious distillation of ideas common among members of the United States counter-culture in the 1960s."[94] Joshua Gunn argues that the significance of The Satanic Bible as an occult item owes to its status as a "totem or a fetishized object in popular culture", not the philosophy contained within. He argues that many erroneously categorize the content of The Satanic Bible as evil and depraved from the minimalist, dark cover design (composed of a purple Sigil of Baphomet and white text on the front, and a photo of LaVey superimposed over the Sigil of Baphomet on the back), the verbose, overblown style of the text, and the presence of the word "Satan" in the title. Contrary to this belief, he says, the philosophy presented by LaVey is "neither offensive nor surprising."[95]
Zeena Schreck has criticized The Satanic Bible as a financial endeavor suggested by Avon publisher, Mayer. She maintains that it contains large amounts of falsified information about LaVey's past, and that much of the book is plagiarized from Redbeard's Might Is Right, Dee's Enochian Keys, and Rand's Atlas Shrugged.[17] Chris Mathews, in Modern Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture, describes The Satanic Bible as "hastily prepared" and cynical. Both Mathews and a 1971 article in Newsweek compare the ideologies presented in The Satanic Bible to Nazism: containing "unremitting focus on social elitism, appeals to force, and scorn for egalitarian principles".[96] Israel Regardie criticized LaVey's alteration of the Enochian Keys in The Book of Leviathan as stupid and of lower quality than the original Keys.[97]
The Satanic Bible has also received a large amount of criticism from people and organizations who find its content to be dangerous. Much of this criticism came during the period of "Satanic panic," when Satanic ritual abuse was feared to be epidemic.[98] Much of this media coverage, however, has been denounced as "uncritical and sensationalized."[99] Tom Harpur condemns the book as "blasphemous" and "socially seditious," and blames it for causing an increase in gruesome violence, ritual abuse, and other obscene acts.[100] Critics have also accused The Satanic Bible of encouraging violence and murder, particularly in young people considered to be impressionable.[18] Dawn Perlmutter criticizes it for providing adolescents with bad messages and messages that can be easily misinterpreted.[52] Possession of The Satanic Bible has been used by some studies to identify adolescents who are antisocial,[101] and some warn that possession of the book is a warning sign of emotional issues.[102] The Council on Mind Abuse took a very negative view of The Satanic Bible. Former Executive Director Rob Tucker warned parents to look for The Satanic Bible in their children's bedrooms, saying, "You have to help the child fight this obsession like any other addiction"[102] and "It's like giving drugs to a kid who is already on the edge."[103] Attempts to ban the book from schools and public libraries have been made in various places around the world,[19][20] and bans or limitations on the book in prisons have been repeatedly challenged in court.[21][104][105] However, opposition to The Satanic Bible has rarely led to its removal; these bans are rare.[22] The book was banned in South Africa from 1973 to 1993.[106]
Notes[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2003, p. 105.
2.Jump up ^ Lewis 2003, p. 116.
3.Jump up ^ Gallagher 2013, p. 121.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c Muzzatti 2005, p. 874.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Wright 1993, p. 143.
6.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 40.
7.^ Jump up to: a b Hallman 2006, p. 115.
8.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. 54.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c LaVey 2005, p. 30.
10.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 121–140.
11.^ Jump up to: a b c LaVey 2005, pp. 144–152.
12.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 157–272.
13.^ Jump up to: a b Metzger 2008, p. 278.
14.^ Jump up to: a b Bromley 2005, pp. 8127–8128.
15.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2001, p. 49.
16.Jump up ^ Lewis 2003, pp. 113–115.
17.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Schreck & Schreck 1998.
18.^ Jump up to: a b Linedecker 1991, pp. 77–95.
19.^ Jump up to: a b Steinberg 1986.
20.^ Jump up to: a b Lam 1999.
21.^ Jump up to: a b Bogan 2011.
22.^ Jump up to: a b Taub & Nelson 1993, p. 530.
23.^ Jump up to: a b LaVey 2005, p. 14.
24.Jump up ^ There is some disagreement over this claim: Gilmore states in the introduction that it was in fact LaVeyan Satanism that influenced Rosemary's Baby.
25.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2001, p. 192.
26.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2003, p. 112.
27.Jump up ^ Lewis 2003, p. 113.
28.Jump up ^ Petersen 2009, p. 50.
29.Jump up ^ Ellis 2000, p. 180.
30.Jump up ^ Lewis 2001, p. 146.
31.Jump up ^ Shoup, Leonard. "The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey - the Rare Hardcover 1st Edition". Biblio. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
32.Jump up ^ "Satanic Bible Hardcover". Rabid Crow Arts and Graphics. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
33.^ Jump up to: a b Mathews 2009, pp. 54–56.
34.Jump up ^ Lewis 2001, pp. 20–21.
35.Jump up ^ Ankarloo & Clark 1999, p. 95.
36.Jump up ^ LaVey 1969.
37.Jump up ^ LaVey 1969, pp. 13–16.
38.Jump up ^ LaVey 1972.
39.Jump up ^ LaVey 1976.
40.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 18.
41.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. 55.
42.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 21–22.
43.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 25.
44.Jump up ^ Redbeard 1927, p. 12.
45.Jump up ^ Gallagher 2013, p. 120.
46.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 32.
47.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 31–32.
48.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 34–35.
49.^ Jump up to: a b c Steiger 2003, p. 301.
50.^ Jump up to: a b Abma 2011.
51.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 62.
52.^ Jump up to: a b Perlmutter & LaVey 2003.
53.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 40–41.
54.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 51.
55.^ Jump up to: a b LaVey 2005, p. 57.
56.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 58–60.
57.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 66–74.
58.Jump up ^ Lavey 2005, pp. 87–90.
59.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 91–95.
60.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 96–98.
61.Jump up ^ Gunn 2005, p. 102.
62.Jump up ^ Steiger 2003, p. 302.
63.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 110.
64.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 111–113.
65.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 114–117.
66.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 119.
67.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 121–128.
68.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 130–136.
69.Jump up ^ Lavey 2005, pp. 155–272.
70.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 155.
71.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 45.
72.Jump up ^ Cavaglion & Sela-Shayovitz 2005, p. 255.
73.Jump up ^ Hughes 2011, p. 1.
74.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 44–45.
75.Jump up ^ Harvey 1995, p. 291.
76.Jump up ^ Lewis 2002, pp. 3–4.
77.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2002, p. 4.
78.Jump up ^ Lewis 2002, p. 14.
79.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 53.
80.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 46.
81.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 47.
82.Jump up ^ Taub & Nelson 1993, p. 528.
83.Jump up ^ Lewis 2001, p. xiv.
84.Jump up ^ Petersen 2009, p. 52.
85.Jump up ^ Partridge 2006, p. 225.
86.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. 4.
87.Jump up ^ Lewis 2003, p. 117.
88.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 15.
89.Jump up ^ Moynihan & Soderlind 2003, p. 9.
90.Jump up ^ Cope 2010, p. 83,104.
91.Jump up ^ Kajzer & Lotring 2009, p. 109.
92.Jump up ^ Petersen 2009, p. 205.
93.Jump up ^ Gallagher 2005, p. 6530.
94.Jump up ^ Gunn 2005, pp. 102–103.
95.Jump up ^ Gunn 2005, pp. 102–105.
96.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. xvii.
97.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. 56.
98.Jump up ^ Versluis 2006, p. 116.
99.Jump up ^ Taub & Nelson 1993, p. 531.
100.Jump up ^ Harpur 1989.
101.Jump up ^ Swatos 1992, p. 162.
102.^ Jump up to: a b Brown 1989.
103.Jump up ^ MacLeod 1990.
104.Jump up ^ USA Today 1990.
105.Jump up ^ Associated Press 1990.
106.Jump up ^ "Censored publications: ID 9914286". Beacon for Freedom of Expression. Retrieved 4 May 2013. "Period of censorship: June 22, 1973 – January 22, 1993"
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 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
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 Gavin Baddeley
 

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Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
 Sabbath ·
 Walpurgis Night ·
 Halloween ·
 Equinox ·
 Solstice
 

Symbolism
Left-Hand Path ·
 Sigil of Baphomet ·
 Goat of Mendes ·
 The Devil ·
 Four Crown Princes of Hell ·
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 Lucifer ·
 Leviathan ·
 Belial ·
 Lycanthrope ·
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 Materialism ·
 Naturalism ·
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 Pentagonal Revisionism
 

Related topics
Occultism ·
 Satanic panic ·
 The Black House ·
 Satanis: The Devil's Mass ·
 Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey ·
 The Satanic Mass LP ·
 Satan Takes a Holiday ·
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The Satanic Bible
Cover of the book showing title and author in white text above a purple Sigil of Baphomet
Author
Anton LaVey
Language
English
Series
United States
Subject
Satanism, magic
Genre
Religion, occult, philosophy
Publisher
Avon Books

Publication date
 1969
Pages
272
ISBN
978-0-380-01539-9
Followed by
The Satanic Witch
The Satanic Bible is a collection of essays, observations, and rituals published by Anton LaVey in 1969. It contains the core principles of Satanism, and is considered the foundation of its philosophy and dogma.[1] It has been described as the most important document to influence contemporary Satanism.[2] Though The Satanic Bible is not considered to be sacred scripture in the way the Christian Bible is to Christianity, LaVeyan Satanists regard it as an authoritative text[1] as it is a contemporary text that has attained for them scriptural status.[3] It extols the virtues of exploring one's own nature and instincts. Believers have been described as "atheistic Satanists"[4] because they believe that God is not an external entity, but rather something that each person creates as a projection of his or her own personality—a benevolent and stabilizing force in his or her life.[5][6] There have been thirty printings of The Satanic Bible,[7] through which it has sold over a million copies.[8]
The Satanic Bible is composed of four books: The Book of Satan, The Book of Lucifer, The Book of Belial, and The Book of Leviathan. The Book of Satan challenges the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, and promotes hedonism.[9] The Book of Lucifer holds most of the philosophy in The Satanic Bible, with twelve chapters discussing topics such as indulgence, love, hate, and sex. LaVey also uses the book to dispel rumors surrounding the religion. In The Book of Belial, LaVey details rituals and magic. He discusses the required mindset and focus for performing a ritual, and provides instructions for three rituals: those for sex, compassion, or destruction.[10] The Book of Leviathan provides four invocations for Satan, lust, compassion, and destruction.[11] It also lists the nineteen Enochian Keys (adapted from John Dee's Enochian keys), provided in both Enochian and translated to English.[12]
There have been both positive and negative reactions to The Satanic Bible. It has been described as "razor-sharp"[13] and "influential".[14] Criticism of The Satanic Bible stems both from qualms over LaVey's writing and disapproval of the content itself. LaVey has been criticized for plagiarizing sections,[15] and accusations have been made that his philosophies are largely borrowed.[16][17] The Satanic Bible has been heavily condemned as dangerous, particularly to adolescents.[18] Attempts have been made, both successfully and unsuccessfully, to ban the book in schools, public libraries, and prisons,[19][20][21] though these attempts are somewhat rare.[22]


