Satanic Bible

Called "The Black Pope" by many of his followers, Anton LaVey began the road to High Priesthood of the Church of Satan when he was only 16 years old and an organ player in a carnival: "On Saturday night I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was playing the organ for tentshow evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot, I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children, asking God to forgive them and purge them of carnal desires. And the next Saturday night they'd be back at the carnival or some other place of indulgence. "I knew then that the Christian Church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out!" From that time early in his life his path was clear. Finally, on the last night of April, 1966 Walpurgisnacht, the most important festival of the believers in witchcraft - LaVey shaved his head in the tradition of ancient executioners and announced the formation of The Church Of Satan. He had seen the need for a church that would recapture man's body and his carnal desires as objects of celebration. "Since worship of fleshly things produces pleasure," he said, "there would then be a temple of glorious indulgence..."

INTRODUCTION by Burton H. Wolfe PREFACE PROLOGUE THE NINE SATANIC STATEMENTS

(FIRE) --BOOK OF SATAN-The Infernal Diatribe [I] [II] [III] [IV] [V]

(AIR) --BOOK OF LUCIFER-The Enlightenment I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. Wanted!: God - Dead or Alive The God You SAVE May Be Yourself Some Evidence of a New Satanic Age Hell, the Devil, and How to Sell Your Soul Love and Hate Satanic Sex Not all Vampires Suck Blood Indulgence... NOT Compulsion On the Choice of a Human Sacrifice Life After Death Through Fulfillment of the Ego Religious Holidays The Black Mass

(EARTH) --BOOK OF BELIAL-The Mastery of the Earth I. II. III. IV. Theory and Practice of Satanic Magic: (Definition and Purpose of Lesser and Greater Magic) The