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(wind whirling)
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- America is not a young land.
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It is old and dirty and evil.
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Before the settlers,
before the Indians,
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the evil is there waiting.
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(soft music)
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(patrons chattering)
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(drums playing)
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- Hail, Satanists!
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- [Audience] Hail, Satanists!
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- Hail, Witches!
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- [Audience] Hail, Witches!
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- And Hail, Warlocks!
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- [Audience] Hail, Warlocks!
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- Hail, Priests!
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- [Audience] Hail, Priests!
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- And hail, Priestesses!
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- [Audience] Hail, Priestesses!
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- Hail, Magisters!
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- [Audience] Hail, Magisters!
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- And Hail, Magistras!
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- [Audience] Hail, Magistras!
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- Ladies and gentlemen,
please rise, as I introduce
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the high priest of
the Church of Satan,
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Magus Peter H. Gilmore.
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Hail, Peter H. Gilmore!
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- [Audience] Hail,
Peter H. Gilmore!
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- Tonight, we consider
those who came before us.
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Primarily we think of
Anton Szandor LaVey
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our founding Magus and
his great achievement
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in conceiving of
the Church of Satan.
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We will thrive much better
than simply surviving.
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That is our mission,
and we shall do it.
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And I know you will all will.
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(birds chirping)
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(orchestral music)
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(orchestral music continues)
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Satanism is an atheist
philosophy that uses Satan
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as a symbol of pride,
individualism and Liberty.
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Anton LaVey called it "the
world's first carnal religion."
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He looked at mankind and said
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that humans are
just another animal.
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Anton LaVey felt there
should be a religion
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that dealt with the reality
of the human animal.
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And hence he decided
to call it Satanism.
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Satan was the figure who wasn't
going to submit to tyranny,
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that was going to stand
up for himself above all
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and make his own way
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and not have any
illusions or delusions.
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If you built a church to Satan
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that was certainly going
to shake up the world.
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It was going to
be revolutionary.
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He created the Church of
Satan, founded it in 1966
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on Walpurgisnacht, April 30th,
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which is the traditional
Witches Sabbath.
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And his idea keeps spreading
to people all around the globe
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regardless of what
culture they come from.
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- Moloch!
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- [Audience] Moloch!
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- Hacate!
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- [Audience] Hacate.
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- Shaitan!
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- [Audience] Shaitan!
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- Dagon!
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- [Audience] Dagon!
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- Astaroth!
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- [Audience] Astaroth!
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- Loki!
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- [Audience] Loki!
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- Behemoth!
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- [Audience] Behemoth!
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- Lilith!
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- [Audience] Lilith!
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- Anton Szandor LaVey!
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- [Audience] Anton
Szandor LaVey!
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(rock and roll music)
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- [Peter] There's really
a prime misconceptions
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about Satanism, and that is
that we are devil worshipers.
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People think that we must
believe in God and the devil
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and that we've chosen to go
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with the figure of
evil and corruption,
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and who's the loser
in that mythology.
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For us, none of that is real.
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It is mythology.
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Satan to us is a figure that
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aside from being considered evil
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is often by creative
and intelligent people
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seen as the adversary,
the opposer, the accuser,
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sort of a romantic
rebellious figure.
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Satanism is self-satisfaction.
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We celebrate indulgence
instead of abstinence.
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To us, evil, is that which
harms us or hurts the people
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and other things
that we care for.
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- May the whore of Babylon
journey forth to the sky
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and spread her wings so wide
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that all can see her
beauty and glory!
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(suspenseful music)
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- [Aden] I was raised in a
very, a multi-religious home.
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I went to a Catholic school
for the first few years.
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My mother's side was Muslim.
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My dad's side is Christian.
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So I was exposed to a bunch
of different points of view,
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and none of them
really seem to satisfy.
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I had this love of
fantasy and witches
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and horror movies and Halloween.
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And so I just started devouring
all these occult texts,
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of everything from
Wicca to Voodoo.
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And then I finally came
across Anton LaVey.
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I own a homoerotic occult
magazine, and I write about sex.
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And I would say I'm
mischievous, a misfit, yeah.
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When my parents saw the
magazine, (chuckles)
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my mother was like "Oh
honey, that's so nice.
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I'm proud of you." (laughs)
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And my dad was like
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"can't you do something
that I can show my friends?
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Just one thing, one thing."
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(carnival music)
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- [Adam] When I was a little kid
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and I clearly remember this.
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We were sitting on a
back deck in my house
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and it was me and my mom.
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It was a nice day.
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And I remember asking her,
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"how do you know
that God's not lying,
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and the devil's
telling the truth?"
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And she got really mad.
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And that was the moment
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that I knew for a
fact, it was bullshit.
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(people screaming)
(roller coaster roaring)
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If you have a logical mind
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and you read the
Bible, you're done.
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I was interested in
monsters and ghost stories.
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And I started reading
occult literature.
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I got to the Satanic Bible.
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I read the book and said,
"I'm not alone anymore.
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I know there's other
people like me."
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It's me realizing the
universe isn't helping me.
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It's all here.
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I can shape and create
and make things happen.
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And it can be whatever I want.
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And there's no rules.
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I'm totally free.
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Living as a Satanist,
that's all it is.
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You know, one day
you're going to die,
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live everyday like
it's your last.
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Shemhamforash!
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- [Audience] Shemhamforash!
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- Hail Satan!
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- [Audience] Hail Satan!
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(cymbals clanging)
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- "Blessed are the
destroyers of false hope,
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"for they are the true messiahs!
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"Cursed are the God adores
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"for they shall be shorn sheep!"
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- "Blessed are the Valiant,
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"for they shall
obtain great treasure.
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"Cursed are the believers
in good and evil
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"for they are
frightened by shadows."
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(hand slapping)
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You're a bad, bad Satanist!
- I Sure am!
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I first encountered the
Satanic Bible when I was 13.
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I happened to see
it on the shelf
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in a just a regular
old bookstore.
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I was with a friend
of mine at the time.
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I picked it up.
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I started thumbing through it
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and he was a religious person.
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He said, "Oh, don't touch that.
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That's a very dark
and evil book."
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And so I put it down.
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I wouldn't see it
again until I was 19.
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And I picked it up, I read it.
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And literally like so
many others just said, "Oh
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I'm a Satanist."
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"The angel of
self-deceit is camped
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"in the souls of the righteous.
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"The eternal flame of
power through joy dwelleth
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"within the flesh
of the Satanist."
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(soft music)
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- [Peter] Anton LaVey
wrote the Satanic Bible
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to concretize the philosophy
that he was spreading
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in the organization
The Church of Satan.
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He published it in 1969,
towards the end of the year.
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- When I read the book
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it kind of stirred up
a lot of excitement.
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I was like, "Oh wow!
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This is what I am.
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This is who I am."
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It finally made sense
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- Read it, cover to cover.
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Couldn't put it down,
recognized myself in every page.
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It already fit me.
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- I bought the copy and I read
it three times in one night.
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And I said, "this is me."
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- We understand
this is one life.
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You have a short period
of time on this planet
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and you have to live it the best
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and most pleasurable as you can.
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- To some people,
to an average person
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especially a Christian
that might scare them
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because it makes you
uncomfortable to think,
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"wow this is it.
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When, I die,
there's no more me."
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But we're comfortable with
that, we're not afraid.
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- What I feel is
most important to me
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about identifying as a Satanist
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is the sense of
being your own God.
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I am in control of my life.
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I dictate what happens
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- Love to those who love
and hate to those who hate.
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It's what everybody thinks,
but doesn't want to admit.
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Satanism is the
most sane, religion
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and philosophy out there.
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- We don't feel we
have to love everyone.
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You don't.
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Like Anton LaVey said,
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"If you try to love everybody
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you're gonna run out
of love very quickly."
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- It is good to be
discerning to yourself,
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to the things you enjoy
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and the people that you choose
to spend your time with.
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- We do discriminate.
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And as a black person, when
I'm at the Church of Satan,
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I can say that
discrimination is not racial.
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"We have gathered
forth our symbols
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"and prepared our
garnishings of the is-to-be.
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"And the image of
our creation lurketh
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"as an insatiable basilisk
awaiting his release."
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I did start as a Christian boy.
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I felt the hypocrisy
was too much.
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And when I read
the Satanic Bible
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I realized that what interested
me was the symbolism.
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It resonated with
me and I bought it.
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But when I did, I
was a little nervous.
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So I bought it with a copy
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of the new Testament
of the Bible,
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just a tiny, very,
very inexpensive one
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so that they wouldn't look at
me too funny at the register.
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(acoustic music)
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- My personal
Journey to Satanism
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is different from
a lot of people's.
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I didn't read the satanic
Bible when I was 13.
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I didn't read the satanic Bible
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until long after
I knew Dr. LaVey.
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He hands me this envelope
and I opened it up.
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And "you're the priestess
of the church of Satan."
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And I'm like, "Dude, okay!"
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I'm very vocal and very
public about my affiliation.
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And it's really enjoyable to me
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because I like dispelling
myths about Satanists.
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I don't have...
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I mean, I have a
lot of weird junk,
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but I don't have a Cape and I
don't have any black candles.
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(orchestral music)
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I can't separate
Satanism from myself.
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I'm me, and all of
my philosophies align
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with the satanic philosophies.
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Freedom and joy.
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Those are the things that
are important in my life.
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(fire roaring)
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It may seem contradictory
that our images are all based
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on what was traditionally
provided by Christians.
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The devil, the
horns, the red suit.
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But I have to say that that's
a really attractive image.
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(fire roaring)
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The devil is fucking awesome!
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Magic is making the
world as you want it.
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And recognizing
that you did that.
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The world you live in
is largely your creation
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if not entirely.
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(fire roaring)
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You don't require
a guy in a dress.
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You don't require a church.
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You don't require a book
of what you should do
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and shouldn't do to
be a human being.
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What it is to be a human
being is all around you,
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if you open your fucking eyes.
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(orchestral music)
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I wanna live in a meritocracy.
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I wanna get credit
for what I'm good at.
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And I wanna not be asked
to do what I'm not good at.
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You can't be good at everything.
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(suspenseful music)
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- [Peter] In
Satanism, we believe
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that everything is stratified.
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Stratification for
us means accepting
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that the world is
not egalitarianism
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that everything rises to
its own level or falls.
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Stratification is a
way of being realistic
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about a hierarchy of nature.
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Anton LaVey said that there
was a pyramid structure.
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The very small caps
down to the pyramid
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of people who are
creative and innovative.
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Then there's a middle
sort of larger trapezoid
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of people who are productive.
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And then there's a much lower
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and much larger
part of the pyramid
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of people who are
simply believers.
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He felt that, of course we
should value people more highly
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as they're placed
higher on the pyramid.
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And I would certainly
agree with that.
