Analysis of Anton LaVey (Founder of the Church of Satan) | Was LaVey a Con Artist?

[@DouglasBrooker]

I used to work in a San Francisco bookstore in the mid 70s and would regularly see this guy come in to make sure his books were prominently displayed. What a trip down memory lane

[@TomokoAbe_]

I remember the local bookstore had a prominent occult section during the 70's. The bookstore shut down decades ago.

[@ExMachina70]

It’s amazing how young you look in your pic. You look great to be in your 60’s

[@JustDr.S]

So, did he seem strange to you, when he came into your store? What was your impression of him?

[@pulynanyalikibitz1301]

@@TomokoAbe_ my niece's name is Tomoko. She is named after my mother, Satoko.(same kana)

[@themadmattster9647]

Yeah what was he like? I thought he would be interesting to hang with despite his flaws

[@rachelw821]

“You have the right to remain silent but it won’t help you because I can read your mind” Dr G is such a G!!!!

[@spanishfly20]

For real😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DonPeyote420]

you gotta think "La-la-la-la-la" like in that movie about creepy white haired children uhhh Village of the Damned?

[@rachelw821]

@Auberon Graham-Meuchel ooooh yes Clinton would be great

[@lockandloadlikehell]

Jc the karens and Kyles on this page love sappy dad humor

[@katherineloos8146]

LOL!

[@benjaminhawthorne1969]

In his heart, Anton La Vey was not a Satanist, but an acolyte of P.T. Barnum. For he knew: "There's a sucker born every minute."

[@lostbunny8491]

Not really. He was honest in that he said early on that he did not believe in Satan.

[@TeutonicTruth]

No, he was a Devil worshipping $atanist

[@Epicurious18]

No he was a proud Satanist

[@eriklarson9137]

"There's a sucked born every minute." - nailed it.

[@ligerangry]

A lot of weirdos roaming loose on the city streets with weirdos allies on the move....ha! ha!! 🤣😂😅

[@Tindometari]

I want a vodka martini as dry as Dr. Grande's humour.

[@betsysexylittle]

🤣

[@WashashoreProd]

At that point, it's just a vodka on the rocks with a twist of lemon.

[@Tindometari]

@@WashashoreProd No, at that point it's just a shot of vodka the size of a Martini glass, walked briskly past a dusty sealed bottle of vermouth.

[@dougarnold7955]

Yum.

[@Tindometari]

@First name Last name Of course they do. That's why you have to *say* "vodka" ... if you haven't got the belly to pursue the True Path. 😎 As I, sadly, don't. Gin and I are basically incompatible. But I think we can agree that the notion of any fruit- or coffee-flavoured 'martini' is fundamentally evil and wrong. 😄

I thought the thumbnail said “Sanitizing to success” 😂😂😩😩

[@kayzbluegenes]

we've been in COVID mode for waa-a-a-a-a-a-y too long! 🤣

[@Elizabeth_Paz]

SAME LMAO

[@andriaknobel5241]

lol

[@Ac2091-x1f]

😂😂

[@Hannah-zw9ow]

Me too 😭

[@teptime]

I became acquainted with Mr. LaVey late in his life, and I think this analysis is pretty spot-on. I remember him as a gracious, well spoken eccentric, interested in abstruse and complex philosophies he probably only superficially understood. First and foremost, he was a showman, who didn't readily accept his status as a fleeting novelty celebrity. A pretentious, high flown juggler of one ball, but also personable and surprisingly gentle-natured, likely among the 20th century's most misunderstood personae.

[@skykat1525]

He was a evil man. Read Leo Zagami, an ex-mason.

[@7x779]

That's interesting, I met his son who became a born-again Christian and gave his testimony at a Full Gospel businessman's fellowship meeting in the late 1980s, he told the stories of his horrific experience being used in Satanic ritual abuse as a child. And revealed other wicked things that they believed in and practiced

[@yamnjam]

One of his daughters who escaped said he forced her as a child to kill her baby sister in a ceremony. So he was not a gentle-natured or gracious dude, he put on an act that hid his true colors. Make no mistake, he did horrible things to his daughters and should have been in prison.

[@ligerangry]

He is dead!!.....?🤔

[@teptime]

@@ligerangry He's been dead for quite some time.

[@rayross997]

You do a hell of a good analysis here, Dr. Grande. Aleister Crowley would be a nice followup.

[@DarknesssThereAndNothingMore]

Yasss!!! 🤩

[@bagelman10]

Infinitely seconded

[@michaelcutler6118]

I agree that would be very interesting indeed. Seeing that he was an influence on him or at least his works of course.

[@marthaj67]

Pun intended, @Ray Ross? 😆

[@negative74]

🤘🤘🤘

[@gertsgarden]

I am not scientifically informed, however, after weeks of speculation I am diagnosing my self with....Obsessive, compulsive plant rotation disorder. Every time I see a new Dr.Grande post I have to click and note the location of each plant and then ponder where the others are. Will they return in a different planter? Name tags perhaps? Is anyone else suffering from these symptoms? It seems to be creating an interesting dialogue in the comments.

[@llchapman1234]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kkheflin3]

Priceless.

[@alimar0604]

Now I find myself studying the rotation of plants along with assessing Dr Grande's shirt collection 🇬🇧

[@nancyrode9781]

😄 yes i search for the ltg🌿mid size 🌿n small cactii. n wish they would settle into a semi permanent position. shirts😍 all good😄

[@mariee.5912]

yes, but I couldn't diagnose myself.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@angeloiodice9304]

I once was shocked in a book store, picking up a copy of The Satanic Bible, expecting to find gruesome, gory, hateful debauchery. Instead, I found it to be an almost pleasant to read, ego-boosting, self-help book, for the most part.

[@MaxPaynejkop]

Gladly.

[@lostbunny8491]

He was a good person.

[@parkerstraw5298]

@@lostbunny8491yeah no

[@lostbunny8491]

@@parkerstraw5298 Yes he was. He forbade animal sacrifice, for one, which is better than judaism.

