The Satanic Bible

So he wrote the Satanic Bible in 69? Published in 1969.

And he also wrote a lot about ritual and stuff as well and prescribed certain kinds of rituals in the Satanic Bible.

Satanism has been thought of as being synonymous with cruelty and brutality. This is only so because people are afraid to face the truth. And the truth is that human beings are not all benign or all loving.

Just because the Satanist admits he is capable of both love and hate, he is considered hateful. On the contrary, because he is able to give vent to his hatred, through ritualized expression, he is far more capable of love, the deepest kind of love.

So in 1966 created officially the Church of Satan and in 1969 published the Satanic Bible, which is pretty interesting to read through. I haven't read it all, but I read quite a bit of passages.

Satanism has been thought of as being synonymous with cruelty and brutality. This is only so because people are afraid to face the truth. And the truth is that human beings are not all benign or all loving.

Just because the Satanist admits he is capable of both love and hate, he is considered hateful. On the contrary, because he is able to give vent to his hatred, through ritualized expression, he is far more capable of love, the deepest kind of love.

By honestly recognizing and admitting to both the hate and the love he feels, there's no confusing one emotion with the other. Without being able to experience one of these emotions, you cannot fully experience the other.

Anton LaVey publishes the Satanic Bible in 1969 which became the central text for the Church of Satan which probably had its heyday in the 1970s.

Now the reality is that the Satanic Bible was both largely plagiarized and more or less just a self-help book with an edgy wrapping to it.

Anton LaVey publishes the Satanic Bible in 1969 which became the central text for the Church of Satan which probably had its heyday in the 1970s.

Anton LaVey publishes the Satanic Bible in 1969 which became the central text for the Church of Satan which probably had its heyday in the 1970s.

more or less just a self-help book with an edgy wrapping to it.

Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence.

Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams.

Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit.

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

Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek, and represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires.

The Satanic Bible mostly plagiarized several sources and regurgitated philosophies of writers like H.L. Mencken and Anne Rind, the most satanic of them all.

and he also apparently told people that he was reading the book of Satan

If you've read the Anton Lavey satanic bible there's nothing in there about exorcism, there's nothing in there about demonology really. It's kind of a self-help book written by Anton Lavey back in the 70s and stuff. There's nothing really in there about this kind of thing.