The Satanic Bible: Central Religious Text of LaVeyan Satanism

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Although there were forms of religious Satanism that predated the creation of LaVeyan Satanism—namely those propounded by Stanisław Przybyszewski and Ben Kadosh—these had no unbroken lineage of succession to LaVey's form. He mocks those who spend large amounts of money on attempts to follow rituals and learn about the magic shared in other occult books. The bringer of light, representing pride and enlightenment, the element of air, the direction of the east, and candles during ritual. The upturned pentagram had previously been used by the French occultist Eliphas Lévi, and had been adopted by his disciple, Stanislas de Guaita, who merged it with a goat's head in his 1897 book, Key of Black Magic. Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years.

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The church grew under LaVey's leadership, with regional grottos being founded across the United States. LaVey had this design copyrighted to the church, [132] claiming authorship under the pseudonym of "Hugo Zorilla". Another publicity-attracting event was the "Topless Witch Revue", a nightclub show held on San Francisco's North Beach; the use of topless women to attract attention alienated a number of the church's early members. LaVey provides a brief introduction that credits Dee and explains some of the history behind the Enochian Keys and language.

He gives three qualities that can be employed for this purpose: sex appeal, sentiment (cuteness or innocence), and wonder.

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The historian of religion Massimo Introvigne suggested that it had never had more than 1000 or 2000 members at its height, but that LaVeyan ideas had had a far greater influence through LaVey's books. These rites are based on three major psycho-emotive themes, including compassion ( love), destruction ( hate), and sex ( lust).Details for the various Satanic rituals are explained in The Book of Belial, and lists of necessary objects (such as clothing, altars, and the symbol of Baphomet) are given. In fact, his narrative mirrors historiographies of socialism, including the Histoire des Montagnards (1847) by his best friend and political comrade Alphonse Esquiros. In 1967, LaVey performed the first publicly recorded Satanic baptism in history for his youngest daughter Zeena, which garnered worldwide publicity and was originally recorded on The Satanic Mass LP. Outlined in The Satanic Bible, LaVey defined magic as "the change in situations or events in accordance with one's will, which would, using normally accepted methods, be unchangeable. Satan represents man as just another animal who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development", has become the most vicious animal of all.