[@parkerstraw5298]

@ Dude’s own “church” have set up abortion clinics where they recite rituals to Satan. It’s sad that you would ever think this is a good man

[@edwarddillon5886]

10:12 "This needs more Satan" - Dr. Grande This is the most metal thing that Dr. Grande has said. \m/

[@BuzzyStreet]

I'm using that the next time a waiter asks me how my food is : D

[@PK-uh2yz]

@@BuzzyStreet lol Hail satan

[@louiselockett2905]

Instead of I gotta have more cow bell.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@BuzzyStreet Make sure to take a long sip of wine and to take a dramatic pause before answering.

[@DirtySanchez943]

That was la vey speaking through him. He was his brother!!!

[@rayross997]

If you are being held against your will Dr. Grande by the plants, turn your coffee cup handle to your left & tap the rim twice. We will get you help.

[@istateyourname4710]

It may not come to pass~Dr. G could have 'stalk' home syndrome.😉

[@DarkbutNotsinister]

He’s becoming quite the plant dad!

[@cheriann6461]

lol. I needed that. Thanks.

[@mrooz9065]

Just killed me with your comment.

[@brianpratt3224]

I am almost completely sure there is some pattern with plant changes. Suspect Lizard people are behind it.

[@user-ng9gd4vl9s]

I want a netflix series with Anton Lavey as a psychic investigator! Where they never quite prove that he isn't genuine but he solves crimes through absolute blind luck and chance.

[@NeverGiveUpExisting]

Watch an anime called Mob Psycho 100

[@iamturok3504]

Amen to that.

[@ThatGuyThai]

Watch psyche. It's literally a psychic investigator.

[@spectaa3138]

"One thing that Lavey did accomplish however, was demonstrating the seemingly limitless gullibility of a portion of the population" I fear that every other churches beat him to that too.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

the 🗑️ Statologists have that wrapped up long ago.

[@Str1ek0]

No 👎

[@spectaa3138]

@@Str1ek0 not sure if you're defending him or religion and that's quite funny to me

[@spectaa3138]

@Parsival about that you'll have to ask the man I'm quoting

[@Str1ek0]

@@spectaa3138 I'm talking about you thinking you know anything about true Christianity when you really Don't

[@sabrinafrolich5669]

"This needs more Satan." I have to casually work this sentece into everyday conversations.

[@jrosner6123]

😆😆😆

[@HenryKrinkle]

Your nephew's birthday party... an important meeting with your boss... the prosecutor's opening statements at your arraignment... there's absolutely nowhere this phrase doesn't apply.

[@hireahitCA]

Any progress?

[@hireahitCA]

Many things do@@benjaminbradley4771, many things do.

[@Toototabon.Toototabon]

What a great idea. I’m gonna remember this. That’s hilarious. I hope I remember it when I’m stuck with some dreadful people who are going on and on about their ideas and you just want to somehow get away from. Thank you

[@Whaylie]

He was for sure a liar and a con artist... but that's kind of why us Satanists love him so much, he was a storyteller, and I don't particularly care whether it was true or not, it's a great story. What matters to me is the philosophy, theatre and entertainment of it.

[@Spida_Chapplliinn]

Joseph Smith but Satanic is what you’’re watering it down to

[@youngbouyoub2696]

@@3Antimasonicparty3 some people have boring lives and need to label themselves under something feel better about themselves

[@ruhap9311]

Ah, the good old days when you could go to the bar and hear the live organ.

[@jebidiahnewkedkracker1025]

I believe I might have saw him play a pretty big organ at an establishment called "Pizza and Pipes"** a restaurant that was once relatively close to where I live. I don't know for sure if it was him, but I feel fairly certain that it was, because someone I used to drink with told me he frequently hung out and ate at a Denny's restaurant that was very close to the Pizza and Pipes, and I just put "2 and 2 together" so to speak. If it was him that played there, I certainly didn't know it at the time. ** In case you're wondering, it was mainly a pizza restaurant with a QUITE LARGE pipe organ that could have provided music for the Mormon Tabernacle--I recall the thing being very large, and even had some moving parts in the pipe section that would have fascinated damn near ANY autistic young boy😂😂 Please don't get all super-sensitive about my use of the word "autistic" in such a context!!!!

[@Lunarsparkles1]

@@jebidiahnewkedkracker1025 We used to go to that same restaurant, it was near the JC.

[@tw629108]

lolol

[@jdemarco]

@@jebidiahnewkedkracker1025 I know that place also...the ironic thing is that the organist was actually Satan himself. I know, I got his autograph...

[@higgaroc]

Wtfff jay sebring was a satanist?! All of these connections between Rosemary’s Baby, The Manson Family, and Anton LaVey is like Dante’s Inferno meets the Hollywood Squares via a forgotten episode of The Partridge Family.

[@humanipulationnation]

I considered myself knowledgeable about the Manson story and know of Lavey as well, never knew there was a connection!

[@GGiblet]

I might be wrong of course but I don't think Jay was into Satanism. He was into bondage and drugs, yes. He probably knew LaVey because most folks did. He may have attended a function LaVey held considering it a spectacle.

[@DonPeyote420]

you haven't even begun to realize, my friend, how many connections like that are actually in that case Mama Cass, Mia Farrow, even Peter Falk, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson are just some of the names involved somehow into the background of the Manson case even Jim Jones briefly met several members of the so-called Family

[@sun_buddy]

@@DonPeyote420 ooooh tell us more please

[@lukaszkoziol8302]

Do you know that MARILYN MANSON was Anton LaVey's rock and roll "chosen one" :D

[@lisaking4386]

At least he was honest about his motive for founding his "religeon" and in the description of his followers. That's more than you get from many of these religious leaders these days.

[@brycearmstrong2891]

Real Satanist see him as a fraud and hate him.

[@nightshadegatito]

@@brycearmstrong2891 why should they? I thought secrecy was important.

[@brycearmstrong2891]

@@nightshadegatito Actual Satanists believe in the literal existence of this superstitious mumbo jumbo. Obviously a heretic that mocks their beliefs isn't going to go over well. The Church of Satan is the embodiment of everything wrong with religion so naturally its the darling of every religion hating hipster

[@tahirhubbard7633]

Check this, God the father don't care what people think they can call Anton a fraud be in Gods eyes and people who follow Jesus Anton was a follower of Satan and in Hell is his new dwelling place

[@Dan-ud8hz]

Same principle applies to Left-Hand paths: “Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference-so wide that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked. To be the friend of the one is of necessity to be the enemy of the other. I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ; I therefore hate the corrupt, slave-holding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed, I can see no reason but the most deceitful one for calling the religion of this land Christianity…” Frederick Douglass

[@BenState]

Unfortunately the predicate of a Christ is flawed and therefore a fancy circular argument. Pathetic either way. No need for any human construct for morality.