Contents  [hide]
1 History 1.1 Publication history
2 Content 2.1 Dedication
2.2 Introductions
2.3 Preface
2.4 Prologue
2.5 The Book of Satan
2.6 The Book of Lucifer
2.7 The Book of Belial
2.8 The Book of Leviathan
3 Themes 3.1 God and Satan
3.2 Science
3.3 Human nature and Social Darwinism
4 Influence
5 Reception
6 Notes
7 References

History[edit]
There are multiple stories of the birth of The Satanic Bible. In the introduction to the 2005–present edition, High Priest Peter H. Gilmore describes LaVey as having compiled The Satanic Bible on his own from monographs he had written about the Church of Satan and its rituals. Gilmore lists a number of people who influenced LaVey's writings: Ayn Rand, Friedrich Nietzsche, H. L. Mencken, the members of the carnival with whom LaVey had supposedly worked in his youth, P. T. Barnum, Mark Twain, John Milton, and Lord Byron.[23]
LaVey's estranged daughter Zeena Schreck, in an exposé about both her father's religion and past, attributes the birth of The Satanic Bible to a suggestion by Peter Mayer, a publisher for Avon.[17] According to Schreck, Mayer proposed that LaVey author a Satanic bible to draw from the popularity of the 1968 horror film Rosemary's Baby, which had caused a recent rise in public interest in both Satanism and other occult practices.[24] Schreck states that, aided by Diane Hegarty, LaVey compiled a number of writings he had already been distributing: an introduction to Satanism, a number of short essays, a guide to ritual magic, and articles he had previously published in The Cloven Hoof, a Church of Satan newsletter.[25][17]
Either to meet length requirements set by the publisher[15] or out of agreement with the ideas,[23] LaVey and Hegarty borrowed heavily from writings by other authors. These included a social Darwinist book published in 1890 entitled Might Is Right by Ragnar Redbeard, as well as Dee's Enochian keys from Aleister Crowley's The Equinox, modified to replace references to Christianity with those to Satan.[26] Some accuse LaVey of paraphrasing the Nine Satanic Statements from Rand's Atlas Shrugged without acknowledgement, though others maintain that LaVey was simply drawing inspiration from the novel.[27][28] LaVey later affirmed the connection with Rand's ideas by stating that LaVeyan Satanism was "just Ayn Rand's philosophy, with ceremony and ritual added".[29]
Publication history[edit]
Originally published in paperback by Avon in 1969, The Satanic Bible has had thirty printings[7] and has never gone out of print.[30] A hardcover edition was published by University Books that same year but has now been out of print for decades.[31] In 2015, William Morrow published a new hardcover edition of the book combined in a single volume with its companion work, The Satanic Rituals, and marketed under a special arrangement by Rabid Crow Arts and Graphics.[32] The main content has not changed throughout the editions, although the dedication was removed after several printings and the introduction has changed several times.[33] The Sigil of Baphomet has been printed on the cover since the original publication.[34] The Satanic Bible has sold over one million copies since its initial release.[33] It has also been translated into Danish, Swedish, Spanish and Finnish.[35]
Content[edit]
Dedication[edit]
Though it is no longer included in current printings of The Satanic Bible, early printings included an extensive dedication to various people whom LaVey recognized as influences. LaVey's primary dedication was to Bernardino Nogara (misprinted as "Logara"), Karl Haushofer, Grigori Rasputin, Basil Zaharoff, Alessandro Cagliostro, Barnabas, Ragnar Redbeard, William Mortensen, Hans Brick, Max Reinhardt, Orrin Klapp, Fritz Lang, Friedrich Nietzsche, W. C. Fields, P. T. Barnum, Hans Poelzig, Reginald Marsh, Wilhelm Reich, and Mark Twain. The secondary dedication named Howard Hughes, James Moody, Marcello Truzzi, Adrian‐Claude Frazier, Marilyn Monroe, Wesley Mather, William Lindsay Gresham, Hugo Zacchini, Jayne Mansfield, Frederick Goerner, C. Huntley, Nathanael West, Horatio Alger, Jr., Robert E. Howard, George Orwell, H. P. Lovecraft, Tuesday Weld, H. G. Wells, Sister Marie Koven, Harry Houdini, Togare (LaVey's pet lion), and the Nine Unknown Men from The Nine Unknown.[36]
Introductions[edit]
Throughout the various printings of The Satanic Bible, it has included introductions by various authors. The first edition (in print from 1969 to 1972) included an excerpt from an article by Burton H. Wolfe, an investigative journalist and biographer of LaVey, entitled "The Church that Worships Satan". Wolfe provides an extensive biography of LaVey and a history of the Church of Satan. He mentions Rosemary's Baby as contributing to the popularity of Satanism, though he does not claim LaVeyan Satanism to have directly influenced its creation.[37] From 1972 until 1976, the introduction to The Satanic Bible was a piece by Michael A. Aquino, who later went on to found the Temple of Set with a number of members of the Church of Satan. He gives a detailed analysis of the Satanic philosophies, and dispels myths about LaVeyan Satanism. He explains that it is not "devil worship", and that LaVeyan Satanists in fact reject the worship of external gods completely. He too provides a brief background on LaVey, explaining how LaVey brought some of the knowledge he had acquired while working with the circus to his religion.[38] Wolfe again wrote the introduction for the 1976 to 2005 editions of The Satanic Bible. It included some of the same content as the 1969 version, with an expanded biography of LaVey and more information on the various conflicts between other religions and LaVeyan Satanism.[39] Since 2005, The Satanic Bible has contained an introduction written by Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan. In this introduction, he discusses his discovery of LaVeyan Satanism and his relationship with LaVey. He then goes on to provide a detailed biography of LaVey and addresses allegations that LaVey falsified much of the story of his own past. The introduction also provides a history of The Satanic Bible itself, as well as that of two other books by LaVey: The Satanic Witch and The Satanic Rituals.[40]
Preface[edit]
LaVey explains his reasons for writing The Satanic Bible in a short preface. He speaks skeptically about volumes written by other authors on the subject of magic,[41] dismissing them as "nothing more than sanctimonious fraud" and "volumes of hoary misinformation and false prophecy." He complains that other authors do no more than confuse the subject. He mocks those who spend large amounts of money on attempts to follow rituals and learn about the magic shared in other occult books. He also notes that many of the existing writings on Satanic magic and ideology were created by "right-hand path" authors. He tells that The Satanic Bible contains both truth and fantasy, and declares, "What you see may not always please you, but you will see!"[42]
Prologue[edit]
The prologue to The Satanic Bible begins by discussing the concept of gods, good and evil, and human nature. It includes the Nine Satanic Statements:
1.Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence!
2.Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams!
3.Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit!
4.Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates!
5.Satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek!
6.Satan represents responsibility to the responsible, instead of concern for psychic vampires!
7.Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development," has become the most vicious animal of all!
8.Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!
9.Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years![43]
The Nine Satanic Statements outline the basic ideology of LaVeyan Satanism, and have become some of the guiding principles of LaVeyan Satanism. They also served as a template for later publications by LaVey, such as his 1987 "Nine Satanic Sins".[25] Ayn Rand's influence on LaVeyan Satanism is very apparent in the Nine Satanic Statements, to the point where some, including Nikolas Schreck, assert that the Statements are simply unacknowledged paraphrase of Rand's thoughts.[17]
The Book of Satan[edit]
Much of the first book of The Satanic Bible is taken from parts of Redbeard's Might Is Right, edited to remove the racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny present in the original version.[44][45] It challenges both the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, advocating instead a tooth-for-tooth philosophy. LaVey, through Redbeard, strongly advocates social Darwinism, saying, "Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!"[9] Humans are identified as instinctually predatory, and "lust and carnal desire" are singled out as part of humans' intrinsic nature.[46] The Book of Satan suggests a hedonistic outlook, saying, "I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly happiness." Indulgence is endorsed, and readers are encouraged to make the most of their lives. It criticizes both law and religious principles, instead suggesting doing only what makes one happy and successful. LaVey continues to denounce other religions, and he rails against what he considers to be arbitrary definitions of "good" and "evil".[9] Religion is criticized as a man-made construct, and the reader is urged to question everything and destroy any lies that he or she uncovers. Long-standing lies that are believed to be irrefutable truths are identified as the most dangerous.[47] The last part of The Book of Satan is an adaptation of the Christian Beatitudes, changed to reflect the principles of LaVeyan Satanism.[48]
The Book of Lucifer[edit]
The Book of Lucifer contains the majority of the philosophy of The Satanic Bible. It details how Christianity has taught that God is good and Satan is evil,[49] and presents an alternate view. It describes that the concept of Satan, used synonymously with "God", is different for each LaVeyan Satanist, but that to all it represents a good and steadying force in his or her life. Believers have been called "atheistic Satanists" because of this lack of belief in external gods,[4] but others identify as antitheistic.[50] Satan is seen to LaVeyan Satanists not as "an anthropomorphic being with cloven hooves, a barbed tail, and horns", but as a force of nature that has only been described as evil by other religions.[51] Satan is viewed as a metaphor[50] or a symbol, not as a being to be worshipped.[52]
LaVey rejects the idea of prayer, instead urging Satanists to take action to fix a situation instead of asking for a solution.[53] The seven deadly sins are advocated, on the basis that they all lead to personal pleasure. He says that Satanism is a form of "controlled selfishness", in the sense that doing something to help another will in turn make one happy. The Golden Rule is again mentioned, and LaVey suggests altering it from "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" to "Do unto others as they do unto you" so that if someone is treated poorly, he or she can respond viciously.[54] The Book of Lucifer also contains a list of "The Four Crown Princes of Hell" (Satan, Lucifer, Belial, and Leviathan)[55] and of seventy-seven "Infernal Names", representations of Satan from various cultures and religions.[56] They are the names that, according to LaVey, are most useful in Satanic rituals.[55]
The Book of Lucifer contains a long chapter titled "Satanic Sex", discussing Satanism's view on sexual activity as well as misconceptions surrounding these views. He denies the belief that sex is the most important element in LaVeyan Satanism, and that participation in orgies or other promiscuous behavior is forced. He explains that sexual freedom is encouraged, but only in the sense that believers should be free to explore their own sexualities as they please, without harming others.[57] Along with the rumors regarding Satanic views on sex, LaVey also addresses those about animal and human sacrifice. He explains that the only time a LaVeyan Satanist would perform a human sacrifice would be to accomplish two goals: to "release the magician's wrath" as he or she performed a curse, and to kill someone who deserved to die. He considers the action of hurting another person a request to be destroyed, and explains that the Satanist is morally required to grant this request in the form of a curse. LaVey also says that a Satanist would never sacrifice a baby or an animal, as they are pure carnal beings and considered to be sacred.[58] In The Book of Lucifer, LaVey outlines LaVeyan Satanism's views on death. He explains that one who has lived a full life will dread death, and that this is the way it should be. He also does not agree with the idea of reincarnation. He encourages a strong will to live, comparing it to animals' instincts to fight viciously for their lives. Suicide is discouraged except in cases of euthanasia, where it would end extreme suffering.[59] Because the Satanist is considered his or her own god, birthdays are celebrated as the most important holidays. Following one's birthday in importance are Walpurgisnacht and Halloween. Solstices and equinoxes are also celebrated.[60]
The Book of Belial[edit]
The third book of The Satanic Bible describes rituals and magic.[49] According to Joshua Gunn, these are adapted from books of ritual magic such as Crowley's Magick: Elementary Theory.[61] The Satanic Rituals, published by LaVey in 1972, outlines the rituals more precisely, and contains the entire text of the Black Mass.[62] LaVey begins The Book of Belial by defining magic as "The change in situations or events in accordance with one's will, which would, using normally accepted methods, be unchangeable."[63] He explains that some of the rituals are simply applied psychology or science, but that some contain parts with no scientific basis.
LaVey explains that, in order to control a person, one must first attract his or her attention. He gives three qualities that can be employed for this purpose: sex appeal, sentiment (cuteness or innocence), and wonder. He also advocates the use of odor.[64] In the Book of Belial, he discusses three types of rituals: those for sex, compassion, and destruction. Sex rituals work to entice another person; compassion rituals work to improve health, intelligence, success, and so on; destruction rituals work to destroy another person.[65] LaVey advocates finding others with whom to practice Satanic rituals in order to reaffirm one's faith and avoid antisocial behavior. He particularly advocates group participation for destruction rituals, as compassion and sex rituals are more private in nature.[66] LaVey goes on to list the key components to successful ritual: desire, timing, imagery, direction, and "The Balance Factor" (awareness of one's own limitations).[67] Details for the various Satanic rituals are explained in The Book of Belial, and lists of necessary objects (such as clothing, altars, and the symbol of Baphomet) are given.[68]
The Book of Leviathan[edit]
The final book of The Satanic Bible emphasizes the importance of spoken word and emotion to effective magic.[49] An "Invocation to Satan" as well as three invocations for the three types of ritual are given.[11] The "Invocation to Satan" commands the dark forces to grant power to the summoner, and lists the Infernal names for use in the invocation. The "Invocation employed towards the conjuration of lust" is used for attracting the attentions of another. Both male and female versions of the invocation are provided. The "Invocation employed towards the conjuration of destruction" commands the dark forces to destroy the subject of the invocation. The "Invocation employed towards the conjuration of compassion" requests protection, health, strength, and the destruction of anything ailing the subject of the invocation.[11] The rest of The Book of Leviathan is composed of the Enochian Keys, which LaVey adapted from Dee's original work. They are given in Enochian and also translated into English.[69] LaVey provides a brief introduction that credits Dee and explains some of the history behind the Enochian Keys and language. He maintains that the translations provided are an "unvarnishing" of the translations performed by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the 1800s,[70] but others accuse LaVey of simply changing references to Christianity with those to Satan.[26]
Themes[edit]
God and Satan[edit]
The Satanic Bible often uses the terms "God" and "Satan" interchangeably,[4] except when referring to the concepts of these as viewed by other religions. LaVey also occasionally uses the term "God" to refer to other religions' views of God, and "Satan" or synonyms to refer to the idea of god as interpreted by LaVeyan Satanism, as when he writes, "When all religious faith in lies has waned, it is because man has become closer to himself and farther from 'God'; closer to the 'Devil.'"[71] Throughout The Satanic Bible, the LaVeyan Satanist's view of god is described as the Satanist's true "self"—a projection of his or her own personality—not an external deity.[5] Satan is used as a representation of personal liberty and individualism.[72] Satan is also used as a metaphor for the ideas connected with the early Christian view of Satan or the serpent: wise, defiant, questioning, and free-thinking.[73] LaVey discusses this extensively in The Book of Lucifer, explaining that the gods worshipped by other religions are also projections of man's true self. He argues that man's unwillingness to accept his own ego has caused him to externalize these gods so as to avoid the feeling of narcissism that would accompany self-worship.[74]

