A history of the esoteric ideas and myths that served as a breeding ground…
An American Satan
- Description
- Reviews
- Citation
- Cataloging
- Transcript
Founded in 1966 in California by Anton Szandor LaVey, the Church of Satan has often been surrounded by mysteries, scandals and moral panics. An immersive journey into one the most fascinating phenomena of American religious pluralism, featuring the views and personal stories by some of today’s active members of the church and other self-styled Satanists.
"Anton LaVey, the Black Arts, Satanic horror… ‘An American Satan’ methodically invokes, analyzes and displays the diabolical culture initiated in the US in the late 60s." Diego López, El buque maldito
Citation
Main credits
Garriga, Aram (film director)
Garriga, Aram (screenwriter)
Garriga, Aram (film producer)
Garriga, Aram (editor of moving image work)
Prat, Xavi (screenwriter)
Torras, Carles (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Benet Román; editor, Aram Garriga; original score, Eristan.
Distributor subjects
Religion/SpiritualityKeywords
Religion and Spirituality, Church of Satan, American Pluralism; "An American Satan"; Film Movement; Satanism;
WEBVTT
00:00:07.999 --> 00:00:09.117
(wind whirling)
00:00:43.999 --> 00:00:45.659
- America is not a young land.
00:00:47.709 --> 00:00:49.200
It is old and dirty and evil.
00:00:51.458 --> 00:00:53.450
Before the settlers,
before the Indians,
00:00:55.208 --> 00:00:56.700
the evil is there waiting.
00:01:02.917 --> 00:01:04.033
(soft music)
00:01:06.792 --> 00:01:08.075
(patrons chattering)
00:01:53.917 --> 00:01:55.075
(drums playing)
00:02:02.750 --> 00:02:03.833
- Hail, Satanists!
00:02:03.834 --> 00:02:05.283
- [Audience] Hail, Satanists!
00:02:05.500 --> 00:02:06.416
- Hail, Witches!
00:02:06.417 --> 00:02:07.866
- [Audience] Hail, Witches!
00:02:07.875 --> 00:02:09.158
- And Hail, Warlocks!
00:02:09.166 --> 00:02:10.699
- [Audience] Hail, Warlocks!
00:02:10.917 --> 00:02:11.749
- Hail, Priests!
00:02:11.750 --> 00:02:12.708
- [Audience] Hail, Priests!
00:02:12.709 --> 00:02:13.991
- And hail, Priestesses!
00:02:13.999 --> 00:02:15.332
- [Audience] Hail, Priestesses!
00:02:15.333 --> 00:02:16.666
- Hail, Magisters!
00:02:16.667 --> 00:02:17.998
- [Audience] Hail, Magisters!
00:02:17.999 --> 00:02:19.332
- And Hail, Magistras!
00:02:19.333 --> 00:02:20.332
- [Audience] Hail, Magistras!
00:02:20.333 --> 00:02:22.450
- Ladies and gentlemen,
please rise, as I introduce
00:02:25.875 --> 00:02:27.699
the high priest of
the Church of Satan,
00:02:28.917 --> 00:02:30.200
Magus Peter H. Gilmore.
00:02:30.792 --> 00:02:32.142
Hail, Peter H. Gilmore!
00:02:32.166 --> 00:02:34.117
- [Audience] Hail,
Peter H. Gilmore!
00:02:35.041 --> 00:02:37.158
- Tonight, we consider
those who came before us.
00:02:39.667 --> 00:02:41.492
Primarily we think of
Anton Szandor LaVey
00:02:42.750 --> 00:02:44.617
our founding Magus and
his great achievement
00:02:46.375 --> 00:02:48.158
in conceiving of
the Church of Satan.
00:02:48.875 --> 00:02:50.783
We will thrive much better
than simply surviving.
00:02:53.709 --> 00:02:55.617
That is our mission,
and we shall do it.
00:02:56.709 --> 00:02:58.200
And I know you will all will.
00:03:00.999 --> 00:03:02.158
(birds chirping)
00:03:14.999 --> 00:03:16.325
(orchestral music)
00:03:58.625 --> 00:04:00.117
(orchestral music continues)
00:04:37.999 --> 00:04:40.033
Satanism is an atheist
philosophy that uses Satan
00:04:41.625 --> 00:04:43.699
as a symbol of pride,
individualism and Liberty.
00:04:47.709 --> 00:04:49.699
Anton LaVey called it \"the
world\'s first carnal religion.\"
00:04:52.917 --> 00:04:54.165
He looked at mankind and said
00:04:54.166 --> 00:04:55.950
that humans are
just another animal.
00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:02.325
Anton LaVey felt there
should be a religion
00:05:02.834 --> 00:05:04.699
that dealt with the reality
of the human animal.
00:05:05.999 --> 00:05:07.699
And hence he decided
to call it Satanism.
00:05:11.709 --> 00:05:13.699
Satan was the figure who wasn\'t
going to submit to tyranny,
00:05:15.709 --> 00:05:17.575
that was going to stand
up for himself above all
00:05:18.999 --> 00:05:20.492
and make his own way
00:05:20.625 --> 00:05:22.325
and not have any
illusions or delusions.
00:05:26.792 --> 00:05:28.242
If you built a church to Satan
00:05:29.999 --> 00:05:31.699
that was certainly going
to shake up the world.
00:05:32.750 --> 00:05:34.575
It was going to
be revolutionary.
00:05:35.917 --> 00:05:37.825
He created the Church of
Satan, founded it in 1966
00:05:40.083 --> 00:05:41.699
on Walpurgisnacht, April 30th,
00:05:42.375 --> 00:05:44.142
which is the traditional
Witches Sabbath.
00:05:44.166 --> 00:05:46.325
And his idea keeps spreading
to people all around the globe
00:05:47.917 --> 00:05:49.659
regardless of what
culture they come from.
00:05:53.709 --> 00:05:54.825
- Moloch!
00:05:54.999 --> 00:05:56.367
- [Audience] Moloch!
00:05:56.999 --> 00:05:57.833
- Hacate!
00:05:57.834 --> 00:05:58.999
- [Audience] Hacate.
00:05:59.000 --> 00:05:59.998
- Shaitan!
00:05:59.999 --> 00:06:01.207
- [Audience] Shaitan!
00:06:01.208 --> 00:06:01.916
- Dagon!
00:06:01.917 --> 00:06:02.998
- [Audience] Dagon!
00:06:02.999 --> 00:06:03.749
- Astaroth!
00:06:03.750 --> 00:06:05.033
- [Audience] Astaroth!
00:06:05.333 --> 00:06:05.998
- Loki!
00:06:05.999 --> 00:06:07.374
- [Audience] Loki!
00:06:07.375 --> 00:06:08.207
- Behemoth!
00:06:08.208 --> 00:06:09.332
- [Audience] Behemoth!
00:06:09.333 --> 00:06:09.998
- Lilith!
00:06:09.999 --> 00:06:11.492
- [Audience] Lilith!
00:06:11.667 --> 00:06:12.950
- Anton Szandor LaVey!
00:06:14.041 --> 00:06:15.825
- [Audience] Anton
Szandor LaVey!
00:06:17.250 --> 00:06:18.699
(rock and roll music)
00:06:24.125 --> 00:06:25.950
- [Peter] There\'s really
a prime misconceptions
00:06:26.291 --> 00:06:28.450
about Satanism, and that is
that we are devil worshipers.
00:06:30.333 --> 00:06:32.492
People think that we must
believe in God and the devil
00:06:35.458 --> 00:06:36.374
and that we\'ve chosen to go
00:06:36.375 --> 00:06:38.200
with the figure of
evil and corruption,
00:06:39.417 --> 00:06:41.242
and who\'s the loser
in that mythology.
00:06:44.208 --> 00:06:45.741
For us, none of that is real.
00:06:47.125 --> 00:06:48.492
It is mythology.
00:06:50.166 --> 00:06:51.699
Satan to us is a figure that
00:06:52.417 --> 00:06:53.866
aside from being considered evil
00:06:54.166 --> 00:06:55.991
is often by creative
and intelligent people
00:06:56.208 --> 00:06:58.325
seen as the adversary,
the opposer, the accuser,
00:06:59.999 --> 00:07:01.699
sort of a romantic
rebellious figure.
00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:06.699
Satanism is self-satisfaction.
00:07:08.333 --> 00:07:10.158
We celebrate indulgence
instead of abstinence.
00:07:12.458 --> 00:07:14.617
To us, evil, is that which
harms us or hurts the people
00:07:16.999 --> 00:07:18.741
and other things
that we care for.
00:07:19.041 --> 00:07:21.200
- May the whore of Babylon
journey forth to the sky
00:07:22.999 --> 00:07:24.575
and spread her wings so wide
00:07:24.999 --> 00:07:26.741
that all can see her
beauty and glory!
00:07:29.875 --> 00:07:31.158
(suspenseful music)
00:07:39.999 --> 00:07:41.991
- [Aden] I was raised in a
very, a multi-religious home.
00:07:42.583 --> 00:07:44.699
I went to a Catholic school
for the first few years.
00:07:46.834 --> 00:07:48.283
My mother\'s side was Muslim.
00:07:48.999 --> 00:07:49.998
My dad\'s side is Christian.
00:07:49.999 --> 00:07:51.950
So I was exposed to a bunch
of different points of view,
00:07:53.542 --> 00:07:55.242
and none of them
really seem to satisfy.
00:07:56.999 --> 00:07:58.699
I had this love of
fantasy and witches
00:07:59.625 --> 00:08:01.075
and horror movies and Halloween.
00:08:01.291 --> 00:08:03.325
And so I just started devouring
all these occult texts,
00:08:04.834 --> 00:08:06.659
of everything from
Wicca to Voodoo.
00:08:08.458 --> 00:08:10.242
And then I finally came
across Anton LaVey.
00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:15.783
I own a homoerotic occult
magazine, and I write about sex.
00:08:18.375 --> 00:08:20.409
And I would say I\'m
mischievous, a misfit, yeah.
00:08:25.625 --> 00:08:27.409
When my parents saw the
magazine, (chuckles)
00:08:31.709 --> 00:08:33.659
my mother was like \"Oh
honey, that\'s so nice.
00:08:36.999 --> 00:08:38.617
I\'m proud of you.\" (laughs)
00:08:39.458 --> 00:08:40.374
And my dad was like
00:08:40.375 --> 00:08:42.492
\"can\'t you do something
that I can show my friends?
00:08:43.834 --> 00:08:45.283
Just one thing, one thing.\"
00:08:46.166 --> 00:08:47.534
(carnival music)
00:09:01.375 --> 00:09:02.893
- [Adam] When I was a little kid
00:09:02.917 --> 00:09:03.998
and I clearly remember this.
00:09:03.999 --> 00:09:05.700
We were sitting on a
back deck in my house
00:09:05.917 --> 00:09:07.207
and it was me and my mom.
00:09:07.208 --> 00:09:08.699
It was a nice day.
00:09:08.709 --> 00:09:10.158
And I remember asking her,
00:09:10.500 --> 00:09:12.242
\"how do you know
that God\'s not lying,
00:09:13.041 --> 00:09:14.825
and the devil\'s
telling the truth?\"
00:09:16.291 --> 00:09:17.699
And she got really mad.
00:09:17.999 --> 00:09:19.367
And that was the moment
00:09:19.999 --> 00:09:21.700
that I knew for a
fact, it was bullshit.
00:09:23.709 --> 00:09:25.450
(people screaming)
(roller coaster roaring)
00:09:28.417 --> 00:09:29.866
If you have a logical mind
00:09:30.166 --> 00:09:31.950
and you read the
Bible, you\'re done.
00:09:35.999 --> 00:09:37.908
I was interested in
monsters and ghost stories.
00:09:39.999 --> 00:09:41.699
And I started reading
occult literature.
00:09:45.041 --> 00:09:46.699
I got to the Satanic Bible.
00:09:47.999 --> 00:09:49.908
I read the book and said,
\"I\'m not alone anymore.
00:09:51.999 --> 00:09:53.699
I know there\'s other
people like me.\"
00:09:55.999 --> 00:09:58.033
It\'s me realizing the
universe isn\'t helping me.
00:10:00.959 --> 00:10:02.075
It\'s all here.
00:10:03.834 --> 00:10:05.659
I can shape and create
and make things happen.
00:10:08.625 --> 00:10:10.075
And it can be whatever I want.
00:10:10.333 --> 00:10:11.699
And there\'s no rules.
00:10:12.542 --> 00:10:13.825
I\'m totally free.
00:10:15.542 --> 00:10:17.325
Living as a Satanist,
that\'s all it is.
00:10:19.542 --> 00:10:21.207
You know, one day
you\'re going to die,
00:10:21.208 --> 00:10:23.033
live everyday like
it\'s your last.
00:10:23.959 --> 00:10:24.998
Shemhamforash!
00:10:24.999 --> 00:10:26.643
- [Audience] Shemhamforash!
00:10:26.667 --> 00:10:27.499
- Hail Satan!
00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:28.783
- [Audience] Hail Satan!
00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:30.534
(cymbals clanging)
00:10:33.041 --> 00:10:35.075
- \"Blessed are the
destroyers of false hope,
00:10:36.333 --> 00:10:37.825
\"for they are the true messiahs!