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The church of Satan as
a religious organization
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was set up in such a way
as not to be a nonprofit.
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Anton LaVey felt that churches
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were robbing society
by being tax exempt.
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So he felt that
we should advocate
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the complete taxation
of all churches.
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And to that end,
the Church of Satan
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has always paid its taxes
and will continue to do so.
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(suspenseful music)
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- Satanism is a
dangerous philosophy.
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It puts a lot of responsibility
on the individual.
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It is a very brutal religion.
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Elitism, social Darwinism, a
rejection of egalitarianism.
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The most important thing
to me about Satanism
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is being able to
empower yourself
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to withdraw from
mainstream society.
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I think Satanism gives
you that framework.
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It gives you that ability
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to analyze situations
as they really are.
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Being that outsider
that looks in
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is a very great metaphor for me.
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Anton LaVey once wrote that
"Satanism is Americanism."
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The American values of
freedom, individuality,
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sovereignty and pride,
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that I think made it inevitable
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that Satanism would
rise in America.
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Would be born in America.
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- I kind of have a problem
with the term modern Satanism,
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because prior to 1966
there was no Satanism.
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Prior to Anton LaVey
codifying Satanism,
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and defining it in
the Satanic Bible.
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Satanism was really
just a loose term
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that was banded
about by Christians
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to be used as an insult
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against anything that
they didn't like.
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(Orchestral music)
(birds chirping)
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- We keep be membership numbers
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of the Church of Satan a secret.
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I'm the only one who knows how
many new members there are.
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And even I may not know
because we've had members
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for a very long
time, 50 years now
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and not all our
records are digital.
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So I couldn't tell you
exactly even if I wanted to.
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But it is in the thousands,
you can be sure of that.
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And it is in almost every
country on the planet.
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(orchestral music)
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- The Church of
Satan is organized
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in a hierarchical structure.
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People approach us, they
pay a one-time fee of
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it's $200 at this point, it may
go up, (laughs) times change
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but they pay a fee
to be a member.
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And that means they're
essentially supporting
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the philosophy in
the organization.
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(orchestral music)
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- There are people who
approach the Church of Satan
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for membership and are rejected.
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I mainly reject them because
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they haven't read
the Satanic Bible
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and they don't understand
our philosophy.
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It's very important to us
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that people understand
what they're getting into
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when they say they're Satanists,
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they have to understand
what Satanism really is.
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- The gamut is amazing
with the kind of people
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we have in our organization.
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We have some of the world's
leading environmental activists
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as part of the Church of Satan
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and people who are involved
in artificial intelligence
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and virtual reality
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and people who are
painters and photographers
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and chefs who are opening
their own restaurants
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and getting great reviews.
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- Just every walk of
life that there is,
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you could be sitting
next to a Satanist
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in your doctor's
office or on the bus.
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They're everywhere.
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(jazz music)
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- I wanted to join just to
kind of affirm my loyalty
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to the principles
that yes, I'm serious.
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This is my perspective on life.
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Gave me a pat on
the back saying,
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"it's okay to feel this way.
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It's okay to wanna
tear someone apart.
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As long as you don't
actually do it.
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It's okay to want
to screw people.
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It's okay to want wild
and crazy fetishes.
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You can be reasonable and
rational and responsible, silly
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and sexual and
bestial and greedy.
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You can be all these things.
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And that is the
human condition."
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(jazz music)
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Satanism is a
culmination for me.
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It's a label I look
for desperately.
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For me, ritual is to engage
in the world as I wish it was.
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I can do whatever I want.
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If I want pink candles, instead
of black, I can do that.
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On my altar I have a candle
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in the shape of a
very large penis
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and that's not in
the satanic Bible.
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But, I like dick.
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So it's going to my alter.
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00:23:38,217 --> 00:23:40,184
In the ritual chamber I
didn't have to grow up.
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It's my Nevernever land.
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It allows me to never forget
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that the things you loved as a
child, don't have to go away.
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"In Nomine Dei Nostri
Satanas Luciferi Excelsi.
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"In the name of Satan
the Ruler of the Earth,
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"the King of the World,
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"I command the
forces of darkness
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"to bestow their
infernal power upon me.
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"Open wide, the Gates of hell.
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"Come forth from the abyss
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"and greet me as your
brother and friend.
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"Grant me the indulgences
of which I speak.
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00:24:13,986 --> 00:24:16,220
"I've taken thy name
as a part of myself.
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"I live as a beast of the field
rejoicing the fleshly life.
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"I favor the just and
I curse the rotten.
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"By all the gods of the pit
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"these things of which I
speak shall come to pass
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"come forth and
answer to your names
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"by manifesting my desires."
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00:24:30,869 --> 00:24:33,637
(acoustic music)
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Do you guys think I need
a bigger dick candle.
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00:24:45,183 --> 00:24:48,752
(acoustic music continues)
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00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:52,623
- This is my room where
the real magic happens.
427
00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:54,658
The bell and the
knife and the chal...
428
00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:55,826
I like this stuff.
429
00:24:55,861 --> 00:24:58,262
I think symbolically
it's powerful.
430
00:24:58,297 --> 00:25:00,664
I prefer when I'm
doing these things
431
00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:02,566
I hand write a lot
of the stuff out.
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00:25:04,570 --> 00:25:05,736
I prefer that.
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00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:10,508
It's a form of theater for
me and I have it right here.
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(soft music)
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- Well, I think like
a lot of Satanists
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I was born not
converted to Satanism.
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I was born a Satanist.
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00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:29,826
We all have different
paths, but eventually
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we find the satanic Bible and
then it's a big revelation.
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Then you say, "Oh, this is
what I've been all my life.
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But I didn't know that's what
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I was supposed to
be calling myself."
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00:25:37,603 --> 00:25:40,270
(organ playing)
444
00:25:40,305 --> 00:25:44,274
I had been a member
of the Church of Satan
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for a number of years.
446
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I had recently
graduated from college
447
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and I was taking a trip to
San Francisco with my mother.
448
00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:55,619
And I just wrote to the
church to have a few minutes
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with Anton LaVey,
just to shake his hand
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and thank him for
what he's given to me
451
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,595
and so many people
as a philosophy,
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00:26:04,630 --> 00:26:08,332
that's certainly made a
big difference in my life.
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00:26:08,367 --> 00:26:10,167
So I got an answer
back that said
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"he would be glad
to meet with you."
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I'd built up a lot
of expectations about
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who he might be or
what he might be like
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00:26:18,043 --> 00:26:20,344
but we hit it off really well.
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00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:21,612
He was funny.
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00:26:21,647 --> 00:26:24,314
He played music for me.
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00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:25,315
He told jokes.
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00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:26,883
He had some remembrances.
462
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He was a wonderful,
wonderful spirited person.
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We corresponded, we talked
over the phone and he said
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"you will move to San Francisco
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and you will be here as
part of the organization.
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You'll be very
helpful around here."
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00:26:41,833 --> 00:26:44,368
And I said, "okay, I don't
have any plans for that.
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But if you say it's
going to happen, okay."
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00:26:46,071 --> 00:26:48,739
(organ playing)
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He talked a lot about Voltaire
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00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:03,921
and Oscar Wilde, Jack
London, the romantic poets
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00:27:05,257 --> 00:27:08,925
the existentialist, Nietzsche,
Sartre, H.L. Mencken.
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So people should understand
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when he started the
Church of Satan,
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he did it out of a general
disdain for most people
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00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:18,402
and in a love of life
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00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:20,737
and a frustration
that people don't live
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as fully and completely
as they could.
479
00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:29,212
- Satan can take the form
of a beautiful woman.
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00:27:29,247 --> 00:27:33,016
Satan can take the
form of a sleek animal.
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An automobile can
be very Satanic.
482
00:27:36,288 --> 00:27:40,223
- It was such an extension
of his personality
483
00:27:40,258 --> 00:27:43,293
that, people could
just look at him
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and the way he lived his life
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00:27:44,863 --> 00:27:47,698
and understand what
Satanism is about.
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00:27:47,733 --> 00:27:50,701
(orchestral music)
487
00:27:50,736 --> 00:27:53,704
- Anton LaVey was a really
fascinating individual.
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When he was young he spent time
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00:27:56,141 --> 00:27:58,842
in the carnival
and circus worlds.
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00:27:58,877 --> 00:28:00,444
He played Calliope
and other things
491
00:28:00,479 --> 00:28:04,314
and even learned some lion
taming at a period in history.
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00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:05,882
So he learned how
as a human being,
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he could interact with
a big, dangerous animal,
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00:28:08,487 --> 00:28:09,420
which is kind of the way
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00:28:09,455 --> 00:28:11,989
you have to treat most
people around you also.
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00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:15,158
For a period of time
497
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he was a police
photographer, freelance
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00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:20,397
and he would take
pictures of crime scenes
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00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:21,932
where he'd see like the results
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00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:24,234
of how people dealt
with each other.
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00:28:24,269 --> 00:28:25,902
- I saw a slice of life
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00:28:25,937 --> 00:28:29,906
that very few people
see on a regular basis.
503
00:28:29,941 --> 00:28:34,945
I saw the effects of mayhem
from spouse to spouse,
504
00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:39,516
children splattered
by hit-run drivers.
505
00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:43,153
(dramatic music)
506
00:28:43,188 --> 00:28:44,287
- [Peter] He grew
up in a culture
507
00:28:44,322 --> 00:28:47,491
that was embodied in filmed noir
508
00:28:47,526 --> 00:28:51,428
where there were very specific
male and female archetypes,
509
00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:53,063
where no one was
there to help you,
510
00:28:53,098 --> 00:28:55,866
that life was a struggle
and you might lose.
511
00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:58,001
And if you won, it
might not really be all
512
00:28:58,036 --> 00:28:59,770
that it's cracked up to be.
513
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,373
And by playing music in bars
514
00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:06,810
for people where people drink
and tell you their stories
515
00:29:06,845 --> 00:29:09,513
you really got a sense of what
the human animal was like.
516
00:29:12,117 --> 00:29:15,052
(orchestral music)
517
00:29:25,363 --> 00:29:27,030
- [Blanche] When the
'60's came around,
518
00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:29,332
he was very excited in a sense
519
00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:32,569
that people were getting away
from conventional religions
520
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:36,573
but he saw that a lot of,
what they called hippies
521
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:39,543
were going in a completely
wrong direction.
522
00:29:40,879 --> 00:29:43,980
Drugs for many people had become
523
00:29:44,015 --> 00:29:47,117
as harmful as spiritual
self delusion.
524
00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:52,122
- And it was disintegrating
into like suicides
525
00:29:52,157 --> 00:29:55,559
and self-destruction
and misogyny
526
00:29:55,594 --> 00:29:59,996
and attacks on
political leaders.