If man insists on externalizing his true self in the form of "God," then why fear his true self, in fearing "God,"—why praise his true self in praising "God,"—why remain externalized from "God" in order to engage in ritual and religious ceremony in his name?
 Man needs ritual and dogma, but no law states that an externalized god is necessary in order to engage in ritual and ceremony performed in a god's name! Could it be that when he closes the gap between himself and his "God" he sees the demon of pride creeping forth—that very embodiment of Lucifer appearing in his midst?
—Anton LaVey, The Satanic Bible, pp. 44–45
Though at some points LaVey refers to Satan as a physical being, this is intended to encourage the Satanist's "rational self-interest."[75]
Science[edit]
Many of the ideas in The Satanic Bible are shaped around a secular, scientific view of the world. However, some of these ideas continue beyond present-day secularism by implying that various occult forces are not supernatural, but rather thus far undiscovered by science.[76] These forces are said to be manipulable by the practitioner of LaVeyan Satanism, a trait of the religion that has been compared with Christian Science and Scientology.[77]
James Lewis argues that scientific themes are so prevalent in The Satanic Bible because LaVey was appealing to the authority of science to legitimize LaVeyan Satanism as a religion.[78]
Human nature and Social Darwinism[edit]
Social Darwinism and the concept of "human nature" are ideas that are prevalent throughout The Satanic Bible. LaVey describes Satanism as "a religion based on the universal traits of man,"[79] and humans are described throughout as inherently carnal and animalistic. Each of the seven deadly sins is described as part of human's natural instinct, and are thus advocated.[80] Social Darwinism is particularly noticeable in The Book of Satan, where LaVey uses portions of Redbeard's Might Is Right, though it also appears throughout in references to man's inherent strength and instinct for self-preservation.[77][81] LaVeyan Satanism has been described as "institutionalism of Machiavellian self-interest" because of many of these themes.[82]
Influence[edit]
The Satanic Bible is recognized as one of the key texts of modern Satanism.[83][84][85] The Church of Satan requires that people accept "LaVey's principles" before becoming members of the church. Many other Satanist groups and individual Satanists who are not part of the Church of Satan also recognize LaVey's work as influential.[86] Many Satanists attribute their conversions or discoveries of Satanism to The Satanic Bible, with 20% of respondents to a survey by James Lewis mentioning The Satanic Bible directly as influencing their conversion.[87] In Gilmore's introduction, he lists a number of novels and films supposedly influenced by The Satanic Bible and LaVeyan Satanism. These include novels Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin and Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber, as well as films such as Rosemary's Baby, The Devil's Rain, The Car, and Dr. Dracula.[88] Others have lauded The Satanic Bible as heavily influential on metal and rock bands[89] such as Black Sabbath, Venom,[90] King Diamond,[91] and Marilyn Manson.[92]
Reception[edit]
Richard Metzger describes The Satanic Bible as "a razor-sharp, no-bullshit primer in natural and supernatural law."[13] David G. Bromley calls it "iconoclastic" and "the best-known and most influential statement of Satanic theology."[14] Eugene V. Gallagher says that Satanists use LaVey's writings "as lenses through which they view themselves, their group, and the cosmos." He also states: "With a clear-eyed appreciation of true human nature, a love of ritual and pageantry, and a flair for mockery, LaVey's Satanic Bible promulgated a gospel of self-indulgence that, he argued, anyone who dispassionately considered the facts would embrace."[93] The philosophy it presents has been described as "strident libertarianism" and "an obvious distillation of ideas common among members of the United States counter-culture in the 1960s."[94] Joshua Gunn argues that the significance of The Satanic Bible as an occult item owes to its status as a "totem or a fetishized object in popular culture", not the philosophy contained within. He argues that many erroneously categorize the content of The Satanic Bible as evil and depraved from the minimalist, dark cover design (composed of a purple Sigil of Baphomet and white text on the front, and a photo of LaVey superimposed over the Sigil of Baphomet on the back), the verbose, overblown style of the text, and the presence of the word "Satan" in the title. Contrary to this belief, he says, the philosophy presented by LaVey is "neither offensive nor surprising."[95]
Zeena Schreck has criticized The Satanic Bible as a financial endeavor suggested by Avon publisher, Mayer. She maintains that it contains large amounts of falsified information about LaVey's past, and that much of the book is plagiarized from Redbeard's Might Is Right, Dee's Enochian Keys, and Rand's Atlas Shrugged.[17] Chris Mathews, in Modern Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture, describes The Satanic Bible as "hastily prepared" and cynical. Both Mathews and a 1971 article in Newsweek compare the ideologies presented in The Satanic Bible to Nazism: containing "unremitting focus on social elitism, appeals to force, and scorn for egalitarian principles".[96] Israel Regardie criticized LaVey's alteration of the Enochian Keys in The Book of Leviathan as stupid and of lower quality than the original Keys.[97]
The Satanic Bible has also received a large amount of criticism from people and organizations who find its content to be dangerous. Much of this criticism came during the period of "Satanic panic," when Satanic ritual abuse was feared to be epidemic.[98] Much of this media coverage, however, has been denounced as "uncritical and sensationalized."[99] Tom Harpur condemns the book as "blasphemous" and "socially seditious," and blames it for causing an increase in gruesome violence, ritual abuse, and other obscene acts.[100] Critics have also accused The Satanic Bible of encouraging violence and murder, particularly in young people considered to be impressionable.[18] Dawn Perlmutter criticizes it for providing adolescents with bad messages and messages that can be easily misinterpreted.[52] Possession of The Satanic Bible has been used by some studies to identify adolescents who are antisocial,[101] and some warn that possession of the book is a warning sign of emotional issues.[102] The Council on Mind Abuse took a very negative view of The Satanic Bible. Former Executive Director Rob Tucker warned parents to look for The Satanic Bible in their children's bedrooms, saying, "You have to help the child fight this obsession like any other addiction"[102] and "It's like giving drugs to a kid who is already on the edge."[103] Attempts to ban the book from schools and public libraries have been made in various places around the world,[19][20] and bans or limitations on the book in prisons have been repeatedly challenged in court.[21][104][105] However, opposition to The Satanic Bible has rarely led to its removal; these bans are rare.[22] The book was banned in South Africa from 1973 to 1993.[106]
Notes[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2003, p. 105.
2.Jump up ^ Lewis 2003, p. 116.
3.Jump up ^ Gallagher 2013, p. 121.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c Muzzatti 2005, p. 874.
5.^ Jump up to: a b Wright 1993, p. 143.
6.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 40.
7.^ Jump up to: a b Hallman 2006, p. 115.
8.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. 54.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c LaVey 2005, p. 30.
10.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 121–140.
11.^ Jump up to: a b c LaVey 2005, pp. 144–152.
12.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 157–272.
13.^ Jump up to: a b Metzger 2008, p. 278.
14.^ Jump up to: a b Bromley 2005, pp. 8127–8128.
15.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2001, p. 49.
16.Jump up ^ Lewis 2003, pp. 113–115.
17.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Schreck & Schreck 1998.
18.^ Jump up to: a b Linedecker 1991, pp. 77–95.
19.^ Jump up to: a b Steinberg 1986.
20.^ Jump up to: a b Lam 1999.
21.^ Jump up to: a b Bogan 2011.
22.^ Jump up to: a b Taub & Nelson 1993, p. 530.
23.^ Jump up to: a b LaVey 2005, p. 14.
24.Jump up ^ There is some disagreement over this claim: Gilmore states in the introduction that it was in fact LaVeyan Satanism that influenced Rosemary's Baby.
25.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2001, p. 192.
26.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2003, p. 112.
27.Jump up ^ Lewis 2003, p. 113.
28.Jump up ^ Petersen 2009, p. 50.
29.Jump up ^ Ellis 2000, p. 180.
30.Jump up ^ Lewis 2001, p. 146.
31.Jump up ^ Shoup, Leonard. "The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey - the Rare Hardcover 1st Edition". Biblio. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
32.Jump up ^ "Satanic Bible Hardcover". Rabid Crow Arts and Graphics. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
33.^ Jump up to: a b Mathews 2009, pp. 54–56.
34.Jump up ^ Lewis 2001, pp. 20–21.
35.Jump up ^ Ankarloo & Clark 1999, p. 95.
36.Jump up ^ LaVey 1969.
37.Jump up ^ LaVey 1969, pp. 13–16.
38.Jump up ^ LaVey 1972.
39.Jump up ^ LaVey 1976.
40.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 18.
41.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. 55.
42.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 21–22.
43.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 25.
44.Jump up ^ Redbeard 1927, p. 12.
45.Jump up ^ Gallagher 2013, p. 120.
46.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 32.
47.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 31–32.
48.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 34–35.
49.^ Jump up to: a b c Steiger 2003, p. 301.
50.^ Jump up to: a b Abma 2011.
51.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 62.
52.^ Jump up to: a b Perlmutter & LaVey 2003.
53.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 40–41.
54.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 51.
55.^ Jump up to: a b LaVey 2005, p. 57.
56.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 58–60.
57.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 66–74.
58.Jump up ^ Lavey 2005, pp. 87–90.
59.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 91–95.
60.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 96–98.
61.Jump up ^ Gunn 2005, p. 102.
62.Jump up ^ Steiger 2003, p. 302.
63.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 110.
64.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 111–113.
65.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 114–117.
66.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 119.
67.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 121–128.
68.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 130–136.
69.Jump up ^ Lavey 2005, pp. 155–272.
70.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 155.
71.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 45.
72.Jump up ^ Cavaglion & Sela-Shayovitz 2005, p. 255.
73.Jump up ^ Hughes 2011, p. 1.
74.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, pp. 44–45.
75.Jump up ^ Harvey 1995, p. 291.
76.Jump up ^ Lewis 2002, pp. 3–4.
77.^ Jump up to: a b Lewis 2002, p. 4.
78.Jump up ^ Lewis 2002, p. 14.
79.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 53.
80.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 46.
81.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 47.
82.Jump up ^ Taub & Nelson 1993, p. 528.
83.Jump up ^ Lewis 2001, p. xiv.
84.Jump up ^ Petersen 2009, p. 52.
85.Jump up ^ Partridge 2006, p. 225.
86.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. 4.
87.Jump up ^ Lewis 2003, p. 117.
88.Jump up ^ LaVey 2005, p. 15.
89.Jump up ^ Moynihan & Soderlind 2003, p. 9.
90.Jump up ^ Cope 2010, p. 83,104.
91.Jump up ^ Kajzer & Lotring 2009, p. 109.
92.Jump up ^ Petersen 2009, p. 205.
93.Jump up ^ Gallagher 2005, p. 6530.
94.Jump up ^ Gunn 2005, pp. 102–103.
95.Jump up ^ Gunn 2005, pp. 102–105.
96.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. xvii.
97.Jump up ^ Mathews 2009, p. 56.
98.Jump up ^ Versluis 2006, p. 116.
99.Jump up ^ Taub & Nelson 1993, p. 531.
100.Jump up ^ Harpur 1989.
101.Jump up ^ Swatos 1992, p. 162.
102.^ Jump up to: a b Brown 1989.
103.Jump up ^ MacLeod 1990.
104.Jump up ^ USA Today 1990.
105.Jump up ^ Associated Press 1990.
106.Jump up ^ "Censored publications: ID 9914286". Beacon for Freedom of Expression. Retrieved 4 May 2013. "Period of censorship: June 22, 1973 – January 22, 1993"
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LaVeyan Satanism