00:10:38.750 --> 00:10:40.242
\"Cursed are the God adores
00:10:40.959 --> 00:10:42.450
\"for they shall be shorn sheep!\"
00:10:43.625 --> 00:10:45.142
- \"Blessed are the Valiant,
00:10:45.166 --> 00:10:46.950
\"for they shall
obtain great treasure.
00:10:47.709 --> 00:10:49.699
\"Cursed are the believers
in good and evil
00:10:51.875 --> 00:10:53.575
\"for they are
frightened by shadows.\"
00:10:55.125 --> 00:10:56.534
(hand slapping)
00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:58.908
You\'re a bad, bad Satanist!
- I Sure am!
00:11:00.542 --> 00:11:02.699
I first encountered the
Satanic Bible when I was 13.
00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:06.825
I happened to see
it on the shelf
00:11:06.999 --> 00:11:08.699
in a just a regular
old bookstore.
00:11:08.917 --> 00:11:10.699
I was with a friend
of mine at the time.
00:11:10.999 --> 00:11:11.666
I picked it up.
00:11:11.667 --> 00:11:12.582
I started thumbing through it
00:11:12.583 --> 00:11:14.033
and he was a religious person.
00:11:14.625 --> 00:11:16.101
He said, \"Oh, don\'t touch that.
00:11:16.125 --> 00:11:17.950
That\'s a very dark
and evil book.\"
00:11:20.417 --> 00:11:21.332
And so I put it down.
00:11:21.333 --> 00:11:23.117
I wouldn\'t see it
again until I was 19.
00:11:24.792 --> 00:11:26.242
And I picked it up, I read it.
00:11:26.750 --> 00:11:28.699
And literally like so
many others just said, \"Oh
00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:33.699
I\'m a Satanist.\"
00:11:33.709 --> 00:11:35.409
\"The angel of
self-deceit is camped
00:11:36.250 --> 00:11:37.700
\"in the souls of the righteous.
00:11:38.041 --> 00:11:40.158
\"The eternal flame of
power through joy dwelleth
00:11:42.041 --> 00:11:43.950
\"within the flesh
of the Satanist.\"
00:11:46.750 --> 00:11:47.908
(soft music)
00:11:48.875 --> 00:11:50.768
- [Peter] Anton LaVey
wrote the Satanic Bible
00:11:50.792 --> 00:11:52.699
to concretize the philosophy
that he was spreading
00:11:53.999 --> 00:11:55.700
in the organization
The Church of Satan.
00:11:56.083 --> 00:11:58.242
He published it in 1969,
towards the end of the year.
00:12:03.083 --> 00:12:04.617
- When I read the book
00:12:05.166 --> 00:12:07.075
it kind of stirred up
a lot of excitement.
00:12:08.125 --> 00:12:09.659
I was like, \"Oh wow!
00:12:10.834 --> 00:12:11.749
This is what I am.
00:12:11.750 --> 00:12:12.833
This is who I am.\"
00:12:12.834 --> 00:12:14.117
It finally made sense
00:12:14.458 --> 00:12:15.374
- Read it, cover to cover.
00:12:15.375 --> 00:12:17.367
Couldn\'t put it down,
recognized myself in every page.
00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:22.783
It already fit me.
00:12:23.792 --> 00:12:25.783
- I bought the copy and I read
it three times in one night.
00:12:28.041 --> 00:12:29.699
And I said, \"this is me.\"
00:12:32.458 --> 00:12:34.283
- We understand
this is one life.
00:12:34.625 --> 00:12:36.450
You have a short period
of time on this planet
00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:40.699
and you have to live it the best
00:12:41.333 --> 00:12:42.783
and most pleasurable as you can.
00:12:44.542 --> 00:12:45.916
- To some people,
to an average person
00:12:45.917 --> 00:12:47.699
especially a Christian
that might scare them
00:12:48.999 --> 00:12:50.741
because it makes you
uncomfortable to think,
00:12:51.625 --> 00:12:52.749
\"wow this is it.
00:12:52.750 --> 00:12:54.492
When, I die,
there\'s no more me.\"
00:12:54.999 --> 00:12:57.158
But we\'re comfortable with
that, we\'re not afraid.
00:13:01.125 --> 00:13:02.908
- What I feel is
most important to me
00:13:03.083 --> 00:13:04.699
about identifying as a Satanist
00:13:05.166 --> 00:13:06.950
is the sense of
being your own God.
00:13:10.375 --> 00:13:11.825
I am in control of my life.
00:13:12.999 --> 00:13:14.450
I dictate what happens
00:13:16.166 --> 00:13:18.283
- Love to those who love
and hate to those who hate.
00:13:21.917 --> 00:13:23.908
It\'s what everybody thinks,
but doesn\'t want to admit.
00:13:26.999 --> 00:13:28.700
Satanism is the
most sane, religion
00:13:29.291 --> 00:13:30.741
and philosophy out there.
00:13:31.999 --> 00:13:33.699
- We don\'t feel we
have to love everyone.
00:13:34.792 --> 00:13:35.908
You don\'t.
00:13:36.542 --> 00:13:37.290
Like Anton LaVey said,
00:13:37.291 --> 00:13:38.741
\"If you try to love everybody
00:13:38.999 --> 00:13:40.699
you\'re gonna run out
of love very quickly.\"
00:13:41.375 --> 00:13:43.117
- It is good to be
discerning to yourself,
00:13:44.208 --> 00:13:45.040
to the things you enjoy
00:13:45.041 --> 00:13:47.117
and the people that you choose
to spend your time with.
00:13:49.999 --> 00:13:50.958
- We do discriminate.
00:13:50.959 --> 00:13:52.908
And as a black person, when
I\'m at the Church of Satan,
00:13:53.583 --> 00:13:55.492
I can say that
discrimination is not racial.
00:13:56.375 --> 00:13:58.283
\"We have gathered
forth our symbols
00:13:58.917 --> 00:14:00.700
\"and prepared our
garnishings of the is-to-be.
00:14:02.125 --> 00:14:03.950
\"And the image of
our creation lurketh
00:14:04.875 --> 00:14:06.741
\"as an insatiable basilisk
awaiting his release.\"
00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:10.699
I did start as a Christian boy.
00:14:11.917 --> 00:14:13.659
I felt the hypocrisy
was too much.
00:14:14.083 --> 00:14:15.908
And when I read
the Satanic Bible
00:14:16.750 --> 00:14:18.699
I realized that what interested
me was the symbolism.
00:14:20.417 --> 00:14:22.242
It resonated with
me and I bought it.
00:14:23.999 --> 00:14:25.699
But when I did, I
was a little nervous.
00:14:27.041 --> 00:14:28.699
So I bought it with a copy
00:14:28.875 --> 00:14:30.617
of the new Testament
of the Bible,
00:14:31.999 --> 00:14:33.700
just a tiny, very,
very inexpensive one
00:14:34.542 --> 00:14:36.699
so that they wouldn\'t look at
me too funny at the register.
00:14:38.917 --> 00:14:40.033
(acoustic music)
00:14:50.542 --> 00:14:51.998
- My personal
Journey to Satanism
00:14:51.999 --> 00:14:53.207
is different from
a lot of people\'s.
00:14:53.208 --> 00:14:55.283
I didn\'t read the satanic
Bible when I was 13.
00:14:56.959 --> 00:14:57.874
I didn\'t read the satanic Bible
00:14:57.875 --> 00:14:59.699
until long after
I knew Dr. LaVey.
00:15:01.041 --> 00:15:03.124
He hands me this envelope
and I opened it up.
00:15:03.125 --> 00:15:05.283
And \"you\'re the priestess
of the church of Satan.\"
00:15:05.875 --> 00:15:07.325
And I\'m like, \"Dude, okay!\"
00:15:09.583 --> 00:15:11.699
I\'m very vocal and very
public about my affiliation.
00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.975
And it\'s really enjoyable to me
00:15:14.999 --> 00:15:16.908
because I like dispelling
myths about Satanists.
00:15:19.333 --> 00:15:19.998
I don\'t have...
00:15:19.999 --> 00:15:21.741
I mean, I have a
lot of weird junk,
00:15:22.625 --> 00:15:24.699
but I don\'t have a Cape and I
don\'t have any black candles.
00:15:25.999 --> 00:15:27.450
(orchestral music)
00:15:38.417 --> 00:15:40.158
I can\'t separate
Satanism from myself.
00:15:41.709 --> 00:15:43.492
I\'m me, and all of
my philosophies align
00:15:46.792 --> 00:15:48.242
with the satanic philosophies.
00:15:51.208 --> 00:15:51.999
Freedom and joy.
00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.200
Those are the things that
are important in my life.
00:15:55.999 --> 00:15:56.791
(fire roaring)
00:15:56.792 --> 00:15:58.699
It may seem contradictory
that our images are all based
00:16:00.834 --> 00:16:02.741
on what was traditionally
provided by Christians.
00:16:04.750 --> 00:16:06.492
The devil, the
horns, the red suit.
00:16:07.250 --> 00:16:09.367
But I have to say that that\'s
a really attractive image.
00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.833
(fire roaring)
00:16:12.834 --> 00:16:14.283
The devil is fucking awesome!
00:16:17.083 --> 00:16:18.908
Magic is making the
world as you want it.
00:16:19.999 --> 00:16:21.700
And recognizing
that you did that.
00:16:24.250 --> 00:16:26.075
The world you live in
is largely your creation
00:16:28.542 --> 00:16:29.768
if not entirely.
00:16:29.792 --> 00:16:30.908
(fire roaring)
00:16:32.999 --> 00:16:34.783
You don\'t require
a guy in a dress.
00:16:35.792 --> 00:16:37.242
You don\'t require a church.
00:16:38.125 --> 00:16:39.950
You don\'t require a book
of what you should do
00:16:41.125 --> 00:16:42.950
and shouldn\'t do to
be a human being.
00:16:45.375 --> 00:16:47.242
What it is to be a human
being is all around you,
00:16:48.583 --> 00:16:50.033
if you open your fucking eyes.
00:16:50.417 --> 00:16:51.700
(orchestral music)
00:16:56.999 --> 00:16:58.575
I wanna live in a meritocracy.
00:16:58.959 --> 00:17:00.699
I wanna get credit
for what I\'m good at.
00:17:00.875 --> 00:17:02.741
And I wanna not be asked
to do what I\'m not good at.
00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.950
You can\'t be good at everything.
00:17:06.125 --> 00:17:07.659
(suspenseful music)
00:17:15.333 --> 00:17:16.708
- [Peter] In
Satanism, we believe
00:17:16.709 --> 00:17:18.158
that everything is stratified.
00:17:19.083 --> 00:17:20.950
Stratification for
us means accepting
00:17:22.250 --> 00:17:24.117
that the world is
not egalitarianism
00:17:25.667 --> 00:17:27.534
that everything rises to
its own level or falls.
00:17:30.542 --> 00:17:32.367
Stratification is a
way of being realistic
00:17:33.458 --> 00:17:34.908
about a hierarchy of nature.
00:17:37.959 --> 00:17:39.825
Anton LaVey said that there
was a pyramid structure.
00:17:41.875 --> 00:17:43.699
The very small caps
down to the pyramid
00:17:44.166 --> 00:17:45.908
of people who are
creative and innovative.
00:17:46.875 --> 00:17:48.699
Then there\'s a middle
sort of larger trapezoid
00:17:50.625 --> 00:17:52.075
of people who are productive.
00:17:53.458 --> 00:17:54.991
And then there\'s a much lower
00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.783
and much larger
part of the pyramid
00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:58.866
of people who are
simply believers.
00:18:00.333 --> 00:18:02.492
He felt that, of course we
should value people more highly
00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:05.283
as they\'re placed
higher on the pyramid.
00:18:06.125 --> 00:18:07.866
And I would certainly
agree with that.
00:18:12.583 --> 00:18:14.409
The church of Satan as
a religious organization
00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:17.158
was set up in such a way
as not to be a nonprofit.
00:18:18.291 --> 00:18:19.741
Anton LaVey felt that churches
00:18:20.125 --> 00:18:21.991
were robbing society
by being tax exempt.
00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:24.825
So he felt that
we should advocate
00:18:24.999 --> 00:18:26.699
the complete taxation
of all churches.
00:18:27.792 --> 00:18:28.998
And to that end,
the Church of Satan
00:18:28.999 --> 00:18:30.950
has always paid its taxes
and will continue to do so.
00:18:34.625 --> 00:18:35.908
(suspenseful music)
00:18:42.999 --> 00:18:44.699
- Satanism is a
dangerous philosophy.
00:18:45.792 --> 00:18:47.699
It puts a lot of responsibility
on the individual.
00:18:51.999 --> 00:18:53.450
It is a very brutal religion.
00:18:55.041 --> 00:18:57.242
Elitism, social Darwinism, a
rejection of egalitarianism.
00:19:02.999 --> 00:19:04.699
The most important thing
to me about Satanism
00:19:06.875 --> 00:19:08.409
is being able to
empower yourself
00:19:10.041 --> 00:19:11.825
to withdraw from
mainstream society.
00:19:14.250 --> 00:19:16.075
I think Satanism gives
you that framework.
00:19:16.999 --> 00:19:18.575
It gives you that ability
00:19:18.999 --> 00:19:20.699
to analyze situations
as they really are.
