Dark Dad: The Biography of Anton Sandor LaVey | Barton Wolf

An illustrated biography of Anton Sandor LaVey, written by his first biographer Barton Wolf, with new, previously unknown facts that represent him in a way that many did not suspect. Plus, additional material about Anton's legacy and heirs.

Anton Sandor LaVey (April 11, 1930-October 29, 1997) was the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan.

"In my understanding, Satanism is the only reasonable alternative to the herd mentality and conventional thinking. This is a deliberate set of principles and rituals created to free people from the infection of thoughtlessness, which destroys everything new. I called my thoughts "Satanism" because this name is the most intriguing. Self-discipline and motivation are best manifested under exciting conditions. Satanism means "opposition" and briefly summarizes all the symbols of nonconformism. Satanism requires a person to be able to turn a duty into an advantage, everyday life into a feature. In other words, it is called Satanism because it is fun, accurate and effective".

Table of contents

Part I
Membership
1968:Midnight Mass
The Great Sandor
Precocious child
Life in the circus and carnival
Notes about carnivals
Interlude with Marilyn Monroe
Nights in haunted houses
The magic circle
"Magic seminars" by Anton
Abundance of publicity

Part II
The First Church
Satan's Birth and "Baptism" of Zina
Satanic Wedding and Funeral
Inside the "Black House"
Anton 's Sorcerers
Mr. Dulu
Peter Popandopoulos
... And his witches
The ritual magic of the Black Pope
The Last Days of Jane Mansfield

Part III
Anton's Diabolical child
Zina 's off the chain
The real Anton: musician, collector, joker, thinker
Rise and fall
Diana's Rebellion
The appearance of "Blanche Barton"
Diana's claim for the recovery of "paliments"
Bankruptcy
Solitude and death
Attempt to save the "Black House"

PART IV
The results
A conversation with Sharon/aka "Blanche"
Additional events
A conversation with Stephen Johnson Libya
Mizz Sandora
Stanton — Legacy?
The Great Plan of the Great Sandor
Artificial Human Satellites

App:
Those who are silent — keeping what happened to Anton's body and other issues that may be of interest to readers a secret.