Organizations
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Associated figures
Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 Peter H. Gilmore ·
 Diane Hegarty ·
 Karla LaVey ·
 Kenneth Anger ·
 Blanche Barton ·
 Boyd Rice ·
 Peggy Nadramia ·
 Kim Bendix Petersen ·
 Forrest J Ackerman ·
 Clark Ashton Smith ·
 Adam Parfrey ·
 Brian Hugh Warner ·
 Gavin Baddeley
 

Influential figures
Friedrich Nietzsche ·
 Niccolò Machiavelli ·
 Ayn Rand ·
 Ragnar Redbeard ·
 H. P. Lovecraft ·
 Aleister Crowley ·
 Eliphas Levi ·
 John Milton ·
 William Blake ·
 Mark Twain ·
 H. L. Mencken ·
 Jack London
 

Literature
The Satanic Bible ·
 The Satanic Rituals ·
 The Compleat Witch, Or What to Do When Virtue Fails ·
 The Devil's Notebook ·
 Satan Speaks! ·
 The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion ·
 The Secret Life of a Satanist ·
 The Satanic Scriptures ·
 Letters from the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey ·
 The Satanic Warlock
 

Tenets
The Nine Satanic Statements ·
 The Nine Satanic Sins ·
 The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
 

Publications
The Cloven Hoof ·
 The Black Flame
 

Magic and ritual
Greater and lesser magic ·
 Black Mass ·
 Satanic holidays ·
 The infernal names ·
 Enochian Keys ·
 Ave Satanas ·
 Shemhamphorasch ·
 Grotto ·
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Church of Satan
CoSBrimstoneSigil.png
The Brimstone Sigil, an official symbol of LaVeyan Satanism and the Church of Satan.

