Page 11 - Anton LaVey Speaks: The Canononical Interview

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This seminal interview, conducted in the fifth Satanic Year,
is the first and earliest in-depth interview given by Anton
LaVey whose Satanic Bible had been published only sixteen
months before in 1969. He was still rather reclusive because
the Manson Family murders had threatened the public image
of the Church of Satan. Villains like Manson, in olden days,
were often the point of ignition for witch-burning. Anton
LaVey personally had the “grace and gravitas” to help calm
and correct American confusion.
Over the past fifty years, my interview of Anton LaVey
has entered the classic Canon of Satanic Literature. Cer-
tainly, the candid conversation catches one of the most
intriguing men of the 20th century around the moment
when the Swinging 1960s became the Titanic 1970s. Here
is the truth of what Anton LaVey said. He himself has fre-
quently endorsed my accuracy. This is the restored Question
and Answer version of my hand-written original.

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