00:19:25.291 --> 00:19:27.033
Being that outsider
that looks in
00:19:27.834 --> 00:19:29.283
is a very great metaphor for me.
00:19:32.208 --> 00:19:34.367
Anton LaVey once wrote that
\"Satanism is Americanism.\"
00:19:36.999 --> 00:19:38.699
The American values of
freedom, individuality,
00:19:41.458 --> 00:19:42.741
sovereignty and pride,
00:19:44.625 --> 00:19:46.075
that I think made it inevitable
00:19:48.583 --> 00:19:50.367
that Satanism would
rise in America.
00:19:50.999 --> 00:19:52.492
Would be born in America.
00:19:53.083 --> 00:19:55.283
- I kind of have a problem
with the term modern Satanism,
00:19:56.999 --> 00:19:58.908
because prior to 1966
there was no Satanism.
00:20:00.083 --> 00:20:01.950
Prior to Anton LaVey
codifying Satanism,
00:20:02.375 --> 00:20:04.242
and defining it in
the Satanic Bible.
00:20:04.375 --> 00:20:05.998
Satanism was really
just a loose term
00:20:05.999 --> 00:20:07.741
that was banded
about by Christians
00:20:09.417 --> 00:20:10.165
to be used as an insult
00:20:10.166 --> 00:20:11.950
against anything that
they didn\'t like.
00:20:12.291 --> 00:20:14.117
(Orchestral music)
(birds chirping)
00:20:17.250 --> 00:20:18.700
- We keep be membership numbers
00:20:19.999 --> 00:20:21.617
of the Church of Satan a secret.
00:20:21.875 --> 00:20:23.783
I\'m the only one who knows how
many new members there are.
00:20:25.999 --> 00:20:28.200
And even I may not know
because we\'ve had members
00:20:29.583 --> 00:20:31.409
for a very long
time, 50 years now
00:20:33.041 --> 00:20:34.825
and not all our
records are digital.
00:20:36.625 --> 00:20:38.699
So I couldn\'t tell you
exactly even if I wanted to.
00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:43.158
But it is in the thousands,
you can be sure of that.
00:20:44.709 --> 00:20:46.699
And it is in almost every
country on the planet.
00:20:48.291 --> 00:20:49.699
(orchestral music)
00:20:50.375 --> 00:20:52.242
- The Church of
Satan is organized
00:20:52.750 --> 00:20:54.242
in a hierarchical structure.
00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:56.866
People approach us, they
pay a one-time fee of
00:20:58.834 --> 00:21:00.741
it\'s $200 at this point, it may
go up, (laughs) times change
00:21:05.458 --> 00:21:07.165
but they pay a fee
to be a member.
00:21:07.166 --> 00:21:08.958
And that means they\'re
essentially supporting
00:21:08.959 --> 00:21:10.699
the philosophy in
the organization.
00:21:10.999 --> 00:21:12.325
(orchestral music)
00:21:16.625 --> 00:21:18.699
- There are people who
approach the Church of Satan
00:21:19.166 --> 00:21:20.699
for membership and are rejected.
00:21:22.166 --> 00:21:23.699
I mainly reject them because
00:21:24.208 --> 00:21:25.998
they haven\'t read
the Satanic Bible
00:21:25.999 --> 00:21:27.950
and they don\'t understand
our philosophy.
00:21:28.999 --> 00:21:30.332
It\'s very important to us
00:21:30.333 --> 00:21:32.450
that people understand
what they\'re getting into
00:21:33.999 --> 00:21:35.040
when they say they\'re Satanists,
00:21:35.041 --> 00:21:36.908
they have to understand
what Satanism really is.
00:21:39.999 --> 00:21:41.700
- The gamut is amazing
with the kind of people
00:21:42.667 --> 00:21:43.624
we have in our organization.
00:21:43.625 --> 00:21:45.699
We have some of the world\'s
leading environmental activists
00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.998
as part of the Church of Satan
00:21:46.999 --> 00:21:49.158
and people who are involved
in artificial intelligence
00:21:50.834 --> 00:21:51.624
and virtual reality
00:21:51.625 --> 00:21:53.666
and people who are
painters and photographers
00:21:53.667 --> 00:21:55.699
and chefs who are opening
their own restaurants
00:21:56.834 --> 00:21:57.998
and getting great reviews.
00:21:57.999 --> 00:21:59.866
- Just every walk of
life that there is,
00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.825
you could be sitting
next to a Satanist
00:22:03.959 --> 00:22:05.699
in your doctor\'s
office or on the bus.
00:22:07.208 --> 00:22:08.290
They\'re everywhere.
00:22:08.291 --> 00:22:09.659
(jazz music)
00:22:17.709 --> 00:22:19.699
- I wanted to join just to
kind of affirm my loyalty
00:22:21.875 --> 00:22:23.659
to the principles
that yes, I\'m serious.
00:22:25.333 --> 00:22:26.783
This is my perspective on life.
00:22:30.166 --> 00:22:31.700
Gave me a pat on
the back saying,
00:22:32.792 --> 00:22:33.958
\"it\'s okay to feel this way.
00:22:33.959 --> 00:22:35.699
It\'s okay to wanna
tear someone apart.
00:22:37.834 --> 00:22:39.617
As long as you don\'t
actually do it.
00:22:40.083 --> 00:22:41.908
It\'s okay to want
to screw people.
00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:45.699
It\'s okay to want wild
and crazy fetishes.
00:22:46.875 --> 00:22:48.741
You can be reasonable and
rational and responsible, silly
00:22:51.583 --> 00:22:53.367
and sexual and
bestial and greedy.
00:22:54.542 --> 00:22:55.998
You can be all these things.
00:22:55.999 --> 00:22:57.700
And that is the
human condition.\"
00:22:58.625 --> 00:22:59.783
(jazz music)
00:23:02.999 --> 00:23:04.699
Satanism is a
culmination for me.
00:23:06.458 --> 00:23:08.325
It\'s a label I look
for desperately.
00:23:11.750 --> 00:23:13.699
For me, ritual is to engage
in the world as I wish it was.
00:23:17.999 --> 00:23:18.998
I can do whatever I want.
00:23:18.999 --> 00:23:20.908
If I want pink candles, instead
of black, I can do that.
00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.975
On my altar I have a candle
00:23:25.999 --> 00:23:27.810
in the shape of a
very large penis
00:23:27.834 --> 00:23:29.699
and that\'s not in
the satanic Bible.
00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.534
But, I like dick.
00:23:33.417 --> 00:23:34.866
So it\'s going to my alter.
00:23:36.875 --> 00:23:38.699
In the ritual chamber I
didn\'t have to grow up.
00:23:39.458 --> 00:23:40.741
It\'s my Nevernever land.
00:23:43.417 --> 00:23:44.624
It allows me to never forget
00:23:44.625 --> 00:23:46.699
that the things you loved as a
child, don\'t have to go away.
00:23:53.041 --> 00:23:55.200
\"In Nomine Dei Nostri
Satanas Luciferi Excelsi.
00:23:56.792 --> 00:23:58.659
\"In the name of Satan
the Ruler of the Earth,
00:23:59.625 --> 00:24:00.457
\"the King of the World,
00:24:00.458 --> 00:24:02.082
\"I command the
forces of darkness
00:24:02.083 --> 00:24:03.783
\"to bestow their
infernal power upon me.
00:24:04.999 --> 00:24:06.450
\"Open wide, the Gates of hell.
00:24:06.667 --> 00:24:07.582
\"Come forth from the abyss
00:24:07.583 --> 00:24:09.409
\"and greet me as your
brother and friend.
00:24:09.792 --> 00:24:11.699
\"Grant me the indulgences
of which I speak.
00:24:12.542 --> 00:24:14.409
\"I\'ve taken thy name
as a part of myself.
00:24:14.667 --> 00:24:16.699
\"I live as a beast of the field
rejoicing the fleshly life.
00:24:18.208 --> 00:24:20.033
\"I favor the just and
I curse the rotten.
00:24:20.999 --> 00:24:22.207
\"By all the gods of the pit
00:24:22.208 --> 00:24:24.075
\"these things of which I
speak shall come to pass
00:24:25.250 --> 00:24:27.033
\"come forth and
answer to your names
00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.950
\"by manifesting my desires.\"
00:24:29.999 --> 00:24:31.242
(acoustic music)
00:24:40.999 --> 00:24:42.783
Do you guys think I need
a bigger dick candle.
00:24:43.999 --> 00:24:45.617
(acoustic music continues)
00:24:48.792 --> 00:24:50.659
- This is my room where
the real magic happens.
00:24:51.208 --> 00:24:52.950
The bell and the
knife and the chal...
00:24:53.709 --> 00:24:54.457
I like this stuff.
00:24:54.458 --> 00:24:56.200
I think symbolically
it\'s powerful.
00:24:56.917 --> 00:24:58.699
I prefer when I\'m
doing these things
00:24:59.125 --> 00:25:00.991
I hand write a lot
of the stuff out.
00:25:03.709 --> 00:25:04.825
I prefer that.
00:25:05.333 --> 00:25:07.575
It\'s a form of theater for
me and I have it right here.
00:25:13.291 --> 00:25:14.659
(soft music)
00:25:17.917 --> 00:25:19.699
- Well, I think like
a lot of Satanists
00:25:20.250 --> 00:25:21.950
I was born not
converted to Satanism.
00:25:24.125 --> 00:25:24.999
I was born a Satanist.
00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.866
We all have different
paths, but eventually
00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:30.158
we find the satanic Bible and
then it\'s a big revelation.
00:25:30.625 --> 00:25:32.699
Then you say, \"Oh, this is
what I\'ve been all my life.
00:25:33.709 --> 00:25:34.624
But I didn\'t know that\'s what
00:25:34.625 --> 00:25:36.476
I was supposed to
be calling myself.\"
00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.699
(organ playing)
00:25:38.875 --> 00:25:40.699
I had been a member
of the Church of Satan
00:25:43.166 --> 00:25:44.499
for a number of years.
00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:46.200
I had recently
graduated from college
00:25:46.208 --> 00:25:48.325
and I was taking a trip to
San Francisco with my mother.
00:25:49.709 --> 00:25:51.699
And I just wrote to the
church to have a few minutes
00:25:53.999 --> 00:25:55.699
with Anton LaVey,
just to shake his hand
00:25:56.999 --> 00:25:58.741
and thank him for
what he\'s given to me
00:25:59.917 --> 00:26:01.699
and so many people
as a philosophy,
00:26:02.917 --> 00:26:04.825
that\'s certainly made a
big difference in my life.
00:26:06.999 --> 00:26:08.666
So I got an answer
back that said
00:26:08.667 --> 00:26:10.534
\"he would be glad
to meet with you.\"
00:26:10.834 --> 00:26:12.617
I\'d built up a lot
of expectations about
00:26:13.999 --> 00:26:15.699
who he might be or
what he might be like
00:26:16.875 --> 00:26:18.325
but we hit it off really well.
00:26:19.417 --> 00:26:20.541
He was funny.
00:26:20.542 --> 00:26:21.825
He played music for me.
00:26:23.333 --> 00:26:23.999
He told jokes.
00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.082
He had some remembrances.
00:26:25.083 --> 00:26:27.158
He was a wonderful,
wonderful spirited person.
00:26:29.667 --> 00:26:31.699
We corresponded, we talked
over the phone and he said
00:26:32.999 --> 00:26:34.534
\"you will move to San Francisco
00:26:34.667 --> 00:26:36.699
and you will be here as
part of the organization.
00:26:38.709 --> 00:26:39.998
You\'ll be very
helpful around here.\"
00:26:39.999 --> 00:26:42.033
And I said, \"okay, I don\'t
have any plans for that.
00:26:42.959 --> 00:26:44.699
But if you say it\'s
going to happen, okay.\"
00:26:44.999 --> 00:26:46.325
(organ playing)
00:26:54.875 --> 00:26:56.325
He talked a lot about Voltaire
00:26:57.083 --> 00:26:59.200
and Oscar Wilde, Jack
London, the romantic poets
00:27:03.417 --> 00:27:05.534
the existentialist, Nietzsche,
Sartre, H.L. Mencken.
00:27:07.709 --> 00:27:08.998
So people should understand
00:27:08.999 --> 00:27:10.541
when he started the
Church of Satan,
00:27:10.542 --> 00:27:12.699
he did it out of a general
disdain for most people
00:27:15.959 --> 00:27:16.958
and in a love of life
00:27:16.959 --> 00:27:18.699
and a frustration
that people don\'t live
00:27:19.250 --> 00:27:20.908
as fully and completely
as they could.
00:27:24.083 --> 00:27:26.200
- Satan can take the form
of a beautiful woman.
00:27:27.750 --> 00:27:29.492
Satan can take the
form of a sleek animal.
00:27:31.417 --> 00:27:33.242
An automobile can
be very Satanic.
00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:36.534
- It was such an extension
of his personality
00:27:38.667 --> 00:27:40.492
that, people could
just look at him
00:27:41.999 --> 00:27:43.165
and the way he lived his life
00:27:43.166 --> 00:27:44.991
and understand what
Satanism is about.
00:27:46.542 --> 00:27:47.825
(orchestral music)
00:27:51.709 --> 00:27:53.699
- Anton LaVey was a really
fascinating individual.
