Carl Abrahamsson 
Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan 
Infernal Wisdom from the Devil’s Den

*; Includes never-before-published material from La Vey, including transcripts from his never-released ‘;Hail Satan!’ video *; Shares in-depth interviews with intimate friends and collaborators, including La Vey’s partner Blanche Barton, his son Xerxes La Vey, and current heads of the Church of Satan Peter Gilmore and Peggy Nadramia *; Provides inside accounts of the Church of Satan and activities at the Black House, personal stories and anecdotes from the very colorful life of the Black Pope, and firsthand explanations of key principles of La Vey’s philosophy With his creation of the infamous Church of Satan in 1966 and his bestselling book The Satanic Bible in 1969, Anton Szandor La Vey (1930-1997) became a controversial celebrity who basked in the attention and even made a successful career out of it. But who was Anton La Vey behind the public persona that so easily provoked Christians and others intolerant of his views? One of privileged few who spent time with the ‘;Black Pope’ in the last decade of his life, Carl Abrahamsson met Anton La Vey in 1989, sparking an ‘;infernally’ empowering friendship. In this book Abrahamsson explores what La Vey was really about, where he came from, and how he shaped the esoteric landscape of the 1960s. The author shares in-depth interviews with the notorious Satanist’s intimate friends and collaborators, including La Vey’s partner Blanche Barton; his son, Xerxes La Vey; current heads of the Church of Satan, Peter Gilmore and Peggy Nadramia; occult filmmaker Kenneth Anger; La Vey’s personal secretary Margie Bauer; film collector Jack Stevenson; and film historian Jim Morton. Abrahamsson also shares never-before-published material from La Vey himself, including discussions between La Vey and Genesis P-Orridge and transcribed excerpts from La Vey’s never-released ‘;Hail Satan!’ video. Providing inside accounts of the Church of Satan and activities at the Black House, this intimate exploration of Anton La Vey reveals his ongoing role in the history of culture and magic.