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Anton Szandor LaVey[1] (born Howard Stanton Levey; April 11, 1930 – October 29, 1997) was an American author, musician, and LaVeyan Satanist. [2] . He was the founder of the Church of Satan, the philosophy of LaVeyan Satanism, and the concept of Satanism.
While Anton Szandor LaVey died in a Roman Catholic hospital, to which he had been taken as it was near his Black House, he passed away without in any way denying his philosophy as a Satanist ...
Anton LaVey (born April 11, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died October 29, 1997, San Francisco, California) was an American author and counterculture figure who founded the Church of Satan. Many details of LaVey’s early life are disputed or unknown.
Anton Szandor LaVey (1930—1997) was the founder of the Church of Satan, the first organized church in modern times promulgating a religious philosophy championing Satan as the symbol of personal freedom and individualism.
From hosting wild orgies to publishing a Satanic Bible, Anton LaVey became infamous in the press as the “Black Pope” and the “evilest man in the world.” Though LaVey was actually an atheist at heart, he wanted to celebrate Satan as a symbol of human liberation and freedom.
Church of Satan, counterculture group founded in the United States in the 1960s by Anton Szandor LaVey (1930–1997), born Howard Stanton Levey. Contrary to its name, the church did not promote “evil” but rather humanistic values.
LaVeyan Satanism is the name given to the form of Satanism promoted by American occultist and author Anton LaVey (1930–1997). LaVey founded the Church of Satan (CoS) in 1966 in San Francisco.
The Satanic Bible is a collection of essays, observations, and rituals published by Anton LaVey in 1969. It is the central religious text of LaVeyan Satanism, and is considered the foundation of its philosophy and dogma. [1] It has been described as the most important document to influence contemporary Satanism. [2]
Where was all the sin? Where was the ribaldry? Where was the dangerous action? From my two weeks of observation, Anton LaVey lived a life more circumscribed and reflective than a Benedictine...
Born Howard Stanton Levey, Anton Szandor LaVey was founder and high priest of the Church of Satan. As a teenager he became fascinated with occult powers, and in the late 1950s he began giving lectures at his home on vampires, cannibalism, and lycanthropy (werewolves).