527
00:30:00,031 --> 00:30:04,067
And he's like, "you gotta
like deal with your own shit.
528
00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:05,569
I'm gonna blast that door down.
529
00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:08,205
I'm going to steal the
fire away from the gods
530
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,606
and I'm gonna give it to you
531
00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:12,175
now what are you
going to do with it?"
532
00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:13,610
- To a certain extent
533
00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:16,380
he certainly respected
the New Age explorations.
534
00:30:17,249 --> 00:30:18,548
He tried Crowley's group.
535
00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:20,917
He tried other theosophists.
536
00:30:20,952 --> 00:30:22,853
He tried the Rosicrucians.
537
00:30:22,888 --> 00:30:24,387
He knew what he was looking for.
538
00:30:24,422 --> 00:30:28,859
He was looking for real, no
bullshit, no nonsense magic.
539
00:30:31,396 --> 00:30:32,529
- That's really
what led Anton LaVey
540
00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:34,264
to creating the church of Satan
541
00:30:34,299 --> 00:30:35,966
by examining not only
542
00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:38,602
what Crowley's people
were doing, his disciples
543
00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:41,104
but what was happening in
the Neo-pagan religions.
544
00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:43,607
As all of that was growing,
LaVey sort of said,
545
00:30:43,642 --> 00:30:46,643
"well nothing's out
there that satisfies me."
546
00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:49,012
(indistinct)
547
00:30:49,047 --> 00:30:50,580
And at the time
there was a whole
548
00:30:50,615 --> 00:30:53,149
occult revolution going on,
particularly in California.
549
00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:55,485
So the idea of
this kind of spooky
550
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,555
alternative religion
caught his eye.
551
00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:01,925
He'd been a carny and he had
worked in the spook shows.
552
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,094
So he knew showmanship
was really crucial
553
00:31:04,129 --> 00:31:05,528
to get anything launched.
554
00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:07,331
Again, a very American thing.
555
00:31:09,167 --> 00:31:12,636
- The '60's were nuts and
people who didn't live
556
00:31:12,671 --> 00:31:15,538
through them don't remember
how nuts they were.
557
00:31:15,573 --> 00:31:18,575
He seemed to me like the
lone voice of reason.
558
00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:21,011
- I believe that hate is
necessary in a controlled way.
559
00:31:21,046 --> 00:31:23,246
Just as much as
love is necessary.
560
00:31:23,281 --> 00:31:24,214
- Are you married?
561
00:31:24,249 --> 00:31:25,148
- Oh yes.
562
00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:25,982
- Do you have any little devils?
563
00:31:26,017 --> 00:31:27,250
- Oh yes, I have two.
564
00:31:27,285 --> 00:31:28,919
- Are you gonna raise
them as Satanic kids?
565
00:31:28,954 --> 00:31:31,688
- Certainly, but not to go
around and chopping people up
566
00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:33,891
or sacrificing human beings.
567
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:36,593
- He wanted to be an instigator
568
00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,094
and he wanted to inspire people
569
00:31:38,129 --> 00:31:40,931
to move towards their passion
570
00:31:40,966 --> 00:31:43,934
and not the flavor of the week
571
00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:45,669
or the celebrity of the moment.
572
00:31:46,538 --> 00:31:48,538
- I think Satanism
573
00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:51,508
in LaVey's terms,
574
00:31:51,543 --> 00:31:56,213
was more about addressing the
soul-oriented values of man
575
00:31:57,716 --> 00:32:01,117
and understanding man's
real nature, real character.
576
00:32:01,152 --> 00:32:04,087
(orchestral music)
577
00:32:10,462 --> 00:32:12,696
- [Blanche] He had learned
a lot from the people
578
00:32:12,731 --> 00:32:14,698
that he worked with
in the carnival
579
00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:17,267
especially from the freaks.
580
00:32:17,302 --> 00:32:19,536
They were using what they had
581
00:32:19,571 --> 00:32:22,138
the specialness that
they were endowed with.
582
00:32:22,173 --> 00:32:23,707
And they were greatly respected.
583
00:32:23,742 --> 00:32:27,444
Natural freaks were greatly
respected within the community.
584
00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:31,248
(orchestral music continues)
585
00:32:32,584 --> 00:32:34,751
He started gathering
an eccentric group
586
00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,486
of people around him.
587
00:32:36,521 --> 00:32:38,388
A lot of characters,
a lot of socialites
588
00:32:38,423 --> 00:32:41,424
a lot of people that
were movers and shakers
589
00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:43,693
who had different
ideas about religion
590
00:32:43,728 --> 00:32:46,730
and really were very enthused
about the supernatural,
591
00:32:46,765 --> 00:32:50,233
the occult, and wanted to
explore it more with him.
592
00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:54,504
- [Anton] Most of the
people that are in my group
593
00:32:54,539 --> 00:32:55,772
are professional people.
594
00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:56,973
They're business people.
595
00:32:57,008 --> 00:33:00,444
They're people that are from
very responsible walks of life.
596
00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:03,246
- [Blanche] He bought
the black house,
597
00:33:03,281 --> 00:33:05,248
the original black house.
598
00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:08,385
He started having parties
on a regular basis.
599
00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:10,420
He started giving lectures
600
00:33:10,455 --> 00:33:14,124
on the occult on
cannibalism, on vampirism.
601
00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:17,360
- I also try to help people
602
00:33:17,395 --> 00:33:19,763
with various problems
and enlighten them
603
00:33:19,798 --> 00:33:24,134
on these concepts of magic
folklore and offbeat religions.
604
00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:29,806
- [Blanche] He acquired a lion,
he got Togare and raised him
605
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:32,709
and he would take him to
the local elementary schools
606
00:33:32,744 --> 00:33:34,744
so that the children
could pet a real lion.
607
00:33:38,817 --> 00:33:42,685
He got a reputation as being
a San Francisco, eccentric.
608
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,122
Someone that people
like to spend time with.
609
00:33:48,093 --> 00:33:52,228
- You realize that this was
like the West Coast version
610
00:33:52,263 --> 00:33:54,297
of Andy Warhol's Factory.
611
00:33:54,332 --> 00:33:57,801
Those people were probably
the most interesting people
612
00:33:57,836 --> 00:33:59,803
on the West coast.
613
00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:01,838
He's a guy who
knew what he wanted
614
00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:03,073
and he knew how to get it.
615
00:34:03,108 --> 00:34:06,143
And he was definitely a showman.
616
00:34:07,846 --> 00:34:09,345
He knew how to market himself,
617
00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:11,614
he knew how to brand himself,
618
00:34:11,649 --> 00:34:13,817
become immediately recognizable,
619
00:34:13,852 --> 00:34:18,621
and his face was associated
with a philosophy
620
00:34:18,656 --> 00:34:20,557
that a lot of people
still believe in.
621
00:34:22,127 --> 00:34:23,593
- In a lot of ways LaVey was
622
00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:25,829
like the William
Blake of the occult.
623
00:34:25,864 --> 00:34:27,263
Was he a charlatan?
624
00:34:27,298 --> 00:34:28,565
Yeah, he was the
charlatan to those
625
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,433
he didn't want
anything to do with
626
00:34:30,468 --> 00:34:32,469
and that was a way
to protect himself.
627
00:34:33,872 --> 00:34:39,076
His whole image was a mirror
that he put up to society.
628
00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:42,579
- [Announcer] And with
the special participation
629
00:34:42,614 --> 00:34:46,483
of Anton LaVey, High Priest
of the Church of Satan.
630
00:34:46,518 --> 00:34:47,851
(beast roaring)
631
00:34:47,886 --> 00:34:49,219
"The Devil's Rain."
632
00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:51,754
(inferno blasting)
633
00:34:51,789 --> 00:34:55,458
- LaVey had a real opportunity
634
00:34:55,493 --> 00:34:58,662
to just be like a
figure in Hollywood.
635
00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:02,165
And he knew if he did
that, if he moved to LA
636
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,766
he would not have time
637
00:35:03,801 --> 00:35:07,403
for his own music,
for his own drawings.
638
00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:09,906
He didn't wanna be
a slave to that.
639
00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:11,541
He didn't wanna be a pop slave.
640
00:35:13,344 --> 00:35:16,813
In the '70's, '80's, you
saw a lot of creative people
641
00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:19,916
that were inspired
and liberated.
642
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,751
And liberated as
opposed to liberal.
643
00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:24,821
And those are completely
like opposite things now.
644
00:35:28,393 --> 00:35:32,896
- [Anton] My relationships
with some of the sex goddesses
645
00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:35,532
of the past have been largely
646
00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:39,136
as a result of luck,
more than anything else.
647
00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:45,675
- When I was writing the
biography of Anton LaVey
648
00:35:45,710 --> 00:35:48,611
he would start telling me
these wonderful stories.
649
00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:50,713
He talked about his
time with Marilyn Monroe
650
00:35:50,748 --> 00:35:52,949
or he talked about
Jayne Mansfield.
651
00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:56,853
And, he was a high priest
of the Church of Satan.
652
00:35:58,923 --> 00:36:01,558
During the time that
we were together,
653
00:36:01,593 --> 00:36:03,826
we had an open
relationship, let's say.
654
00:36:03,861 --> 00:36:06,963
He had certain responsibilities
that he had to fulfill.
655
00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:11,501
And I was enthusiastic with
those responsibilities as well.
656
00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:14,437
We're Satanists,
we're not prudes.
657
00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:18,274
We enjoy lust and
happiness and indulgence
658
00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:23,313
and I think that's why
we hit off so well.
659
00:36:28,286 --> 00:36:30,920
- The realization early
on that I was part
660
00:36:30,955 --> 00:36:35,959
of this unique family that
wasn't like anything else except
661
00:36:37,362 --> 00:36:40,930
for things like "The Munsters"
maybe, or things like that
662
00:36:40,965 --> 00:36:43,266
that were of course,
totally fictional
663
00:36:43,301 --> 00:36:48,305
that no one actually took
seriously as a family dynamic.
664
00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:50,674
But I was living it nonetheless.
665
00:36:52,677 --> 00:36:55,245
By the time I came
into the picture,
666
00:36:56,447 --> 00:36:58,782
things had quieted
down a little bit.
667
00:37:00,418 --> 00:37:03,786
I used to tell Zeena that,
668
00:37:03,821 --> 00:37:08,024
I wish that I could have some
kind of like normal existence
669
00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:12,328
where I could, go bicycling
or whatever with my siblings
670
00:37:12,363 --> 00:37:15,598
and have Sunday
picnics in the park.
671
00:37:15,633 --> 00:37:18,401
And I mean, it wasn't
like that at all.
672
00:37:19,570 --> 00:37:22,272
Anton was very peculiar
673
00:37:22,307 --> 00:37:25,008
in all of his habits
and all of his tastes.
