People of Significance
Description, Justification, Philosophies Satanism index page
By Vexen Crabtree 2002 Aug 07 | Read / Write Comments
People of SignificanceBy Vexen Crabtree 2002 Aug 07 | Read / Write Comments
| High Priests | Alphabetical people of significance | ||||||||
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Many people are simply listed with little further information given about them. In these cases frequently my source of information is the Church of Satan News & Updates page, so browse the pages to see what the person has been up to. Sometimes a person will have appeared on the news/update page over a year ago in which case you'll need to view the archives linked from the main news page. Also for more information and websites visit the Church of Satan links page.
Life: 20th/21st century. England.
The force behind the successful band Soft Cell, his autobiography Tainted Life contains information of his initialisation in to the Infernal Empire by Magister Boyd Rice. Marc Almond has had a notable solo career since Soft Cell.
 Lucifer Rising |  Dissecting Marilyn Manson |  Goth Chic |
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Life: 20th/21st century. USA.
| 1997 Oct 29 | Anton LaVey dies and appoints Magistra Blanche Barton as High Priestess1 |
| 2001 Apr 30 | High Priestess Barton appointed Peter H. Gilmore as High Priest2 |
| 2002 Apr 30 | Barton and Nadramia exchange positions. Nadramia is the new High Priestess and Barton is Magistra Templi Rex. |
Books:
Infamous occultist and hedonist and influential on modern Satanism. [More - Historical influences on Satanism]
"The Satanism-for-fun-and-games fad next appeared in England in the middle 18th Century in the form of Sir Francis Dashwood's Order of the Medmanham Franciscans, popularly called The Hell-Fire Club. [...] Sir Francis managed to conduct rituals replete with good dirty fun, and certainly provided a colorful and harmless form of psychodrama for many of the leading lights of the period. An interesting sideline of Sir Francis, which lends a clue to the climate of the Hell-Fire Club, was a group called the Dilettanti Club, of which he was the founder."The Satanic Bible, Book Of Lucifer "The Black Mass" p 102
The Hellfire Club was known to its members as The Friars of St Francis of Wycombe, The Monks of Medmenham or The Order of Knights of West Wycombe8
Magician and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I7, seer and court astrologer, who worked with his associate Edward Kelly. The Enochian language first appeared in print in 1659 in a biography of John Dee6.
Life: 20th/21st century. USA.
| 1966 Apr 30 | Founds the Church of Satan 1 and labelled the Black Pope by the media |
| 1969 | Published The Satanic Bible4 |
| 1997 Oct 29 | Dies and appoints Magistra Blanche Barton, chief administrative officer of the COS for the past 15 years, as High Priestess.1 |
 The Satanic Bible |  Satanic Rituals |  Satanic Witch |  Satan Speaks |  Devil's Notebook |
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Relationships and resultant offspring:
Carole Lansing "bore him his first daughter, Karla Maritza, in 1952"10
Diane Hegarty entranced LaVey in 1959, "he then divorced Carole in 1960. Hegarty and LaVey never married, but she bore him his second daughter, Zeena Galatea in 1964"10
Blanche Barton was LaVey's final companion. She "bore him his only son, Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey on November 1, 1993"10
Relevent website text:
 Coyote Satan Amerika |
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"AKA Brian Warner and has to be included in any A to Z of Satanism simply because of his high profile. His book, The Long Hard Road Back from Hell goes in to detail on his meeting with Anton LaVey and his acceptance into the Church of Satan. Much like LaVey himself, Manson seems to be loved and despised in equal measure and no-one is quite sure whether the Satanic angle is an affectation and part of the hype machine or whether he's the real deal."
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Life: 20th/21st century. USA.
Books:
| 2001 Apr 30 | High Priestess Barton appointed Peggy Nadramia as Grand Mistress of the Temple Magistra Templi Rex2 |
| 2002 Apr 30 | Barton and Peggy Nadramia exchanged positions. Magistra Nadramia is the new High Priestess2 |
A German philosopher who challenged the foundations of morality and promoted life affirmation and individualism. Some of Nietzsche's philosophies have surfaced as those upheld by Satanists.
 Twilight of the Idols |  Thus spake Zarathustra |  Beyond Good And Evil |  The AntiChrist |
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Boyd Rice is the mind behind the pioneering industrial band NON.
Front man of The Electric Hellfire Club5
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