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From the early 1950s, Anton LaVey explored some ideas revolving around Satan, eventually gaining a reputation as a powerful black magician and San Francisco character.
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The Church of Satan was created by the late High Priest, Magus Anton Szandor LaVey on Walpurgisnacht 1966 c.e. He declared 1966 as Year One, Anno Satanas.
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The new Age of Fire had been inaugurated, and though the ceremony on Walpurgisnacht, 1966, the event was highly private, LaVey knew soon he would make a huge impact.
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LaVey declared 1966 Year One, Anno Satanas, which is the first year of the reign of Satan.
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A professional publicist, Anton Szandor LaVey birthed his Church of Satan in 1966 in San Francisco.
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Anton knew the date upon which the first Church of Satan must be established. It would have to be during the traditional night of the most important demonic celebration of the year when witches and devils roam the earth, orgiastically glorifying the fruition of the Spring equinox: Walpurgisnacht, the night of April 30th—May 1st.
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The Lavey's began to practice many forms of child abuse for their religious beliefs.
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Anton was approached by Mrs. Edward Olsen who wanted the High Priest to perform a funeral for her recently deceased husband, a Navy man killed in a traffic accident near San Francisco’s Treasure Island station.
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The "Feminine Eye" was the first article written about the new High Priest of Satan was Shana Alexander’s “The Feminine Eye” column in February 1967, which appeared in the Life magazine.
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The first event of the Church was the marriage of the LaVey’s on February 1st, 1967.
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A date for Zeena, Lavey's three-year-old daughter's baptism was set for May. Photographers hadn't shown up until 6 a.m., even though the ceremony wouldn’t begin for another 15 hours.
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The Satanic Bible was released in 1969, membership in the Church of Satan had already grown to well over 10,000 worldwide.
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The Second Coming, released in 1970, had been the established text on Satanism until its author, Arthur Lyons, wrote another book in 1988, Satan Wants You, which updates his first, providing fresh material on Anton LaVey and dispelling much of the claims of Satanic animal sacrifices and “ritual abuse” of children.
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Satanis, an extensive feature-length documentary on the Church of Satan was released in theaters across the country early in 1970.
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In 1970, rituals and lectures conducted by LaVey, opened up to the public. All weekly public ceremonies in the Black House stopped in 1972.
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Newsweek magazine has done a few articles covering LaVey’s exploits. One from August 16, 1971, entitled “Evil, Anyone?,” was already raising questions about suspected “Satanic crimes” that have plagued LaVey from his organization’s beginnings.
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LaVey appeared in many radio and television appearances from 1967 to 1974, one particularly memorable performance was an elaborate on-camera ritual for Johnny Carson’s 7th Anniversary show, summoning success for the upcoming year.
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Multiple biographies of LaVetwere written by Burton Wolfe in 1974 on the numerous acts that occurred in the church.
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By 1975, a re-organization had taken place, and those few who were counterproductive to LaVey’s Satanic ideals were interested in what Anton called the "Phase One Satanism”.
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During the 1980s, the media worldwide launched a “witch hunt” which is now referred to as “The Satanic Panic.”
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From the 1980s through the ’90s, a new generation of iconoclasts sought out Anton LaVey.
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Anton LaVey died on October 29th of 1997.
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The Central Administration followed Magistra Barton to Southern California until she made the decision to appoint a long-time administrator and LaVey associate Peter H. Gilmore as High Priest on Walpurgisnacht of 2001.
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High Priestess Blanche Barton was forced from The Black House by its owners, and it was demolished on October 17th of 2001, after standing as a haunted sentinel for several years.
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On Walpurgisnacht of 2002, Magistra Barton appointed Peggy Nadramia, wife to Gilmore, to succeed her as High Priestess.