674
00:37:25,043 --> 00:37:28,344
And so he wouldn't
venture out very much.
675
00:37:28,379 --> 00:37:31,915
And sometimes when he would,
he would go out in disguise.
676
00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:38,321
Problems aside, he was just
an exceptional, interesting,
677
00:37:40,058 --> 00:37:43,793
sweet, childlike
kind of personality.
678
00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:47,264
Coolest grandpa ever possible.
679
00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:50,333
- He, wasn't gonna
tell you what to do
680
00:37:50,368 --> 00:37:51,834
but you better fucking do it.
681
00:37:51,869 --> 00:37:53,936
And how many people did it?
682
00:37:53,971 --> 00:37:55,938
How many people are doing it?
683
00:37:55,973 --> 00:37:58,474
How many people are just
using the label it's like,
684
00:37:58,509 --> 00:38:01,511
so they can scare
their Catholic grandma?
685
00:38:01,546 --> 00:38:03,046
(Steven laughs)
686
00:38:03,081 --> 00:38:05,815
(acoustic music)
687
00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:12,689
- Well, my family,
688
00:38:12,724 --> 00:38:15,858
it's funny 'cause some
of them will see this.
689
00:38:15,893 --> 00:38:18,695
My mom knows and doesn't
like talking about it.
690
00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:22,999
My father's side of the family
are very religious Catholics.
691
00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:25,568
And again, I don't
ever talk about it.
692
00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:28,404
Maybe they know and I don't
really care if they know.
693
00:38:28,439 --> 00:38:30,507
And if they do know,
all right, cool.
694
00:38:31,476 --> 00:38:32,608
I think they'll notice
695
00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:34,811
that I've never tried
to convert them.
696
00:38:38,783 --> 00:38:40,083
The best way to
raise my children
697
00:38:40,118 --> 00:38:42,385
is for them to be themselves.
698
00:38:42,420 --> 00:38:45,955
Find what you like, what
you love and go for it.
699
00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:48,358
And to me, that's the
most Satanic thing.
700
00:38:48,393 --> 00:38:50,426
If they identify
with Satanism, great,
701
00:38:50,461 --> 00:38:52,428
if they don't, I don't care.
702
00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:56,032
(acoustic music continues)
703
00:39:00,772 --> 00:39:03,773
- I don't know what
disturbed my family more.
704
00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:05,141
Me, telling them I was gay.
705
00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:07,009
Me, telling them
I was an atheist.
706
00:39:07,044 --> 00:39:09,645
Or me telling them
I was a Satanist.
707
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,114
They kept throwing
away the books
708
00:39:11,149 --> 00:39:12,082
every time they found them.
709
00:39:12,117 --> 00:39:16,386
So the Satanic Bible I
have now, the paperback,
710
00:39:16,421 --> 00:39:19,122
is the fourth one I had to buy.
711
00:39:19,157 --> 00:39:22,158
They just kept throwing out
all my copies of Anton LaVey.
712
00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:24,127
But then again, I kept
leaving them in the car.
713
00:39:24,162 --> 00:39:27,663
- My father was not
entirely comfortable
714
00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:31,701
but since I was responsible,
he supported it enough
715
00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:35,138
to Just let me do
whatever I was doing.
716
00:39:35,173 --> 00:39:36,272
We used to tease each other.
717
00:39:36,308 --> 00:39:39,842
So I would say, "Oh you're
the most Satanic Christian
718
00:39:39,877 --> 00:39:41,010
that I've ever met."
719
00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:42,812
And he would say, that I'm
the most Christian Satanist
720
00:39:42,847 --> 00:39:45,081
that he's ever met. (laughs)
721
00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:47,116
- Every family
reacts differently.
722
00:39:47,151 --> 00:39:48,851
It depends on how they grew up.
723
00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:51,621
It depends upon what they've
been indoctrinated into
724
00:39:51,656 --> 00:39:54,590
what they've seen in the
media or what they've heard.
725
00:39:54,625 --> 00:39:56,459
We're brought up in environments
726
00:39:56,494 --> 00:39:58,194
where you want that support.
727
00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:00,163
You want that acceptance
from your parents
728
00:40:00,198 --> 00:40:01,564
or from your family.
729
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:04,500
And unfortunately, a
lot of us don't get it.
730
00:40:04,535 --> 00:40:05,768
- I think maybe they thought
731
00:40:05,803 --> 00:40:07,470
it was maybe a phase
I was going through.
732
00:40:07,505 --> 00:40:10,139
And as I got older,
they were just like,
733
00:40:10,174 --> 00:40:11,741
"okay it's clearly not a phase,
734
00:40:11,776 --> 00:40:13,776
'cause you're here,
you are an adult
735
00:40:13,811 --> 00:40:16,646
and you're still
identifying as a Satanist."
736
00:40:16,681 --> 00:40:21,184
- My mother actually
excommunicated herself
737
00:40:21,219 --> 00:40:24,187
from the Catholic church
when I was growing up.
738
00:40:24,222 --> 00:40:26,656
- My family's reaction
was pretty neutral
739
00:40:26,691 --> 00:40:29,158
because there are a bunch
of Darwinists already
740
00:40:29,193 --> 00:40:31,794
they're not very
religious people.
741
00:40:31,829 --> 00:40:33,930
My mother was
another person who,
742
00:40:33,965 --> 00:40:36,199
she encouraged me to join, so.
743
00:40:36,234 --> 00:40:39,202
(suspenseful music)
744
00:41:00,858 --> 00:41:04,727
- [Diabolus] I spent my
youth in Astoria, Oregon,
745
00:41:04,762 --> 00:41:06,863
at a very lovecraftian
type of city.
746
00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:12,068
My parents were
children in the '60's.
747
00:41:12,103 --> 00:41:16,706
So they were very interested
in the experimental lifestyles
748
00:41:16,741 --> 00:41:18,241
which were very big at that time
749
00:41:18,276 --> 00:41:23,480
that involved psychedelia,
involved in the drug world
750
00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:29,052
but also the burgeoning
interest in the occult.
751
00:41:31,789 --> 00:41:36,793
Growing up in a family in which
that was an important aspect
752
00:41:39,263 --> 00:41:43,266
is how I came to be acquainted
753
00:41:43,301 --> 00:41:46,002
with Satanism and
the Satanic Bible.
754
00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:49,005
(waterfall roaring)
755
00:41:55,646 --> 00:41:57,146
I joined the Church of Satan
756
00:41:57,181 --> 00:42:01,651
because I felt that this
was unique and different.
757
00:42:02,587 --> 00:42:03,719
(waterfall roaring)
758
00:42:03,754 --> 00:42:05,087
The rest is history.
759
00:42:05,122 --> 00:42:08,124
(suspenseful music)
760
00:42:10,027 --> 00:42:11,594
- We do not believe
in an actual,
761
00:42:11,629 --> 00:42:13,563
as I said, in actual entity.
762
00:42:13,598 --> 00:42:15,731
We are atheists.
763
00:42:15,766 --> 00:42:18,601
At least as far as the
church of Satan is concerned.
764
00:42:19,337 --> 00:42:21,137
We feel that Satan is polemic,
765
00:42:21,172 --> 00:42:23,039
he is allegorical
and he is symbolic.
766
00:42:23,074 --> 00:42:25,241
He represents the
forces of nature
767
00:42:25,276 --> 00:42:28,311
that make mankind something
unique and individual.
768
00:42:28,346 --> 00:42:29,946
That element that allows us
769
00:42:29,981 --> 00:42:33,316
to perceive ourselves
as gods, as opposed
770
00:42:33,351 --> 00:42:36,953
to worshiping a sentient
beings outside of ourself.
771
00:42:36,988 --> 00:42:39,989
(suspenseful music)
772
00:42:41,926 --> 00:42:45,161
- [Diabolus] That was a standard
Church of Satan party line
773
00:42:45,196 --> 00:42:48,030
which I was willing to use
774
00:42:48,065 --> 00:42:51,634
to help develop the philosophy
of the Church of Satan.
775
00:42:54,372 --> 00:42:58,307
Deep down inside every
man has his own views
776
00:42:58,342 --> 00:43:01,010
and his own perspectives
and his own truth.
777
00:43:01,045 --> 00:43:03,613
And mine was very, very
different than that.
778
00:43:03,648 --> 00:43:07,617
(suspenseful music)
779
00:43:07,652 --> 00:43:09,586
"All religions are a joke."
780
00:43:10,688 --> 00:43:12,955
That was one of the
things that was stated.
781
00:43:12,990 --> 00:43:14,624
My perspective on that.
782
00:43:14,659 --> 00:43:16,759
I don't believe that what
I'm practicing is a joke
783
00:43:16,794 --> 00:43:19,295
even though what I'm
practicing is not a religion.
784
00:43:20,431 --> 00:43:23,633
I couldn't hold to
that perspective
785
00:43:23,668 --> 00:43:25,167
and still remain true to myself.
786
00:43:25,202 --> 00:43:27,236
It doesn't mean that I
don't appreciate the people
787
00:43:27,271 --> 00:43:28,938
I was surrounded with
788
00:43:28,973 --> 00:43:32,808
but I couldn't be on
board with a sinking ship.
789
00:43:32,843 --> 00:43:35,845
(suspenseful music)
790
00:43:38,416 --> 00:43:40,683
I am a theistic Satanist.
791
00:43:42,420 --> 00:43:45,321
I mean, if you
wanna categorize it
792
00:43:45,356 --> 00:43:46,689
in such primitive terms.
793
00:43:49,093 --> 00:43:52,662
The existence of a
super-consciousness
794
00:43:52,697 --> 00:43:55,398
or an over consciousness
795
00:43:55,433 --> 00:43:58,968
that's something that
I ultimately accept.
796
00:44:03,007 --> 00:44:04,306
So anybody who wants to say,
797
00:44:04,341 --> 00:44:06,308
"well that's just delusional
798
00:44:06,343 --> 00:44:08,277
or that's just
fantasy thinking."
799
00:44:08,312 --> 00:44:09,245
It's like, that's fine for you
800
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,715
but either A that's a
personal perspective
801
00:44:12,750 --> 00:44:15,217
or B is a claim of omniscience.
802
00:44:15,252 --> 00:44:18,721
And we completely deny
that in the Chaos Imperium.
803
00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:21,758
(suspenseful music)
804
00:44:23,060 --> 00:44:24,894
Oh, friend and
companion of the night,
805
00:44:24,929 --> 00:44:27,830
thou who delightest in the
baying of dogs and spilt blood,
806
00:44:27,865 --> 00:44:30,800
who wanderest in the
shades among the tombs,
807
00:44:30,835 --> 00:44:34,103
who longest for blood and
bringeth terror to mortals.
808
00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:36,238
Gogro! Mormo!