00:27:56.291 --> 00:27:57.499
When he was young he spent time
00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.325
in the carnival
and circus worlds.
00:28:00.166 --> 00:28:01.874
He played calliope
and other things
00:28:01.875 --> 00:28:03.741
and even learned some lion
taming at a period in history.
00:28:05.709 --> 00:28:07.207
So he learned how
as a human being,
00:28:07.208 --> 00:28:09.033
he could interact with
a big, dangerous animal,
00:28:10.208 --> 00:28:10.998
which is kind of the way
00:28:10.999 --> 00:28:12.783
you have to treat most
people around you also.
00:28:15.875 --> 00:28:16.666
For a period of time
00:28:16.667 --> 00:28:18.367
he was a police
photographer, freelance
00:28:19.417 --> 00:28:21.158
and he would take
pictures of crime scenes
00:28:21.999 --> 00:28:23.290
where he\'d see like the results
00:28:23.291 --> 00:28:25.075
of how people dealt
with each other.
00:28:25.999 --> 00:28:27.249
- I saw a slice of life
00:28:27.250 --> 00:28:29.033
that very few people
see on a regular basis.
00:28:30.999 --> 00:28:33.033
I saw the effects of mayhem
from spouse to spouse,
00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:39.367
children splattered
by hit-run drivers.
00:28:41.667 --> 00:28:42.783
(dramatic music)
00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.998
- [Peter] He grew
up in a culture
00:28:45.999 --> 00:28:47.492
that was embodied in filmed noir
00:28:48.625 --> 00:28:50.699
where there were very specific
male and female archetypes,
00:28:52.834 --> 00:28:54.416
where no one was
there to help you,
00:28:54.417 --> 00:28:56.200
that life was a struggle
and you might lose.
00:28:57.208 --> 00:28:58.950
And if you won, it
might not really be all
00:28:59.667 --> 00:29:01.117
that it\'s cracked up to be.
00:29:03.417 --> 00:29:04.457
And by playing music in bars
00:29:04.458 --> 00:29:06.575
for people where people drink
and tell you their stories
00:29:07.792 --> 00:29:09.699
you really got a sense of what
the human animal was like.
00:29:13.917 --> 00:29:15.200
(orchestral music)
00:29:26.667 --> 00:29:28.492
- [Blanche] When the
\'60\'s came around,
00:29:28.667 --> 00:29:30.117
he was very excited in a sense
00:29:30.333 --> 00:29:32.492
that people were getting away
from conventional religions
00:29:33.875 --> 00:29:35.783
but he saw that a lot of,
what they called hippies
00:29:37.834 --> 00:29:39.699
were going in a completely
wrong direction.
00:29:42.417 --> 00:29:43.866
Drugs for many people had become
00:29:45.375 --> 00:29:47.033
as harmful as spiritual
self delusion.
00:29:49.458 --> 00:29:51.534
- And it was disintegrating
into like suicides
00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:55.200
and self-destruction
and misogyny
00:29:56.999 --> 00:29:58.699
and attacks on
political leaders.
00:30:00.999 --> 00:30:03.033
And he\'s like, \"you gotta
like deal with your own shit.
00:30:05.667 --> 00:30:06.958
I\'m gonna blast that door down.
00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:08.699
I\'m going to steal the
fire away from the gods
00:30:09.834 --> 00:30:10.998
and I\'m gonna give it to you
00:30:10.999 --> 00:30:12.699
now what are you
going to do with it?\"
00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:14.708
- To a certain extent
00:30:14.709 --> 00:30:16.699
he certainly respected
the New Age explorations.
00:30:18.750 --> 00:30:19.999
He tried Crowley\'s group.
00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.699
He tried other Theosophists.
00:30:22.458 --> 00:30:23.908
He tried the Rosicrucians.
00:30:24.375 --> 00:30:25.290
He knew what he was looking for.
00:30:25.291 --> 00:30:27.492
He was looking for real, no
bullshit, no nonsense magic.
00:30:32.667 --> 00:30:33.998
- That\'s really
what led Anton LaVey
00:30:33.999 --> 00:30:35.659
to creating the Church of Satan
00:30:35.999 --> 00:30:36.998
by examining not only
00:30:36.999 --> 00:30:38.950
what Crowley\'s people
were doing, his disciples
00:30:39.583 --> 00:30:41.699
but what was happening in
the Neo-pagan religions.
00:30:42.041 --> 00:30:44.117
As all of that was growing,
LaVey sort of said,
00:30:44.625 --> 00:30:46.699
\"well nothing\'s out
there that satisfies me.\"
00:30:48.417 --> 00:30:49.699
(indistinct)
00:30:50.125 --> 00:30:51.457
And at the time
there was a whole
00:30:51.458 --> 00:30:53.699
occult revolution going on,
particularly in California.
00:30:54.375 --> 00:30:56.158
So the idea of
this kind of spooky
00:30:56.750 --> 00:30:58.575
alternative religion
caught his eye.
00:30:59.458 --> 00:31:01.659
He\'d been a carny and he had
worked in the spook shows.
00:31:02.999 --> 00:31:04.699
So he knew showmanship
was really crucial
00:31:05.625 --> 00:31:06.998
to get anything launched.
00:31:06.999 --> 00:31:08.617
Again, a very American thing.
00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:12.117
- The \'60\'s were nuts and
people who didn\'t live
00:31:13.709 --> 00:31:15.699
through them don\'t remember
how nuts they were.
00:31:16.792 --> 00:31:18.617
He seemed to me like the
lone voice of reason.
00:31:19.583 --> 00:31:21.659
- I believe that hate is
necessary in a controlled way.
00:31:22.125 --> 00:31:23.950
Just as much as
love is necessary.
00:31:24.959 --> 00:31:25.998
- Are you married?
00:31:25.999 --> 00:31:26.666
- Oh yes.
00:31:26.667 --> 00:31:27.624
- Do you have any little devils?
00:31:27.625 --> 00:31:28.374
- Oh yes, I have two.
00:31:28.375 --> 00:31:29.958
- Are you gonna raise
them as Satanic kids?
00:31:29.959 --> 00:31:31.825
- Certainly, but not to go
around and chopping people up
00:31:33.333 --> 00:31:34.783
or sacrificing human beings.
00:31:36.125 --> 00:31:37.699
- He wanted to be an instigator
00:31:37.999 --> 00:31:39.582
and he wanted to inspire people
00:31:39.583 --> 00:31:41.033
to move towards their passion
00:31:42.166 --> 00:31:43.699
and not the flavor of the week
00:31:45.333 --> 00:31:46.825
or the celebrity of the moment.
00:31:47.999 --> 00:31:49.534
- I think Satanism
00:31:51.542 --> 00:31:52.332
in LaVey\'s terms,
00:31:52.333 --> 00:31:54.534
was more about addressing the
soul-oriented values of man
00:31:58.834 --> 00:32:00.741
and understanding man\'s
real nature, real character.
00:32:02.750 --> 00:32:04.033
(orchestral music)
00:32:11.291 --> 00:32:13.409
- [Blanche] He had learned
a lot from the people
00:32:13.999 --> 00:32:15.741
that he worked with
in the carnival
00:32:16.041 --> 00:32:17.699
especially from the freaks.
00:32:18.750 --> 00:32:20.200
They were using what they had
00:32:20.750 --> 00:32:22.534
the specialness that
they were endowed with.
00:32:23.583 --> 00:32:24.666
And they were greatly respected.
00:32:24.667 --> 00:32:26.699
Natural freaks were greatly
respected within the community.
00:32:28.959 --> 00:32:30.409
(orchestral music continues)
00:32:33.709 --> 00:32:35.534
He started gathering
an eccentric group
00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.582
of people around him.
00:32:37.583 --> 00:32:39.518
A lot of characters,
a lot of socialites
00:32:39.542 --> 00:32:41.325
a lot of people that
were movers and shakers
00:32:42.542 --> 00:32:44.367
who had different
ideas about religion
00:32:44.625 --> 00:32:46.699
and really were very enthused
about the supernatural,
00:32:47.792 --> 00:32:49.741
the occult, and wanted to
explore it more with him.
00:32:53.750 --> 00:32:55.699
- [Anton] Most of the
people that are in my group
00:32:55.999 --> 00:32:57.249
are professional people.
00:32:57.250 --> 00:32:58.040
They\'re business people.
00:32:58.041 --> 00:33:00.200
They\'re people that are from
very responsible walks of life.
00:33:03.041 --> 00:33:04.666
- [Blanche] He bought
the black house,
00:33:04.667 --> 00:33:06.040
the original black house.
00:33:06.041 --> 00:33:08.117
He started having parties
on a regular basis.
00:33:09.834 --> 00:33:11.309
He started giving lectures
00:33:11.333 --> 00:33:13.325
on the occult on
cannibalism, on vampirism.
00:33:16.875 --> 00:33:18.325
- I also try to help people
00:33:18.458 --> 00:33:20.242
with various problems
and enlighten them
00:33:20.667 --> 00:33:22.699
on these concepts of magic
folklore and offbeat religions.
00:33:26.458 --> 00:33:28.575
- [Blanche] He acquired a lion,
he got Togare and raised him
00:33:30.709 --> 00:33:32.699
and he would take him to
the local elementary schools
00:33:33.834 --> 00:33:35.659
so that the children
could pet a real lion.
00:33:39.583 --> 00:33:41.699
He got a reputation as being
a San Francisco, eccentric.
00:33:43.834 --> 00:33:45.617
Someone that people
like to spend time with.
00:33:48.875 --> 00:33:50.825
- You realize that this was
like the West Coast version
00:33:53.583 --> 00:33:54.998
of Andy Warhol\'s Factory.
00:33:54.999 --> 00:33:57.117
Those people were probably
the most interesting people
00:33:59.208 --> 00:34:00.699
on the West coast.
00:34:00.999 --> 00:34:02.699
He\'s a guy who
knew what he wanted
00:34:03.125 --> 00:34:04.374
and he knew how to get it.
00:34:04.375 --> 00:34:05.825
And he was definitely a showman.
00:34:09.041 --> 00:34:10.699
He knew how to market himself,
00:34:10.709 --> 00:34:12.158
he knew how to brand himself,
00:34:12.999 --> 00:34:14.492
become immediately recognizable,
00:34:14.959 --> 00:34:16.700
and his face was associated
with a philosophy
00:34:19.667 --> 00:34:21.492
that a lot of people
still believe in.
00:34:23.166 --> 00:34:24.666
- In a lot of ways LaVey was
00:34:24.667 --> 00:34:26.450
like the William
Blake of the occult.
00:34:27.458 --> 00:34:28.207
Was he a charlatan?
00:34:28.208 --> 00:34:29.666
Yeah, he was the
charlatan to those
00:34:29.667 --> 00:34:31.409
he didn\'t want
anything to do with
00:34:31.417 --> 00:34:33.242
and that was a way
to protect himself.
00:34:34.834 --> 00:34:36.741
His whole image was a mirror
that he put up to society.
00:34:41.041 --> 00:34:43.267
- [Announcer] And with
the special participation
00:34:43.291 --> 00:34:45.409
of Anton LaVey, High Priest
of the Church of Satan.
00:34:47.999 --> 00:34:49.283
(beast roaring)
00:34:49.458 --> 00:34:50.666
\"The Devil\'s Rain.\"
00:34:50.667 --> 00:34:51.950
(inferno blasting)
00:34:52.999 --> 00:34:54.617
- LaVey had a real opportunity
00:34:56.417 --> 00:34:58.242
to just be like a
figure in Hollywood.
00:35:00.750 --> 00:35:02.659
And he knew if he did
that, if he moved to LA
00:35:03.583 --> 00:35:04.833
he would not have time
00:35:04.834 --> 00:35:06.617
for his own music,
for his own drawings.
00:35:08.333 --> 00:35:10.158
He didn\'t wanna be
a slave to that.
00:35:11.125 --> 00:35:12.699
He didn\'t wanna be a pop slave.
00:35:13.999 --> 00:35:16.033
In the \'70\'s, \'80\'s, you
saw a lot of creative people
00:35:17.875 --> 00:35:19.659
that were inspired
and liberated.
00:35:20.999 --> 00:35:22.416
And liberated as
opposed to liberal.
00:35:22.417 --> 00:35:24.575
And those are completely
like opposite things now.
00:35:28.999 --> 00:35:31.075
- [Anton] My relationships
with some of the sex goddesses
00:35:34.041 --> 00:35:35.699
of the past have been largely
00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.283
as a result of luck,
more than anything else.
00:35:42.583 --> 00:35:44.450
- When I was writing the
biography of Anton LaVey
00:35:46.291 --> 00:35:48.450
he would start telling me
these wonderful stories.
00:35:49.583 --> 00:35:51.367
He talked about his
time with Marilyn Monroe
00:35:51.667 --> 00:35:53.492
or he talked about
Jayne Mansfield.
00:35:53.667 --> 00:35:55.699
And, he was a high priest
of the Church of Satan.
00:35:59.875 --> 00:36:01.699
During the time that
we were together,
00:36:02.625 --> 00:36:04.283
we had an open
relationship, let\'s say.
00:36:04.583 --> 00:36:06.617
He had certain responsibilities
that he had to fulfill.