[@Dan-ud8hz]

@@BenState A Christ is an emergent product, not a predicate or prerequisite.

[@BenState]

@@Dan-ud8hz prove it or you've just proven my point regarding circular argumentation. This or gtfo

[@Dan-ud8hz]

@@BenState It's a property and limitation of language. ABRASAX.

[@orenthiadillard8993]

gentlemen gentlemen I must say that you are both correct

[@masajiro76]

LaVey missed a chance to make his religion more on-brand by declaring it official on the 6th of June of 1966. 😈

[@laurenbray8314]

I think he didn't want it to be a official religion because he basically wanted it to be the anti-religion.

[@Tamlinearthly]

Old Anton was actually very dismissive of the number 666, although his followers held an elaborate ritual (their last major public religious ceremony to date) on June 6, 2006 anyway.

[@joanmayer304]

Wouldn’t that be ‘6666’? Lol.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

@@Acetyl53 the AWB would disagree

[@lockandloadlikehell]

@@Tamlinearthly atheist rituals don't count

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Sometimes Dr. Grande's humor really catches me off guard, as in the quip at 10:10. "So LeVay simply looked around at different things in the world and said 'This needs more Satan'. So droll, so deadpan, so good.

[@TheNunududu]

He looks EXACTLY like Emperor Ming from Flash Gordon.

[@Cannabis112]

He looks more like Max Von Sydow

[@darkservantofheaven]

I always thought that. Ming the Merciless totally looks like Lavey and Fu Manchu. It's an excellent look for a villain

[@sarahshowalter9539]

No kidding, I've seen this guy for years and never thought of that! LMAO

[@tw629108]

Omg I was thinking that too! SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!

[@monkeyseemonkeydo432]

@@tw629108 Flash aaaah

[@chriss6136]

The bit about the psychic investigator was hilarious

[@Panwere36]

Great analysis as always, Dr. G. I would love to see you do an analysis on LaVey's most infamous offspring, Zeena. She needs it. badly.

[@puffchickpam1]

Jordan Peterson recently interviewed her. She is now a Buddhist and realized the cult she was raised in.

[@USALibertarian]

"I'm an organist, don't worry, not your organs."

[@katherineloos8146]

LOL!

[@abdulc5726]

Please do a video of Rasputin, was he normal or did he have issues.

[@petermercurio9415]

More historical figure pre ww2 in general.

[@jayman7752]

Yeah normal Is as normal does

[@pepelemoko01]

You mean, Lover of the Russian queen. There was a cat that really was gone.

[@BucketHeadianHagg]

OH MY GODDDD!!! Very good call! Rasputin is my favorite historical person!!! Im gonna ask Dr Grande on Patreon if he will do it! If youre a patreon member, lets all ask!

[@sourgummiescureyourpain4555]

You gotta have issues to be able to manipulate your way into a royal family and develop that kind of power over the powerful. Not that it's not impressive...

[@bm-ub6zc]

Sounds like the most honest con artist of all time. Like he was manipulating people only to make a point about manipulation.

[@swannoir7949]

Nice take. Almost like a social experience.

[@stevegallant3395]

My dyslexic uncle accidentally joined The Church of Satan... the poor guy thought he was joining the Church of Santa...

[@tinnymild7514]

Baahahahahaha

[@caroledickerson5616]

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

[@andriaknobel5241]

Good one! 🤣

[@DonPeyote420]

Boo! Boo onto you sir!

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

😃😂😂

[@haizeabezala]

One could replace "psychic" with "tons of poorly constructed and really expensive bullshit".

[@jacovawernett3077]

Truly..Anton was a con.

[@jeremyserwer2586]

@@jacovawernett3077 But he sure made life more fun.

[@jacovawernett3077]

@@jeremyserwer2586 my ex boyfriend Ron Quintana went out with his daughter. I think her name was Carol.

[@jeremyserwer2586]

@@jacovawernett3077 His daughters names are Karla and Zeena. Anton was nowhere near the Con that donald trump is and nobody died as a result of his existence.

[@jacovawernett3077]

@@jeremyserwer2586 thank you it's been awhile. From my S.F. days. I never met her but he said she's nice. Yes trump is a con. In the early 90's on my California driver's license I hyphenated my last name with Brand because I knew a con who considers himself the brand king would soil the Oval office. I took it off eventually.

[@coreysilence2141]

I think Anton La Vey was a genius for making something out of nothing. Sometimes that's what magic is.

[@ASmith1917]

Excellent work, Dr. Grande! I was a Satanist from 14 y/o to 31 y/o before leaving the COS. I used to know LaVey's family personally as well as many of the people mentioned in this video. I left after I realized that I was one of the very few people in the Church who was in on LaVey's "joke" and that they took it way too seriously, whereas I was in it for the fun and edge factor. I will say this: the "Good Doktor" was a great humorist, satirist, and troll, but I think he got so caught up in the fantasy world he built and surrounded himself with antisocial doofuses to the point that it really began to wear on him, and even though he says in his final interview before his death "I am a very happy person in a chronically unhappy world" I think he died a very sad, broken man. If you read his final book, "Satan Speaks!" it's basically just the rantings of a grumpy curmudgeon who all but admits regretting ever founding Satanism in the first place. A fascinating character indeed, and I can't deny I had some pretty fun times during my time as a Satanist, but in the end I'm glad that I no longer an adherent to his "religion." ADDENDUM: Do you think that LaVey exhibited some form of narcissism, considering Satanism exalts the ego so much (and many narcissists have a penchant for compulsive lying about their personal lives)?

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

Lydia Benecke, a german criminal psychologist called LaVey probably a narcissist in an analysis of him and his "church"

[@ASmith1917]

@@alexanderleuchte5132 Makes sense. I think one of the reasons I idolized LaVey was because (besides being a bit of an edgelord myself with a goofy sense of humor and who, like LaVey, enjoyed cultivating a larger-than-life persona) LaVey's teachings spoke to me as someone who was searching for something that would give me self-confidence. I grew up the son of a violent malignant narcissist so someone like LaVey, peddling "self-confidence" and "empowerment of the self", would certainly attract a young man who grew up instilled with self-hatred. Of course, selling phony philosophy promising "self-empowerment" is the PERFECT profession for a narcissist.

