Appendix #2

Quotes

"There is no God. There is no supreme, all-powerful deity in the heavens that cares about the lives of human beings. There is nobody up there who gives a shit. Man must be taught to answer to himself and other men for his actions."

-Anton LaVey

"Change per se is not necessary to happiness. On the contrary, the resistance shown whenever change seems imminent would indicate that, if most people were given a chance, nothing would change."

-Anton LaVey in Cloven Hoof, January-February VIII/1973

"I've never presented myself as having spoken directly to Satan or God or being in touch with any sort of divinity or having any sort of spiritual mandate. I just feel that what I'm doing is part of my nature."

-Anton LaVey

"Ignorant people are only hurt by the threat that they might not be the same as everyone else! The only reason a good Christian is so smug and obnoxious in his judgement of others is because he thinks he is "it". If something comes along to threaten his security by emplying that he (the Christian) is a part of the very thing he claims to hate most, the once-smug fellow starts to feel like a pariah.

The ignoramus has to be part of his protective herd, or he is powerless. Get enough ignoramuses questioning their own identity and they're in real trouble!

Satanists who are sincere and dedicated to their religion and who are not breaking any laws of the land need fear no actual legal persecution; in fact the Constitution is on our side. It is the persecutor who would slander us who is in direct violation of Constitutional rights.

The only reason their vermin attempt such slander - and get away with it - is because they take it for granted that Satanists and witches are not practicing a religion. Since there has never before been an organized body of Satanists or witches, and the definition of such as been that of the tormentor, it has always been "open season" for witch-hunting."

-Anton LaVey "Offensive Defense for Satanists" in Cloven Hoof, January VI/1971, page #3

"What therefore, does one prudently expect to receive from one's religion is not those deserts achieved by implementation of sustained loyalty and intrepidity as manifested by one's daily activities relevent to his religion? After all, Golden Opportunity, when disrobed before us, often appears with quite another identity: Hard Work! Hence she frequently passes unrecognized by many who are obviously far the worse for it. Although we may choose to avoid and ignore mundane maxims describing the fruits of honest labor, it ill-behooves us to adjourn the workbench on any day without a definitive application of our best talents toward construction of a superior Satanic mousetrap for all the remaining sightless.

Surely, then, the Earth with all its promise is much too magnificent a gift to fall prey to those of boundless, unfettered hypocrisy. Let us summon the great powers of Thoth and Sekhmet to marshall our energies into a seething tempest! We must strive for control of our environment; we must usurp the fatted hams who sit in judgement of us. We must supplant "pious" pomposity with incisive intelligence. If we are to be heard through the din of the wailing, lost sheep, we must speak out!"

-Anton LaVey "Toward the Compleat Satanist" in Cloven Hoof, July VI/1971

"Fortunately for me and for all of us, Anton LaVey shared his magic, and I think it has made this wretched, fucking planet a better place."

-Marilyn Manson, Forward to Satan Speaks by Anton LaVey

"Draweth near in the gloom the twilight of the gods." The ravens of night have flown forth to summon Loki, who hath set Valhalla aflame with the searing trident of the Inferno. The twilight is done. A glow of new light is borne out of the night, and Lucifer is risen, once more to proclaim: "This is the Age of Satan! Satan rules the Earth!"

The gods of the unjust are dead. This is the morning of magic and undefiled wisdom. The flesh prevaileth, and the great Church shall be builded, consecrated in its name. No longer shall man's salvation be dependent upon his self-denial. And it will be seen that the world of the flesh and the living shall be the greatest preparation for any and all eternal delights.

Regie Satanas!

Ave Satanas!

Hail, Satan!"

-Anton LaVey, The Satanic Bible (Last part of Prologue)