00:36:07.709 --> 00:36:09.699
And I was enthusiastic with
those responsibilities as well.
00:36:13.458 --> 00:36:15.367
We\'re Satanists,
we\'re not prudes.
00:36:15.375 --> 00:36:17.117
We enjoy lust and
happiness and indulgence
00:36:19.083 --> 00:36:20.908
and I think that\'s why
we hit off so well.
00:36:29.125 --> 00:36:30.866
- The realization early
on that I was part
00:36:31.625 --> 00:36:33.699
of this unique family that
wasn\'t like anything else except
00:36:37.999 --> 00:36:39.950
for things like \"The Munsters\"
maybe, or things like that
00:36:41.875 --> 00:36:43.768
that were of course,
totally fictional
00:36:43.792 --> 00:36:45.699
that no one actually took
seriously as a family dynamic.
00:36:49.999 --> 00:36:51.699
But I was living it nonetheless.
00:36:53.458 --> 00:36:55.325
By the time I came
into the picture,
00:36:57.083 --> 00:36:59.033
things had quieted
down a little bit.
00:37:01.542 --> 00:37:02.991
I used to tell Zeena that,
00:37:04.291 --> 00:37:06.492
I wish that I could have some
kind of like normal existence
00:37:08.834 --> 00:37:10.783
where I could, go bicycling
or whatever with my siblings
00:37:13.125 --> 00:37:14.908
and have Sunday
picnics in the park.
00:37:16.458 --> 00:37:18.242
And I mean, it wasn\'t
like that at all.
00:37:20.875 --> 00:37:22.158
Anton was very peculiar
00:37:22.999 --> 00:37:24.699
in all of his habits
and all of his tastes.
00:37:25.959 --> 00:37:27.699
And so he wouldn\'t
venture out very much.
00:37:28.959 --> 00:37:30.908
And sometimes when he would,
he would go out in disguise.
00:37:33.875 --> 00:37:35.908
Problems aside, he was just
an exceptional, interesting,
00:37:40.999 --> 00:37:42.699
sweet, childlike
kind of personality.
00:37:45.917 --> 00:37:47.367
Coolest grandpa ever possible.
00:37:49.750 --> 00:37:51.416
- He, wasn\'t gonna
tell you what to do
00:37:51.417 --> 00:37:52.866
but you better fucking do it.
00:37:52.999 --> 00:37:54.492
And how many people did it?
00:37:54.999 --> 00:37:56.457
How many people are doing it?
00:37:56.458 --> 00:37:58.617
How many people are just
using the label it\'s like,
00:37:59.291 --> 00:38:01.033
so they can scare
their Catholic grandma?
00:38:02.959 --> 00:38:04.075
(Steven laughs)
00:38:04.375 --> 00:38:05.699
(acoustic music)
00:38:11.999 --> 00:38:13.393
- Well, my family,
00:38:13.417 --> 00:38:15.283
it\'s funny \'cause some
of them will see this.
00:38:16.667 --> 00:38:18.492
My mom knows and doesn\'t
like talking about it.
00:38:20.542 --> 00:38:22.699
My father\'s side of the family
are very religious Catholics.
00:38:23.834 --> 00:38:25.659
And again, I don\'t
ever talk about it.
00:38:25.999 --> 00:38:28.117
Maybe they know and I don\'t
really care if they know.
00:38:29.125 --> 00:38:30.908
And if they do know,
all right, cool.
00:38:32.667 --> 00:38:33.416
I think they\'ll notice
00:38:33.417 --> 00:38:35.158
that I\'ve never tried
to convert them.
00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:41.082
The best way to
raise my children
00:38:41.083 --> 00:38:42.699
is for them to be themselves.
00:38:42.999 --> 00:38:44.699
Find what you like, what
you love and go for it.
00:38:46.750 --> 00:38:48.575
And to me, that\'s the
most Satanic thing.
00:38:49.083 --> 00:38:50.825
If they identify
with Satanism, great,
00:38:51.458 --> 00:38:52.908
if they don\'t, I don\'t care.
00:38:53.458 --> 00:38:54.908
(acoustic music continues)
00:39:01.208 --> 00:39:03.283
- I don\'t know what
disturbed my family more.
00:39:04.875 --> 00:39:05.998
Me, telling them I was gay.
00:39:05.999 --> 00:39:07.749
Me, telling them
I was an atheist.
00:39:07.750 --> 00:39:09.617
Or me telling them
I was a Satanist.
00:39:10.375 --> 00:39:12.082
They kept throwing
away the books
00:39:12.083 --> 00:39:12.999
every time they found them.
00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:14.825
So the Satanic Bible I
have now, the paperback,
00:39:17.166 --> 00:39:18.699
is the fourth one I had to buy.
00:39:19.583 --> 00:39:21.699
They just kept throwing out
all my copies of Anton LaVey.
00:39:22.999 --> 00:39:24.699
But then again, I kept
leaving them in the car.
00:39:24.917 --> 00:39:26.699
- My father was not
entirely comfortable
00:39:28.083 --> 00:39:30.158
but since I was responsible,
he supported it enough
00:39:32.417 --> 00:39:34.200
to Just let me do
whatever I was doing.
00:39:36.041 --> 00:39:36.998
We used to tease each other.
00:39:36.999 --> 00:39:39.158
So I would say, \"Oh you\'re
the most Satanic Christian
00:39:40.999 --> 00:39:41.833
that I\'ve ever met.\"
00:39:41.834 --> 00:39:43.741
And he would say, that I\'m
the most Christian Satanist
00:39:43.875 --> 00:39:45.325
that he\'s ever met. (laughs)
00:39:45.917 --> 00:39:47.659
- Every family
reacts differently.
00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:49.249
It depends on how they grew up.
00:39:49.250 --> 00:39:51.367
It depends upon what they\'ve
been indoctrinated into
00:39:51.999 --> 00:39:54.075
what they\'ve seen in the
media or what they\'ve heard.
00:39:55.583 --> 00:39:57.033
We\'re brought up in environments
00:39:57.208 --> 00:39:58.699
where you want that support.
00:39:58.999 --> 00:40:00.699
You want that acceptance
from your parents
00:40:01.417 --> 00:40:02.207
or from your family.
00:40:02.208 --> 00:40:03.991
And unfortunately, a
lot of us don\'t get it.
00:40:05.458 --> 00:40:06.374
- I think maybe they thought
00:40:06.375 --> 00:40:07.998
it was maybe a phase
I was going through.
00:40:07.999 --> 00:40:09.699
And as I got older,
they were just like,
00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:12.416
\"okay it\'s clearly not a phase,
00:40:12.417 --> 00:40:14.267
\'cause you\'re here,
you are an adult
00:40:14.291 --> 00:40:16.242
and you\'re still
identifying as a Satanist.\"
00:40:17.250 --> 00:40:19.075
- My mother actually
excommunicated herself
00:40:21.959 --> 00:40:23.699
from the Catholic church
when I was growing up.
00:40:24.999 --> 00:40:26.699
- My family\'s reaction
was pretty neutral
00:40:26.999 --> 00:40:29.075
because there are a bunch
of Darwinists already
00:40:29.875 --> 00:40:31.699
they\'re not very
religious people.
00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:34.242
My mother was
another person who,
00:40:34.959 --> 00:40:36.409
she encouraged me to join, so.
00:40:37.166 --> 00:40:38.699
(suspenseful music)
00:41:01.083 --> 00:41:03.242
- [Diabolus] I spent my
youth in Astoria, Oregon,
00:41:05.417 --> 00:41:07.117
at a very lovecraftian
type of city.
00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:10.741
My parents were
children in the \'60\'s.
00:41:12.375 --> 00:41:14.534
So they were very interested
in the experimental lifestyles
00:41:17.625 --> 00:41:18.582
which were very big at that time
00:41:18.583 --> 00:41:20.699
that involved psychedelia,
involved in the drug world
00:41:25.999 --> 00:41:27.699
but also the burgeoning
interest in the occult.
00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:34.117
Growing up in a family in which
that was an important aspect
00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:41.699
is how I came to be acquainted
00:41:43.834 --> 00:41:45.699
with Satanism and
the Satanic Bible.
00:41:46.999 --> 00:41:48.409
(waterfall roaring)
00:41:56.417 --> 00:41:57.374
I joined the Church of Satan
00:41:57.375 --> 00:41:59.575
because I felt that this
was unique and different.
00:42:03.333 --> 00:42:04.726
(waterfall roaring)
00:42:04.750 --> 00:42:05.998
The rest is history.
00:42:05.999 --> 00:42:07.492
(suspenseful music)
00:42:10.625 --> 00:42:12.207
- We do not believe
in an actual,
00:42:12.208 --> 00:42:13.699
as I said, in actual entity.
00:42:14.709 --> 00:42:15.825
We are atheists.
00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:18.033
At least as far as the
church of Satan is concerned.
00:42:20.083 --> 00:42:21.699
We feel that Satan is polemic,
00:42:21.709 --> 00:42:23.559
he is allegorical
and he is symbolic.
00:42:23.583 --> 00:42:25.409
He represents the
forces of nature
00:42:25.583 --> 00:42:27.659
that make mankind something
unique and individual.
00:42:29.250 --> 00:42:30.457
That element that allows us
00:42:30.458 --> 00:42:32.283
to perceive ourselves
as gods, as opposed
00:42:33.583 --> 00:42:35.699
to worshiping a sentient
beings outside of ourself.
00:42:37.999 --> 00:42:39.283
(suspenseful music)
00:42:42.125 --> 00:42:44.200
- [Diabolus] That was a standard
Church of Satan party line
00:42:45.999 --> 00:42:47.534
which I was willing to use
00:42:48.291 --> 00:42:50.367
to help develop the philosophy
of the Church of Satan.
00:42:54.999 --> 00:42:56.741
Deep down inside every
man has his own views
00:42:58.917 --> 00:43:00.699
and his own perspectives
and his own truth.
00:43:01.542 --> 00:43:03.325
And mine was very, very
different than that.
00:43:04.542 --> 00:43:05.825
(suspenseful music)
00:43:08.166 --> 00:43:09.699
\"All religions are a joke.\"
00:43:10.999 --> 00:43:12.699
That was one of the
things that was stated.
00:43:13.959 --> 00:43:14.916
My perspective on that.
00:43:14.917 --> 00:43:16.825
I don\'t believe that what
I\'m practicing is a joke
00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:18.991
even though what I\'m
practicing is not a religion.
00:43:20.917 --> 00:43:22.699
I couldn\'t hold to
that perspective
00:43:24.375 --> 00:43:25.416
and still remain true to myself.
00:43:25.417 --> 00:43:27.492
It doesn\'t mean that I
don\'t appreciate the people
00:43:28.041 --> 00:43:29.124
I was surrounded with
00:43:29.125 --> 00:43:31.200
but I couldn\'t be on
board with a sinking ship.
00:43:33.750 --> 00:43:35.033
(suspenseful music)
00:43:39.291 --> 00:43:40.741
I am a theistic Satanist.
00:43:42.999 --> 00:43:44.700
I mean, if you
wanna categorize it
00:43:46.125 --> 00:43:47.659
in such primitive terms.
00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:51.325
The existence of a
super-consciousness
00:43:53.542 --> 00:43:54.825
or an over consciousness
00:43:55.917 --> 00:43:57.699
that\'s something that
I ultimately accept.
00:44:03.750 --> 00:44:04.998
So anybody who wants to say,
00:44:04.999 --> 00:44:06.617
\"well that\'s just delusional
00:44:06.834 --> 00:44:08.617
or that\'s just
fantasy thinking.\"
00:44:08.999 --> 00:44:09.998
It\'s like, that\'s fine for you
00:44:09.999 --> 00:44:11.783
but either A that\'s a
personal perspective
00:44:13.417 --> 00:44:14.866
or B is a claim of omniscience.
00:44:15.417 --> 00:44:17.492
And we completely deny
that in the Chaos Imperium.
00:44:19.583 --> 00:44:20.866
(suspenseful music)
00:44:23.583 --> 00:44:24.999
Oh, friend and
companion of the night,
00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:27.075
thou who delightest in the
baying of dogs and spilt blood,
00:44:28.208 --> 00:44:29.991
who wanderest in the
shades among the tombs,
00:44:30.999 --> 00:44:32.950
who longest for blood and
bringeth terror to mortals.
00:44:35.999 --> 00:44:36.998
Gogro! Mormo!
00:44:36.999 --> 00:44:38.040
Thousand-faced moon!
00:44:38.041 --> 00:44:39.825
Look favorably upon
our sacrifices!
00:44:42.667 --> 00:44:44.534
- Diabolus Rex, he was
one of those Satanists
00:44:45.333 --> 00:44:47.367
I grew up reading his
interviews and watching them,
00:44:50.834 --> 00:44:52.117
and loving his art.
00:44:52.917 --> 00:44:54.699
So, when he left the
church I was like,
00:44:55.166 --> 00:44:56.699
\"Aw, that sucks, but oh, well.\"
00:44:58.417 --> 00:45:00.283
- If there\'s a time when
someone wants to go off
00:45:01.999 --> 00:45:03.991
on their own or leave the
organization, that\'s fine.
00:45:07.750 --> 00:45:08.866
(piano playing)
00:45:10.999 --> 00:45:12.991
- In 1975, we had a split
in the Church of Satan.
