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href="#LaVey-related_books"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>LaVey-related books</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-LaVey-related_books-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle LaVey-related books subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-LaVey-related_books-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Books_by_LaVey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Books_by_LaVey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Books by LaVey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Books_by_LaVey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Books_featuring_writings_by_LaVey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Books_featuring_writings_by_LaVey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Books featuring writings by LaVey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Books_featuring_writings_by_LaVey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Books_about_LaVey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Books_about_LaVey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Books about LaVey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Books_about_LaVey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recordings_of_Anton_LaVey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recordings_of_Anton_LaVey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Recordings of Anton LaVey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recordings_of_Anton_LaVey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Films_starring_LaVey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Films_starring_LaVey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Films starring LaVey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Films_starring_LaVey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Writings_by_LaVey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Writings_by_LaVey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Writings by LaVey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Writings_by_LaVey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interviews_with_LaVey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interviews_with_LaVey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Interviews with LaVey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interviews_with_LaVey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-About_LaVey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#About_LaVey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3</span> <span>About LaVey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-About_LaVey-sublist" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A" title="أنتون ليفي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أنتون ليفي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_Lavey" title="Anton Szandor Lavey – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Anton Szandor Lavey" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9B%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Антон Сандор Ла Вей – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Антон Сандор Ла Вей" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey" title="Anton Szandor LaVey – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Anton Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey" title="Anton Szandor LaVey – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Anton Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%9B%CE%B1%CE%92%CE%AD%CE%B9" title="Άντον ΛαΒέι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άντον ΛαΒέι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey" title="Anton Szandor LaVey – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anton Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey" title="Anton Szandor LaVey – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Anton Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey" title="Anton Szandor LaVey – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Anton Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C" title="انتان لاوی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="انتان لاوی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey" title="Anton Szandor LaVey – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Anton Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A4%ED%84%B4_%EB%9D%BC%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4" title="앤턴 라베이 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="앤턴 라베이" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%B5" title="Անտոն ԼաՎեյ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անտոն ԼաՎեյ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99" title="אנטון לה-ויי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אנטון לה-ויי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%98" title="ანტონ ლავეი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ანტონ ლავეი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonius_Szandor_LaVey" title="Antonius Szandor LaVey – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Antonius Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey" title="Anton Szandor LaVey – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Anton Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey" title="Anton Szandor LaVey – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Anton Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%89" title="انتون ليفى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="انتون ليفى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey" title="Anton Szandor LaVey – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Anton Szandor LaVey" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Anton LaVey" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9,_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Лавей, Антон Шандор – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лавей, Антон Шандор" 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class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data">Author of The Satanic Bible, High Priest and founder of The Church of Satan</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #D3D3D3; color: #000000;">Personal</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Howard Stanton Levey</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-04-11</span>)</span>April 11, 1930<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 29, 1997<span style="display:none">(1997-10-29)</span> (aged 67)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism" title="LaVeyan Satanism">LaVeyan Satanism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Carole Lansing</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1951; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1960)<wbr /></div><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Partner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Diane_Hegarty" title="Diane Hegarty">Diane Hegarty</a> (1960–1984) <a href="/wiki/Blanche_Barton" title="Blanche Barton">Blanche Barton</a> (1984–1997)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3, including <a href="/wiki/Karla_LaVey" title="Karla LaVey">Karla LaVey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zeena_Schreck" title="Zeena Schreck">Zeena Schreck</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Satan" title="Church of Satan">Church of Satan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Bible" title="The Satanic Bible">The Satanic Bible</a></i><br /><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Satan" title="Church of Satan">Church of Satan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Author, musician, <a href="/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanist" class="mw-redirect" title="LaVeyan Satanist">LaVeyan Satanist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anton_LaVey_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Anton_LaVey_signature.svg/150px-Anton_LaVey_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Anton_LaVey_signature.svg/225px-Anton_LaVey_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Anton_LaVey_signature.svg/300px-Anton_LaVey_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="354" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #D3D3D3; color: #000000;">Senior posting</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Author, musician, <a href="/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanist" class="mw-redirect" title="LaVeyan Satanist">LaVeyan Satanist</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anton Szandor LaVey</b><sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone-1991_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone-1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born <b>Howard Stanton Levey</b>; April 11, 1930 – October 29, 1997) was an American author, musician, and <a href="/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism" title="LaVeyan Satanism">LaVeyan Satanist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Satan" title="Church of Satan">Church of Satan</a>, the philosophy of <a href="/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism" title="LaVeyan Satanism">LaVeyan Satanism</a>, and the concept of <a href="/wiki/Satanism" title="Satanism">Satanism</a>. He authored several books, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Bible" title="The Satanic Bible">The Satanic Bible</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Rituals" title="The Satanic Rituals">The Satanic Rituals</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Witch" title="The Satanic Witch">The Satanic Witch</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Notebook" title="The Devil's Notebook">The Devil's Notebook</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Satan_Speaks!" title="Satan Speaks!">Satan Speaks!