First Satanic Church

The First Satanic Church was created on October 31, 1999, by Karla LaVey, the elder daughter of Anton LaVey (1930-1997), the founder of the Church of Satan. Following his death, the church was involved in an extensive controversy and litigation over the future of the church and the inheritance of LaVey's possessions. Blanche Barton, LaVey's secretary, emerged as the person in control of the church. Among those who did not accept Barton's leadership was Karla LaVey.

It is LaVey's opinion that much had been lost within the Church of Satan since her father's death. The First Satanic Church is an effort to revive the Church of Satan as she knew it at an earlier time. The church continues to use The Satanic Bible and the other books authored by Anton LaVey and sees itself as an elite remnant that wishes to engage in the public and serious study of Satanism and the occult sciences. It differs from the Church of Satan in that it does not recruit new members and is not an open membership church. It carefully screens any who apply for membership. While the church has several Inter-net sites, it does not see itself as a cyberspace organization. Prospective members are asked to make contact via more traditional means.

The church teaches that Satanism is not the inverse of Christianity, nor is it concerned with popular images of animal mutilation and other grisly crimes. Rather it is centered upon Satan as the Adversary, the Opposition. It thus emphasizes virtues of individualism and rational self-interest.

Among the projects supported by the church is The 600 Club (a parody of The 700 Club, the television talk show hosted by Christian evangelist Pat Robertson), a cybernet presence to provoke thought among Satanists (both inside and outside the First Satanic Church), to emphasize individuality within the larger world of Satanism, and to counter what are considered false reports concerning Satanism in general and the First Satanic Church in particular that appear in the media. The club, in turn, sponsors The Voice of Satan radio show.

The First Satanic Church may be contacted at P.O. Box 475177, San Francisco, CA. 94147. It publishes a quarterly newsletter. It has two Internet sites, http://www.satanicchurch.com/html/contact.html and http://www.the600club.com/.

Sources:

First Satanic Church. http://www.satanicchurch.com/html/contact.html. May 20, 2000.

The 600 Club. http://www.the600club.com/. May 20, 2000.

LaVeyan Satanism

Associated organizations
The Church of Satan
First Satanic Church

Prominent figures
Anton LaVey | Diane LaVey | Karla LaVey

Associated concepts
Left-Hand Path | Pentagonal Revisionism | Suitheism | Might is Right | Lex talionis | Antinomianism | Theistic Satanism

Books and publications
The Satanic Bible | The Satanic Rituals | The Satanic Witch | The Devil's Notebook | Satan Speaks! | The Black Flame | The Church of Satan | The Secret Life of a Satanist | The Satanic Scriptures

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The First Satanic Church

History

It was founded on October 31, 1999 by Karla LaVey to carry on the legacy of her father, Anton LaVey, author of The Satanic Bible. On Walpurgisnacht, April 30, 1966, Anton LaVey founded the "The Satanic Church" (which he would later rename "Church of Satan"). After his death in 1997 the Church of Satan was taken over by a new administration and its headquarters was moved to New York.

LaVey's daughter, the High Priestess Karla LaVey, felt this to be a disservice to her father's legacy. Ms. LaVey re-founded the Satanic Church and continues to run it out of San Francisco, California, much in the same way as her father had run the organization when he was alive.

The church held a Walpurgisnacht Show in April 2005 at the 12 Galaxies nightclub in San Francisco, as well as a pre-Halloween benefit show in October 2005 at Edinburgh Castle (also in San Francisco) to help the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Since 1998, the Satanic Church has been presenting its Annual Black X-Mass Show every December. These events are open to the public, although membership is not open to the public.

Karla LaVey hosts a Satanic radio show every week in San Francisco in which she talks and plays the music that she grew up enjoying with her father. Listeners are encouraged to send in their CDs for playing.

External links

• Official First Satanic Church Website
• The 600 Club - Satanic Discussion Forum

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