[@Noctis_et_Lux]

@ASmith1917 Are you familiar with Nikolas Schreck's takes on LaVey? I have been listening to hours of Schreck's interviews in recent months, and I feel pretty confident in his take on LaVey. But, hearing that you are an 'insider', I'd be interested to hear your opinion on Schreck's take. Also would be interested in how you felt about Zeena leaving the church.

[@ASmith1917]

@@Noctis_et_Lux I was personally never on good terms with Zeena or Niklas for various reasons I won't get into here, but I think there's definitely elements of truth to Zeena's testimonies of growing up in the Black House. It was certainly an unhealthy family dynamic no matter how you cut the cookie. It's confusing though because his other daughter, Karla, and his son Xerxes, paint a much rosier picture of their father than Zeena and Niklas do, although IT IS telling that every single member of the LaVey family has left the Church of Satan, even those that continue to identify as Satanists.

[@Noctis_et_Lux]

@@ASmith1917 Thanks for elaborating a bit. Sounds like a very interesting life you've had! if you feel like speaking anymore on the topic in less public setting you can find me on Facebook, same name and profile pic.

[@m.2891]

*Analyze Woody Allen and the new Hbo documentary please.*

[@mrooz9065]

What he did wasn't illegal but it wasn't ethical either. I hate gray areas but we have to live with them.

[@christopherrapczynski204]

@@mrooz9065 I hate people who argue morals with legalities. It's infuriating when people unironcially argue that a 67 year old dating an 18 year old is okay. People who talk about the law of a state being 16 for consent as if the fact its legal makes it morally okay. You're literally the first comment I've ever seen in relevance to this subject that points this out, thank you for that.

[@m.2891]

@Kind Asshole Because grooming is a thing. An adolescent will know far less and will be far more susceptible to manipulation/ grooming than someone 30+. It's reasonable to ask what it says about the middle aged or elderly men(or women) who seek out people who are just barely in their adulthood with little life experience or resources.

[@christopherrapczynski204]

@@sugarcravings1797 I'm 22 and am only now getting wise to the gaslighting an manipulation tactics that friends casually employ, probably unwittingly, to get their way. An older person intentionally employing manipulation tactics on an 18 year old? Not only is Ms comment above me a great reason itself, taking their life situations into account, but even a perfect life scenario still has grounds for predatory manipulation. The fact is the valley in life experiences is so different that it's far stacked in the older persons favor, they have a lifetime of mental training where an 18 year old is in an insecure turbulent mental space because they are constantly under the stress of trying to make their futures coalesce in an uncertain social and economic sphere, even if they're rich, this is where they discover themselves. Which, is why the idea of an older person inserting themselves as a necessary component in their self discovery, is clearly malicious and self serving. I have a hard time thinking theres anything healthy about a 60 year olds decisions to date someone less than half there age. I don't think the 18+ law was ever meant to be taken as a justification point, it was designed as a hard legal barometer, but just because 18 isn't legally punishable where 17 is, that doesn't make it okay, it makes it not a crime. The law is not designed to punish bad behavior, you won't get arrested for driving like an asshole, and just because you aren't breaking any road laws technically doesn't mean you aren't demonstrating bad behavior indicative of a deeper personality problem. People somehow don't notice this applies to this law too, which, I think is really indicative of the inner character of a lot of people. I think it's a great radar of character when someone is disgusted by an elderly person dating someone soon after they are legally allowed, and someone who thinks its just okay because they traversed the legal technicality. It's ironic how these same peiple say its arbitrary that it's not okay at 17 but it is at 18, not seeming to realize they themselves choose to interpret it that way. Showing a clear intent to lower or conflate this to an even younger age. Its so clearly rooted in malicious intent, it's like the glasses in they live, it seems like me and a sparse few others seem to understand the real damage that is caused by passing this law off as a social certificate of morally just behavior. Sorry for the ramble, but I hate this sort of stuff, like when people think that victims of female pedophiles should feel lucky. Its a common and disgusting moral failing

[@JohnPaul-le4pf]

Joyce Maynard and J.D. Salinger come to mind.

[@stillhere1425]

As a sub at a high school, I met a boy who was a dabbler in Satanism. The regular teacher was a friend and Fundamentalist Christian, and told me this student gave him the creeps. My impression was different. In a school that was virtually 100% Mexican-American, with a culture that was extremely homogeneous, Carlos wanted to be unique but not bullied. So he had chosen an identity that was scary enough to earn the respect of macho and conformist peers yet wasn’t so weird as to make him a target. He actually treated me with more respect than his classmates did, and was intelligent and imaginative.

[@eatabowlofshit]

Was this "Carlos" Richard Ramirez?

[@embearasedbear3694]

Sorry to break it to you, but he was still viewed as a nerd on the same level of D&D kids.

[@themadmattster9647]

I dig Lavey but take him with a huge grain of salt. Thing is, is he would probably tell you to do so as well

[@paicemaster6855]

Yea he gave people a fair chance. I think he saw it as, "if they are smart they will avoid my trickery." Bc social Darwinism

[@MrCountrycuz]

He was a lovable old fraud and I understood who he was since I was raised a carny since birth.

[@MrCountrycuz]

Did you all know that Doc was pro life?

[@Salem3x3]

Satanism demands study not worship

[@martinfischermann6194]

Neckbeard

[@martineldritch]

Used to wander the streets of Fog City. Once found a copy of "The Satanic Witch" by LaVey that someone had set beneath a tree. Took it back with me and read it but it was written more for the feminine reader. I set it back down under the tree where I had found it and walked on but now my mind was humming with thoughts from this "forbidden fruit". My ragged celibate body was overheating and I remember walking to the duckpond in the park and throwing myself in. That cured that. Man I was a nut in those days.

[@milascave2]

Martin: I don't think that Anton wrote that book. I think it was one of. his daugthers (I think it was Maria.). That is why it was aimed at females.