809
00:44:36,273 --> 00:44:37,707
Thousand-faced moon!
810
00:44:37,742 --> 00:44:40,276
Look favorably upon
our sacrifices!
811
00:44:42,313 --> 00:44:45,147
- Diabolus Rex, he was
one of those Satanists
812
00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:48,685
I grew up reading his
interviews and watching them,
813
00:44:49,987 --> 00:44:52,455
and loving his art.
814
00:44:52,490 --> 00:44:54,724
So, when he left the
church I was like,
815
00:44:54,759 --> 00:44:58,094
"Aw, that sucks, but oh, well."
816
00:44:58,129 --> 00:45:01,864
- If there's a time when
someone wants to go off
817
00:45:01,899 --> 00:45:05,268
on their own or leave the
organization, that's fine.
818
00:45:06,804 --> 00:45:09,472
(piano playing)
819
00:45:10,908 --> 00:45:13,409
- In 1975, we had a split
in the Church of Satan.
820
00:45:13,444 --> 00:45:17,012
Michael Aquino started something
called The Temple of Set.
821
00:45:17,047 --> 00:45:19,849
And Aquino actually became
a very mystical person.
822
00:45:19,884 --> 00:45:21,751
He really felt that Set existed
823
00:45:21,786 --> 00:45:23,986
as an isolate consciousness,
824
00:45:24,021 --> 00:45:25,855
some supernatural intelligence.
825
00:45:25,890 --> 00:45:27,824
And he could
communicate with that.
826
00:45:29,827 --> 00:45:33,129
- Temple of Set,
very transcendent,
827
00:45:33,164 --> 00:45:34,897
movement towards
something greater
828
00:45:34,932 --> 00:45:37,032
and beyond the physical world,
829
00:45:37,067 --> 00:45:40,269
distinct from the highly
materialistic aspects
830
00:45:40,304 --> 00:45:41,537
of the Church of Satan,
831
00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:46,809
which only came much later in
the Church's Satan's history.
832
00:45:47,945 --> 00:45:50,513
Initially there was something
much more acceptable
833
00:45:50,548 --> 00:45:54,250
about the idea that Satan
might be some kind of godhead
834
00:45:54,285 --> 00:45:57,520
that actually existed
in physical reality
835
00:45:57,555 --> 00:45:59,522
and that the Satanists
could contact.
836
00:45:59,557 --> 00:46:02,191
(piano playing)
837
00:46:04,028 --> 00:46:06,028
- That was the most
well organized version
838
00:46:06,063 --> 00:46:08,197
of that kind of
theistic thinking.
839
00:46:08,232 --> 00:46:11,901
When you're dealing with like
a left-hand path philosophy.
840
00:46:11,936 --> 00:46:14,136
It doesn't seem to
have a very wide reach
841
00:46:14,171 --> 00:46:16,338
but it's there for the
people who it would satisfy.
842
00:46:16,373 --> 00:46:18,307
And in fact, if people
approach the Church of Satan
843
00:46:18,342 --> 00:46:20,543
who are really mystical and
wanna believe things like that,
844
00:46:20,578 --> 00:46:22,077
we send them off
to other people.
845
00:46:22,112 --> 00:46:27,116
(chain clanging)
(dog growling)
846
00:46:30,621 --> 00:46:35,191
- It's a common misconception
that theistic Satanists
847
00:46:35,226 --> 00:46:38,895
or those who believe in
some form of consciousness
848
00:46:39,964 --> 00:46:42,398
of a satanic element somehow
849
00:46:42,433 --> 00:46:46,302
are automatically
involved in worship.
850
00:46:47,605 --> 00:46:50,439
You can have a direct connection
851
00:46:50,474 --> 00:46:54,577
with this over consciousness
or superconscious
852
00:46:54,612 --> 00:46:58,180
which has nothing
to do with worship.
853
00:46:58,215 --> 00:47:03,152
It's more teacher to
student and learning
854
00:47:04,321 --> 00:47:06,622
from that position to be
able to promote a form
855
00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:09,625
of self-evolution to
something greater.
856
00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:12,862
(suspenseful music)
857
00:47:16,033 --> 00:47:21,003
- I knew Diabolus Rex,
an accomplished artist.
858
00:47:22,172 --> 00:47:27,009
I don't really know
what he's been up to.
859
00:47:27,044 --> 00:47:30,046
(suspenseful music)
860
00:47:33,417 --> 00:47:37,286
- [Diabolus] The Ragnarok
Engine is an Escathonic,
861
00:47:37,321 --> 00:47:41,123
experimental and
theoretical project.
862
00:47:41,158 --> 00:47:43,860
Escathonic meaning,
end of the world.
863
00:47:45,229 --> 00:47:49,031
Ragnarok was the end
of the age of the gods.
864
00:47:49,066 --> 00:47:52,902
Well, everybody perceives
themselves as the new gods,
865
00:47:52,937 --> 00:47:55,137
so we have to move against that.
866
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,275
The Ragnarok Engine is a way
867
00:47:59,310 --> 00:48:03,279
of being able to create gateways
868
00:48:03,314 --> 00:48:07,950
and bring in the most
definitive aspects of evil.
869
00:48:07,985 --> 00:48:10,987
(suspenseful music)
870
00:48:12,723 --> 00:48:15,958
And so I've poured
all my resources
871
00:48:15,993 --> 00:48:17,660
and everything that I hold
872
00:48:17,695 --> 00:48:20,996
as a conviction of
power into this.
873
00:48:21,031 --> 00:48:24,033
(suspenseful music)
874
00:48:25,636 --> 00:48:28,371
(carnival music)
875
00:48:31,508 --> 00:48:34,277
(Adam whistling)
876
00:48:47,157 --> 00:48:48,490
- Well, Satanism is
not for everybody
877
00:48:48,525 --> 00:48:51,460
because it requires
extreme responsibility.
878
00:48:54,164 --> 00:48:56,332
It's interesting, 'cause
I look at this country,
879
00:48:56,367 --> 00:49:00,036
The United States, and our
constitution is the same thing.
880
00:49:02,406 --> 00:49:03,739
The first amendment to me
881
00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:06,976
is the most singular
important thing we have.
882
00:49:07,011 --> 00:49:08,677
It's free speech.
883
00:49:08,712 --> 00:49:10,713
You're allowed to say
whatever you want,
884
00:49:10,748 --> 00:49:12,982
whether it be hateful or not.
885
00:49:13,017 --> 00:49:14,951
And I think this
is really healthy.
886
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:17,453
What's hate speech?
887
00:49:17,488 --> 00:49:18,955
What does that even mean?
888
00:49:20,124 --> 00:49:22,391
What if I say, I hate
people who read comic books?
889
00:49:22,426 --> 00:49:23,626
Is that hate speech?
890
00:49:25,662 --> 00:49:29,265
To me, the only way to have
that work is all speech is good.
891
00:49:30,768 --> 00:49:34,737
The second amendment is there
for me to protect my property.
892
00:49:34,772 --> 00:49:39,008
It's also there to protect
me from an invading army.
893
00:49:39,043 --> 00:49:41,677
And it's also there to protect
me from my own government.
894
00:49:43,781 --> 00:49:45,147
People that don't like it,
895
00:49:45,182 --> 00:49:47,516
I quickly point out
what happened in Europe,
896
00:49:47,551 --> 00:49:49,718
not that long ago.
897
00:49:49,753 --> 00:49:52,054
Within a minute,
people were like
898
00:49:52,089 --> 00:49:53,622
"Oh, shit, there's
Nazis everywhere."
899
00:49:53,657 --> 00:49:55,091
Like it just happens.
900
00:49:57,227 --> 00:49:59,996
Our founding fathers, I think
when they put it in there
901
00:50:01,398 --> 00:50:03,532
they were like, "this is
the safety right here, boom!
902
00:50:03,567 --> 00:50:04,734
People can fight back."
903
00:50:07,237 --> 00:50:11,440
If you have free speech, people
will get offended, obviously
904
00:50:11,475 --> 00:50:14,309
if you have guns, people
are gonna get shot.
905
00:50:14,344 --> 00:50:15,811
So the question is, do
you wanna live somewhere
906
00:50:15,846 --> 00:50:20,049
that's completely no
gun violence at all,
907
00:50:20,084 --> 00:50:22,684
but there's laws on
regulating speech
908
00:50:22,719 --> 00:50:26,121
or do you wanna live somewhere
where it's a little wild?
909
00:50:26,156 --> 00:50:27,790
There's a lot of shit going on
910
00:50:27,825 --> 00:50:30,659
and you have to be
responsible, or you're fucked.
911
00:50:30,694 --> 00:50:31,794
I choose that.
912
00:50:31,829 --> 00:50:33,062
That's what I like.
913
00:50:33,097 --> 00:50:35,297
I'll take the gun violence.
914
00:50:35,332 --> 00:50:36,765
I'll take it.
915
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,502
If that's part of the freedom
rules, I'd rather that.
916
00:50:41,472 --> 00:50:44,306
- The people who
founded our country,
917
00:50:44,341 --> 00:50:49,311
Jefferson, Franklin, Thomas
Paine, they were deists.
918
00:50:50,547 --> 00:50:54,216
They were anti theists,
anti organized religion.
919
00:50:54,251 --> 00:50:55,818
And they were
certainly influenced
920
00:50:55,853 --> 00:50:59,621
by the freedoms of
the enlightenment.
921
00:50:59,656 --> 00:51:02,691
And so the way our very
country was structured
922
00:51:02,726 --> 00:51:06,829
was much more leaning toward
what we now understand
923
00:51:06,864 --> 00:51:11,800
as Satanism than
dependence on religion
924
00:51:11,835 --> 00:51:15,237
and God and powers
outside yourself.
925
00:51:16,373 --> 00:51:17,606
- [Reporter] Experts
say there are
926
00:51:17,641 --> 00:51:21,243
as many as 50 to 60,000
human sacrifices a year,
927
00:51:21,278 --> 00:51:24,746
a result of an estimated
100,000 self-styled Satanists
928
00:51:24,781 --> 00:51:26,148
in this country.
929
00:51:26,183 --> 00:51:28,884
In 1988 Los Angeles
had 64 preschools
930
00:51:28,919 --> 00:51:31,120
with report and
Satanic activity.
931
00:51:31,155 --> 00:51:33,622
- I absolutely believe
it without any doubt.
932
00:51:33,657 --> 00:51:35,390
Based on the information
that's been given to me
933
00:51:35,425 --> 00:51:38,360
across the country,
by numerous survivors
934
00:51:38,395 --> 00:51:40,863
and by confidential
sources and informants.
935
00:51:42,633 --> 00:51:45,134
- Basically from the
late '60's, early '70's
936
00:51:45,169 --> 00:51:47,870
there was all these
books coming out
937
00:51:47,905 --> 00:51:51,640
"The Exorcist",
"Amityville Horror".