Abbreviation
CoS
Classification
LaVeyan Satanism
High Priest
Peter H. Gilmore
Region
International
Headquarters
New York City
Founder
Anton Szandor LaVey
Origin
April 30, 1966
The Black House, San Francisco, California
Official website
www.churchofsatan.com
The Church of Satan is an international organization dedicated to the religion of Satanism as codified in The Satanic Bible. The Church of Satan was established at the Black House in San Francisco, California, on Walpurgisnacht, April 30, 1966, by Anton Szandor LaVey, who was the church's High Priest until his death in 1997.[1] In 2001, Peter H. Gilmore was appointed to the position of high priest, and the church's headquarters were moved to Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City.
The Church of Satan describes its structural basis as a cabal that is "...maintained as an underground cell-system of individuals who share the basis of [our] philosophy".[2] Membership to the Church of Satan is available on two levels: registered membership and active membership.[3] Registered members are simply those who choose to affiliate on a formal level by filing out the required information and sending a one time registration fee of two-hundred dollars, wherein an individual will receive an "...embossed crimson card" declaring them a member of the Church of Satan.[4] Active membership is available for those who wish to take a more active role in the organization, and is subject to the completion of a more comprehensive application.[5]
The Church of Satan also provides wedding and funeral services to members if they so choose. Such ceremonies are performed by a member of the church's priesthood.[6][7] The Satanic Wedding Ceremony and The Satanic Funeral Rite were first made available to the public when published in The Satanic Scriptures.[8]
The Church of Satan rejects the legitimacy of any other organizations who claim to be Satanists, dubbing them reverse-Christians, pseudo-Satanists or Devil worshipers.[9] Today, the Church of Satan promotes itself as the only authentic representation of Satanism, and it routinely publishes materials underscoring this contention.[10]


Contents  [hide]
1 History 1.1 Early years
1.2 1980s and early 1990s and "Satanic Panic"
1.3 After LaVey
2 Membership 2.1 Hierarchy
2.2 Priesthood of Mendes & Council of Nine
2.3 The Grotto System
3 Pentagonal Revisionism
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading 6.1 Books by Anton LaVey
6.2 Books by Peter H. Gilmore
7 External links 7.1 Interviews with Anton LaVey
7.2 Interviews with Peter Gilmore
7.3 Interviews with Zeena Schreck (née LaVey)


History[edit]
Early years[edit]
In the 1960s Anton LaVey formed a group called the Order of the Trapezoid, which later became the governing body of the Church of Satan. The group included: "The Baroness" Carin de Plessen, Dr. Cecil Nixon, Kenneth Anger, City Assessor Russell Wolden, and Donald Werby.[11][12] According to the Church of Satan historiography, other LaVey associates from this time include noted Science Fiction and Horror writers Anthony Boucher, August Derleth, Robert Barbour Johnson, Reginald Bretnor, Emil Petaja, Stuart Palmer, Clark Ashton Smith, Forrest J. Ackerman,[13] and Fritz Leiber Jr.[14]
In the first year of its foundation, Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan publicly performed a Satanic marriage of Judith Case and journalist John Raymond. The ceremony was attended by Joe Rosenthal. LaVey performed the first publicly recorded Satanic baptism in history for his youngest daughter Zeena, which garnered worldwide publicity and was originally recorded on The Satanic Mass LP.[15][16][17][18] A Satanic funeral for naval machinist-repairman, third-class Edward Olsen, was performed at the request of his wife, complete with a chrome-helmeted honor guard.[citation needed]
The Church of Satan was the subject of a number of books, magazine and newspaper articles during the 1960s and 1970s. It is also the subject of a documentary, Satanis (1970). LaVey appeared in Kenneth Anger's film Invocation of My Demon Brother, acted as technical adviser on The Devil's Rain, which starred Ernest Borgnine, William Shatner, and introduced John Travolta. The Church of Satan was also featured in a segment of Luigi Scattini's film Angeli Bianchi, Angeli Neri, released in the United States as Witchcraft '70.[citation needed]
In 1975 LaVey phased out the Church's "Grotto" system and eliminated people he thought were using the Church as a substitute for accomplishment in the outside world. Thereafter, conventional achievement in society would be the criterion for advancement within the Church of Satan. At the same time, LaVey became more selective in granting interviews. This shift to "closed door" activities resulted in some rumors of the Church’s demise, and even rumors of LaVey’s death.[citation needed]
1980s and early 1990s and "Satanic Panic"[edit]
In the 1980s the media reported concerns of criminal conspiracies within the Church of Satan. The FBI would later issue an official report refuting the criminal conspiracy theories of this time. This phenomenon became known as the "Satanic Panic". LaVey's daughter Zeena was the spokesperson and High Priestess in the Church of Satan during the 1980s.[19] During this period, she appeared on television and radio broadcasts, in part to educate about the Church, and in part to debunk the mythology surrounding the Satanic Panic — a period of time in the same era in which Satanism was blamed for the actions of Satanic ritual abuse.[20]
From then until her renunciation of the Church of Satan in 1990, Zeena appeared in such nationally syndicated programs as The Phil Donahue Show, Nightline with Ted Koppel, Entertainment Tonight, The Late Show, Secrets & Mysteries and the Sally Jesse Raphael Show. The appearances were made at the behest of the Church of Satan as its spokesperson. She did this on behalf of her father Anton LaVey, who was no longer interested in making media appearances, as she stated while being interviewed alongside her husband by televangelist Bob Larson.[21]
In the 1980s and 1990s remaining members of the Church of Satan became active in media appearances to refute allegations of criminal activity. The Church of Satan and its members were very active in producing movies, music, films, and magazines devoted to Satanism. Most notably Adam Parfrey's Feral House publishing, the music of Boyd Rice, musician King Diamond, and the films of Nick Bougas (a.k.a. A. Wyatt Mann),[22][23] including his documentary Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey.[citation needed] The Church of Satan and Anton LaVey were also the subject of numerous magazine and news articles during this time.[citation needed]
After LaVey[edit]
After Anton Szandor LaVey's death on October 29, 1997, the role of High Priest was empty for some time. On November 7, 1997[24] Karla LaVey made a press release about continuing the church with fellow high priestess Blanche Barton. Barton eventually received ownership of the organization, which she held for 4 years. Karla LaVey ultimately left the Church of Satan and founded First Satanic Church.



 High Priest Peter H. Gilmore.
 Wikinews has related news: Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
In 2001, Blanche ceded her position to longtime members Peter H. Gilmore and Peggy Nadramia, the current High Priest and High Priestess and publishers of The Black Flame, the official magazine of The Church of Satan. The Central Office of the Church of Satan has also moved from San Francisco to New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, where the couple resides. The Church of Satan does not recognize any other organizations as holding legitimate claim to Satanism and its practice, though it does recognize that one need not be a member of the Church of Satan to be a Satanist.
As the Church of Satan does not publicly release membership information, it is not known how many members belong to the Church. However, according to an interview with the Church of Satan, "interest in the Church of Satan and Satanism is growing all the time if our mailboxes, answering and fax machines, and e-mail is any indication."[25]
In October 2004 the Royal Navy officially recognised its first registered Satanist, 24-year-old Chris Cranmer, as a technician on the HMS Cumberland.[26]
On June 6, 2006 the Church of Satan held the first public ritual Satanic Mass in 40 years at the Steve Allen Theater in the Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles. The ritual, based on the rites outlined in The Satanic Bible and The Satanic Rituals, was conducted by Reverend Bryan Moore and Priestess Heather Saenz.[27]
In December 2007 the Associated Press reported on a story concerning the Church of Satan, in which a teenager had sent an email to High Priest Gilmore stating he wanted to "kill in the name of our unholy lord Satan". Gilmore then reported the message to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who informed local police, who arrested the teenager.[28]
Membership[edit]
The Church of Satan claims they do not solicit memberships nor proselytize. Individuals seeking membership must be legally defined as adults in their nation of residence. The only exception made is for children of members who demonstrate an understanding of the Church philosophy and practices who wish to join. Their participation is limited until they reach legal adulthood.[3]
The church emphasizes that one does not have to join the organization to consider themselves a Satanist, and that one only needs to recognize themselves in The Satanic Bible and live according to the tenets outlined therein.[3]
Hierarchy[edit]
The church follows a formulated system of degrees based on meritocracy. These degrees are not open to application or to request and are only awarded to those who demonstrate excellence in the understanding and communication of Satanic Theory coupled with personal achievements in the outside world.[29]
These degrees are:
Registered Member (no degree)
Active Member (first degree)
Witch/Warlock (second degree)
Priestess/Priest (third degree)
Magistra/Magister (fourth degree)
Maga/Magus (fifth degree).
Agents of the Church of Satan are individuals who have been trained to serve as contacts for local media and other interested parties.[29]
Priesthood of Mendes & Council of Nine[edit]
Members of the Priesthood make up the Council of Nine, which is the ruling body of the Church of Satan, of which Magistra Templi Rex, Blanche Barton is the chairmistress. Individuals who are part of the priesthood are those who act as spokespersons of the Church of Satan. The priesthood is exclusive to third, fourth, and fifth degree members. Members of the priesthood may be referred to as "reverend".[29] The High Priest and Priestess act as administrative chiefs and primary public representatives; each position (High Priest and High Priestess) is held by a single individual at a time. The current High Priest is Peter H. Gilmore,[30] the current High Priestess is Peggy Nadramia.[31]
The Grotto System[edit]
Within Satanism, a Grotto is a clandestine association or gathering of Satanists within geographical proximity for means of social, ritual, and special interest activities.[32] The Church of Satan no longer formally recognizes or charters grottos.[33]
Pentagonal Revisionism[edit]
Pentagonal Revisionism is a plan consisting of five major goals written in 1988 by LaVey:[34]
1.Stratification — "There can be no more myth of "equality" for all—it only translates to "mediocrity" and supports the weak at the expense of the strong. Water must be allowed to seek its own level without interference from apologists for incompetence. No one should be protected from the effects of his own stupidity."
2.Strict taxation of all churches — "The productive, the creative, the resourceful should be subsidized. So long as the useless and incompetent are getting paid, they should be heavily taxed."
3.No tolerance for religious beliefs secularized and incorporated into law and order issues — "Amnesty should be considered for anyone in prison because of their alleged 'influence' upon the actual perpetrator of the crime. Everyone is influenced in what he or she does. Scapegoating has become a way of life, a means of survival for the unfit. As an extension of the Judeo-Christian cop-out of blaming the Devil for everything, criminals can gain leniency, even praise, by placing the blame on a convenient villain. Following the Satanic creed of "Responsibility to the responsible", in a Satanic society, everyone must experience the consequences of their own actions—for good or ill."
4.Development and production of artificial human companions — "An economic 'godsend' which will allow everyone "power" over someone else. Polite, sophisticated, technologically feasible slavery. And the most profitable industry since T.V. and the computer."
5.The opportunity for anyone to live within a total environment of their choice, with mandatory adherence to the aesthetic and behavioral standards of same — "Privately owned, operated and controlled environments as an alternative to homogenized and polyglot ones. The freedom to insularize oneself within a social milieu of personal well-being. An opportunity to feel, see, and hear that which is most aesthetically pleasing, without interference from those who would pollute or detract from that option."
These goals have a secondary purpose, as stated by the author, to allow non-Satanists to determine their alignment with Satanist "attitudes." Thus, the goals arguably serve as a litmus test for non-Satanists, more so than as a compendium of the Satanist purpose. Since the "goals" cross ideological boundaries into economic (taxation) and technological (human companions), they seemingly expand the scope of Satanism to include non-ideological purposes. However, as "goals", Pentagonal Revisionism is not specifically a statement of dogma but rather the application of Satanist dogma to current social/economic conditions with the resultant five "goals" that stand out where Satanism can do the most good, i.e. act as a rally cry for members. Other texts, such as The Satanic Bible, also by LaVey, serve the most specifically as a reference for Satanic dogma.[citation needed]
Regardless of the political connotations behind the first three "goals", the Church does not advocate any one political party or ideology.[35] In his essay "A Map for the Misdirected", high priest Peter H. Gilmore stated,

