Anton Lavey

Anton LaVey is one of the most influential satanist of all time. He was the sole founder of the Church of Satan. Anton LaVey is well known for his book "The Satanic Bible" published in 1969 the year the Church was established. And not to mention Anton LaVey was gave plenty of media attention.Anton Lavey also has contributed and for the most part created the branch LaVeyan satanism.



The Nine Satanic Statements - Anton LaVey
From the Satanic Bible:

1. Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence!

2. Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams!

3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit!

4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!

5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek!

6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires!

7. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all!

8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!

9. Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years!




I find LaVey pretty much as a joke. A walking contradiction if you will. I really do not admire him at all. He is just another "figure head" to me.



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Sources:
www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/LaVeyBiography.html
www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/NineStatements.html