00:45:13.583 --> 00:45:15.659
Michael Aquino started something
called The Temple of Set.
00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:19.158
And Aquino actually became
a very mystical person.
00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:21.950
He really felt that Set existed
00:45:22.375 --> 00:45:23.825
as an isolate consciousness,
00:45:24.667 --> 00:45:26.117
some supernatural intelligence.
00:45:26.291 --> 00:45:27.950
And he could
communicate with that.
00:45:30.041 --> 00:45:31.866
- Temple of Set,
very transcendent,
00:45:33.458 --> 00:45:35.283
movement towards
something greater
00:45:35.542 --> 00:45:36.991
and beyond the physical world,
00:45:37.333 --> 00:45:39.158
distinct from the highly
materialistic aspects
00:45:40.999 --> 00:45:41.916
of the Church of Satan,
00:45:41.917 --> 00:45:43.866
which only came much later in
the Church\'s Satan\'s history.
00:45:47.999 --> 00:45:49.991
Initially there was something
much more acceptable
00:45:50.625 --> 00:45:52.699
about the idea that Satan
might be some kind of godhead
00:45:54.583 --> 00:45:56.409
that actually existed
in physical reality
00:45:57.999 --> 00:45:59.699
and that the Satanists
could contact.
00:46:00.417 --> 00:46:01.699
(piano playing)
00:46:04.250 --> 00:46:06.075
- That was the most
well organized version
00:46:06.291 --> 00:46:08.142
of that kind of
theistic thinking.
00:46:08.166 --> 00:46:10.325
When you\'re dealing with like
a left-hand path philosophy.
00:46:12.166 --> 00:46:13.950
It doesn\'t seem to
have a very wide reach
00:46:14.166 --> 00:46:16.242
but it\'s there for the
people who it would satisfy.
00:46:16.417 --> 00:46:18.332
And in fact, if people
approach the Church of Satan
00:46:18.333 --> 00:46:20.450
who are really mystical and
wanna believe things like that,
00:46:21.166 --> 00:46:22.666
we send them off
to other people.
00:46:22.667 --> 00:46:24.158
(chain clanging)
(dog growling)
00:46:30.750 --> 00:46:32.699
- It\'s a common misconception
that theistic Satanists
00:46:35.125 --> 00:46:37.283
or those who believe in
some form of consciousness
00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:41.950
of a satanic element somehow
00:46:42.709 --> 00:46:44.534
are automatically
involved in worship.
00:46:48.250 --> 00:46:49.700
You can have a direct connection
00:46:50.583 --> 00:46:52.575
with this over consciousness
or superconscious
00:46:54.917 --> 00:46:56.699
which has nothing
to do with worship.
00:46:58.375 --> 00:47:00.242
It\'s more teacher to
student and learning
00:47:04.458 --> 00:47:06.367
from that position to be
able to promote a form
00:47:06.999 --> 00:47:08.783
of self-evolution to
something greater.
00:47:10.291 --> 00:47:11.699
(suspenseful music)
00:47:16.166 --> 00:47:17.991
- I knew Diabolus Rex,
an accomplished artist.
00:47:22.250 --> 00:47:24.158
I don\'t really know
what he\'s been up to.
00:47:27.709 --> 00:47:28.991
(suspenseful music)
00:47:33.291 --> 00:47:35.450
- [Diabolus] The Ragnarok
Engine is an Escathonic,
00:47:37.542 --> 00:47:39.325
experimental and
theoretical project.
00:47:41.291 --> 00:47:43.117
Escathonic meaning,
end of the world.
00:47:45.417 --> 00:47:47.200
Ragnarok was the end
of the age of the gods.
00:47:48.999 --> 00:47:50.991
Well, everybody perceives
themselves as the new gods,
00:47:53.375 --> 00:47:54.825
so we have to move against that.
00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:58.699
The Ragnarok Engine is a way
00:47:59.834 --> 00:48:01.283
of being able to create gateways
00:48:03.208 --> 00:48:05.283
and bring in the most
definitive aspects of evil.
00:48:08.375 --> 00:48:09.699
(suspenseful music)
00:48:12.999 --> 00:48:14.783
And so I\'ve poured
all my resources
00:48:16.417 --> 00:48:17.866
and everything that I hold
00:48:17.999 --> 00:48:19.741
as a conviction of
power into this.
00:48:21.625 --> 00:48:22.908
(suspenseful music)
00:48:26.291 --> 00:48:27.659
(carnival music)
00:48:32.125 --> 00:48:33.492
(Adam whistling)
00:48:47.208 --> 00:48:48.708
- Well, Satanism is
not for everybody
00:48:48.709 --> 00:48:50.492
because it requires
extreme responsibility.
00:48:54.166 --> 00:48:56.033
It\'s interesting, \'cause
I look at this country,
00:48:56.208 --> 00:48:58.283
The United States, and our
constitution is the same thing.
00:49:02.875 --> 00:49:03.998
The first amendment to me
00:49:03.999 --> 00:49:05.699
is the most singular
important thing we have.
00:49:07.542 --> 00:49:08.893
It\'s free speech.
00:49:08.917 --> 00:49:10.699
You\'re allowed to say
whatever you want,
00:49:11.041 --> 00:49:12.699
whether it be hateful or not.
00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:14.825
And I think this
is really healthy.
00:49:16.917 --> 00:49:17.958
What\'s hate speech?
00:49:17.959 --> 00:49:19.409
What does that even mean?
00:49:19.999 --> 00:49:21.950
What if I say, I hate
people who read comic books?
00:49:22.999 --> 00:49:24.325
Is that hate speech?
00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:27.617
To me, the only way to have
that work is all speech is good.
00:49:30.750 --> 00:49:32.700
The second amendment is there
for me to protect my property.
00:49:34.792 --> 00:49:36.741
It\'s also there to protect
me from an invading army.
00:49:38.959 --> 00:49:40.825
And it\'s also there to protect
me from my own government.
00:49:44.291 --> 00:49:45.207
People that don\'t like it,
00:49:45.208 --> 00:49:46.991
I quickly point out
what happened in Europe,
00:49:47.999 --> 00:49:49.450
not that long ago.
00:49:49.999 --> 00:49:51.699
Within a minute,
people were like
00:49:51.999 --> 00:49:53.699
\"Oh, shit, there\'s
Nazis everywhere.\"
00:49:54.041 --> 00:49:55.575
Like it just happens.
00:49:56.999 --> 00:49:59.033
Our founding fathers, I think
when they put it in there
00:50:01.041 --> 00:50:03.242
they were like, \"this is
the safety right here, boom!
00:50:03.999 --> 00:50:05.450
People can fight back.\"
00:50:06.999 --> 00:50:09.033
If you have free speech, people
will get offended, obviously
00:50:11.542 --> 00:50:13.325
if you have guns, people
are gonna get shot.
00:50:14.333 --> 00:50:15.998
So the question is, do
you wanna live somewhere
00:50:15.999 --> 00:50:17.783
that\'s completely no
gun violence at all,
00:50:19.999 --> 00:50:21.699
but there\'s laws on
regulating speech
00:50:22.500 --> 00:50:24.617
or do you wanna live somewhere
where it\'s a little wild?
00:50:26.458 --> 00:50:27.791
There\'s a lot of shit going on
00:50:27.792 --> 00:50:29.699
and you have to be
responsible, or you\'re fucked.
00:50:31.208 --> 00:50:32.249
I choose that.
00:50:32.250 --> 00:50:33.374
That\'s what I like.
00:50:33.375 --> 00:50:34.825
I\'ll take the gun violence.
00:50:35.999 --> 00:50:36.582
I\'ll take it.
00:50:36.583 --> 00:50:38.699
If that\'s part of the freedom
rules, I\'d rather that.
00:50:41.458 --> 00:50:43.283
- The people who
founded our country,
00:50:43.999 --> 00:50:46.117
Jefferson, Franklin, Thomas
Paine, they were deists.
00:50:50.375 --> 00:50:52.367
They were anti theists,
anti organized religion.
00:50:54.208 --> 00:50:55.991
And they were
certainly influenced
00:50:55.999 --> 00:50:57.741
by the freedoms of
the enlightenment.
00:50:59.625 --> 00:51:01.492
And so the way our very
country was structured
00:51:02.500 --> 00:51:04.575
was much more leaning toward
what we now understand
00:51:06.999 --> 00:51:08.700
as Satanism than
dependence on religion
00:51:11.834 --> 00:51:13.699
and God and powers
outside yourself.
00:51:16.375 --> 00:51:17.582
- [Reporter] Experts
say there are
00:51:17.583 --> 00:51:19.450
as many as 50 to 60,000
human sacrifices a year,
00:51:20.999 --> 00:51:22.991
a result of an estimated
100,000 self-styled Satanists
00:51:25.250 --> 00:51:25.998
in this country.
00:51:25.999 --> 00:51:27.699
In 1988 Los Angeles
had 64 preschools
00:51:28.999 --> 00:51:30.783
with report and
Satanic activity.
00:51:30.999 --> 00:51:32.699
- I absolutely believe
it without any doubt.
00:51:33.583 --> 00:51:35.332
Based on the information
that\'s been given to me
00:51:35.333 --> 00:51:37.158
across the country,
by numerous survivors
00:51:38.333 --> 00:51:40.117
and by confidential
sources and informants.
00:51:42.625 --> 00:51:44.409
- Basically from the
late \'60\'s, early \'70\'s
00:51:44.999 --> 00:51:46.699
there was all these
books coming out
00:51:47.917 --> 00:51:49.699
\"The Exorcist\",
\"Amityville Horror\".
00:51:52.875 --> 00:51:54.825
Yeah, they\'re fun movies but
they\'re Christian propaganda.
00:51:57.999 --> 00:52:00.200
They made more people go to
church than anything else.
00:52:00.999 --> 00:52:01.958
It scared people.
00:52:01.959 --> 00:52:03.699
So out of that arose
this like false pretense
00:52:07.999 --> 00:52:09.991
that there\'s this Satanic
underground community
00:52:10.166 --> 00:52:11.908
that is breeding
babies for sacrifice.
00:52:14.291 --> 00:52:15.699
- Oh, the satanic panic.
00:52:16.333 --> 00:52:18.200
That was the just,
you know, America.
00:52:19.999 --> 00:52:21.492
(suspenseful music)
00:52:24.834 --> 00:52:26.617
- The satanic panic was
essentially launched
00:52:27.999 --> 00:52:29.699
by a book called
\"Michelle Remembers\"
00:52:30.375 --> 00:52:32.200
where a psychiatrist
dealt with a woman
00:52:32.875 --> 00:52:34.700
who claimed to have remembered
memories of being abused
00:52:37.792 --> 00:52:39.075
by a Church of Satan,
00:52:39.375 --> 00:52:41.158
which had her do all
kinds of heinous things
00:52:41.999 --> 00:52:43.617
in the name of the devil.
00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:46.283
When the book came out, it was
listed as being a true story.
00:52:48.999 --> 00:52:51.033
And that started amongst
the evangelical Christians
00:52:52.542 --> 00:52:54.450
this wildfire of people
replicating these tales.
00:53:00.500 --> 00:53:02.367
\"Michelle Remembers\" was
followed by Mike Warnke
00:53:02.500 --> 00:53:04.659
who was a fellow who came
out with a book claiming
00:53:04.999 --> 00:53:06.825
that he\'d been part
of the Satanic cult
00:53:06.999 --> 00:53:08.699
that had this amazing
reach in the world.
00:53:09.917 --> 00:53:11.699
They were involved with
invoking actual demons
00:53:11.999 --> 00:53:13.699
who would teleport
people, places.
00:53:14.417 --> 00:53:16.200
It was called \"The
Satan Seller.\"
00:53:17.166 --> 00:53:19.409
Other people started imitating
it because these books sold.
00:53:20.542 --> 00:53:21.457
This is a commercial venture.
00:53:21.458 --> 00:53:23.617
It was really the commercial
success of this literature
00:53:24.250 --> 00:53:26.367
of satanic cults that got
evangelical Christians
00:53:27.999 --> 00:53:29.534
into saying, \"this a good deal.\"
00:53:29.792 --> 00:53:31.700
- These symbols of Satanism
are turning up everywhere,
00:53:34.083 --> 00:53:35.825
on walls, on clothes,
on album covers,
00:53:38.583 --> 00:53:40.534
and even on bodies
of murder victims.
00:53:40.999 --> 00:53:42.825
- [Raul] People like Bob
Larson who spread this,
00:53:44.375 --> 00:53:46.158
and certain therapists
and psychiatrists
00:53:47.166 --> 00:53:49.242
who were using unethical
techniques to implant memories
00:53:52.291 --> 00:53:54.075
from their patients then
these patients claim
00:53:54.625 --> 00:53:56.450
that they were part of
these satanic cults.
00:53:59.625 --> 00:54:01.699
- We\'re talking about people
in some cases who are coming
00:54:02.375 --> 00:54:04.534
to us as patients who were
raised in Satanic cults
00:54:06.959 --> 00:54:08.409
from the time they were born.
00:54:09.291 --> 00:54:11.450
- The various cases where
people\'s lives were thrown apart
00:54:13.000 --> 00:54:15.117
because of these allegations
that they were abusing children
00:54:16.959 --> 00:54:18.699
are part of this great
satanic conspiracy.