</a></i> In addition, he released three albums, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Mass" title="The Satanic Mass">The Satanic Mass</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Satan_Takes_a_Holiday" title="Satan Takes a Holiday">Satan Takes a Holiday</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Music_(album)" title="Strange Music (album)">Strange Music</a></i>. He played a minor on-screen role and served as technical advisor for the 1975 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Rain_(film)" title="The Devil's Rain (film)">The Devil's Rain</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchell2015102_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchell2015102-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as host and narrator for <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bougas" title="Nick Bougas">Nick Bougas</a>' 1989 <a href="/wiki/Mondo_film" title="Mondo film">mondo film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Death_Scenes" title="Death Scenes">Death Scenes</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historian of Satanism Gareth J. Medway described LaVey as a "born showman",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMedway200121_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMedway200121-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with anthropologist <a href="/wiki/Jean_La_Fontaine" title="Jean La Fontaine">Jean La Fontaine</a> describing him as a "colourful figure of considerable personal magnetism".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The academic scholars of Satanism Per Faxneld and Jesper Aagaard Petersen described LaVey as "the most iconic figure in the Satanic milieu".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201379_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201379-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LaVey was labeled many things by journalists, religious detractors, and Satanists alike, including "The Father of Satanism",<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the "<a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">St. Paul</a> of Satanism",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis20025_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis20025-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The Black Pope",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the "evilest man in the world".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>LaVey was born Howard Stanton Levey on April 11, 1930 in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. His father, Michael Joseph Levey (1903–1992), from Chicago, married LaVey's mother, Gertrude Augusta <a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Née">née</a> Coultron. His parents supported his musical interests, as he tried a number of instruments; his favorites were keyboards such as the <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Accordion" title="Accordion">accordion</a>. Anton played piano in a Baptist church as a boy, and played <a href="/wiki/Oboe" title="Oboe">oboe</a> in high school.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Tamalpais_High_School" title="Tamalpais High School">Tamalpais High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mill_Valley,_California" title="Mill Valley, California">Mill Valley, California</a>, until the age of 16.<sup id="cite_ref-sfgate1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfgate1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stafford_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stafford-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LaVey claimed he left high school at age 16 to join the <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Beatty_Circus" class="mw-redirect" title="Clyde Beatty Circus">Clyde Beatty Circus</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Carnival" title="Carnival">carnivals</a>, first as a <a href="/wiki/Roustabout" title="Roustabout">roustabout</a> and cage boy in an act with the big cats, then as a musician playing the <a href="/wiki/Calliope_(music)" title="Calliope (music)">calliope</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played tunes such as "<a href="/wiki/Harlem_Nocturne" title="Harlem Nocturne">Harlem Nocturne</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Earle_Hagen" title="Earle Hagen">Earle Hagen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LaVey later claimed to have seen that many of the same men attended both the bawdy Saturday night shows and the <a href="/wiki/Tent_revival" title="Tent revival">tent revival</a> meetings on Sunday mornings, which reinforced his increasingly cynical view of religion. In the <a href="/wiki/Foreword" title="Foreword">foreword</a> to the German language edition of <i>The Satanic Bible</i>, he cites this as the impetus to defy <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian religion</a> as he knew it. He explains why churchgoers employ moral double standards.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, journalist <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Wright" title="Lawrence Wright">Lawrence Wright</a> investigated LaVey's background and found no evidence LaVey ever worked in a circus either as a musician or a cage boy.<sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone-1991_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone-1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the winter of 1948, LaVey began to work as an organist in bars, lounges, and nightclubs. His "genius" on keyboards helped him attain gigs.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He claimed to have had a brief affair with then-unknown <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe" title="Marilyn Monroe">Marilyn Monroe</a> while playing organ in Los Angeles <a href="/wiki/American_burlesque" title="American burlesque">burlesque</a> houses, stating that she was a dancer at the <a href="/wiki/Mayan_Theater" title="Mayan Theater">Mayan Theater</a> at the time. This was challenged by those who knew Monroe then, as well as the manager of the Mayan, Paul Valentine, who said she had never been one of his dancers, nor had the theater ever been used as a burlesque house.<sup id="cite_ref-chuch_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chuch-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to his biography, LaVey moved back to San Francisco. LaVey met Carole Lansing in 1950, and they married the following year, when Lansing was fifteen years old. Lansing gave birth to LaVey's first daughter, <a href="/wiki/Karla_LaVey" title="Karla LaVey">Karla LaVey</a>, born in 1952. In order to avoid the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> draft, he studied criminology at <a href="/wiki/City_College_of_San_Francisco" title="City College of San Francisco">City College of San Francisco</a>. LaVey then attained a job as a photographer for the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Police_Department" title="San Francisco Police Department">San Francisco Police Department</a> (SFPD),<sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone-1991_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone-1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he worked for three years. (Wright could find no evidence of LaVey working at this job either.)<sup id="cite_ref-JPLS2023:sect.4_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPLS2023:sect.4-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LaVey claimed to have dabbled as a <a href="/wiki/Psychic_investigator" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychic investigator">psychic investigator</a>, looking into "800 calls" referred to him by SFPD. Later biographers questioned whether LaVey ever worked with the SFPD, as there are no records substantiating the claim.<sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone-1991_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone-1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During this period, LaVey was friends with a number of writers associated with <i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Tales" title="Weird Tales">Weird Tales</a></i> magazine; a picture of him with George Haas, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Barbour_Johnson" title="Robert Barbour Johnson">Robert Barbour Johnson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith" title="Clark Ashton Smith">Clark Ashton Smith</a> appears in <a href="/wiki/Blanche_Barton" title="Blanche Barton">Blanche Barton</a>'s biography <i>The Secret Life of a Satanist</i>. </p><p>LaVey and Carole divorced in 1960, after LaVey became involved with <a href="/wiki/Diane_Hegarty" title="Diane Hegarty">Diane Hegarty</a>. Hegarty and LaVey never married, but she was his companion for 24 years and mothered his second daughter, <a href="/wiki/Zeena_Schreck" title="Zeena Schreck">Zeena Galatea Schreck (<i>née</i> LaVey)</a> (born in 1963).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of their relationship, Hegarty sued for <a href="/wiki/Palimony" class="mw-redirect" title="Palimony">palimony</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Church_of_Satan">Church of Satan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Church of Satan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anton Lavey became a local celebrity in San Francisco through his <a href="/wiki/Paranormal" title="Paranormal">paranormal</a> research and live performances as an organist, including playing the <a href="/wiki/Wurlitzer" title="Wurlitzer">Wurlitzer</a> at the Lost Weekend cocktail lounge.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a publicly noticeable figure; he drove a coroner's van around town, and he walked his pet black leopard, named Zoltan.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attracted many San Francisco notables to his parties. Guests included Carin de Plessin, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Harner" title="Michael Harner">Michael Harner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Arthur" title="Gavin Arthur">Chester A. Arthur III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman" title="Forrest J Ackerman">Forrest J Ackerman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a>, Cecil E. Nixon, and <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Anger" title="Kenneth Anger">Kenneth Anger</a>. LaVey formed a group called the Order of the Trapezoid, which later evolved into the governing body of the Church of Satan.