[@keegan_tt6964]

This is why God Told adam an even not to even Touch the fruit of the tree of good an evil

[@Mr_Boifriend]

"In those days"... yes, sure... 😅

[@martineldritch]

@@Mr_Boifriend Hey, I'm poyfikly normal these days, stop stompin my buzz man😅

[@troywright359]

@@FirstdaysRthehardest why wouldn't we be here? they didn't learn how to procreate due to the tree, God told them beforehand to multiply

[@guitarttimman]

Satanists forced a fight on me, but I didn't want to fight. My intentions was to try to find a way to make our world better.

[@goredongoredon]

Responsible hedonism is something mentioned in this analysis and caught my attention for further reading. I've never heard of this before; it sounds interesting. I like it when I learn something new on KZbin (as opposed to just being entertained) - thanks!

[@erikparent8176]

We are here to severe attachments which are ego driven. Intense desire for anything leads to emotional pain. Learn to live in the present moment and reduce cravings. Buddhism suggests the middle way, not to much of anything, but do enjoy your life! Drop the guilt and shame and make good decisions in the present moment. Everyone makes mistakes, learn from them and drop the regret. Also forgive others completly. That crap sits like a naughty monkey on your back. Drop the past like a hot potatoe! One never lives in the past or future, that only exists in the mind. Learn to use the mind for practicle purposes. Dont mentally refer to the past unless necessary. Dont dwell in the mind about an imaginary future. Live in the present moment which is all one ever experiences. Try to experience the past or future, no one can. It is only an abstraction in the mind. May the force be your experience!

[@-Zer0Dark-]

As Satanists, we don't want to be slaves to any kind of force or system. This includes our own flawed nature. Hedonism, as a concept, implies wanton pleasure-seeking without any measure of control. But the satanist doesn't want to be out of control; he wants to be in full command of his own will. This means not allowing one's self to become a slave to addiction, or pleasure, or the pursuit thereof. "Reaponsible hedonism," to me, means allowing myself to indulge the carnal pleasures of this world that religious institutions would otherwise forbid, while at the same time, not allowing myself to be overtaken and controlled by them.

[@robinsydney140]

@@-Zer0Dark- You cannot be in the middle when it comes to spiritual life because when you don't pick God's side, you automatically default to the enemy's side.

[@superannuated.6604]

@@robinsydney140 lol

[@JV-tg2ne]

@@-Zer0Dark- - lol, the irony of your “logic” is very funny - satanists are slaves to their own egos never satisfied with materialistic post modern pursuits - if your self worth is attached to material possessions or the accolades and validation of strangers you’re in for a life of misery and vacuous emptiness - time to rethink your path

[@SleimanSam]

Can you please do a George Soros analysis Mr Dr. Grande Sir.

[@johmyh14]

@@jamesdean1143 Are you sure? I heard it was Bill Gates.

[@pignoramous]

Do James Dean, thereal one, not the guy who thinks a 90 year old Jewish man with a business empire is responsible for Armageddon.

[@TFSimple]

Certainly would be an interesting topic. The poor man has been the subject of conspiracies for ages.

[@robertpreston2220]

Soros, now that is an evil demon

[@barneycockburn]

“Being a psychic investigator means never being caught in a boring conversation.” I’m now officially a psychic investigator

[@somethingyousaid5059]

The dude certainly looked the part didn't he.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

@Abundant Places Perhaps in a Hammer film back in the day. (Not that I would call a film made by Hammer Studios a B movie mind you.)

[@scott7521]

Convenient coincidence

[@gabork5055]

He reminds me of Kane from the Command and Conquer games.

[@thesummerland6165]

he as a showman, he went to HS in Marin County where I live

[@jebidiahnewkedkracker1025]

I have the biography of him written by Blanche Barton. Inside it is a photo of him that actually stunned me with its "innocence"--He was much younger, with a full head of hair and sitting at an organ keyboard , with a grin or smile as "threatening" as a baby deer. Of course that was the ONLY one--the rest of the photos definitely gave off vibes, that he was NOT someone to be fucked with, even the photos of his younger self besides the one with him at that keyboard with his pleasant smile.

[@markcarey67]

Just a reminder I am not sacrificing my neighbour''s dog to satan, just speculating on what might be happening in a situation like that.

[@roosreviews3624]

😆

[@ledialeylaago191]

@Josh Gaspar Huh??Do you really believe that?

[@ledialeylaago191]

@Jayde David If you've been fooled to believe that, I haven't. Please cut this.

[@Mili-bedili]

@@ledialeylaago191 I have a feeling I'm wasting time explaining this to you because you don't care to learn, but perhaps someone else out there will benefit from it... There are different kinds of Satanism. LaVeyan Satanism is more of an atheistic philosophy and uses the name "Satan" as a symbol. There is no actual god or sacrifice. However Luciferian Satanists are theistic and may use real sacrifices in their ceremonies.

[@ledialeylaago191]

@@Mili-bedili Yeah, there is a satanism to fool the masses, and the ones to do the dirty jobs. Got it.

[@DeiNostri]

LaVey did steal/copy parts of other peoples work, so did Aleister Crowley. The Abbey of Thelemites occurs in Rabbelais Gargantua and Pantagruel from 1534. "Do what thou wilth" was one of the rules in Aleister Crowleys own Abbey of Thelema. This quote from Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagrue is close to alot of the lines in Aleister Crowleys own writings (for example The Book of The Law): "Do What Thou Wilt; because men that are free, well-born, well-bred, and conversant in honest companies, have naturally an instinct and spur that prompteth them unto virtuous actions, and withdraws them from vice, which is called honour. Those same men, when by base subjection and constraint they are brought under and kept down, turn aside from that noble disposition by which they formerly were inclined to virtue, to shake off and break that bond of servitude wherein they are so tyrannously enslaved; for it is agreeable with the nature of man to long after things forbidden and to desire what is denied us." Oddly enough Gargantua and Pantagruel was meant as a satire and kindof a comedy not to be taken seriously. If you examine some of the lines from Gargantua and Pantagruel with Crowleys Book of The Law you will find alot of philosophical similarities :)

[@thereal4113]

I've been binge watching Dr. Grande all day!!! Can't wait for this one . I'll listen in the car👍1st.

[@dianacummins6153]

Michael Aquino would also be a nice follow up here. With his high powered military ranking, psyops training and starting The Temple of Set would be awesome !

[@Ac2091-x1f]

Yes,he’s so creepy.