As has been said many times before, one’s politics are up to each individual member, and most of our members are political pragmatists. They support political candidates and movements whose goals reflect their own practical needs and desires. Our members span an amazing political spectrum, which includes but is not limited to: Libertarians, Liberals, Conservatives, Republicans, Democrats, Reform Party members, Independents, Capitalists, Socialists, Communists, Stalinists, Leninists, Trotskyites, Maoists, Zionists, Monarchists, Fascists, Anarchists, and just about anything else you could possibly imagine. It is up to each member to apply Satanism and determine what political means will reach his/her ends, and they are each solely responsible for this decision. Freedom and responsibility—must be a novel concept for those who aren’t Satanists. We take it in stride. Members who demand conformity from other members to their particular political fetish are welcomed to depart.[36]
See also[edit]
Leviathan#Satanism
Sigil of Baphomet
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Official Church of Satan Website". Churchofsatan.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/myth-of-satanic-community.php
3.^ Jump up to: a b c http://www.churchofsatan.com/join-the-cos.php
4.Jump up ^ http://churchofsatan.com/registered-membership.php
5.Jump up ^ http://churchofsatan.com/active-membership.php
6.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/cos-diabolical-endeavors.php
7.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/faq-ritual-and-ceremony.php
8.Jump up ^ http://www.thesatanicscriptures.com/blog/
9.Jump up ^ "Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore". Wikinews. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
10.Jump up ^ Gilmore, Peter H. (2007). The Satanic Scriptures. Scapegoat Publishing.
11.Jump up ^ Lacey, Michael. "Pieces of the Action: What's worse? A venture capitalist or a guy who smokes cunderage hookers?". SF Weekly Jun 20 2007.
12.Jump up ^ ""Satan's Den in Great Disrepair" Lattin, Don (January 25, 1999)". San Francisco Chronicle. January 25, 1999.[dead link]
13.Jump up ^ Boulware, Jack (June 17, 1998). "Has the Church of Satan Gone to Hell?". SF Weekly (San Francisco). Retrieved March 15, 2015.
14.Jump up ^ "A Brief History of the Church of Satan 2. The Magic Circle". Churchofsatan.com. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
15.Jump up ^ "The Satanic Mass/Zeena's Baptism Track A9 go to 3:42".
16.Jump up ^ "The Satanic Mass, Track A9 (Zeena's Baptism)". Murgenstrumm, 1968 Vinly LP.
17.Jump up ^ "Satanist Anton LaVey Baptising Daughter". San Francisco, California, USA: Bettmann/CORBIS. May 23, 1967. "LaVey [...] said the mystic ceremony was the first such baptism in history."
18.Jump up ^ "clippings of Zeena's baptism world wide".
19.Jump up ^ "Zeena Schreck Interview in Vice Magazine, Beelzebub's Daughter, by Annette Lamothe-Ramos".
20.Jump up ^ "KJTV Interviews Zeena LaVey". 1987. Missing or empty |title= (help)
21.Jump up ^ ""The First Family of Satanism"". 1989. Missing or empty |title= (help)
22.Jump up ^ "Nick Bougas, a.k.a. A Wyatt Mann".
23.Jump up ^ "Buzzfeed article by Joseph Bernstein "History Of The Internet’s Favorite Anti-Semitic Image"".
24.Jump up ^ 'Black Pope' of Satanic Church dies aged 67 Copyright (c) 1997 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (November 7, 1997 7:47 p.m. EST) By Andrew Quinn
25.Jump up ^ The Church Of Satan – Interview
26.Jump up ^ "UK | Navy approves first ever Satanist". BBC News. 2004-10-24. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
27.Jump up ^ "Los Angeles CityBeat — The Devil's Advocates". Lacitybeat.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.[dead link]
28.Jump up ^ "Teen Held After E-Mailing Satanic Group Threat to Kill Grandparents". FoxNews.com. 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
29.^ Jump up to: a b c http://www.churchofsatan.com/hierarchy.php
30.Jump up ^ "Peter H. Gilmore". Church of Satan. Retrieved April 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "Peggy Nadramia". Church of Satan. Retrieved April 2014.
32.Jump up ^ The Church of Satan Website, under Affiliation: The Grotto System Retrieved December 3, 2010
33.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/the-grotto-system.php
34.Jump up ^ LaVey, Anton Szandor (1988). "Pentagonal Revisionism: A Five-Point Program". Retrieved 2010-09-26.
35.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/policy-on-politics.php
36.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/map-for-the-misdirected.php
Further reading[edit]
Barton, Blanche (1990). The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion. Hell's Kitchen Productions. ISBN 0-9623286-2-6.
Baddeley, Gavin; Woods, Paul (2000). Lucifer Rising: A Book of Sin, Devil Worship and Rock 'n' Roll. UK: Plexus Publishing. ISBN 0-85965-280-7.
Aquino, Michael A. (2002). The Church of Satan (PDF) (5th ed.).: A documentary history of the 1966–75 Church of Satan
Mathews, Chris (2009). Modern Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-313-36639-X.
Books by Anton LaVey[edit]
1.Wolfe, Burton H.; LaVey, Anton Szandor (1969). The Satanic Bible. New York, N.Y: Avon. ISBN 0-380-01539-0.
2.Peggy Nadramia; LaVey, Anton Szandor (1971). The Satanic Witch. Venice, Calif: Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-84-9.
3.Anton Szandor La Vey (1972). The Satanic Rituals. New York, N.Y: Avon. ISBN 0-380-01392-4.
4.LaVey, Anton Szandor; Anton Szandor LA Vey (1992). The Devil's Notebook. Venice, Calif: Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-11-3.
5.Anton Szandor La Vey; LaVey, Anton Szandor (1997). Satan Speaks!. Venice, Calif: Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-66-0.
Books by Peter H. Gilmore[edit]
Butler, Timothy; Peter H. Gilmore; Barton, Blanche; Peggy Nadramia (2007). The Satanic Scriptures. Scapegoat Publishing. ISBN 0-9764035-9-5.
External links[edit]


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Official website
Lecture on the Philosophy of the Church of Satan
Press coverage of Zeena LaVey's Satanic Baptism 1967-1968: Click on each image to enlarge & read articles.
"Satanist Anton LaVey Baptising Daughter". Corbis Images. May 23, 1967.
'The Black House Sourcebook: A Malediction' copyright 1989, by Zeena LaVey: An excerpt from the original Black House Sourcebook. (to see more, open link for 'Black House Sourcebook' title and click each image to enlarge and read.
Letter from Zeena Schreck to Michael Aquino describing how she "ended (her) position as Church of Satan representative-defender and daughter of Anton LaVey" on April 30, 1990.
Zeena Schreck official website.
Interviews with Anton LaVey[edit]
Interview with Anton LaVey by Michelle Carr and Elvia Lahman, originally published in the September 11, 1997 Velvet Hammer souvenir programme.
Interviews with Peter Gilmore[edit]
YouTube: Magus Peter H. Gilmore talks about the Church of Satan on CBC program "The Hour".
Interviews with Zeena Schreck (née LaVey)[edit]
April 2012 VICE Magazine Interview with Zeena Schreck 'Beelzebub's Daughter' by Annette Lamothe-Ramos.
May 25, 2012 8:10 a.m. Huffington Post Religion posted: 'The Church of Satan Interviewed by Televangelist Bob Larson: Not the Conversation You Think It Is (VIDEO)' an examination of the ground-breaking Zeena Schreck (nee LaVey) and Nikolas Schreck interview from 1989.
September 2011 Obsküre Magazine Interview with Zeena and Nikolas Schreck by Maxime Lachaud. Zeena discusses: the relationships between the Manson family and the Church of Satan, the 80's 'Satanic Panic', the 8-8-88 satanic rally, her time as spokeswoman for the Church of Satan, her media and musical appearances during her time as CoS High Priestess, etc.
1989 Zeena LaVey during her time as the Church of Satan's High Priestess on Sally Jessy Raphael's Halloween Special/Youtube.
1989 Zeena LaVey during her time as the Church of Satan's High Priestess; interview with Johnny Mountain/Youtube.
1990 Zeena LaVey during her time as High Priestess of CoS: Midday Sunday/Youtube
1989 Zeena LaVey radio interview KFI-AM 640. As High Priestess of the CoS promoting her father's book 'The Satanic Witch' that she wrote the introduction to / Youtube.
Resumé of all media appearances listings for Zeena's time in the Church of Satan. Click on all images to enlarge & read.
Zeena LaVey Radio Interview Set from 1990.
1990 'First Family of Satanism' background information.
1989 'The 80s: Satan's Seed Strikes Back' (Alternate Title: 'Zeena LaVey vs. Ignorance') A compilation of many major 1980s media appearances by Zeena Schreck during her time as High Priestess of the Church of Satan.


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Church of Satan
CoSBrimstoneSigil.png
The Brimstone Sigil, an official symbol of LaVeyan Satanism and the Church of Satan.