938
00:51:53,177 --> 00:51:57,179
Yeah, they're fun movies but
they're Christian propaganda.
939
00:51:58,482 --> 00:52:00,549
They made more people go to
church than anything else.
940
00:52:00,584 --> 00:52:01,884
It scared people.
941
00:52:01,919 --> 00:52:07,123
So out of that arose
this like false pretense
942
00:52:08,325 --> 00:52:10,225
that there's this Satanic
underground community
943
00:52:10,260 --> 00:52:13,929
that is breeding
babies for sacrifice.
944
00:52:13,964 --> 00:52:16,465
- Oh, the satanic panic.
945
00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:19,701
That was the just,
you know, America.
946
00:52:19,736 --> 00:52:22,738
(suspenseful music)
947
00:52:24,841 --> 00:52:28,177
- The satanic panic was
essentially launched
948
00:52:28,212 --> 00:52:30,479
by a book called
"Michelle Remembers"
949
00:52:30,514 --> 00:52:32,915
where a psychiatrist
dealt with a woman
950
00:52:32,950 --> 00:52:37,386
who claimed to have remembered
memories of being abused
951
00:52:37,421 --> 00:52:39,454
by a Church of Satan,
952
00:52:39,489 --> 00:52:41,823
which had her do all
kinds of heinous things
953
00:52:41,858 --> 00:52:43,159
in the name of the devil.
954
00:52:44,428 --> 00:52:48,164
When the book came out, it was
listed as being a true story.
955
00:52:49,399 --> 00:52:52,701
And that started amongst
the evangelical Christians
956
00:52:52,736 --> 00:52:57,706
this wildfire of people
replicating these tales.
957
00:53:00,677 --> 00:53:02,878
"Michelle Remembers" was
followed by Mike Warnke
958
00:53:02,913 --> 00:53:05,214
who was a fellow who came
out with a book claiming
959
00:53:05,249 --> 00:53:07,216
that he'd been part
of the Satanic cult
960
00:53:07,251 --> 00:53:09,952
that had this amazing
reach in the world.
961
00:53:09,987 --> 00:53:12,254
They were involved with
invoking actual demons
962
00:53:12,289 --> 00:53:14,523
who would teleport
people, places.
963
00:53:14,558 --> 00:53:16,292
It was called "The
Satan Seller."
964
00:53:17,728 --> 00:53:20,362
Other people started imitating
it because these books sold.
965
00:53:20,397 --> 00:53:21,863
This is a commercial venture.
966
00:53:21,898 --> 00:53:24,666
It was really the commercial
success of this literature
967
00:53:24,701 --> 00:53:27,803
of satanic cults that got
evangelical Christians
968
00:53:27,838 --> 00:53:29,972
into saying, "this a good deal."
969
00:53:30,007 --> 00:53:34,243
- These symbols of Satanism
are turning up everywhere,
970
00:53:34,278 --> 00:53:37,646
on walls, on clothes,
on album covers,
971
00:53:38,849 --> 00:53:41,250
and even on bodies
of murder victims.
972
00:53:41,285 --> 00:53:44,519
- [Raul] People like Bob
Larson who spread this,
973
00:53:44,554 --> 00:53:47,589
and certain therapists
and psychiatrists
974
00:53:47,624 --> 00:53:52,461
who were using unethical
techniques to implant memories
975
00:53:52,496 --> 00:53:54,763
from their patients then
these patients claim
976
00:53:54,798 --> 00:53:58,367
that they were part of
these satanic cults.
977
00:54:00,070 --> 00:54:02,838
- We're talking about people
in some cases who are coming
978
00:54:02,873 --> 00:54:06,742
to us as patients who were
raised in Satanic cults
979
00:54:06,777 --> 00:54:08,444
from the time they were born.
980
00:54:09,813 --> 00:54:13,515
- The various cases where
people's lives were thrown apart
981
00:54:13,550 --> 00:54:17,019
because of these allegations
that they were abusing children
982
00:54:17,054 --> 00:54:19,855
are part of this great
satanic conspiracy.
983
00:54:21,591 --> 00:54:23,759
- The truth is children, lie
984
00:54:23,794 --> 00:54:26,028
and adults encouraged
children to lie
985
00:54:26,063 --> 00:54:28,463
to feed into their
own bullshit stories.
986
00:54:28,498 --> 00:54:30,399
And that's what the
satanic panic was.
987
00:54:31,868 --> 00:54:34,069
If you read the testimony
in the McMartin Preschool,
988
00:54:34,104 --> 00:54:36,538
the fact that anybody
believed any of them
989
00:54:36,573 --> 00:54:38,573
for a second is just...
990
00:54:38,608 --> 00:54:40,042
You just, you slap
your forehead.
991
00:54:40,077 --> 00:54:41,310
It's just insane.
992
00:54:42,579 --> 00:54:44,746
- People were
claiming that children
993
00:54:44,781 --> 00:54:47,082
were literally being
shown like animals
994
00:54:47,117 --> 00:54:49,384
that you would only see in
zoos and being transported
995
00:54:49,419 --> 00:54:52,054
into exotic locations
and then somehow returned
996
00:54:52,089 --> 00:54:53,855
to the preschool
that they were at.
997
00:54:53,890 --> 00:54:56,358
And you're thinking,
"how could this happen?"
998
00:54:56,393 --> 00:54:59,628
And of course the
explanation was Satan.
999
00:54:59,663 --> 00:55:02,030
- It would be a whole lot
easier if these people wore
1000
00:55:02,065 --> 00:55:04,599
or had horns and a
Pitchfork and a red suit
1001
00:55:04,634 --> 00:55:06,068
but they just don't.
1002
00:55:06,103 --> 00:55:07,669
They could be your
next-door neighbor.
1003
00:55:07,704 --> 00:55:11,073
- Cops for Christ were
a big deal then too.
1004
00:55:11,108 --> 00:55:12,374
I dealt with people like that.
1005
00:55:12,409 --> 00:55:15,010
I was actually
set upon by people
1006
00:55:15,045 --> 00:55:17,446
who just didn't like
the way you looked
1007
00:55:17,481 --> 00:55:21,016
or they had a
marginalized understanding
1008
00:55:21,051 --> 00:55:23,652
of what they thought
you represented.
1009
00:55:23,687 --> 00:55:26,455
And every day was an adventure.
1010
00:55:28,425 --> 00:55:29,791
- It was a real problem.
1011
00:55:29,826 --> 00:55:31,993
LaVey felt like
he was in danger.
1012
00:55:32,028 --> 00:55:35,630
People would drive by and
throw shit at the house.
1013
00:55:35,665 --> 00:55:38,834
You have to understand that
the satanic panic happened
1014
00:55:38,869 --> 00:55:40,102
during the Reagan years.
1015
00:55:40,137 --> 00:55:44,506
Fundamentalism was the
flavor of the month.
1016
00:55:44,541 --> 00:55:49,345
Religion and people were
gloaming onto that but,
1017
00:55:51,415 --> 00:55:53,982
make no mistake, that
was a very dangerous time
1018
00:55:54,017 --> 00:55:55,517
to be living in America.
1019
00:55:57,454 --> 00:55:59,121
- These things don't
have to be real at all
1020
00:55:59,156 --> 00:56:00,789
but they get passed around.
1021
00:56:00,824 --> 00:56:03,425
And suddenly a friend of
a friend of a friend said
1022
00:56:03,460 --> 00:56:05,794
"I know somebody who
was involved in that."
1023
00:56:05,829 --> 00:56:08,430
So this whole mythology grew.
1024
00:56:11,134 --> 00:56:12,667
- But there were
people who believe that
1025
00:56:12,702 --> 00:56:16,938
because it helped
forge an agenda
1026
00:56:16,973 --> 00:56:21,543
for the reorientation
of American society.
1027
00:56:21,578 --> 00:56:24,747
(rock and roll music)
1028
00:56:30,787 --> 00:56:33,722
- During the satanic panic is
when I discovered Satanism.
1029
00:56:35,192 --> 00:56:37,826
And I remember one of the things
1030
00:56:37,861 --> 00:56:40,996
that was being spread
around was heavy metal music
1031
00:56:41,031 --> 00:56:43,732
and Dungeons & Dragons
role-playing games
1032
00:56:43,767 --> 00:56:46,601
will expose you to Satanism.
1033
00:56:46,636 --> 00:56:48,203
- I believe that
Dungeons & Dragons
1034
00:56:48,238 --> 00:56:51,473
is a direct quote
from the pit of hell,
1035
00:56:51,508 --> 00:56:53,508
if you wanna call it that.
1036
00:56:53,543 --> 00:56:56,511
It is a mind-bending game,
a mind-changing game.
1037
00:56:56,546 --> 00:56:58,480
And it's involved with all kinds
1038
00:56:58,515 --> 00:57:00,048
of occult and pagan religions.
1039
00:57:00,083 --> 00:57:02,484
And Anton LaVey, the writer
of the Satanist Bible says,
1040
00:57:02,519 --> 00:57:04,986
"there is no such thing
as white witchcraft."
1041
00:57:05,021 --> 00:57:06,822
- For being a Satan
worshiper, he should know.
1042
00:57:06,857 --> 00:57:08,090
- Yeah, he should know
1043
00:57:09,226 --> 00:57:10,025
- And guess what?
1044
00:57:10,060 --> 00:57:12,694
It worked, it worked.
1045
00:57:12,729 --> 00:57:15,096
It actually did do that to me.
1046
00:57:15,131 --> 00:57:17,599
So whatever they said
actually was true.
1047
00:57:17,634 --> 00:57:19,501
- All the things you love.
1048
00:57:19,536 --> 00:57:22,204
- Whether Satan exists
is a matter of belief.
1049
00:57:22,239 --> 00:57:24,940
But we are certain
that Satanism exists.
1050
00:57:24,975 --> 00:57:26,141
To some it's a religion.
1051
00:57:26,176 --> 00:57:30,612
To others it's the practice
of evil in the devil's name.
1052
00:57:30,647 --> 00:57:32,080
- Hail, Satan!
1053
00:57:32,115 --> 00:57:33,248
- [Peter] And indeed there
were some crazy people
1054
00:57:33,283 --> 00:57:35,584
who believed in the
devil and worshiped him
1055
00:57:35,619 --> 00:57:37,152
we used to call them
Geraldo Satanist,
1056
00:57:37,187 --> 00:57:40,088
'cause we feel that that's where
the inspiration was coming.
1057
00:57:40,123 --> 00:57:44,660
Not from any actual
other Satanists or
any actual Satanism.
1058
00:57:47,197 --> 00:57:49,231
- We had some Satanists
that were interested
1059
00:57:49,266 --> 00:57:52,567
in the Charles
Manson phenomenon.