00:54:21.709 --> 00:54:23.158
- The truth is children, lie
00:54:23.667 --> 00:54:25.409
and adults encouraged
children to lie
00:54:25.959 --> 00:54:27.699
to feed into their
own bullshit stories.
00:54:28.208 --> 00:54:30.033
And that\'s what the
satanic panic was.
00:54:31.208 --> 00:54:33.492
If you read the testimony
in the McMartin Preschool,
00:54:33.999 --> 00:54:35.783
the fact that anybody
believed any of them
00:54:36.834 --> 00:54:38.117
for a second is just...
00:54:38.375 --> 00:54:40.184
You just, you slap
your forehead.
00:54:40.208 --> 00:54:41.699
It\'s just insane.
00:54:42.417 --> 00:54:44.117
- People were
claiming that children
00:54:44.542 --> 00:54:46.367
were literally being
shown like animals
00:54:46.625 --> 00:54:48.699
that you would only see in
zoos and being transported
00:54:48.999 --> 00:54:50.908
into exotic locations
and then somehow returned
00:54:51.959 --> 00:54:53.699
to the preschool
that they were at.
00:54:53.709 --> 00:54:55.492
And you\'re thinking,
\"how could this happen?\"
00:54:56.083 --> 00:54:57.866
And of course the
explanation was Satan.
00:54:59.041 --> 00:55:01.200
- It would be a whole lot
easier if these people wore
00:55:01.959 --> 00:55:03.699
or had horns and a
Pitchfork and a red suit
00:55:04.875 --> 00:55:05.958
but they just don\'t.
00:55:05.959 --> 00:55:07.416
They could be your
next-door neighbor.
00:55:07.417 --> 00:55:09.242
- Cops for Christ were
a big deal then too.
00:55:11.041 --> 00:55:12.082
I dealt with people like that.
00:55:12.083 --> 00:55:13.866
I was actually
set upon by people
00:55:14.834 --> 00:55:16.659
who just didn\'t like
the way you looked
00:55:17.000 --> 00:55:18.950
or they had a
marginalized understanding
00:55:20.875 --> 00:55:22.659
of what they thought
you represented.
00:55:23.750 --> 00:55:25.200
And every day was an adventure.
00:55:28.583 --> 00:55:29.541
- It was a real problem.
00:55:29.542 --> 00:55:31.434
LaVey felt like
he was in danger.
00:55:31.458 --> 00:55:33.617
People would drive by and
throw shit at the house.
00:55:35.000 --> 00:55:37.158
You have to understand that
the satanic panic happened
00:55:38.999 --> 00:55:39.998
during the Reagan years.
00:55:39.999 --> 00:55:41.700
Fundamentalism was the
flavor of the month.
00:55:44.125 --> 00:55:45.991
Religion and people were
gloaming onto that but,
00:55:50.959 --> 00:55:52.825
make no mistake, that
was a very dangerous time
00:55:54.041 --> 00:55:55.575
to be living in America.
00:55:56.999 --> 00:55:58.699
- These things don\'t
have to be real at all
00:55:59.250 --> 00:56:00.165
but they get passed around.
00:56:00.166 --> 00:56:02.325
And suddenly a friend of
a friend of a friend said
00:56:02.999 --> 00:56:04.699
\"I know somebody who
was involved in that.\"
00:56:05.875 --> 00:56:07.325
So this whole mythology grew.
00:56:10.999 --> 00:56:12.332
- But there were
people who believe that
00:56:12.333 --> 00:56:14.158
because it helped
forge an agenda
00:56:16.667 --> 00:56:18.492
for the reorientation
of American society.
00:56:21.709 --> 00:56:22.991
(rock and roll music)
00:56:30.083 --> 00:56:32.242
- During the satanic panic is
when I discovered Satanism.
00:56:35.250 --> 00:56:36.700
And I remember one of the things
00:56:37.250 --> 00:56:39.325
that was being spread
around was heavy metal music
00:56:40.750 --> 00:56:42.534
and Dungeons & Dragons
role-playing games
00:56:43.750 --> 00:56:45.200
will expose you to Satanism.
00:56:46.208 --> 00:56:47.999
- I believe that
Dungeons & Dragons
00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:49.783
is a direct quote
from the pit of hell,
00:56:51.417 --> 00:56:52.866
if you wanna call it that.
00:56:52.999 --> 00:56:54.908
It is a mind-bending game,
a mind-changing game.
00:56:56.458 --> 00:56:57.908
And it\'s involved with all kinds
00:56:58.208 --> 00:56:59.374
of occult and pagan religions.
00:56:59.375 --> 00:57:01.575
And Anton LaVey, the writer
of the Satanist Bible says,
00:57:01.999 --> 00:57:03.699
\"there is no such thing
as white witchcraft.\"
00:57:04.417 --> 00:57:06.492
- For being a Satan
worshiper, he should know.
00:57:06.999 --> 00:57:08.283
- Yeah, he should know
00:57:09.208 --> 00:57:09.999
- And guess what?
00:57:10.000 --> 00:57:11.534
It worked, it worked.
00:57:12.667 --> 00:57:14.117
It actually did do that to me.
00:57:14.834 --> 00:57:16.617
So whatever they said
actually was true.
00:57:17.542 --> 00:57:18.991
- All the things you love.
00:57:19.000 --> 00:57:20.866
- Whether Satan exists
is a matter of belief.
00:57:21.999 --> 00:57:23.741
But we are certain
that Satanism exists.
00:57:24.999 --> 00:57:25.958
To some it\'s a religion.
00:57:25.959 --> 00:57:27.908
To others it\'s the practice
of evil in the devil\'s name.
00:57:30.875 --> 00:57:31.457
- Hail, Satan!
00:57:31.458 --> 00:57:32.998
- [Peter] And indeed there
were some crazy people
00:57:32.999 --> 00:57:34.699
who believed in the
devil and worshiped him
00:57:35.125 --> 00:57:36.541
we used to call them
Geraldo Satanist,
00:57:36.542 --> 00:57:38.659
\'cause we feel that that\'s where
the inspiration was coming.
00:57:39.166 --> 00:57:41.575
Not from any actual
other Satanists or
any actual Satanism.
00:57:46.875 --> 00:57:48.659
- We had some Satanists
that were interested
00:57:48.999 --> 00:57:50.699
in the Charles
Manson phenomenon.
00:57:52.458 --> 00:57:53.908
Some Satanists kind of saw him
00:57:54.917 --> 00:57:56.699
as a symbol of the
end of the \'60\'s.
00:57:57.375 --> 00:57:59.117
This kind of rebellion,
this counteraction
00:58:00.834 --> 00:58:02.575
from the \'60\'s hippie
culture, right?
00:58:03.667 --> 00:58:05.450
So I think they
took that aesthetic
00:58:05.999 --> 00:58:08.033
and that kind of mythology
and they ran with it.
00:58:10.083 --> 00:58:12.325
LaVey himself was actually
really annoyed by that.
00:58:14.750 --> 00:58:16.200
He wrote several times that
00:58:17.917 --> 00:58:19.908
he wished Charles Manson
was just shot in the head,
00:58:20.041 --> 00:58:21.575
and that was over with.
00:58:23.333 --> 00:58:24.851
- LaVey knew Susan Atkins.
00:58:24.875 --> 00:58:26.783
She worked as a stripper in
his Topless Witches revue.
00:58:29.333 --> 00:58:30.783
And he said, \"Boyd, this girl
00:58:31.250 --> 00:58:33.075
was an accident
waiting to happen.
00:58:33.709 --> 00:58:34.998
If it hadn\'t been Charlie Manson
00:58:34.999 --> 00:58:36.575
it would\'ve been somebody else.\"
00:58:38.250 --> 00:58:40.367
Like an incredible amount
of people cross paths
00:58:40.917 --> 00:58:42.699
with Manson, people
that you never expect.
00:58:44.041 --> 00:58:45.866
And a lot of people
ended up going through
00:58:46.417 --> 00:58:47.866
well, The Black House as well.
00:58:48.583 --> 00:58:50.367
So I just think,
it was an odd time.
00:58:52.917 --> 00:58:54.699
When the Manson thing
originally happened
00:58:55.999 --> 00:58:58.075
all the Manson girls wrote
letters to Anton LaVey.
00:59:01.041 --> 00:59:02.908
- The people that do
that nonsense shit,
00:59:04.125 --> 00:59:05.699
they\'re the theistic idiots.
00:59:05.875 --> 00:59:07.699
They\'re the ones that
believe in the nonsense.
00:59:08.625 --> 00:59:10.699
They\'re the ones that
can\'t draw the separation
00:59:10.999 --> 00:59:12.450
between fantasy and reality.
00:59:12.625 --> 00:59:14.450
If they\'re doing it,
it\'s not Satanism.
00:59:15.709 --> 00:59:17.699
When I hear babies being
murdered and child molestation,
00:59:20.250 --> 00:59:21.950
I think of Christians
and Catholics.
00:59:22.375 --> 00:59:24.040
- [Carissa] I think a lot
of them are (indistinct)
00:59:24.041 --> 00:59:25.825
- [Adam] Yeah, they
do! They should!
00:59:26.083 --> 00:59:27.699
That\'s real! That can be proven!
00:59:30.417 --> 00:59:32.450
- We, for our part
during the satanic panic,
00:59:33.709 --> 00:59:35.534
Anton LaVey didn\'t
want to dignify
00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:39.165
a lot of these journalists
00:59:39.166 --> 00:59:41.367
with actually having the High
Priest of the Church of Satan
00:59:44.000 --> 00:59:45.367
on their shows.
00:59:46.875 --> 00:59:48.207
He said, \"you know,
the philosophy
00:59:48.208 --> 00:59:49.749
and the organization
have matured
00:59:49.750 --> 00:59:51.575
to the point now where
I have plenty of people
00:59:51.959 --> 00:59:53.165
that I trust to
go on these shows
00:59:53.166 --> 00:59:54.950
and say, no, we don\'t
sacrifice animals.
00:59:56.041 --> 00:59:58.200
And this is what we stand
for, and this is what we do.
00:59:59.792 --> 01:00:00.541
- We are here.
01:00:00.542 --> 01:00:01.290
We\'re not going away.
01:00:01.291 --> 01:00:03.450
And Christianity and the
day of the cross are done.
01:00:05.000 --> 01:00:06.741
- It was the best story
going at the time.
01:00:08.250 --> 01:00:10.075
And so there was
a need to be able
01:00:11.125 --> 01:00:12.908
to defend this
opposite position.
01:00:15.458 --> 01:00:17.659
- For Anton LaVey, what he was
doing was meeting with people
01:00:18.667 --> 01:00:20.699
from the Humane Society, from
animal protection societies
01:00:22.250 --> 01:00:23.700
from cult awareness, places
01:00:24.000 --> 01:00:25.825
even Christians
who were concerned
01:00:26.500 --> 01:00:28.325
about what was going
on in Christianity
01:00:29.999 --> 01:00:31.699
and these people that
were being counselors
01:00:31.999 --> 01:00:33.991
and hanging out their
shingle as Satan busters.
01:00:36.000 --> 01:00:38.075
So he was meeting with the
right people to get the word out
01:00:39.583 --> 01:00:41.492
defining what Satanism
is and what it isn\'t.
01:00:44.125 --> 01:00:45.950
- The FBI and other
law enforcement started
01:00:46.792 --> 01:00:47.998
to really investigate this
01:00:47.999 --> 01:00:49.991
because it had really gotten
to be this crazy mythology
01:00:50.500 --> 01:00:52.393
with all of these
books coming out
01:00:52.417 --> 01:00:53.975
and people supporting this.
01:00:53.999 --> 01:00:55.700
And they found that it
wasn\'t true. Surprise!
01:00:57.083 --> 01:00:58.659
That it was a hysteria.
01:00:59.667 --> 01:01:00.624
- Anybody who would bother
01:01:00.625 --> 01:01:02.367
to even take the cursory
look at our text.
01:01:02.625 --> 01:01:04.699
The first thing it says is
that we don\'t harm children
01:01:05.667 --> 01:01:06.874
and we don\'t harm animals.
01:01:06.875 --> 01:01:08.158
There are no sacrifices.
01:01:08.709 --> 01:01:09.582
That\'s all shit.
01:01:09.583 --> 01:01:10.866
That\'s Christian shit.
01:01:11.792 --> 01:01:13.699
- I went out there and
had to sit next to people
01:01:13.875 --> 01:01:15.699
who are claiming to
be breeding babies
01:01:15.999 --> 01:01:16.749
and slaughtering them.
01:01:16.750 --> 01:01:18.699
And try to say, I
represent this philosophy
01:01:19.333 --> 01:01:21.492
which is about reason and
about self-satisfaction.
01:01:23.208 --> 01:01:24.666
And that is atheist.
01:01:24.667 --> 01:01:25.582
When all these people think
01:01:25.583 --> 01:01:27.699
that I must be a animal
sacrificer and baby-breeder.
01:01:29.625 --> 01:01:31.367
I\'d be put in green
rooms separate
01:01:31.834 --> 01:01:33.207
from all the other guests
01:01:33.208 --> 01:01:34.749
because they didn\'t
wanna be near me
01:01:34.750 --> 01:01:36.699
because of course I must be
doing these horrendous things.