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Faxneld and Petersen, the Church of Satan represented "the first public, highly visible, and long-lasting organisation which propounded a coherent Satanic discourse".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201381_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201381-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:30em; border-width: 1px; font-size: 85%;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Never one for theory, LaVey created a belief system somewhere between religion, philosophy, psychology, and carnival (or circus), freely appropriating science, mythology, fringe beliefs, and play in a potent mix. The core goal was always indulgence and vital existence, based on the devices and desires of the <a href="/wiki/Self-made_man" title="Self-made man">self-made man</a>. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">Per Faxneld and Jesper Petersen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201379_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201379-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>LaVey began presenting Friday night lectures on the occult and rituals. A member of this circle suggested that he had the basis for a new religion. According to LaVey himself, on <a href="/wiki/Walpurgisnacht" class="mw-redirect" title="Walpurgisnacht">Walpurgisnacht</a>, April 30, 1966, he ritualistically <a href="/wiki/Head_shaving" title="Head shaving">shaved his head</a>, allegedly "in the tradition of ancient executioners", declared the founding of the Church of Satan and proclaimed 1966 as "the Year One", Anno Satanas, the first year of the Age of <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a>. LaVey's image has been described as "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mephistophelean" class="extiw" title="wikt:Mephistophelean">Mephistophelian</a>", and may have been inspired by an occult-themed episode of the television show <a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_West" title="The Wild Wild West">The Wild Wild West</a> titled "The Night of the Druid's Blood" which originally aired on March 25, 1966 and starred <a href="/wiki/Don_Rickles" title="Don Rickles">Don Rickles</a> as the evil magician and Satanic cult leader Asmodeus, whose Mephistophelean persona is virtually identical to that which LaVey adopted one month later. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELIFE_MagazineShana_AlexanderFeb_17,_196731_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELIFE_MagazineShana_AlexanderFeb_17,_196731-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Media attention followed the subsequent Satanic wedding ceremony of journalist John Raymond to New York City socialite Judith Case on February 1, 1967. The <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> were among the newspapers that printed articles dubbing him "The Black Pope". LaVey performed Satanic baptisms (including the first Satanic baptism in history for his three-year-old daughter Zeena, dedicating her to Satan and the Left-Hand Path, which garnered worldwide publicity and was originally recorded on <i>The Satanic Mass</i> LP).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1960s and early 1970s, LaVey melded ideological influences from <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche" title="Friedrich Nietzsche">Friedrich Nietzsche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayn_Rand" title="Ayn Rand">Ayn Rand</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/H._L._Mencken" title="H. L. Mencken">H. L. Mencken</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Social_Darwinism" title="Social Darwinism">social Darwinism</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the ideology and ritual practices of the Church of Satan. He wrote essays introduced with reworked excerpts from Ragnar Redbeard's <i><a href="/wiki/Might_Is_Right" title="Might Is Right">Might Is Right</a></i> and concluded with "Satanized" versions of <a href="/wiki/John_Dee_(mathematician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Dee (mathematician)">John Dee</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Enochian" title="Enochian">Enochian</a> Keys</i> to create books such as <i>The Complete Witch</i> (re-released in 1989 as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Witch" title="The Satanic Witch">The Satanic Witch</a></i>), and <i>The Satanic Rituals</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGallagher2013103_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGallagher2013103-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter book also included rituals drawing on the work of <a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a>. Admitting his use of <i>Might is Right</i>, LaVey stated that he did so in order to "immortalize a writer who had profoundly reached me".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGallagher2013104_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGallagher2013104-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1972, the public work at LaVey's <a href="/wiki/Black_House_(Church_of_Satan)" title="Black House (Church of Satan)">Black House</a> in San Francisco was curtailed and work was continued via sanctioned regional "grottoes". In early 1975, LaVey announced that higher degrees of initiation could be given in return for a financial contribution.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMedway200121_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMedway200121-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1975, editor of the Church's newsletter, Michael Aquino, left the Church of Satan and formed the theistic <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Set" title="Temple of Set">Temple of Set</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMedway200121–22_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMedway200121–22-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> claiming to take an unknown number of dissenters with him. The Church maintains this policy announcement was designed to "clean house" of members who did not understand Satanic philosophy.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_death">Later life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1980, the FBI interviewed LaVey in connection with an alleged plot to murder <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a>. LaVey told the agents that most of the church's followers were "fanatics, cultists, and weirdos". The agents reported that LaVey's "interest in the Church of Satan is strictly from a monetary point of view," and that he spent "most of his time furnishing interviews, writing material, and lately has become interested in photography."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1984, Hegarty issued a restraining order against LaVey, which he did not contest.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMedway2001100_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMedway2001100-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LaVey's third and final companion was Blanche Barton. On November 1, 1993, Barton gave birth to Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey. Barton succeeded LaVey as the head of the Church after his death and has since stepped down from that role and handed it to Magus <a href="/wiki/Peter_H._Gilmore" title="Peter H. Gilmore">Peter H. Gilmore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to his family, Anton LaVey died on October 29, 1997, in <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Medical_Center_(San_Francisco)" title="St. Mary's Medical Center (San Francisco)">St. Mary's Medical Center</a> in San Francisco of <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_edema" title="Pulmonary edema">pulmonary edema</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, his death certificate lists October 31, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was taken to St. Mary's, a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholic</a> hospital, because it was the closest available. A secret Satanic funeral, attended by invitation only, was held in <a href="/wiki/Colma,_California" title="Colma, California">Colma</a>, after which LaVey's body was <a href="/wiki/Cremated" class="mw-redirect" title="Cremated">cremated</a>. </p><p>On February 2, 1998, his estranged daughter <a href="/wiki/Zeena_Schreck" title="Zeena Schreck">Zeena Schreck</a> and her then husband <a href="/wiki/Nikolas_Schreck" title="Nikolas Schreck">Nikolas Schreck</a> published a nine-page "fact sheet",<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which they endorsed Wright's earlier allegations and claimed that many more of LaVey's stories about his life had been false.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis20026_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis20026-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Thought">Thought</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Thought"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>LaVey included references to other esoteric and religious groups throughout his writings, claiming for instance that the <a href="/wiki/Yazidis" title="Yazidis">Yazidis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Knights_Templar" title="Knights Templar">Knights Templar</a> were carriers of a Satanic tradition that had been passed down to the twentieth century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201378_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201378-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholar of Satanism Per Faxneld believed that these references were deliberately tongue-in-cheek and ironic, but he noted that many Satanists who had read LaVey's writings had taken them to be literal historical claims about the past.