1060
00:57:52,602 --> 00:57:55,237
Some Satanists kind of saw him
1061
00:57:55,272 --> 00:57:57,739
as a symbol of the
end of the '60's.
1062
00:57:57,774 --> 00:58:01,109
This kind of rebellion,
this counteraction
1063
00:58:01,144 --> 00:58:04,012
from the '60's hippie
culture, right?
1064
00:58:04,047 --> 00:58:06,681
So I think they
took that aesthetic
1065
00:58:06,716 --> 00:58:09,518
and that kind of mythology
and they ran with it.
1066
00:58:10,954 --> 00:58:13,856
LaVey himself was actually
really annoyed by that.
1067
00:58:14,858 --> 00:58:17,192
He wrote several times that
1068
00:58:18,628 --> 00:58:20,128
he wished Charles Manson
was just shot in the head,
1069
00:58:20,163 --> 00:58:21,497
and that was over with.
1070
00:58:23,333 --> 00:58:25,300
- LaVey knew Susan Atkins.
1071
00:58:25,335 --> 00:58:29,304
She worked as a stripper in
his Topless Witches revue.
1072
00:58:29,339 --> 00:58:31,740
And he said, "Boyd, this girl
1073
00:58:31,775 --> 00:58:33,808
was an accident
waiting to happen.
1074
00:58:33,843 --> 00:58:35,143
If it hadn't been Charlie Manson
1075
00:58:35,178 --> 00:58:36,778
it would've been somebody else."
1076
00:58:39,015 --> 00:58:41,283
Like an incredible amount
of people cross paths
1077
00:58:41,318 --> 00:58:44,586
with Manson, people
that you never expect.
1078
00:58:44,621 --> 00:58:46,588
And a lot of people
ended up going through
1079
00:58:46,623 --> 00:58:48,990
well, The Black House as well.
1080
00:58:49,025 --> 00:58:51,927
So I just think,
it was an odd time.
1081
00:58:53,330 --> 00:58:56,765
When the Manson thing
originally happened
1082
00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:59,801
all the Manson girls wrote
letters to Anton LaVey.
1083
00:59:01,671 --> 00:59:04,339
- The people that do
that nonsense shit,
1084
00:59:04,374 --> 00:59:06,274
they're the theistic idiots.
1085
00:59:06,309 --> 00:59:09,311
They're the ones that
believe in the nonsense.
1086
00:59:09,346 --> 00:59:11,079
They're the ones that
can't draw the separation
1087
00:59:11,114 --> 00:59:13,081
between fantasy and reality.
1088
00:59:13,116 --> 00:59:15,083
If they're doing it,
it's not Satanism.
1089
00:59:16,386 --> 00:59:20,689
When I hear babies being
murdered and child molestation,
1090
00:59:20,724 --> 00:59:23,158
I think of Christians
and Catholics.
1091
00:59:23,193 --> 00:59:24,593
- [Carissa] I think a lot
of them are (indistinct)
1092
00:59:24,628 --> 00:59:26,328
- [Adam] Yeah, they
do! They should!
1093
00:59:26,363 --> 00:59:28,730
That's real! That can be proven!
1094
00:59:31,134 --> 00:59:34,169
- We, for our part
during the satanic panic,
1095
00:59:34,204 --> 00:59:38,306
Anton LaVey didn't
want to dignify
1096
00:59:38,341 --> 00:59:40,041
a lot of these journalists
1097
00:59:40,076 --> 00:59:44,045
with actually having the High
Priest of the Church of Satan
1098
00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:45,280
on their shows.
1099
00:59:47,283 --> 00:59:48,683
He said, "you know,
the philosophy
1100
00:59:48,718 --> 00:59:50,218
and the organization
have matured
1101
00:59:50,253 --> 00:59:52,354
to the point now where
I have plenty of people
1102
00:59:52,389 --> 00:59:53,722
that I trust to
go on these shows
1103
00:59:53,757 --> 00:59:56,925
and say, no, we don't
sacrifice animals.
1104
00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:59,694
And this is what we stand
for, and this is what we do.
1105
00:59:59,729 --> 01:00:00,629
- We are here.
1106
01:00:00,664 --> 01:00:02,130
We're not going away.
1107
01:00:02,165 --> 01:00:05,367
And Christianity and the
day of the cross are done.
1108
01:00:05,402 --> 01:00:08,837
- It was the best story
going at the time.
1109
01:00:08,872 --> 01:00:11,706
And so there was
a need to be able
1110
01:00:11,741 --> 01:00:14,376
to defend this
opposite position.
1111
01:00:16,346 --> 01:00:19,414
- For Anton LaVey, what he was
doing was meeting with people
1112
01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:22,384
from the Humane Society, from
animal protection societies
1113
01:00:22,419 --> 01:00:24,653
from cult awareness, places
1114
01:00:24,688 --> 01:00:27,055
even Christians
who were concerned
1115
01:00:27,090 --> 01:00:30,659
about what was going
on in Christianity
1116
01:00:30,694 --> 01:00:32,794
and these people that
were being counselors
1117
01:00:32,829 --> 01:00:36,865
and hanging out their
shingle as Satan busters.
1118
01:00:36,900 --> 01:00:40,201
So he was meeting with the
right people to get the word out
1119
01:00:40,236 --> 01:00:43,105
defining what Satanism
is and what it isn't.
1120
01:00:44,808 --> 01:00:47,042
- The FBI and other
law enforcement started
1121
01:00:47,077 --> 01:00:48,810
to really investigate this
1122
01:00:48,845 --> 01:00:51,112
because it had really gotten
to be this crazy mythology
1123
01:00:51,147 --> 01:00:52,747
with all of these
books coming out
1124
01:00:52,782 --> 01:00:54,416
and people supporting this.
1125
01:00:54,451 --> 01:00:57,352
And they found that it
wasn't true. Surprise!
1126
01:00:57,387 --> 01:00:59,954
That it was a hysteria.
1127
01:00:59,989 --> 01:01:01,122
- Anybody who would bother
1128
01:01:01,157 --> 01:01:03,425
to even take the cursory
look at our text.
1129
01:01:03,460 --> 01:01:05,927
The first thing it says is
that we don't harm children
1130
01:01:05,962 --> 01:01:06,961
and we don't harm animals.
1131
01:01:06,996 --> 01:01:08,697
There are no sacrifices.
1132
01:01:08,732 --> 01:01:09,731
That's all shit.
1133
01:01:09,766 --> 01:01:11,099
That's Christian shit.
1134
01:01:12,769 --> 01:01:14,402
- I went out there and
had to sit next to people
1135
01:01:14,437 --> 01:01:16,071
who are claiming to
be breeding babies
1136
01:01:16,106 --> 01:01:17,439
and slaughtering them.
1137
01:01:17,474 --> 01:01:20,241
And try to say, I
represent this philosophy
1138
01:01:20,276 --> 01:01:23,445
which is about reason and
about self-satisfaction.
1139
01:01:23,480 --> 01:01:24,946
And that is atheist.
1140
01:01:24,981 --> 01:01:26,414
When all these people think
1141
01:01:26,449 --> 01:01:30,151
that I must be a animal
sacrificer and baby-breeder.
1142
01:01:30,186 --> 01:01:32,087
I'd be put in green
rooms separate
1143
01:01:32,122 --> 01:01:33,855
from all the other guests
1144
01:01:33,890 --> 01:01:35,757
because they didn't
wanna be near me
1145
01:01:35,792 --> 01:01:38,460
because of course I must be
doing these horrendous things.
1146
01:01:38,495 --> 01:01:40,028
And it really took a long time
1147
01:01:40,063 --> 01:01:43,198
for that to grind to
a halt and roll back.
1148
01:01:43,233 --> 01:01:46,234
(suspenseful music)
1149
01:01:50,807 --> 01:01:53,007
- Marilyn Manson in that
time was getting popular.
1150
01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:56,144
And he brought
Satanism a new audience
1151
01:01:56,179 --> 01:01:57,946
'cause he openly
talked about it.
1152
01:01:59,149 --> 01:02:00,849
Back then, it wasn't cool.
1153
01:02:01,985 --> 01:02:03,485
Like now you can be
like, "Oh, I'm a member
1154
01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:06,788
of some stupid satanic group"
and people are like, "Yeah!"
1155
01:02:06,823 --> 01:02:08,456
But back then, it
wasn't like that.
1156
01:02:08,491 --> 01:02:09,390
It was serious.
1157
01:02:09,425 --> 01:02:11,259
You couldn't tell anybody.
1158
01:02:11,294 --> 01:02:16,298
The first open member and
open Satanist is King Diamond.
1159
01:02:17,467 --> 01:02:18,366
He's the first rock
and roller to say,
1160
01:02:18,401 --> 01:02:21,102
"Hey, you know I'm a Satanist."
1161
01:02:21,137 --> 01:02:24,339
I mean, Coven from the
'60's, but that's...
1162
01:02:24,374 --> 01:02:25,841
It's was very different then.
1163
01:02:27,544 --> 01:02:29,177
- [Cartoon] I hear
you vomit here.
1164
01:02:29,212 --> 01:02:33,481
I can't think of Hank and
there's Santa in the backyard.
1165
01:02:33,516 --> 01:02:34,582
- [Reporter] "Scooby
Doo" cartoon.
1166
01:02:34,617 --> 01:02:36,317
- [Interviewee] Our children
are being lobotomized
1167
01:02:36,352 --> 01:02:37,952
by manipulative psychologist.
1168
01:02:37,987 --> 01:02:39,788
- [Announcer] Kids
in the occult.
1169
01:02:42,826 --> 01:02:44,959
- [Announcer] I wonder where
was Satanism when we were kids?
1170
01:02:44,994 --> 01:02:46,194
Why didn't we get into it?
1171
01:02:46,229 --> 01:02:47,796
- [Reporter] Because
of parent concerns
1172
01:02:47,831 --> 01:02:49,097
that some Halloween costumes
1173
01:02:49,132 --> 01:02:51,900
can be linked to devil
worship and satanic cults.
1174
01:02:51,935 --> 01:02:52,867
- Joanna.
1175
01:02:52,902 --> 01:02:55,003
- Sometimes I don't obey.
1176
01:02:55,038 --> 01:02:57,239
- Punish him with
a rod severely.
1177
01:02:59,175 --> 01:03:00,542
¶ Stand up and sit down ¶
1178
01:03:00,577 --> 01:03:02,277
¶ And stand up and sit down ¶
1179
01:03:02,312 --> 01:03:04,312
¶ And stand up and sit down ¶
1180
01:03:04,347 --> 01:03:06,414
¶ And stand up and sit down ¶
1181
01:03:06,449 --> 01:03:08,016
¶ And stand up ¶
1182
01:03:08,051 --> 01:03:10,385
- This is why Satanism exists
1183
01:03:10,420 --> 01:03:13,521
is so that we can
constantly remind people
1184
01:03:13,556 --> 01:03:17,158
that whenever you
create an enemy
1185
01:03:17,193 --> 01:03:20,562
then things can be very
dangerous for everyone.