[@misanthropicmalcontent9977]

Doubt the good doctor is crazy enough for that

[@geezerbill]

Don't forget Aquino's NAMBLA connections, and the fact that he believed in a magical aardvark who spoke to him.

[@cronecrone5498]

Aquino a trip!! His wife a bad a** lovely.

[@BlackStone_Death]

@@geezerbill Don't you find Grande's analysis to be bullshit? I bet he got his informations from Michael Aquino himself.

[@thenietzschean4072]

Ayn Rand, Frederick Nietzsche and study of the occult also influenced the work of Carl Jung and Jungian psychology.

[@The_Drifter_13]

Very interesting analysis of not only the individual, but society as a whole.

[@darkwoods1954]

Looks like Ming the Merciless.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

More like Ming the Vase

[@maryshaffer8474]

Many of these average people makes you wonder what their disciples saw in them.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@maryshaffer8474 What they wanted to see. I think it may be that simple.

[@PaulaReverbel]

10:27 - I love how Dr. Grande ALMOST laughed when he said: Many followers of Satan complained about the Church of Satan saying that it doesn't advocate worshipping Satan *properly*

[@albertangeloro5832]

i remember watching a TV show in the early 60s. the host introduced him and asked him where his "horns" were and he said "i'm not particularly horny today" and the audience laughed. what surprised me was his reaction, he got extremely visibly upset and embarrassed and the host and audience laughed at him. serious cringe.

[@chakkakon]

albert angeloro I saw that. He also threw out the devil horn curse to everyone

[@albertangeloro5832]

@@chakkakon hi and thanks for including the horn curse part.

[@MarvinJudson]

That was Anton's interview on the Joe Pyne show in 1967. It can be seen here on KZbin.

[@albertangeloro5832]

@@MarvinJudson thanks, i remember Joe Pyne..he once threatened a guest on camera with a gun. Pyne had a wooden leg, i don't remember how he lost it..on one show, he very rudely and insultingly introduced his guest, a hippy poet type who then asked him "do you unscrew your leg when you screw your wife"?

[@redram5150]

I did a report on religions during high school and covered the Church of Satan. I found that while superficially seeming like a bunch of edgyboys, the core tenets boil down to “don’t initiate aggression”. While I’m not about to sign up, that belief seems more than reasonable to live one’s life by regardless of affiliation

[@lorrainehagan9044]

Check of the Tenants of The Satanic Temple. Way better than the bible’s 10 commandments.

[@geezerbill]

​@@lorrainehagan9044 but anybody can write up a list of tenets with more mass appeal than the 10 Commandments. That's easy. In fact, TST only wrote up theirs years after they already started, precisely to protest a particular 10 Commandments statue in public, for the sole purpose of making Christians look like the unreasonable side. There's nothing amazing about a list created precisely to have more mass appeal than the 10 Commandments, having more mass appeal than the 10 Commandments.

[@inkfeather1152]

@@geezerbill No what's amazing is that anything could be written to have more appeal than the 10 commandments. After all, they were supposedly written by an all powerful, perfectly moral God right? How could mere mortals create something better and more moral than He did?

[@redram5150]

@@tinafoster8665 symbolic sacrifice, not actual. It's a form of hexing. Every religion has their preposterous beliefs. Laveyan satanism believes strong emotions possess magical qualities

[@j0an-07-arc6]

@@tinafoster8665 its symbolic as he mentions magic but he's referring to something else

[@graceandglamor]

This was a fascinating review of a figure who I think doesn’t get legitimately criticized (outside of satanic panic style reactions). Wonderful!

[@zarajwong]

I would love to hear your thoughts on Freud and Jung

[@nailbunny182]

CoS member here. LaVey's uncredited role in Rosemary's Baby is a myth. IIRC, the filmmakers did consult with him and I believe he lent his name to some of the movie's advertising, but never performed in the film.

[@Hecateofcrossroads]

do you believe he was a con man?

[@krisnilsson5044]

How do you become a member of the CoS? Do you mean like you follow the Twitter page or do you attend physical meetings somewhere? Do you not feel like Lavey was a liar and a poor role model?

[@Toletanus]

@@krisnilsson5044 christ was also a liar. Bible is a lie... It is not all the same? But the fun is that WE (satanists) KNOW that is a lie. I don't care about LaVey's life... I care about what he left written... Tell me, do you care about Da Vinci's life?? That's it.

[@saphinadarkness2502]

@@krisnilsson5044 Theres a form you can fill you + indeed, the meetings you can attend

[@jsutter1553]

@@saphinadarkness2502 all of these questions are addressed on the official CoS website. No, there are no meetings to attend.

[@pierrepence9876]

One part I disagree on. Dr. Grande says LeVey was an unsuccessful con artist. Okay, he didn't die with an estate worth millions, but he did create a lasting legacy in popular culture. I'm noooo Satanist, mind you.

[@sagittariusa2008]

Back in the mid-80's I got his book, Satanic Rituals. Got part way through and tossed it into the garbage. I am not not a book burner but it was so obviously manipulative I was disgusted and wanted nothing to do with it or him. Did the same with Dianetics about the same time, but it took me longer to notice the BS as I was hooked by the first part. I thought 'engrams' were science based. Thank-you random passerby at the airport for enlightening me.

[@erichoberg3502]

Try the bible next well worth throwing away...mind rot.

[@c.b.3__]

JESUS STILL LOVES u❤️✝️

[@c.b.3__]

@@erichoberg3502 JESUS STILL LOVES u❤️✝️

[@sagittariusa2008]

@@c.b.3__ So does Zeus, Vishnu, Allah and the Flying Spaghetti Monster

[@PRHILL9696]

Love the rituals in satanism!

[@BucketHeadianHagg]

I read his books "The Satanic Bible" and "Satanic Witch" .. Of course he was totally sick and messed up, but right, or wrong, the books were really interesting

[@Throatzillaaa]

❤❤ Bucket head. your name reminded me of how much I liked that band omg. thank you for the reminder!

[@BucketHeadianHagg]

@@Throatzillaaa Tee hee! Welcome to Bucketheadland! He's one of the best guitarists ive ever heard - Loved him with Primus too! Have a good one, sweetness!