Abbreviation
CoS
Classification
LaVeyan Satanism
High Priest
Peter H. Gilmore
Region
International
Headquarters
New York City
Founder
Anton Szandor LaVey
Origin
April 30, 1966
The Black House, San Francisco, California
Official website
www.churchofsatan.com
The Church of Satan is an international organization dedicated to the religion of Satanism as codified in The Satanic Bible. The Church of Satan was established at the Black House in San Francisco, California, on Walpurgisnacht, April 30, 1966, by Anton Szandor LaVey, who was the church's High Priest until his death in 1997.[1] In 2001, Peter H. Gilmore was appointed to the position of high priest, and the church's headquarters were moved to Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City.
The Church of Satan describes its structural basis as a cabal that is "...maintained as an underground cell-system of individuals who share the basis of [our] philosophy".[2] Membership to the Church of Satan is available on two levels: registered membership and active membership.[3] Registered members are simply those who choose to affiliate on a formal level by filing out the required information and sending a one time registration fee of two-hundred dollars, wherein an individual will receive an "...embossed crimson card" declaring them a member of the Church of Satan.[4] Active membership is available for those who wish to take a more active role in the organization, and is subject to the completion of a more comprehensive application.[5]
The Church of Satan also provides wedding and funeral services to members if they so choose. Such ceremonies are performed by a member of the church's priesthood.[6][7] The Satanic Wedding Ceremony and The Satanic Funeral Rite were first made available to the public when published in The Satanic Scriptures.[8]
The Church of Satan rejects the legitimacy of any other organizations who claim to be Satanists, dubbing them reverse-Christians, pseudo-Satanists or Devil worshipers.[9] Today, the Church of Satan promotes itself as the only authentic representation of Satanism, and it routinely publishes materials underscoring this contention.[10]


Contents  [hide]
1 History 1.1 Early years
1.2 1980s and early 1990s and "Satanic Panic"
1.3 After LaVey
2 Membership 2.1 Hierarchy
2.2 Priesthood of Mendes & Council of Nine
2.3 The Grotto System
3 Pentagonal Revisionism
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading 6.1 Books by Anton LaVey
6.2 Books by Peter H. Gilmore
7 External links 7.1 Interviews with Anton LaVey
7.2 Interviews with Peter Gilmore
7.3 Interviews with Zeena Schreck (née LaVey)


History[edit]
Early years[edit]
In the 1960s Anton LaVey formed a group called the Order of the Trapezoid, which later became the governing body of the Church of Satan. The group included: "The Baroness" Carin de Plessen, Dr. Cecil Nixon, Kenneth Anger, City Assessor Russell Wolden, and Donald Werby.[11][12] According to the Church of Satan historiography, other LaVey associates from this time include noted Science Fiction and Horror writers Anthony Boucher, August Derleth, Robert Barbour Johnson, Reginald Bretnor, Emil Petaja, Stuart Palmer, Clark Ashton Smith, Forrest J. Ackerman,[13] and Fritz Leiber Jr.[14]
In the first year of its foundation, Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan publicly performed a Satanic marriage of Judith Case and journalist John Raymond. The ceremony was attended by Joe Rosenthal. LaVey performed the first publicly recorded Satanic baptism in history for his youngest daughter Zeena, which garnered worldwide publicity and was originally recorded on The Satanic Mass LP.[15][16][17][18] A Satanic funeral for naval machinist-repairman, third-class Edward Olsen, was performed at the request of his wife, complete with a chrome-helmeted honor guard.[citation needed]
The Church of Satan was the subject of a number of books, magazine and newspaper articles during the 1960s and 1970s. It is also the subject of a documentary, Satanis (1970). LaVey appeared in Kenneth Anger's film Invocation of My Demon Brother, acted as technical adviser on The Devil's Rain, which starred Ernest Borgnine, William Shatner, and introduced John Travolta. The Church of Satan was also featured in a segment of Luigi Scattini's film Angeli Bianchi, Angeli Neri, released in the United States as Witchcraft '70.[citation needed]
In 1975 LaVey phased out the Church's "Grotto" system and eliminated people he thought were using the Church as a substitute for accomplishment in the outside world. Thereafter, conventional achievement in society would be the criterion for advancement within the Church of Satan. At the same time, LaVey became more selective in granting interviews. This shift to "closed door" activities resulted in some rumors of the Church’s demise, and even rumors of LaVey’s death.[citation needed]
1980s and early 1990s and "Satanic Panic"[edit]
In the 1980s the media reported concerns of criminal conspiracies within the Church of Satan. The FBI would later issue an official report refuting the criminal conspiracy theories of this time. This phenomenon became known as the "Satanic Panic". LaVey's daughter Zeena was the spokesperson and High Priestess in the Church of Satan during the 1980s.[19] During this period, she appeared on television and radio broadcasts, in part to educate about the Church, and in part to debunk the mythology surrounding the Satanic Panic — a period of time in the same era in which Satanism was blamed for the actions of Satanic ritual abuse.[20]
From then until her renunciation of the Church of Satan in 1990, Zeena appeared in such nationally syndicated programs as The Phil Donahue Show, Nightline with Ted Koppel, Entertainment Tonight, The Late Show, Secrets & Mysteries and the Sally Jesse Raphael Show. The appearances were made at the behest of the Church of Satan as its spokesperson. She did this on behalf of her father Anton LaVey, who was no longer interested in making media appearances, as she stated while being interviewed alongside her husband by televangelist Bob Larson.[21]
In the 1980s and 1990s remaining members of the Church of Satan became active in media appearances to refute allegations of criminal activity. The Church of Satan and its members were very active in producing movies, music, films, and magazines devoted to Satanism. Most notably Adam Parfrey's Feral House publishing, the music of Boyd Rice, musician King Diamond, and the films of Nick Bougas (a.k.a. A. Wyatt Mann),[22][23] including his documentary Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey.[citation needed] The Church of Satan and Anton LaVey were also the subject of numerous magazine and news articles during this time.[citation needed]
After LaVey[edit]
After Anton Szandor LaVey's death on October 29, 1997, the role of High Priest was empty for some time. On November 7, 1997[24] Karla LaVey made a press release about continuing the church with fellow high priestess Blanche Barton. Barton eventually received ownership of the organization, which she held for 4 years. Karla LaVey ultimately left the Church of Satan and founded First Satanic Church.



 High Priest Peter H. Gilmore.
 Wikinews has related news: Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
In 2001, Blanche ceded her position to longtime members Peter H. Gilmore and Peggy Nadramia, the current High Priest and High Priestess and publishers of The Black Flame, the official magazine of The Church of Satan. The Central Office of the Church of Satan has also moved from San Francisco to New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, where the couple resides. The Church of Satan does not recognize any other organizations as holding legitimate claim to Satanism and its practice, though it does recognize that one need not be a member of the Church of Satan to be a Satanist.
As the Church of Satan does not publicly release membership information, it is not known how many members belong to the Church. However, according to an interview with the Church of Satan, "interest in the Church of Satan and Satanism is growing all the time if our mailboxes, answering and fax machines, and e-mail is any indication."[25]
In October 2004 the Royal Navy officially recognised its first registered Satanist, 24-year-old Chris Cranmer, as a technician on the HMS Cumberland.[26]
On June 6, 2006 the Church of Satan held the first public ritual Satanic Mass in 40 years at the Steve Allen Theater in the Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles. The ritual, based on the rites outlined in The Satanic Bible and The Satanic Rituals, was conducted by Reverend Bryan Moore and Priestess Heather Saenz.[27]
In December 2007 the Associated Press reported on a story concerning the Church of Satan, in which a teenager had sent an email to High Priest Gilmore stating he wanted to "kill in the name of our unholy lord Satan". Gilmore then reported the message to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who informed local police, who arrested the teenager.[28]
Membership[edit]
The Church of Satan claims they do not solicit memberships nor proselytize. Individuals seeking membership must be legally defined as adults in their nation of residence. The only exception made is for children of members who demonstrate an understanding of the Church philosophy and practices who wish to join. Their participation is limited until they reach legal adulthood.[3]
The church emphasizes that one does not have to join the organization to consider themselves a Satanist, and that one only needs to recognize themselves in The Satanic Bible and live according to the tenets outlined therein.[3]
Hierarchy[edit]
The church follows a formulated system of degrees based on meritocracy. These degrees are not open to application or to request and are only awarded to those who demonstrate excellence in the understanding and communication of Satanic Theory coupled with personal achievements in the outside world.[29]
These degrees are:
Registered Member (no degree)
Active Member (first degree)
Witch/Warlock (second degree)
Priestess/Priest (third degree)
Magistra/Magister (fourth degree)
Maga/Magus (fifth degree).
Agents of the Church of Satan are individuals who have been trained to serve as contacts for local media and other interested parties.[29]
Priesthood of Mendes & Council of Nine[edit]
Members of the Priesthood make up the Council of Nine, which is the ruling body of the Church of Satan, of which Magistra Templi Rex, Blanche Barton is the chairmistress. Individuals who are part of the priesthood are those who act as spokespersons of the Church of Satan. The priesthood is exclusive to third, fourth, and fifth degree members. Members of the priesthood may be referred to as "reverend".[29] The High Priest and Priestess act as administrative chiefs and primary public representatives; each position (High Priest and High Priestess) is held by a single individual at a time. The current High Priest is Peter H. Gilmore,[30] the current High Priestess is Peggy Nadramia.[31]
The Grotto System[edit]
Within Satanism, a Grotto is a clandestine association or gathering of Satanists within geographical proximity for means of social, ritual, and special interest activities.[32] The Church of Satan no longer formally recognizes or charters grottos.[33]
Pentagonal Revisionism[edit]
Pentagonal Revisionism is a plan consisting of five major goals written in 1988 by LaVey:[34]
1.Stratification — "There can be no more myth of "equality" for all—it only translates to "mediocrity" and supports the weak at the expense of the strong. Water must be allowed to seek its own level without interference from apologists for incompetence. No one should be protected from the effects of his own stupidity."
2.Strict taxation of all churches — "The productive, the creative, the resourceful should be subsidized. So long as the useless and incompetent are getting paid, they should be heavily taxed."
3.No tolerance for religious beliefs secularized and incorporated into law and order issues — "Amnesty should be considered for anyone in prison because of their alleged 'influence' upon the actual perpetrator of the crime. Everyone is influenced in what he or she does. Scapegoating has become a way of life, a means of survival for the unfit. As an extension of the Judeo-Christian cop-out of blaming the Devil for everything, criminals can gain leniency, even praise, by placing the blame on a convenient villain. Following the Satanic creed of "Responsibility to the responsible", in a Satanic society, everyone must experience the consequences of their own actions—for good or ill."
4.Development and production of artificial human companions — "An economic 'godsend' which will allow everyone "power" over someone else. Polite, sophisticated, technologically feasible slavery. And the most profitable industry since T.V. and the computer."
5.The opportunity for anyone to live within a total environment of their choice, with mandatory adherence to the aesthetic and behavioral standards of same — "Privately owned, operated and controlled environments as an alternative to homogenized and polyglot ones. The freedom to insularize oneself within a social milieu of personal well-being. An opportunity to feel, see, and hear that which is most aesthetically pleasing, without interference from those who would pollute or detract from that option."
These goals have a secondary purpose, as stated by the author, to allow non-Satanists to determine their alignment with Satanist "attitudes." Thus, the goals arguably serve as a litmus test for non-Satanists, more so than as a compendium of the Satanist purpose. Since the "goals" cross ideological boundaries into economic (taxation) and technological (human companions), they seemingly expand the scope of Satanism to include non-ideological purposes. However, as "goals", Pentagonal Revisionism is not specifically a statement of dogma but rather the application of Satanist dogma to current social/economic conditions with the resultant five "goals" that stand out where Satanism can do the most good, i.e. act as a rally cry for members. Other texts, such as The Satanic Bible, also by LaVey, serve the most specifically as a reference for Satanic dogma.[citation needed]
Regardless of the political connotations behind the first three "goals", the Church does not advocate any one political party or ideology.[35] In his essay "A Map for the Misdirected", high priest Peter H. Gilmore stated,