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201378_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201378-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201382–83Dyrendel2013133_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201382–83Dyrendel2013133-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he regularly derided older esotericists, LaVey also relied upon their work; for instance, making use of <a href="/wiki/John_Dee" title="John Dee">John Dee</a>'s Enochian system in <i>The Satanic Bible</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201379_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201379-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faxneld therefore believed that there was a tension in LaVey's thought between his desire to establish prestigious Satanic predecessors and his desire to be seen as the founder of the first real Satanic society.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201381_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201381-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dyrendel argued that LaVey partook in conspiracy culture as he grew older, for he was greatly concerned with modern society's impact on individual agency.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyrendel2013137,_138_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyrendel2013137,_138-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LaVey was conservative in his attitude to law and order and insisted that the Church abide by state law in all of its actions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199999_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199999-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He supported <a href="/wiki/Eugenics" title="Eugenics">eugenics</a> and believed that it would be a necessity in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELap201395_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELap201395-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LaVey hated <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">metal music</a>, with or without "Satanic" lyrics, and often expressed his distaste for it.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_legacy">Reception and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historian of Satanism Gareth J. Medway described LaVey as "A born showman",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMedway200121_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMedway200121-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with anthropologist <a href="/wiki/Jean_La_Fontaine" title="Jean La Fontaine">Jean La Fontaine</a> describing him as "A colourful figure of considerable personal magnetism".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medway contrasted LaVey from the likes of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jones" title="Jim Jones">Jim Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Koresh" title="David Koresh">David Koresh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Manson" title="Charles Manson">Charles Manson</a>, noting that whereas the latter were the charismatic leaders of apocalyptic communes, within the Church of Satan, "No one hung onto [LaVey's] every word, and church members [were] allowed considerable autonomy."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMedway2001377_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMedway2001377-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The academic scholars, Per Faxneld and Jesper Aagaard Petersen, described LaVey as "the most iconic figure in the Satanic milieu",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201379_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201379-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Asbjørn Dyrendel described him as "the founder of modern Satanism".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyrendel2013124_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyrendel2013124-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his 2001 examination of Satanists, the sociologist <a href="/wiki/James_R._Lewis_(scholar)" title="James R. Lewis (scholar)">James R. Lewis</a> noted that, to his surprise, his findings "consistently pointed to the centrality of LaVey's influence on modern Satanism". As a result he "concluded that<span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>— despite his heavy dependence on prior thinkers<span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>— LaVey was directly responsible for the genesis of Satanism as a serious religious (as opposed to a purely literary) movement".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis20015_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis20015-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His books <i>The Satanic Bible</i> and <i>The Satanic Rituals</i> have been cited as having "an influence far beyond" the Church of Satan's membership.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, the religious studies scholar <a href="/wiki/Graham_Harvey_(religious_studies_scholar)" title="Graham Harvey (religious studies scholar)">Graham Harvey</a> wrote that although the Church had no organized presence in Britain, LaVey's writings were widely accessible in British bookshops.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey1995290_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey1995290-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to increasing visibility through his books, LaVey was the subject of numerous articles in the news media throughout the world, including popular magazines such as <i><a href="/wiki/Look_(American_magazine)" title="Look (American magazine)">Look</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/McCall%27s" title="McCall's">McCall's</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>, and men's magazines. He also appeared on talk shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pyne_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Pyne Show">The Joe Pyne Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Phil_Donahue_Show" title="The Phil Donahue Show">Donahue</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" title="The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson">The Tonight Show</a></i>, and in a feature-length documentary called <i><a href="/wiki/Satanis" title="Satanis">Satanis</a></i> in 1970. LaVey claimed that he had been appointed consultant to the film <i><a href="/wiki/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(film)" title="Rosemary's Baby (film)">Rosemary's Baby</a></i>, which revolved around a group of fictional Satanists, and that he also had a <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo appearance</a> in the film as the Devil. However, critics have argued that none of this was true.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996Lewis200151_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996Lewis200151-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an article published in <i>Rolling Stone</i> magazine in 1991, the journalist Lawrence Wright revealed that through his own investigative work, he found that many of LaVey's claims about his life had been untrue.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis20026_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis20026-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two official biographies have been written on LaVey, including <i>The Devil's Avenger</i> by Burton H. Wolfe, published in 1974 and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_a_Satanist" title="The Secret Life of a Satanist">The Secret Life of a Satanist</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Blanche_Barton" title="Blanche Barton">Blanche Barton</a>, published in 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to <a href="/wiki/James_Madole" class="mw-redirect" title="James Madole">James Madole</a>'s opposition to <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, he sought new religious ideas and was attracted to a merging of fascism and Satanism that led to an alliance between LaVey and Madole. <i>Black Sun</i> by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke states, "James Wagner, a former Security Echelon (SE) commander, recalls that relations between the <a href="/wiki/National_Renaissance_Party_(United_States)" title="National Renaissance Party (United States)">NRP</a> and the Church of Satan, founded in 1966 by Anton Szandor LaVey, were cordial. Madole and LaVey frequently met at the NRP office and in the Warlock Bookshop in New York."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In Season 8 of <i><a href="/wiki/American_Horror_Story" title="American Horror Story">American Horror Story</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/American_Horror_Story:_Apocalypse" title="American Horror Story: Apocalypse">American Horror Story: Apocalypse</a></i>), episode "Return To Murder House" (2018), LaVey is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Rota" title="Carlo Rota">Carlo Rota</a>. This portrayal of LaVey received criticism from the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Satan" title="Church of Satan">Church of Satan</a>, accusing the show of a biased representation of LaVey, who was depicted as worshipping a literal Satan.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the feature film <i><a href="/wiki/Polanski_Unauthorized" title="Polanski Unauthorized">Polanski Unauthorized</a></i>, Lavey is shown as an advisor in <a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski's</a> movie <i><a href="/wiki/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(film)" title="Rosemary's Baby (film)">Rosemary's Baby</a></i>, portrayed by Tom Druilhet.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Satan" title="Realm of Satan">Realm of Satan</a></i>, 2024 documentary about the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Satan" title="Church of Satan">Church of Satan</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="LaVey-related_books">LaVey-related books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: LaVey-related books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books_by_LaVey">Books by LaVey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Books by LaVey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Bible" title="The Satanic Bible">The Satanic Bible</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Rituals" title="The Satanic Rituals">The Satanic Rituals</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Witch" title="The Satanic Witch">The Satanic Witch</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Notebook" title="The Devil's Notebook">The Devil's Notebook</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satan_Speaks!" title="Satan Speaks!">Satan Speaks!