01:01:38.083 --> 01:01:39.374
And it really took a long time
01:01:39.375 --> 01:01:41.200
for that to grind to
a halt and roll back.
01:01:42.999 --> 01:01:44.409
(suspenseful music)
01:01:49.917 --> 01:01:51.866
- Marilyn Manson in that
time was getting popular.
01:01:52.458 --> 01:01:54.158
And he brought
Satanism a new audience
01:01:55.750 --> 01:01:57.325
\'cause he openly
talked about it.
01:01:58.792 --> 01:02:00.283
Back then, it wasn\'t cool.
01:02:01.208 --> 01:02:02.582
Like now you can be
like, \"Oh, I\'m a member
01:02:02.583 --> 01:02:04.699
of some stupid satanic group\"
and people are like, \"Yeah!\"
01:02:05.999 --> 01:02:07.699
But back then, it
wasn\'t like that.
01:02:08.333 --> 01:02:08.998
It was serious.
01:02:08.999 --> 01:02:10.332
You couldn\'t tell anybody.
01:02:10.333 --> 01:02:12.450
The first open member and
open Satanist is King Diamond.
01:02:16.750 --> 01:02:17.998
He\'s the first rock
and roller to say,
01:02:17.999 --> 01:02:19.575
\"Hey, you know I\'m a Satanist.\"
01:02:20.417 --> 01:02:22.242
I mean, Coven from the
\'60\'s, but that\'s...
01:02:23.999 --> 01:02:25.534
It\'s was very different then.
01:02:26.999 --> 01:02:28.207
- [Cartoon] I hear
you vomit here.
01:02:28.208 --> 01:02:30.325
I can\'t think of Hank and
there\'s Santa in the backyard.
01:02:32.959 --> 01:02:33.998
- [Reporter] \"Scooby
Doo\" cartoon.
01:02:33.999 --> 01:02:35.991
- [Interviewee] Our children
are being lobotomized
01:02:35.999 --> 01:02:37.249
by manipulative psychologist.
01:02:37.250 --> 01:02:39.033
- [Announcer] Kids
in the occult.
01:02:41.750 --> 01:02:43.699
- [Announcer] I wonder where
was Satanism when we were kids?
01:02:44.583 --> 01:02:45.499
Why didn\'t we get into it?
01:02:45.500 --> 01:02:47.165
- [Reporter] Because
of parent concerns
01:02:47.166 --> 01:02:48.082
that some Halloween costumes
01:02:48.083 --> 01:02:50.200
can be linked to devil
worship and satanic cults.
01:02:51.792 --> 01:02:52.416
- Joanna.
01:02:52.417 --> 01:02:53.908
- Sometimes I don\'t obey.
01:02:54.208 --> 01:02:56.075
- Punish him with
a rod severely.
01:02:58.709 --> 01:03:00.207
♪ Stand up and sit down ♪
01:03:00.208 --> 01:03:01.700
♪ And stand up and sit down ♪
01:03:01.917 --> 01:03:03.409
♪ And stand up and sit down ♪
01:03:03.959 --> 01:03:05.450
♪ And stand up and sit down ♪
01:03:06.166 --> 01:03:07.601
♪ And stand up ♪
01:03:07.625 --> 01:03:09.075
- This is why Satanism exists
01:03:09.792 --> 01:03:11.534
is so that we can
constantly remind people
01:03:12.875 --> 01:03:14.699
that whenever you
create an enemy
01:03:16.375 --> 01:03:18.242
then things can be very
dangerous for everyone.
01:03:19.999 --> 01:03:21.741
That\'s why you have
to think for yourself.
01:03:23.375 --> 01:03:25.242
- I haven\'t come forth
in a great many years
01:03:26.959 --> 01:03:28.699
because I didn\'t
want to be relegated
01:03:29.999 --> 01:03:31.741
to another guest
on a TV talk show.
01:03:36.125 --> 01:03:38.200
But I can assure you
Satanism is here to stay.
01:03:41.792 --> 01:03:42.908
(organ playing)
01:03:51.999 --> 01:03:53.908
- During Anton LaVey\'s last
years he had surrounded himself
01:03:58.208 --> 01:04:00.534
with people that he grew close
to, that he drew energy from.
01:04:03.999 --> 01:04:05.699
We had had a son together.
01:04:07.166 --> 01:04:09.450
He had heart problems brought
about by the rheumatic fever,
01:04:13.999 --> 01:04:15.325
sort of weakened him.
01:04:15.917 --> 01:04:17.699
And he didn\'t want
to be seen as weak.
01:04:19.999 --> 01:04:21.699
So his time became
very precious.
01:04:21.709 --> 01:04:23.534
He wanted to spend it
with people he enjoyed,
01:04:24.625 --> 01:04:26.075
who contributed to his life.
01:04:26.999 --> 01:04:28.659
He was doing more recording
01:04:28.959 --> 01:04:30.699
so that his music
would get out there.
01:04:31.083 --> 01:04:33.200
But he just wanted to
spend the time that he had
01:04:34.250 --> 01:04:36.075
with his son and playing
his music and writing
01:04:40.041 --> 01:04:41.582
- [Anton] I will never die.
01:04:41.583 --> 01:04:42.332
- [Joe] You won\'t?
01:04:42.333 --> 01:04:44.249
- [Anton] No, of course
not. I\'ve made arrangements.
01:04:44.250 --> 01:04:45.699
(audience laughing)
01:04:46.750 --> 01:04:47.866
(organ playing)
01:04:52.417 --> 01:04:53.866
- He lived every single day.
01:04:55.999 --> 01:04:57.699
It was homination
his philosophy.
01:04:59.166 --> 01:05:00.991
And how many people
can say that?
01:05:01.999 --> 01:05:03.991
- I loved spending time
alone with my grandfather.
01:05:08.500 --> 01:05:10.367
It felt like the entire
world just disappeared.
01:05:14.667 --> 01:05:15.833
- I wish he was around now
01:05:15.834 --> 01:05:17.699
because people are afraid
to speak their mind.
01:05:18.041 --> 01:05:20.075
People are walking on
eggshells, and he hated that.
01:05:22.458 --> 01:05:24.659
Everyone\'s walking around
with a good guy badge now
01:05:25.125 --> 01:05:27.283
\'cause they\'re a victim of
this, and a victim of that.
01:05:31.375 --> 01:05:32.582
- The Church of Satan today,
01:05:32.583 --> 01:05:34.409
I try to maintain
as close as possible
01:05:34.999 --> 01:05:36.699
as to the vision
Anton LaVey set out.
01:05:37.458 --> 01:05:38.935
In fact, in our conversations
01:05:38.959 --> 01:05:40.082
that was something
I promised him
01:05:40.083 --> 01:05:41.908
that I would be doing
for him as time went on.
01:05:42.959 --> 01:05:44.700
I think that the
philosophy that he created
01:05:44.999 --> 01:05:47.117
is absolutely spot on for
recognizing the reality
01:05:49.792 --> 01:05:50.998
but with human animal functions
01:05:50.999 --> 01:05:53.075
I don\'t think his philosophy
needs to be changed at all.
01:05:58.250 --> 01:05:59.374
- [Ruth] Honestly, the thing
01:05:59.375 --> 01:06:01.242
that I really like
about Satanism is
01:06:01.959 --> 01:06:03.825
that it doesn\'t change because
human beings don\'t change.
01:06:07.709 --> 01:06:09.699
- [Adam] So where does
this all go for the future?
01:06:10.041 --> 01:06:11.825
Well, Satanists
are born, not made,
01:06:14.333 --> 01:06:15.783
they\'re being born right now.
01:06:15.959 --> 01:06:17.699
And some of them will
read that book and say,
01:06:18.000 --> 01:06:19.534
\"yeah, this is for me.\"
01:06:20.667 --> 01:06:22.492
There\'s other satanic
groups that come and go,
01:06:23.999 --> 01:06:25.699
but the Church of Satan
has been around now for,
01:06:26.999 --> 01:06:28.409
what is this 52 years?
01:06:29.166 --> 01:06:30.699
That\'s pretty good.
01:06:31.999 --> 01:06:33.492
- You don\'t worship anything.
01:06:33.917 --> 01:06:34.999
You question everything.
01:06:35.000 --> 01:06:37.117
And the power that you
have comes from within you
01:06:38.750 --> 01:06:40.457
and you don\'t take
anything on faith.
01:06:40.458 --> 01:06:42.325
There\'s no such thing
in Satanism as faith.
01:06:43.583 --> 01:06:44.624
We challenge, we question,
01:06:44.625 --> 01:06:46.699
we challenge ourselves to
do better, to achieve more,
01:06:49.417 --> 01:06:51.283
that\'s what\'s embodied
in our principles.
01:06:53.166 --> 01:06:55.075
- Because we know
as Anton LaVey said,
01:06:55.999 --> 01:06:57.741
\"the first 99 years are
always the toughest.\"
01:06:58.999 --> 01:07:00.409
(audience laughing)
01:07:00.417 --> 01:07:02.492
I think the future is
assured, the Church of Satan
01:07:03.166 --> 01:07:05.033
is thriving and shall
be a great black river
01:07:07.417 --> 01:07:09.575
that continues to flow into
the great future to come.
01:07:12.041 --> 01:07:14.117
So thank you all for
bringing that into being.
01:07:16.583 --> 01:07:17.165
Shemhamforash!
01:07:17.166 --> 01:07:18.165
- [Audience] Shemhamforash!
01:07:18.166 --> 01:07:18.998
- Hail, Satan!
01:07:18.999 --> 01:07:20.249
- [Audience] Hail, Satan!
01:07:20.250 --> 01:07:21.699
(cymbals clanging)
01:07:21.875 --> 01:07:22.457
- Hail, Satan!
01:07:22.458 --> 01:07:23.975
- [Audience] Hail, Satan!
01:07:23.999 --> 01:07:25.165
(cymbals clanging)
01:07:25.166 --> 01:07:26.249
- Hail, Satan!
01:07:26.250 --> 01:07:27.700
- [Audience] Hail, Satan!
01:07:28.375 --> 01:07:29.699
(cymbals clanging)
01:07:31.166 --> 01:07:32.699
(suspenseful music )
01:07:34.667 --> 01:07:35.783
(bell ringing)
01:07:45.875 --> 01:07:46.991
(bell ringing)
01:07:57.125 --> 01:07:59.242
- I formed the Chaos Imperium
to be an alternative idea
01:08:00.667 --> 01:08:02.699
to contemporary magical
practices and perspectives.
01:08:07.917 --> 01:08:09.367
This isn\'t a psychic order,
01:08:09.583 --> 01:08:11.409
it doesn\'t have a very
large group membership,
01:08:12.417 --> 01:08:14.242
it is not initiatory,
it is not religious.
01:08:15.083 --> 01:08:16.908
I\'m its only human
representative,
01:08:17.999 --> 01:08:19.783
though within the group
there\'s 7 other entities
01:08:21.917 --> 01:08:23.783
that we have invited through
magic to be part of it.
01:08:27.250 --> 01:08:28.617
(wind whirling)
01:08:37.500 --> 01:08:38.699
(acoustic music)
01:09:09.500 --> 01:09:10.991
♪ The Devil is my woman ♪
01:09:15.291 --> 01:09:16.866
♪ And she\'s got a voodoo hair ♪
01:09:27.834 --> 01:09:29.325
♪ The Devil is my woman ♪
01:09:33.625 --> 01:09:35.200
♪ And she\'s got a voodoo hair ♪
01:09:55.083 --> 01:09:56.659
♪ She missed my blues ♪
01:09:59.999 --> 01:10:01.575
♪ She dances to my rare ♪
01:10:07.999 --> 01:10:09.450
- She says it\'s too tight.
01:10:11.291 --> 01:10:12.699
♪ But you know she ♪
01:10:13.999 --> 01:10:15.367
♪ She missed my blues ♪
01:10:18.417 --> 01:10:19.908
♪ She dances to my rare ♪
01:10:27.458 --> 01:10:28.908
And watch her shimmy, now.
01:10:30.000 --> 01:10:31.367
Then she goes...
01:10:39.917 --> 01:10:41.699
♪ The preacherman
don\'t like her ♪
01:10:44.709 --> 01:10:46.617
♪ But I\'ve seen him
at the back door ♪
01:10:57.917 --> 01:10:59.699
♪ The preacherman
don\'t like her ♪
01:11:02.375 --> 01:11:04.242
♪ But I\'ve seen him
at her front door ♪
01:11:14.999 --> 01:11:16.659
♪ The Devil is my woman ♪
01:11:20.959 --> 01:11:22.534
♪ The Devil is my woman ♪
01:11:24.500 --> 01:11:25.991
♪ The Devil is my woman ♪
01:11:29.208 --> 01:11:30.700
♪ And you can\'t lock her up ♪
01:11:35.250 --> 01:11:36.699
(audience cheering)
01:11:42.625 --> 01:11:44.492
♪ So you better
treat her right ♪
01:11:48.750 --> 01:11:50.367
♪ Or she\'s gonna string you up ♪
01:11:55.667 --> 01:11:56.991
(audience applauding)
01:12:00.750 --> 01:12:02.033
(acoustic music fading)
