The Church of Satan and The Satanic Bible

The Satanic Bible is a 1969 assembly of philosophical influences, chiefly Nietzsche and Ayn Rand, combined with ritual material adapted from John Dee's Enochian calls. Its 'Book of Satan' section was adapted from Might Is Right, a racist tract published in 1896 under the pseudonym Ragnar Redbeard; none of its content is reproduced here.

Anton Szandor LaVey, The Satanic Bible (1969), 'The Book of Satan' and 'The Enochian Keys'; Ragnar Redbeard, Might Is Right (1896)

A modern American religious organisation founded in 1966, whose foundational text is often mistaken for an ancient diabolist tradition.

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