[@BucketHeadianHagg]

@Josh Gaspar No. You misunderstand my comment. Hes sick & twisted, in an interesting way. I never said he was a hypocrite? And I never insulted anyone, especially you. Calm down, friend. We are all family here! 🙂

[@BucketHeadianHagg]

@@karma4475 right?? Its just human behavior, thats all really,but I dig the way he explained his understanding of it

[@Hecateofcrossroads]

How was he sick and messed up I have read the satanic bible and I agree with many things in it

[@sueware8377]

Thanks, Dr. Grande...this was a great analysis...I have been studying La Vey and others for some time, and there is the same theme running throughout all of them...and I appreciate your analysis of La Vey as it puts some of the others I am studying in context.

[@Michael-et2uj]

Anton Lavey had a very difficult relationship with his younger daughter Zeena who, for a time in the 1980s, was the spokesperson for the Church of Satan and often appeared on tv and radio talk shows. She cut herself off from her father when she moved to Germany in 1990 and never saw or spoke to him again. She's written a few articles about her father on the Vice News website which are worth reading. Anton Lavey did not have an uncredited acting role in "Rosemary's Baby" nor was he an uncredited "advisor" on the film as he had often claimed. Lavey's only involvement with the film is that he made an appearance at a screening of the film in San Francisco when it first opened to generate publicity for the film and for himself.

[@DiamanteDea]

Do you have links for what shes said

[@Michael-et2uj]

@@DiamanteDea There is an article over at the Vice News website called "Beelzebub's Daughter" that is an interview with Zeena about growing up with her father.

[@Antonjlavey]

That's a lie

[@SalveRegina8]

@@Antonjlavey IMDB credits Clay Tanner as the devil in Rosemary’s Baby.

[@roberth.5938]

I just love his humor - "it's a call coming in, but not by phone. It's a psychic one" 😂

[@franks8946]

LOL at his psychic investigator jokes. 'You have the right to remain silent but it won't help because I can read minds.' That was gold.

[@Adara007]

Years ago a boyfriend was into "Satanism" so I read about La Vey and thought he was using Satanism to justify materialistic and egotistic desires. Thanks for a thorough analysis, Dr. Grande and for getting me to speculate on your plants - their health, reasons for placements etc - in every video, too!

[@Tamlinearthly]

LaVey was not in "Rosemarys' Baby," but his Church did promote this myth to gain publicity for decades.

[@NicoleJacksonnoj100]

I'm still not convinced. I'm pretty sure he was the curtain.

[@darrylsloan]

You understand that the use of the word “narcissist” in no way implies that someone believes in Narcissus as a real character. Same with “erotic” (Eros), “chronological” (Chronos), “hermetic” (Hermes), “mercurial” (Mercury). Why then are you unable to appreciate that “satanist” can and is used in the same way?

[@effiewilson8164]

The Devil is real. Ask him yourself.

[@darrylsloan]

@@effiewilson8164 Ohhhhh, scaaaaary! You know what's funny? I spent two decades talking to God and got zero response.

[@effiewilson8164]

@@darrylsloan I didn't say talk to God though. The Devil will talk back. Promise.

[@darrylsloan]

@@effiewilson8164 So are you a theistic Satanist?

[@effiewilson8164]

@@darrylsloan I just do what I want. Dude started talking to me. 😑

[@kaciewilliams1693]

Hi Dr. Grande! I've recently begun a master's program in counselor education with the intent of becoming a school counselor and I feel like I've found your channel at the perfect time! We've been discussing managing biases in sessions and a common theme was that we all believed we'd struggle to treat sex offenders - could you do a video on what it's like to treat sex offenders? Or on pedophilic pathology? Or something like that? :) Thanks Dr. Grande! I really appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge and experiences with us!

[@hamagerawr]

YAY I ASKED FOR THIS THANK YOU!!!

[@MrDpbazan1955]

Wake up!!!

[@JustDr.S]

@@MrDpbazan1955 She's not asleep. That's her 'sexy face.'

[@herculesbrofister265]

You should do varg vilkernes. He was a Norwegian musician who murdered his band mate by stabbing him a couple dozen times, burned down some churches, escaped from prison once, flirted with national socialism (nazism), and other sorts of weirdness.

[@majikl8917]

I'd be interested to hear about the family dynamics involved in the Lisa Steinberg/Hedda Nussbaum case

[@MelBakusaiga]

Can you please do a video about L Ron Hubbard, founder of scientology?! Of course if you haven't already. Thank you !

[@MsAdlerHolmes]

When I die, I just want a video of Dr Grande analysing my life and death, ripping on my life choices, played at my funeral.

[@smpotts173]

I thought it said "sanitizing" not "satanizing," something to do with COVID and successful cleaning.

[@lukaszkoziol8302]

In his book _"The Satanic Bible"_ there is a chapter _"Not all Vampires Suck Blood"_ in which he described a few traits and behaviors of narcissistic people - and he called them "psychic vampires". This is actually a warning to people: beware of narcissists ("psychic vampires") But also it contains (imo) a very big mistake, because Mr LaVey encourages people to fight all those "psychic vampires" - but we all know that fighting with narcissistic people is really NOT a good idea!

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

I have done it. You're right. It's totally pointless and they should be left to their horriblly crippling personality disorder instead of confronting them when they're spreading dangerous rhetoric to manipulate and harm others. Better to let the cops catch up with them than try to help them. They don't need it because they're never, ever incorrect. *shrug*

[@DonPeyote420]

not if you're fighting them with a long stick. that works like a charm against narcissists - or any type of personality for that matter.

[@JustDr.S]

You can't win with a narcissist. Maybe you could kill one, but I don't recommend it. 🤣

[@lukaszkoziol8302]

@@DonPeyote420 there is a method: "grey rock" for example etc

[@lukaszkoziol8302]

@@JustDr.S true - you can't win with a narcissist - all you can do is to take care of yourself. All kinds of fight with narcissistic people are just timewasters

[@drjohnson98]

Thanks for another interesting video Dr. Grande. It was surprising to see an analysis of LaVey, who it seemed had sunk into total obscurity. I remember seeing his "Satanic Bible" on paperback racks and in libraries in the late 1960s and early 70s. He was fortunate enough to come up with his bunkum during a time when there was an appetite for a lot of offbeat and counterculture self-help gurus and philosophers. I thumbed through his book at the library way back then and found it and the author weird and nonsensical. Yet both were somehow memorable enough that Dr. Grande's video immediately reminded me of LaVey's strange image and brief moment of relative popularity. Very interesting to hear of the double connection to the Manson murders.