</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Letters_from_the_Devil" title="Letters from the Devil">Letters from the Devil</a></i> (2010)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books_featuring_writings_by_LaVey">Books featuring writings by LaVey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Books featuring writings by LaVey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Rants and Incendiary Tracts: Voices of Desperate Illuminations: 1558-present!</i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Apocalypse Culture">Apocalypse Culture: Expanded & Revised Edition</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Might_Is_Right" title="Might Is Right">Might Is Right or The Survival of the Fittest: Centennial Edition</a></i> (1996)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books_about_LaVey">Books about LaVey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Books about LaVey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Black Pope</i></li> <li><i>The Devil's Avenger: A Biography of Anton Szandor LaVey</i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_a_Satanist" title="The Secret Life of a Satanist">The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch's Mouth</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>Letters From the Devil: The Lost Writing of Anton Szandor LaVey by Anton Szandor LaVey</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>California Infernal: Anton LaVey & Jayne Mansfield: As Portrayed by Walter Fischer</i> (2017)</li> <li><i>Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan: Infernal Wisdom from the Devil's Den</i> (2022)</li> <li><i>Born with a Tail: The Devilish Life and Wicked Times of Anton Szandor LaVey, Founder of the Church of Satan</i> (2024)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recordings_of_Anton_LaVey">Recordings of Anton LaVey</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Recordings of Anton LaVey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Mass" title="The Satanic Mass">The Satanic Mass</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i>Answer Me/Honolulu Baby</i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Music_(album)" title="Strange Music (album)">Strange Music</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satan_Takes_a_Holiday" title="Satan Takes a Holiday">Satan Takes a Holiday</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Anton Szandor Lavey The Devil Speaks (& Plays)</i> (2017)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Films_starring_LaVey">Films starring LaVey</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Films starring LaVey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Invocation_of_My_Demon_Brother" title="Invocation of My Demon Brother">Invocation of My Demon Brother</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satanis" title="Satanis">Satanis</a>: The Devil's Mass</i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Rain_(film)" title="The Devil's Rain (film)">The Devil's Rain</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_Scenes" title="Death Scenes">Death Scenes</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Speak_of_the_Devil:_The_Canon_of_Anton_LaVey" title="Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey">Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i>Iconoclast</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>An American Satan</i> (2019)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Left-hand_path" class="mw-redirect" title="Left-hand path">Left-hand path</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism" title="LaVeyan Satanism">LaVeyan Satanism</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Bible" title="The Satanic Bible">The Satanic Bible</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 9,</span> 2022</span>. <q>A calliope player at 16 for the Clyde Beatty Circus, who went on to training lions and tigers</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=the+San+Francisco+Examiner&rft.atitle=Rise+of+S.F.+Satanist+Church+Cult&rft.date=1967-01-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fimage%2F458814571&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FEV2F55g6A">Video</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLaVey1999" class="citation book cs1">LaVey, Anton Szandor (1999). <i>Die Satanische Bible (Satanic Bible)</i>. Berlin: Second Sight Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Die+Satanische+Bible+%28Satanic+Bible%29&rft.place=Berlin&rft.pub=Second+Sight+Books&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=LaVey&rft.aufirst=Anton+Szandor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWright" class="citation web cs1">Wright, Lawrence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.maryellenmark.com/bibliography/magazines/article/rolling-stone/symphony-for-the-devil-637526317790416749/R">"It's not easy being evil in a world that's gone to hell"</a>. <i>maryellenmark.com</i>. Rolling Stone Magazine.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=maryellenmark.com&rft.atitle=It%27s+not+easy+being+evil+in+a+world+that%27s+gone+to+hell&rft.aulast=Wright&rft.aufirst=Lawrence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maryellenmark.com%2Fbibliography%2Fmagazines%2Farticle%2Frolling-stone%2Fsymphony-for-the-devil-637526317790416749%2FR&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson1959" class="citation news cs1">Johnson, Lloyd (September 11, 1959). "Bright Lights". <i>San Mateo Times</i>. p. 17. <q>Anton La Vey, genius of the calliope and organ entertains Sunday afternoon and evenings</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=San+Mateo+Times&rft.atitle=Bright+Lights&rft.pages=17&rft.date=1959-09-11&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Lloyd&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-chuch-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-chuch_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Church of Satan</i> by Michael Aquino p. 17–19, detailing information from Harry Lipton, Monroe's agent, Paul Valentine and Edward Webber.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JPLS2023:sect.4-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JPLS2023:sect.4_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#JPLS2023">Laycock, <i>Satanism</i>, 1981</a>: section 4 The Church of Satan. From the Magic Circle to the Church of Satan.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLewis2003" class="citation book cs1">Lewis, James R. (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hdYSdts1udcC&pg=PA109"><i>Legitimating New Religions</i></a>. Rutgers University Press. p. 109. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0813533247" title="Special:BookSources/978-0813533247"><bdi>978-0813533247</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Legitimating+New+Religions&rft.pages=109&rft.pub=Rutgers+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0813533247&rft.aulast=Lewis&rft.aufirst=James+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhdYSdts1udcC%26pg%3DPA109&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLattin1999" class="citation news cs1">Lattin, Don (January 25, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F1999%2F01%2F25%2FMN77329.DTL">"Satan's Den in Great Disrepair"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 16,</span> 2009</span>. <q>Both Karla LaVey  [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] and Schreck were the product of LaVey's common-law marriage to Diane Hegarty from 1962 to 1986. One of the highlights of that unholy union was Schreck's 1967 Satanic baptism at the Black House, when she was three years old.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=San+Francisco+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Satan%27s+Den+in+Great+Disrepair&rft.date=1999-01-25&rft.aulast=Lattin&rft.aufirst=Don&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ffile%3D%252Fchronicle%252Farchive%252F1999%252F01%252F25%252FMN77329.DTL&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB328CE29A0D936&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM">"Palimony Suit Rests on Bed of Nails"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch" title="St. Louis Post-Dispatch">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></i>. September 11, 1988<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 16,</span> 2009</span>. <q>On paper, the agreement seemed friendly enough: She got the 1967 Jaguar. He got the 1936 Cord, the 1972 Datsun 280 and the 1976 Cadillac limousine. Still to be decided were the medieval torture implements, the crystal ball, the devil bust, the bed of nails and the classic wooden coffin. But now, the whole thing has become a devil of an issue in San Francisco Superior Court, as the nation's first prince and princess of darkness square off in legal proceedings.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=St.+Louis+Post-Dispatch&rft.atitle=Palimony+Suit+Rests+on+Bed+of+Nails&rft.date=1988-09-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.newsbank.com%2Fnl-search%2Fwe%2FArchives%3Fp_product%3DSL%26p_theme%3Dsl%26p_action%3Dsearch%26p_maxdocs%3D200%26p_topdoc%3D1%26p_text_direct-0%3D0EB328CE29A0D936%26p_field_direct-0%3Ddocument_id%26p_perpage%3D10%26p_sort%3DYMD_date%3AD%26s_trackval%3DGooglePM&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPhillips1988" class="citation news cs1">Phillips, Richard (September 13, 1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121022153654/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24828128.html?dids=24828128:24828128&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+13,+1988&author=Richard+Phillips&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=THE+END+IS+NEAR-AGAIN&pqatl=google">"The End is Near"</a>. <i>Chicago Tribune</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24828128.html?dids=24828128:24828128&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+13%2C+1988&author=Richard+Phillips&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=THE+END+IS+NEAR-AGAIN&pqatl=google">the original</a> on October 22, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 16,</span> 2009</span>. <q>Anton Szandor LaVey, high priest of San Francisco's Church of Satan, lived with Diane Hegarty for 22 years. Now they are squaring off in a palimony suit over household property.