Who Is Anton Lavey's Character In The Development Of Modern Day Satanism

Anton LaVey, creator of the Church of Satan, was a primary character in the development of modern – day Satanism. Anton Szandor LaVey, born Howard Stanton LaVey, was brought into crime-filled 1930’s Chicago, Illinois on April 11th of 1930; although he soon moved to California at a young age. By the time LaVey was sixteen years old, he was the second oboist in the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. He dropped out of school, and eventually joined the Clyde Beatty Circus. After leaving the circus, LaVey started working in the carnival industry; He joined traveling shows that went all along the west coast and was a part of “Ten – In – One”, which was a freak show that led him to realize how it is easy to deceive people. Later, Anton began a career …show more content…
She claims to have her own church, but cannot proclaim to be a complete church, as she has no literature and no one has come forward following her. Zeena broke away from the Church of Satan; she and her partner joined Michael Aquino’s Satanic Church. The Temple of Set was, at that time, a radical aspect on Satanism. At the Temple of Set, Aquinio took the direct approach and blatantly told his followers there is a Satan and if they worshipped him, they would rule with Satan in Hell. Zeena eventually joined the ranks of High Priestess in the Temple of Set, although LaVey and her partner, Nikolas Schreck, left the Temple, taking a large number of members with them. LaVey has created what she calls a movement, and no longer claims to be …show more content…
On the most common level, you are taught that the biblical entity of “Satan” was not actually real, and you are actually worshipping a light God. A close friend of Anton LaVey’s, Susan Atkins, said in an interview, “Anton told me that as a Satanists he does believe in the God of the Bible but he refused to worship Him and made a conscious decision to worship Satan instead.” In the Church of Satan, there is a hierarchy. If you are on the first or second “level” of their hierarchy, which is the majority of followers, you are all taught the same principle the Satanic Church made up, and does not even believe themselves. On the Church of Satan website, it states that, “Membership to Priesthood is by invitation only. The old truism, ‘if you have to ask, you can’t afford it.’ Is certainly highly pertinent to our Priesthood. Words to the Wise: Do not ask, ‘how do I become a priest?’” It is no secret that Satanism much darker than most followers think it is, especially on the higher levels. There is an extreme difference in thinking you’re a part of some nature – based, pagan religion, and renouncing God to worship