As has been said many times before, one’s politics are up to each individual member, and most of our members are political pragmatists. They support political candidates and movements whose goals reflect their own practical needs and desires. Our members span an amazing political spectrum, which includes but is not limited to: Libertarians, Liberals, Conservatives, Republicans, Democrats, Reform Party members, Independents, Capitalists, Socialists, Communists, Stalinists, Leninists, Trotskyites, Maoists, Zionists, Monarchists, Fascists, Anarchists, and just about anything else you could possibly imagine. It is up to each member to apply Satanism and determine what political means will reach his/her ends, and they are each solely responsible for this decision. Freedom and responsibility—must be a novel concept for those who aren’t Satanists. We take it in stride. Members who demand conformity from other members to their particular political fetish are welcomed to depart.[36]
See also[edit]
Leviathan#Satanism
Sigil of Baphomet
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Official Church of Satan Website". Churchofsatan.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/myth-of-satanic-community.php
3.^ Jump up to: a b c http://www.churchofsatan.com/join-the-cos.php
4.Jump up ^ http://churchofsatan.com/registered-membership.php
5.Jump up ^ http://churchofsatan.com/active-membership.php
6.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/cos-diabolical-endeavors.php
7.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/faq-ritual-and-ceremony.php
8.Jump up ^ http://www.thesatanicscriptures.com/blog/
9.Jump up ^ "Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore". Wikinews. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
10.Jump up ^ Gilmore, Peter H. (2007). The Satanic Scriptures. Scapegoat Publishing.
11.Jump up ^ Lacey, Michael. "Pieces of the Action: What's worse? A venture capitalist or a guy who smokes cunderage hookers?". SF Weekly Jun 20 2007.
12.Jump up ^ ""Satan's Den in Great Disrepair" Lattin, Don (January 25, 1999)". San Francisco Chronicle. January 25, 1999.[dead link]
13.Jump up ^ Boulware, Jack (June 17, 1998). "Has the Church of Satan Gone to Hell?". SF Weekly (San Francisco). Retrieved March 15, 2015.
14.Jump up ^ "A Brief History of the Church of Satan 2. The Magic Circle". Churchofsatan.com. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
15.Jump up ^ "The Satanic Mass/Zeena's Baptism Track A9 go to 3:42".
16.Jump up ^ "The Satanic Mass, Track A9 (Zeena's Baptism)". Murgenstrumm, 1968 Vinly LP.
17.Jump up ^ "Satanist Anton LaVey Baptising Daughter". San Francisco, California, USA: Bettmann/CORBIS. May 23, 1967. "LaVey [...] said the mystic ceremony was the first such baptism in history."
18.Jump up ^ "clippings of Zeena's baptism world wide".
19.Jump up ^ "Zeena Schreck Interview in Vice Magazine, Beelzebub's Daughter, by Annette Lamothe-Ramos".
20.Jump up ^ "KJTV Interviews Zeena LaVey". 1987. Missing or empty |title= (help)
21.Jump up ^ ""The First Family of Satanism"". 1989. Missing or empty |title= (help)
22.Jump up ^ "Nick Bougas, a.k.a. A Wyatt Mann".
23.Jump up ^ "Buzzfeed article by Joseph Bernstein "History Of The Internet’s Favorite Anti-Semitic Image"".
24.Jump up ^ 'Black Pope' of Satanic Church dies aged 67 Copyright (c) 1997 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (November 7, 1997 7:47 p.m. EST) By Andrew Quinn
25.Jump up ^ The Church Of Satan – Interview
26.Jump up ^ "UK | Navy approves first ever Satanist". BBC News. 2004-10-24. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
27.Jump up ^ "Los Angeles CityBeat — The Devil's Advocates". Lacitybeat.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.[dead link]
28.Jump up ^ "Teen Held After E-Mailing Satanic Group Threat to Kill Grandparents". FoxNews.com. 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
29.^ Jump up to: a b c http://www.churchofsatan.com/hierarchy.php
30.Jump up ^ "Peter H. Gilmore". Church of Satan. Retrieved April 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "Peggy Nadramia". Church of Satan. Retrieved April 2014.
32.Jump up ^ The Church of Satan Website, under Affiliation: The Grotto System Retrieved December 3, 2010
33.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/the-grotto-system.php
34.Jump up ^ LaVey, Anton Szandor (1988). "Pentagonal Revisionism: A Five-Point Program". Retrieved 2010-09-26.
35.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/policy-on-politics.php
36.Jump up ^ http://www.churchofsatan.com/map-for-the-misdirected.php
Further reading[edit]
Barton, Blanche (1990). The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion. Hell's Kitchen Productions. ISBN 0-9623286-2-6.
Baddeley, Gavin; Woods, Paul (2000). Lucifer Rising: A Book of Sin, Devil Worship and Rock 'n' Roll. UK: Plexus Publishing. ISBN 0-85965-280-7.
Aquino, Michael A. (2002). The Church of Satan (PDF) (5th ed.).: A documentary history of the 1966–75 Church of Satan
Mathews, Chris (2009). Modern Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-313-36639-X.
Books by Anton LaVey[edit]
1.Wolfe, Burton H.; LaVey, Anton Szandor (1969). The Satanic Bible. New York, N.Y: Avon. ISBN 0-380-01539-0.
2.Peggy Nadramia; LaVey, Anton Szandor (1971). The Satanic Witch. Venice, Calif: Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-84-9.
3.Anton Szandor La Vey (1972). The Satanic Rituals. New York, N.Y: Avon. ISBN 0-380-01392-4.
4.LaVey, Anton Szandor; Anton Szandor LA Vey (1992). The Devil's Notebook. Venice, Calif: Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-11-3.
5.Anton Szandor La Vey; LaVey, Anton Szandor (1997). Satan Speaks!. Venice, Calif: Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-66-0.
Books by Peter H. Gilmore[edit]
Butler, Timothy; Peter H. Gilmore; Barton, Blanche; Peggy Nadramia (2007). The Satanic Scriptures. Scapegoat Publishing. ISBN 0-9764035-9-5.
External links[edit]


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Official website
Lecture on the Philosophy of the Church of Satan
Press coverage of Zeena LaVey's Satanic Baptism 1967-1968: Click on each image to enlarge & read articles.
"Satanist Anton LaVey Baptising Daughter". Corbis Images. May 23, 1967.
'The Black House Sourcebook: A Malediction' copyright 1989, by Zeena LaVey: An excerpt from the original Black House Sourcebook. (to see more, open link for 'Black House Sourcebook' title and click each image to enlarge and read.
Letter from Zeena Schreck to Michael Aquino describing how she "ended (her) position as Church of Satan representative-defender and daughter of Anton LaVey" on April 30, 1990.
Zeena Schreck official website.
Interviews with Anton LaVey[edit]
Interview with Anton LaVey by Michelle Carr and Elvia Lahman, originally published in the September 11, 1997 Velvet Hammer souvenir programme.
Interviews with Peter Gilmore[edit]
YouTube: Magus Peter H. Gilmore talks about the Church of Satan on CBC program "The Hour".
Interviews with Zeena Schreck (née LaVey)[edit]
April 2012 VICE Magazine Interview with Zeena Schreck 'Beelzebub's Daughter' by Annette Lamothe-Ramos.
May 25, 2012 8:10 a.m. Huffington Post Religion posted: 'The Church of Satan Interviewed by Televangelist Bob Larson: Not the Conversation You Think It Is (VIDEO)' an examination of the ground-breaking Zeena Schreck (nee LaVey) and Nikolas Schreck interview from 1989.
September 2011 Obsküre Magazine Interview with Zeena and Nikolas Schreck by Maxime Lachaud. Zeena discusses: the relationships between the Manson family and the Church of Satan, the 80's 'Satanic Panic', the 8-8-88 satanic rally, her time as spokeswoman for the Church of Satan, her media and musical appearances during her time as CoS High Priestess, etc.
1989 Zeena LaVey during her time as the Church of Satan's High Priestess on Sally Jessy Raphael's Halloween Special/Youtube.
1989 Zeena LaVey during her time as the Church of Satan's High Priestess; interview with Johnny Mountain/Youtube.
1990 Zeena LaVey during her time as High Priestess of CoS: Midday Sunday/Youtube
1989 Zeena LaVey radio interview KFI-AM 640. As High Priestess of the CoS promoting her father's book 'The Satanic Witch' that she wrote the introduction to / Youtube.
Resumé of all media appearances listings for Zeena's time in the Church of Satan. Click on all images to enlarge & read.
Zeena LaVey Radio Interview Set from 1990.
1990 'First Family of Satanism' background information.
1989 'The 80s: Satan's Seed Strikes Back' (Alternate Title: 'Zeena LaVey vs. Ignorance') A compilation of many major 1980s media appearances by Zeena Schreck during her time as High Priestess of the Church of Satan.


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