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Tribune&rft.atitle=The+End+is+Near&rft.date=1988-09-13&rft.aulast=Phillips&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpqasb.pqarchiver.com%2Fchicagotribune%2Faccess%2F24828128.html%3Fdids%3D24828128%3A24828128%26FMT%3DABS%26FMTS%3DABS%3AFT%26type%3Dcurrent%26date%3DSep%2B13%252C%2B1988%26author%3DRichard%2BPhillips%26pub%3DChicago%2BTribune%2B%2528pre-1997%2BFulltext%2529%26desc%3DTHE%2BEND%2BIS%2BNEAR-AGAIN%26pqatl%3Dgoogle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFont2023" class="citation web cs1">Font, Amanda (October 20, 2023) [October 20, 2023]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kqed.org/news/11964949/how-the-church-of-satan-was-born-in-san-francisco">"How the Church of Satan Was Born in San Francisco | KQED"</a>. <i>www.kqed.org</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240117201845/https://www.kqed.org/news/11964949/how-the-church-of-satan-was-born-in-san-francisco">Archived</a> from the original on January 17, 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 29,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.kqed.org&rft.atitle=How+the+Church+of+Satan+Was+Born+in+San+Francisco+%7C+KQED&rft.date=2023-10-20&rft.aulast=Font&rft.aufirst=Amanda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kqed.org%2Fnews%2F11964949%2Fhow-the-church-of-satan-was-born-in-san-francisco&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHigh_Priest,_Magus_Peter_H._Gilmore" class="citation web cs1">High Priest, Magus Peter H. Gilmore. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/cos-order-of-trapezoid.php">"The Magic Circle / Order of the Trapezoid"</a>. <i>churchofsatan.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=churchofsatan.com&rft.atitle=The+Magic+Circle+%2F+Order+of+the+Trapezoid&rft.au=High+Priest%2C+Magus+Peter+H.+Gilmore&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofsatan.com%2Fcos-order-of-trapezoid.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201381-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneldPetersen201381_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFaxneldPetersen2013">Faxneld & Petersen 2013</a>, p. 81.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELIFE_MagazineShana_AlexanderFeb_17,_196731-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELIFE_MagazineShana_AlexanderFeb_17,_196731_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLIFE_MagazineShana_AlexanderFeb_17,_1967">LIFE Magazine, Shana Alexander & Feb 17, 1967</a>, p. 31.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130722211516/http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=s_M09vuLQAc&NR=1">"The Satanic Mass/Zeena's Baptism Track A9 go to 3:42"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_M09vuLQAc&NR=1">the original</a> on July 22, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YouTube&rft.atitle=The+Satanic+Mass%2FZeena%27s+Baptism+Track+A9+go+to+3%3A42&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Ds_M09vuLQAc%26NR%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.discogs.com/Anton-LaVey-The-Satanic-Mass/release/1166426">"The Satanic Mass, Track A9 (Zeena's Baptism)"</a>. Murgenstrumm, 1968 Vinly LP. 1968.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Satanic+Mass%2C+Track+A9+%28Zeena%27s+Baptism%29&rft.pub=Murgenstrumm%2C+1968+Vinly+LP&rft.date=1968&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogs.com%2FAnton-LaVey-The-Satanic-Mass%2Frelease%2F1166426&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130525095013/http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/U1556387/satanist-anton-lavey-baptising-daughter">"Satanist Anton LaVey Baptising Daughter"</a>. San Francisco, California, USA: Bettmann/CORBIS. May 23, 1967. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/U1556387/satanist-anton-lavey-baptising-daughter">the original</a> on May 25, 2013. <q>LaVey [...] said the mystic ceremony was the first such baptism in history.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Satanist+Anton+LaVey+Baptising+Daughter&rft.place=San+Francisco%2C+California%2C+USA&rft.pub=Bettmann%2FCORBIS&rft.date=1967-05-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corbisimages.com%2Fstock-photo%2Frights-managed%2FU1556387%2Fsatanist-anton-lavey-baptising-daughter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zeena.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109%3Apress-coverage-of-zeenas-baptism-1967-1968&catid=41&Itemid=57">"Clippings of Zeena's baptism world wide"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Clippings+of+Zeena%27s+baptism+world+wide&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fzeena.eu%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D109%253Apress-coverage-of-zeenas-baptism-1967-1968%26catid%3D41%26Itemid%3D57&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lewis, James R. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/mjr/lewis2.html">Who Serves Satan? A Demographic and Ideological Profile</a>". <i>Marburg Journal of Religion</i>. June 2001.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofsatan.com/satanism-the-feared-religion/">"Satanism: The Feared Religion"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Satanism%3A+The+Feared+Religion&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofsatan.com%2Fsatanism-the-feared-religion%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGallagher2013103-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGallagher2013103_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGallagher2013">Gallagher 2013</a>, p. 103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGallagher2013104-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGallagher2013104_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGallagher2013">Gallagher 2013</a>, p. 104.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMedway200121–22-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMedway200121–22_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMedway2001">Medway 2001</a>, pp. 21–22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofsatan.com/pretenders-to-the-throne/">"Pretenders to the Throne: Regarding the Temple of Set"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pretenders+to+the+Throne%3A+Regarding+the+Temple+of+Set&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofsatan.com%2Fpretenders-to-the-throne%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavid_Gambacorta2020" class="citation web cs1">David Gambacorta (January 12, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/12/fbi-satan-mobplot-kill-ted-kennedy-097180">"Satan, the FBI, the Mob—and the Forgotten Plot to Kill Ted Kennedy"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Gilmore"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Peter+H.+Gilmore&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofsatan.com%2Fhistory-peter-h-gilmore%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-latimes-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-latimes_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-08-mn-51538-story.html">"Anton LaVey; Founded the Church of Satan"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>. November 8, 1997<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 21,</span> 2020</span>. <q>Anton LaVey, who founded the Church of Satan in 1966 and wrote the "Satanic Bible" as a guide for international followers, has died at the age of 67. LaVey was cremated Tuesday after a satanic funeral at Woodlawn Memorial Chapel in Colma. Security concerns led his daughter, Church of Satan High Priestess Karla LaVey, to demand "absolute secrecy from all who knew of LaVey's death and satanic funeral," family spokesman Lee Houskeeper said. ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Anton+LaVey%3B+Founded+the+Church+of+Satan&rft.date=1997-11-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1997-nov-08-mn-51538-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/11/09/anton-s-lavey-dies-at-67/c546b323-acb9-463e-ad96-7da298f9e4d8/">"Anton S. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 1,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Anton+S.+Lavey+Dies+at+67&rft.date=1997-11-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Farchive%2Flocal%2F1997%2F11%2F09%2Fanton-s-lavey-dies-at-67%2Fc546b323-acb9-463e-ad96-7da298f9e4d8%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchreck" class="citation web cs1">Schreck, Zeena and Nikolas. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110828221441/http://www.churchofsatan.org/aslv.html">"Anton LaVey: Legend and Reality"</a>. <i>churchofsatan.org</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 8,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=churchofsatan.org&rft.atitle=Anton+LaVey%3A+Legend+and+Reality&rft.aulast=Schreck&rft.aufirst=Zeena+and+Nikolas&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofsatan.org%2Faslv.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis20026-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis20026_47-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis20026_47-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLewis2002">Lewis 2002</a>, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201378-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201378_48-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201378_48-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFaxneld2013">Faxneld 2013</a>, p. 78.