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Anton Szandor LaVey

Called "The Black Pope" by many of his followers, Anton LaVey  began the road of high priesthood of the Church of Satan when he was only 16 years old and an organ player at a carnival:

"On Saturday night I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival and on Sunday morning when I was playing the organ for tent-show evangilist at the other end of the carnival lot, I would see these same men sitting in pews with their wives and children, asking God to forgive them and purge them of carnal desires. And the next Saturday night they'd be back at the carnival or some other place of indulgence.

I knew then that the Christian church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out!"

From that time early in his life his path was clear. Finally, on the last night April, 1966- Walpurgisnacht, the most important festival in the believers of witchcraft- LaVey shaved his head in the tradition of ancient executioners and announced the formation of The Church of Satan. He had seen the need for a church that would recapture man's body and his carnal desires as objects of celebration. "Since worship of fleshly things produces pleasure," he said, "There would be a temple of glorious indulgence..."

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