1186
01:03:20,597 --> 01:03:22,898
That's why you have
to think for yourself.
1187
01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:27,569
- I haven't come forth
in a great many years
1188
01:03:27,604 --> 01:03:30,572
because I didn't
want to be relegated
1189
01:03:30,607 --> 01:03:34,576
to another guest
on a TV talk show.
1190
01:03:37,180 --> 01:03:41,916
But I can assure you
Satanism is here to stay.
1191
01:03:41,951 --> 01:03:44,820
(organ playing)
1192
01:03:52,962 --> 01:03:57,966
- During Anton LaVey's last
years he had surrounded himself
1193
01:03:59,469 --> 01:04:03,939
with people that he grew close
to, that he drew energy from.
1194
01:04:04,641 --> 01:04:06,942
We had had a son together.
1195
01:04:08,411 --> 01:04:13,181
He had heart problems brought
about by the rheumatic fever,
1196
01:04:14,317 --> 01:04:16,618
sort of weakened him.
1197
01:04:16,653 --> 01:04:20,889
And he didn't want
to be seen as weak.
1198
01:04:20,924 --> 01:04:22,457
So his time became
very precious.
1199
01:04:22,492 --> 01:04:25,093
He wanted to spend it
with people he enjoyed,
1200
01:04:25,128 --> 01:04:27,562
who contributed to his life.
1201
01:04:27,597 --> 01:04:29,631
He was doing more recording
1202
01:04:29,666 --> 01:04:32,200
so that his music
would get out there.
1203
01:04:32,235 --> 01:04:35,103
But he just wanted to
spend the time that he had
1204
01:04:35,138 --> 01:04:38,373
with his son and playing
his music and writing
1205
01:04:40,677 --> 01:04:41,943
- [Anton] I will never die.
1206
01:04:41,978 --> 01:04:43,411
- [Joe] You won't?
1207
01:04:43,446 --> 01:04:44,646
- [Anton] No, of course
not. I've made arrangements.
1208
01:04:44,681 --> 01:04:46,948
(audience laughing)
1209
01:04:46,983 --> 01:04:49,651
(organ playing)
1210
01:04:52,989 --> 01:04:55,290
- He lived every single day.
1211
01:04:56,960 --> 01:04:58,994
It was homination
his philosophy.
1212
01:05:00,096 --> 01:05:01,429
And how many people
can say that?
1213
01:05:03,099 --> 01:05:07,135
- I loved spending time
alone with my grandfather.
1214
01:05:09,405 --> 01:05:14,409
It felt like the entire
world just disappeared.
1215
01:05:15,278 --> 01:05:16,978
- I wish he was around now
1216
01:05:17,013 --> 01:05:19,147
because people are afraid
to speak their mind.
1217
01:05:19,182 --> 01:05:23,618
People are walking on
eggshells, and he hated that.
1218
01:05:23,653 --> 01:05:26,321
Everyone's walking around
with a good guy badge now
1219
01:05:26,356 --> 01:05:29,057
'cause they're a victim of
this, and a victim of that.
1220
01:05:31,995 --> 01:05:33,428
- The Church of Satan today,
1221
01:05:33,463 --> 01:05:35,997
I try to maintain
as close as possible
1222
01:05:36,032 --> 01:05:38,032
as to the vision
Anton LaVey set out.
1223
01:05:38,067 --> 01:05:39,701
In fact, in our conversations
1224
01:05:39,736 --> 01:05:40,669
that was something
I promised him
1225
01:05:40,704 --> 01:05:43,705
that I would be doing
for him as time went on.
1226
01:05:43,740 --> 01:05:46,207
I think that the
philosophy that he created
1227
01:05:46,242 --> 01:05:50,311
is absolutely spot on for
recognizing the reality
1228
01:05:50,346 --> 01:05:52,180
but with human animal functions
1229
01:05:52,215 --> 01:05:55,016
I don't think his philosophy
needs to be changed at all.
1230
01:05:58,755 --> 01:06:00,321
- [Ruth] Honestly, the thing
1231
01:06:00,356 --> 01:06:02,991
that I really like
about Satanism is
1232
01:06:03,026 --> 01:06:06,962
that it doesn't change because
human beings don't change.
1233
01:06:08,765 --> 01:06:10,999
- [Adam] So where does
this all go for the future?
1234
01:06:11,034 --> 01:06:14,769
Well, Satanists
are born, not made,
1235
01:06:14,804 --> 01:06:16,738
they're being born right now.
1236
01:06:16,773 --> 01:06:18,573
And some of them will
read that book and say,
1237
01:06:18,608 --> 01:06:20,208
"yeah, this is for me."
1238
01:06:21,577 --> 01:06:25,013
There's other satanic
groups that come and go,
1239
01:06:25,048 --> 01:06:27,482
but the Church of Satan
has been around now for,
1240
01:06:27,517 --> 01:06:29,717
what is this 52 years?
1241
01:06:29,752 --> 01:06:30,986
That's pretty good.
1242
01:06:32,588 --> 01:06:34,322
- You don't worship anything.
1243
01:06:34,357 --> 01:06:36,257
You question everything.
1244
01:06:36,292 --> 01:06:39,660
And the power that you
have comes from within you
1245
01:06:39,695 --> 01:06:41,429
and you don't take
anything on faith.
1246
01:06:41,464 --> 01:06:44,198
There's no such thing
in Satanism as faith.
1247
01:06:44,233 --> 01:06:45,767
We challenge, we question,
1248
01:06:45,802 --> 01:06:49,304
we challenge ourselves to
do better, to achieve more,
1249
01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:53,108
that's what's embodied
in our principles.
1250
01:06:54,277 --> 01:06:56,778
- Because we know
as Anton LaVey said,
1251
01:06:56,813 --> 01:06:59,514
"the first 99 years are
always the toughest."
1252
01:06:59,549 --> 01:07:01,582
(audience laughing)
1253
01:07:01,617 --> 01:07:04,218
I think the future is
assured, the Church of Satan
1254
01:07:04,253 --> 01:07:08,656
is thriving and shall
be a great black river
1255
01:07:08,691 --> 01:07:13,294
that continues to flow into
the great future to come.
1256
01:07:13,329 --> 01:07:15,663
So thank you all for
bringing that into being.
1257
01:07:16,833 --> 01:07:18,066
Shemhamforash!
1258
01:07:18,101 --> 01:07:18,633
- [Audience] Shemhamforash!
1259
01:07:18,668 --> 01:07:19,567
- Hail, Satan!
1260
01:07:19,602 --> 01:07:20,802
- [Audience] Hail, Satan!
1261
01:07:20,837 --> 01:07:22,203
(cymbals clanging)
1262
01:07:22,238 --> 01:07:23,137
- Hail, Satan!
1263
01:07:23,172 --> 01:07:24,505
- [Audience] Hail, Satan!
1264
01:07:24,540 --> 01:07:25,640
(cymbals clanging)
1265
01:07:25,675 --> 01:07:26,808
- Hail, Satan!
1266
01:07:26,843 --> 01:07:29,110
- [Audience] Hail, Satan!
1267
01:07:29,145 --> 01:07:31,779
(cymbals clanging)
1268
01:07:31,814 --> 01:07:34,849
(suspenseful music )
1269
01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:37,652
(bell ringing)
1270
01:07:46,262 --> 01:07:49,064
(bell ringing)
1271
01:07:58,474 --> 01:08:01,843
- I formed the Chaos Imperium
to be an alternative idea
1272
01:08:01,878 --> 01:08:06,081
to contemporary magical
practices and perspectives.
1273
01:08:08,584 --> 01:08:10,585
This isn't a psychic order,
1274
01:08:10,620 --> 01:08:13,454
it doesn't have a very
large group membership,
1275
01:08:13,489 --> 01:08:16,190
it is not initiatory,
it is not religious.
1276
01:08:16,225 --> 01:08:18,893
I'm its only human
representative,
1277
01:08:18,928 --> 01:08:22,897
though within the group
there's 7 other entities
1278
01:08:22,932 --> 01:08:27,768
that we have invited through
magic to be part of it.
1279
01:08:27,803 --> 01:08:30,472
(wind whirling)
1280
01:08:38,181 --> 01:08:40,748
(acoustic music)
1281
01:09:10,346 --> 01:09:15,350
¶ The Devil is my woman ¶
1282
01:09:16,252 --> 01:09:19,387
¶ And she's got a voodoo hair ¶
1283
01:09:28,631 --> 01:09:33,635
¶ The Devil is my woman ¶
1284
01:09:34,537 --> 01:09:38,273
¶ And she's got a voodoo hair ¶
1285
01:09:55,925 --> 01:10:00,828
¶ She missed my blues ¶
1286
01:10:00,863 --> 01:10:04,199
¶ She dances to my rare ¶
1287
01:10:08,771 --> 01:10:10,939
- She says it's too tight.
1288
01:10:12,275 --> 01:10:14,675
¶ But you know she ¶
1289
01:10:14,710 --> 01:10:19,313
¶ She missed my blues ¶
1290
01:10:19,348 --> 01:10:22,684
¶ She dances to my rare ¶
1291
01:10:28,357 --> 01:10:30,691
And watch her shimmy, now.
1292
01:10:30,726 --> 01:10:32,227
Then she goes...
1293
01:10:41,070 --> 01:10:45,906
¶ The preacherman
don't like her ¶
1294
01:10:45,941 --> 01:10:50,411
¶ But I've seen him
at the back door ¶
1295
01:10:59,088 --> 01:11:03,624
¶ The preacherman
don't like her ¶
1296
01:11:03,659 --> 01:11:08,329
¶ But I've seen him
at her front door ¶
1297
01:11:16,005 --> 01:11:21,009
¶ The Devil is my woman ¶
1298
01:11:21,911 --> 01:11:25,446
¶ The Devil is my woman ¶
1299
01:11:25,481 --> 01:11:30,051
¶ The Devil is my woman ¶
1300
01:11:30,086 --> 01:11:33,921
¶ And you can't lock her up ¶
1301
01:11:36,092 --> 01:11:39,294
(audience cheering)
1302
01:11:43,899 --> 01:11:48,870
¶ So you better
treat her right ¶
1303
01:11:49,805 --> 01:11:52,940
♪ Or she's gonna string you up ♪
1304
01:11:56,512 --> 01:11:59,647
(audience applauding)
1305
01:12:01,550 --> 01:12:04,886
(acoustic music fading)
1306
01:12:04,910 --> 01:12:11,910
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