Anton LaVey
Anton LaVey
Anton Szandor LaVeywas an American author, musician, circus and carnival performer, and occultist. He was the founder of the Church of Satan and the religion of LaVeyan Satanism. He authored several books including The Satanic Bible, The Satanic Rituals, The Satanic Witch, The Devil's Notebook, and Satan Speaks!. In addition, he released three albums, including The Satanic Mass, Satan Takes a Holiday, and Strange Music. He played a minor on-screen role and served as technical advisor for the 1975 film,...
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth11 April 1930
CityChicago, IL
Why should I not hate mine enemies―if I "love" them does that not place me at their mercy?
I consider that a most ignoble endeavor. The only way I would like to 'help' the great majority of people is the same way Carl Panzram 'reformed' people who tried to reform him. It would be most merciful to help them by relieving them of the life they seem to hate so much. People should be happy I'm not a humanitarian-or I'd probably be the most diabolical mass murderer the world has ever known.
Hate your enemy with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other!
Love is one of the most intense feelings felt by man; another is hate. Forcing yourself to feel indiscriminate love is very unnatural. If you try to love everyone you only lessen your feelings for those who deserve your love. Repressed hatred can lead to many physical and emotional aliments. By learning to release your hatred towards those who deserve it, you cleanse yourself of these malignant emotions and need not take your pent-up hatred out on your loved ones.
I see nothing wrong with robbing somebody on the street.
Do what you want as long as it's paying off for you. But once it's become a liability, then something is wrong and you better find out what it is.
I don't go to strip bars anymore. I used to go incognito, trouble was they always thought I was an undercover cop.
There is no real idol or anyone in the public eye now that I know of. I've always been satisfied with women that I've known. I've been really spoiled. You talk about the luck factor, I've been at the right place at the right time, because as it turns out, the women I'm attracted to are attracted to me.
The Black Dahlia, she was someone who was just waiting for an executioner, waiting for it to happen. She was an ideal victim. I've met quite a few like her. They're just crying out, not just to be killed, but also tortured. She seemed very parasitic, a psychic vampire.
Hitler's greatest mistake was in, not his bringing together some of the things he tried to bring together, but by of course employing the racist concepts that he did, he lost everything. I mean, who knows but he would have won the war if he kept the people around that he considered inferior or his adjutants considered inferior.
I feel that what is probably the greatest enemy of longevity is popularity, and most people die of popularity.
It's a cinch that if you read it in an occult periodical or paperback, everyone's doing it. That should be your cue to avoid such stuff, lest you be relegated to the same readership level.
I visualize the day that tridents and pentagrams are thrust into the sky from church roofs instead of crosses.
Martin Luther dreamed up Protestantism while sitting on the toilet at Wittenburg monastery, and we know what a big movement that became.