Anton LaVey
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| - | {{Template}}'''Anton Szandor LaVey''', born '''Howard Stanton Levey''' ([[11 April]], [[1930]] – [[29 October]], [[1997]]) was the founder and High Priest of the [[Church of Satan]] as well as a [[writer]], [[occultist]], [[musician]], and [[actor]]. He is the author of ''[[The Satanic Bible]]'' and the founder of [[LaVeyan Satanism]], a synthesized system of his understanding of human nature and the insights of philosophers who advocated [[materialism]] and [[individualism]], for which he claimed no "supernatural inspiration”. LaVey viewed "Satan" not as a literal deity or entity, but as a historic and literary figure symbolic of Earthly values. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''Anton Szandor LaVey''', born '''Howard Stanton Levey''' ([[11 April]], [[1930]] – [[29 October]], [[1997]]) was the founder and High Priest of the [[Church of Satan]] as well as a [[writer]], [[occultist]], [[musician]], and [[actor]]. He is the author of ''[[The Satanic Bible]]'' and the founder of [[LaVeyan Satanism]], a synthesized system of his understanding of human nature and the insights of philosophers who advocated [[materialism]] and [[individualism]], for which he claimed no "supernatural inspiration”. LaVey viewed "Satan" not as a literal deity or entity, but as a historic and literary figure symbolic of Earthly values. | ||
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Anton Szandor LaVey, born Howard Stanton Levey (11 April, 1930 – 29 October, 1997) was the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan as well as a writer, occultist, musician, and actor. He is the author of The Satanic Bible and the founder of LaVeyan Satanism, a synthesized system of his understanding of human nature and the insights of philosophers who advocated materialism and individualism, for which he claimed no "supernatural inspiration”. LaVey viewed "Satan" not as a literal deity or entity, but as a historic and literary figure symbolic of Earthly values.
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