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201382–83Dyrendel2013133-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201382–83Dyrendel2013133_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFaxneld2013">Faxneld 2013</a>, pp. 82–83; <a href="#CITEREFDyrendel2013">Dyrendel 2013</a>, p. 133.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201379-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201379_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFaxneld2013">Faxneld 2013</a>, p. 79.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201381-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaxneld201381_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFaxneld2013">Faxneld 2013</a>, p. 81.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyrendel2013137,_138-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyrendel2013137,_138_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDyrendel2013">Dyrendel 2013</a>, pp. 137, 138.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199999-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199999_53-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLa_Fontaine1999">La Fontaine 1999</a>, p. 99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELap201395-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELap201395_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLap2013">Lap 2013</a>, p. 95.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMedway2001377-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMedway2001377_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMedway2001">Medway 2001</a>, p. 377.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyrendel2013124-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyrendel2013124_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDyrendel2013">Dyrendel 2013</a>, p. 124.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis20015-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis20015_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLewis2001">Lewis 2001</a>, p. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarvey1995290-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarvey1995290_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarvey1995">Harvey 1995</a>, p. 290.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996Lewis200151-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Fontaine199996Lewis200151_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLa_Fontaine1999">La Fontaine 1999</a>, p. 96; <a href="#CITEREFLewis2001">Lewis 2001</a>, p. 51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity (Chap. 4) by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (2001, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8147-3155-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-8147-3155-4">0-8147-3155-4</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744690/">"Carlo Rota"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=IMDb&rft.atitle=Carlo+Rota&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0744690%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139665/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast">"Polanski Unauthorized (2009) - IMDb"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=IMDb&rft.atitle=Polanski+Unauthorized+%282009%29+-+IMDb&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1139665%2Ffullcredits%3Fref_%3Dtt_cl_sm%23cast&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-hanging-indents refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLIFE_MagazineShana_AlexanderFeb_17,_1967" class="citation magazine cs1">Alexander, Shane (February 17, 1967). 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Sheffield: Equinox. pp. 72–90. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-908049-32-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-908049-32-2"><bdi>978-1-908049-32-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Secret+Lineages+and+de+facto+Satanists%3A+Anton+LaVey%27s+Use+of+Esoteric+Tradition&rft.btitle=Contemporary+Esotericism&rft.place=Sheffield&rft.pages=72-90&rft.pub=Equinox&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-908049-32-2&rft.aulast=Faxneld&rft.aufirst=Per&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFaxneldPetersen2013" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Faxneld, Per; Petersen, Jesper Aa. (2013). "The Black Pope and the Church of Satan". 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Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 79–82. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780199779239.001.0001">10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199779239.001.0001</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-977924-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-977924-6"><bdi>978-0-19-977924-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Black+Pope+and+the+Church+of+Satan&rft.btitle=The+Devil%27s+Party%3A+Satanism+in+Modernity&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pages=79-82&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780199779239.001.0001&rft.isbn=978-0-19-977924-6&rft.aulast=Faxneld&rft.aufirst=Per&rft.au=Petersen%2C+Jesper+Aa.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGallagher2013" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Gallagher, Eugene V. 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Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 83–102. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780199779239.001.0001">10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199779239.001.0001</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-977924-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-977924-6"><bdi>978-0-19-977924-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Categorizing+Modern+Satanism%3A+An+Analysis+of+LaVey%27s+Early+Writings&rft.btitle=The+Devil%27s+Party%3A+Satanism+in+Modernity&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pages=83-102&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780199779239.001.0001&rft.isbn=978-0-19-977924-6&rft.aulast=Lap&rft.aufirst=Amina+Olander&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLewis2001" class="citation journal cs1">Lewis, James L. (2001). "Who Serves Satan? A Demographic and Ideological Profile". <i>Marburg Journal of Religion</i>. <b>6</b> (2): 1–25.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Marburg+Journal+of+Religion&rft.atitle=Who+Serves+Satan%3F+A+Demographic+and+Ideological+Profile&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=1-25&rft.date=2001&rft.aulast=Lewis&rft.aufirst=James+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLewis2002" class="citation journal cs1">Lewis, James L. (2002). "Diabolical Authority: Anton LaVey, <i>The Satanic Bible</i> and the Satanist "Tradition"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>". <i>Marburg Journal of Religion</i>. <b>7</b> (1): 1–16. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17192%2Fmjr.2002.7.3733">10.17192/mjr.2002.7.3733</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Marburg+Journal+of+Religion&rft.atitle=Diabolical+Authority%3A+Anton+LaVey%2C+The+Satanic+Bible+and+the+Satanist+%22Tradition%22&rft.volume=7&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=1-16&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17192%2Fmjr.2002.7.3733&rft.aulast=Lewis&rft.aufirst=James+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMedway2001" class="citation book cs1">Medway, Gareth J. 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McFarland. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-0533-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-0533-3"><bdi>978-1-4766-0533-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Devil+on+Screen%3A+Feature+Films+Worldwide%2C+1913+through+2000&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2015-06-08&rft.isbn=978-1-4766-0533-3&rft.aulast=Mitchell&rft.aufirst=Charles+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dg4feCQAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPetersen2013" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Petersen, Jesper Aagaard (2013). "From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online". In Egil Asprem; Kennet Granholm (eds.). <i>Contemporary Esotericism</i>. Sheffield: Equinox. pp. 134–158. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-908049-32-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-908049-32-2"><bdi>978-1-908049-32-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=From+Book+to+Bit%3A+Enacting+Satanism+Online&rft.btitle=Contemporary+Esotericism&rft.place=Sheffield&rft.pages=134-158&rft.pub=Equinox&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-908049-32-2&rft.aulast=Petersen&rft.aufirst=Jesper+Aagaard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnton+LaVey" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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Fitzgerald (Manor Books, 1973)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/WaPost.html">"Anton LaVey: America's Satanic Master of Devils, Magic, Music, and Madness"</a> by <a href="/wiki/Walt_Harrington" title="Walt Harrington">Walt Harrington</a> in "<a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a> Magazine", February 23, 1986.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/BOT.html">"Anton LaVey / The Church of Satan Interview"</a> by Eugene Robinson in "<a href="/wiki/The_Birth_of_Tragedy" title="The Birth of Tragedy">The Birth of Tragedy</a>", No. 4 "The God Issue", November 1986 – January 1987</li> <li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/HighSoc.html">Dinner with the Devil</a>: An evening with Anton Szandor LaVey, the High Priest of the Church of Satan" by Reverend <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Johnson_(journalist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob Johnson (journalist) (page does not exist)">Bob Johnson</a> in "<a href="/wiki/High_Society_(magazine)" title="High Society (magazine)">High Society</a>", August 1994.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/MFInterview.html">"The Doctor is in......"</a> by Shane & Amy Bugbee in "MF Magazine" #3, Summer 1997.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.velvethammerburlesque.com/pages/antonlavey.html">Interview with Anton LaVey</a> by Michelle Carr and Elvia Lahman, originally published in the September 11, 1997 Velvet Hammer souvenir programme.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="About_LaVey">About LaVey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anton_LaVey&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: About LaVey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/LaVeyBiography.html">Anton Szandor LaVey: A Biographical Sketch</a> by Magus <a href="/wiki/Peter_H._Gilmore" title="Peter H. Gilmore">Peter H. Gilmore</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Satan" title="Church of Satan">Church of Satan</a>'s official website.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050406041744/http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id134/pg1/">Anton Lavey</a> by Alex Burns at <a href="/wiki/Disinfo" class="mw-redirect" title="Disinfo">disinformation</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491989/">Anton LaVey</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dpjs.co.uk/people.html#Anton%20LaVey">People of Significance entry for LaVey</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090725101202/http://dope420.tripod.com/LaVey.html">Short biographical sketch</a> with particular focus on his influence on <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Manson" title="Marilyn Manson">Marilyn Manson</a>, taken from "<a href="/wiki/Spin_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin magazine">Spin magazine</a>" (February 1998, pg. 64).</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FABE60;">Religious titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">none</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> High Priest of the Church of Satan </b><br />1966–1997 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peter_H._Gilmore" title="Peter H. 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Gilmore">Peter H. Gilmore</a> (2001–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">High Priestess</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Hegarty" title="Diane Hegarty">Diane Hegarty</a> (1966–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeena_Schreck" title="Zeena Schreck">Zeena LaVey</a> (1985–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karla_LaVey" title="Karla LaVey">Karla LaVey</a> (1990–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanche_Barton" title="Blanche Barton">Blanche Barton</a> (1997–2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Nadramia" title="Peggy Nadramia">Peggy Nadramia</a> (2002–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Satan" title="Church of Satan">Church of Satan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Satanic_Church" title="First Satanic Church">First Satanic Church</a></li> <li>(see also <i><a href="/wiki/Black_House_(Church_of_Satan)" title="Black House (Church of Satan)">The Black House</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Grotto_(Satanism)" title="Grotto (Satanism)">Grotto</a></i>, <i>Council of Nine</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Influential figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calvin" title="John Calvin">John Calvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli" title="Huldrych Zwingli">Ulrich Zwingli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche" title="Friedrich Nietzsche">Friedrich Nietzsche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayn_Rand" title="Ayn Rand">Ayn Rand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Spencer" title="Herbert Spencer">Herbert Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Desmond" title="Arthur Desmond">Arthur Desmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigmund_Freud" title="Sigmund Freud">Sigmund Freud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli" title="Niccolò Machiavelli">Niccolò Machiavelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Jung" title="Carl Jung">Carl Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Collin_de_Plancy" title="Jacques Collin de Plancy">Jacques Collin de Plancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich" title="Wilhelm Reich">Wilhelm Reich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P.T._Barnum" class="mw-redirect" title="P.T. Barnum">P.T. Barnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paracelsus" title="Paracelsus">Paracelsus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dee" title="John Dee">John Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89liphas_L%C3%A9vi" title="Éliphas Lévi">Éliphas Lévi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Antoine_Jules-Bois" title="Henri Antoine Jules-Bois">Henri Antoine Jules-Bois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Encausse" title="Gérard Encausse">Gérard Encausse (Papus)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Abellio" title="Raymond Abellio">Raymond Abellio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph-Antoine_Boullan" title="Joseph-Antoine Boullan">Joseph-Antoine Boullan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanislas_de_Guaita" title="Stanislas de Guaita">Stanislas de Guaita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urbain_Grandier" title="Urbain Grandier">Urbain Grandier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Parfrey" title="Adam Parfrey">Adam Parfrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Mortensen" title="William Mortensen">William Mortensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleister_Crowley" title="Aleister Crowley">Aleister Crowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_de_Naglowska" title="Maria de Naglowska">Maria de Naglowska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Przybyszewski" title="Stanisław Przybyszewski">Stanisław Przybyszewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky" title="Helena Blavatsky">Helena Blavatsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Marx" title="Karl Marx">Karl Marx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Engels" title="Friedrich Engels">Friedrich Engels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin" title="Grigori Rasputin">Grigori Rasputin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Rosenberg" title="Alfred Rosenberg">Alfred Rosenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Bormann" title="Martin Bormann">Martin Bormann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_F._K._G%C3%BCnther" title="Hans F. K. Günther">Hans F. K. Günther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bernays" title="Edward Bernays">Edward Bernays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._L._Mencken" title="H. L. Mencken">H. L. Mencken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_London" title="Jack London">Jack London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce" title="Ambrose Bierce">Ambrose Bierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_De_Casseres" title="Benjamin De Casseres">Benjamin De Casseres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer" title="Arthur Schopenhauer">Arthur Schopenhauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Stirner" title="Max Stirner">Max Stirner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernardino_Nogara" title="Bernardino Nogara">Bernardino Nogara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_Zaharoff" title="Basil Zaharoff">Basil Zaharoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Milton" title="John Milton">John Milton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Bible" title="The Satanic Bible">The Satanic Bible</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Witch" title="The Satanic Witch">The Satanic Witch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Rituals" title="The Satanic Rituals">The Satanic Rituals</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_a_Satanist" title="The Secret Life of a Satanist">The Secret Life of a Satanist</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Satan_(book)" title="The Church of Satan (book)"> We Are Satanists</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Notebook" title="The Devil's Notebook">The Devil's Notebook</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satan_Speaks!" title="Satan Speaks!">Satan Speaks!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Letters_from_the_Devil" title="Letters from the Devil">Letters from the Devil</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Scriptures" title="The Satanic Scriptures">The Satanic Scriptures</a></i></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Satanic_Mass" title="The Satanic Mass">The Satanic Mass</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satanis" title="Satanis">Satanis: The Devil's Mass</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Speak_of_the_Devil:_The_Canon_of_Anton_LaVey" title="Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey">Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Flame_(magazine)" title="The Black Flame (magazine)">The Black Flame</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satan_Takes_a_Holiday" title="Satan Takes a Holiday">Satan Takes a Holiday</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Music_(album)" title="Strange Music (album)">Strange Music</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_Scenes" title="Death Scenes">Death Scenes</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Satanic_holidays" class="mw-redirect" title="Satanic holidays">Satanic holidays</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birthday" title="Birthday">Birthday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equinox" title="Equinox">Equinoxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walpurgis_Night" title="Walpurgis Night">Walpurgisnacht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solstice" title="Solstice">Solstices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule" title="Yule">Yule</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ideas and concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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