[@sherrihinton8567]

He is why I will never watch Rosemary's Baby again. Thank you Dr. Todd

[@DonPeyote420]

he wasn't actually in RB, it was just a rumor that he'd liked to spread

[@zcomz]

Too bad, cause I actually wanted to watch it again now precisely because of this

[@ClaraOneill1967]

I rewatch RB time and again.

[@brittanybecker170]

Roman Polanski wasn't a deal breaker for you first?

[@sherrihinton8567]

@@brittanybecker170 I was too young to know about those things. I shouldn't have watched too yoing

[@lauraharrison3349]

I'm wondering will Dr. Grande start changing his mug like he changes his plants 🤔

[@dianacassinelli3600]

Laura Harrison ...never

[@Laudanum-gq3bl]

Who says he wears pants? We never see them!

[@DH-ve5bl]

Ask David Letterman.

[@judycarney42]

Wow I really appreciate how through you are when you analyze these people. You spent a tremendous amount of time learning about each individual. I’ve heard a lot of things about this man but never anything like you shared today. Thank You

[@rachelw821]

“This needs more Satan”

[@Tindometari]

Hmmm ... more Satan or more cowbell? It's hard to decide.

[@rachelw821]

@@Tindometari 💯

[@rachelw821]

@Josh Gaspar uh ok 👌🏻 sure thing guy

[@Laudanum-gq3bl]

I was having a rotten Monday. Then I saw this video and it’s made my afternoon! Thanks, Dr Grande! (Also, kudos on another blue shirt.)

[@sueware8377]

Thanks, Dr. Grande...makes some things more clear now about LaVey and The Church of Satan. MUCH appreciated for this information.

[@kathymack3791]

He was quite the interesting character. Thanks for covering him. Along this same line is Vito Paulekas. He was (allegedly) instrumental in forming the “freak” scene in Hollywood back in the 60s.

[@morriganwitch]

He believed in taking responsibility for ones own actions , requiring no intercession . The same as Aleister Crowley , would love you to give your analysis on him . Xxx

[@morriganwitch]

@@beethimbles8801 I support the Boleskine house rebuild the house is amazing xxx

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

I find all these characters interesting but very irritating! They have some really interesting opinions and ideas, but anything of interest gets lost in all the silliness. It is too easy for everything they say to be dismissed because most of their schtick deserves to be dismissed. If only they found the subject matters they discussed as interesting as they found themselves.

[@jkgent4087]

Younger people may not realize that San Francisco in the 60’s was a hotbed for weirdness and other social change. It was a big experimental soup. Not surprised someone would try this. Or something like this.

[@mrs.reluctant4095]

"Rosemary's Baby" is one of my favorite movies, maybe the one I like the most of all. However I've never heard of this man before, so this was quite enlightening for me. Thank you very much! 💙

[@MrDpbazan1955]

Mad magazine satire was "Rosemary's Boo-Boo".

[@Tamlinearthly]

LaVey was not actually in the movie, but his followers promoted this rumor for years as a way of hitching a ride on the film's success.

[@Value_is_nul]

@@Tamlinearthly Which is a very Satanic thing to do, by LaVey's definition. 🤣

[@Noctis_et_Lux]

LaVey was never on the set of Rosemary's Baby, and had nothing to do with the film.

[@ScottALanter]

@@Noctis_et_Lux - You're correct, Michael. He was never in Rosemary's Baby. It was The Devil's Rain in which he appeared and is credited as a technical advisor for the film.

[@dianamarie5663]

I heard you have a day job - Plant Manager.

[@mrwassef]

That psychic investigator Miranda warning joke was so good. 😂👌🏽

[@appleboat8632]

Would love a video on Hunter S Thompson

[@mlovmo]

Alright. That's a good one, too.

[@jameybazes9027]

Apple Boat Yes absolutely he should do Hunter S Thompson. I'd also like to hear him do medieval killers like Elizabeth Bathory, Vlad the Impaler and Gilles de Rais.

[@infinityawaitsus]

I'd love to hear his OCEAN levels

[@elmerhouston5915]

That would be great

[@swannoir7949]

@@jameybazes9027 You must’ve delighted in that movie Hostel

[@stt5v2002]

This reminds me of one of my favorite jokes. What is the difference between a cult and a religion? In a cult there is a leader and there are rules. The leader knows that the rules are just some BS that he made up. In a religion, that guy is dead.

[@3leggedsharkkickssurferinballs]

Brilliant 👍

[@erikparent8176]

The true meaning of Christ is a state of higher conciouness. It wasn't Jesus last name. It is a concept defining Enlightenment. We all have the Christ within. Albert Einstein described it as the inner feeling/knowing. Its intuitive and is the mystical connection we all crave. That feeling is the end of existential dread, which is caused by ones obscured soul essence. Emotion obscures what Yogis call the bliss body and Christian mystics call the holy spirit within! It also refered to as Kundalini awakening. The general ignorance on this planet about our spritual higher selves, boggles the mind of one who is truley perceptive!

[@Raiden-the-Goat32]

@@erikparent8176 Einstein was not a Christian what so ever the type of god he believed in was the god of French spinoza which is a metaphor for the law's of nature.

[@erikparent8176]

@@Raiden-the-Goat32 Mr. Einstein's only Religion was the Religious feeling he felt within. The definition of mysticism is the direct apprehension of knowledge not accessible through the intellect. It is accompanied by a special feeling that he said was," A Religious feeling." He often ridiculed Religious dogma. His God was the intellegence behind the creation of the Cosmos. He refered to God as the Old One.🌌🌠

[@erikparent8176]

@Argentus Gigantus Yes, that is absolutely correct! A word of advice is to do no harm!! Magic is real, just don't play in the darkness!🌅🔮

[@Void3.0]

A 21yr old man going with a 15yr old girl doesn’t sit right with me.

[@richlisola1]

It sat well with him

[@puphoggin]

Correct 15 (age of consent?, or she got pregnant and "chose" to marry instead of abortion which was illegal then)when his 2nd wife got baby Zeena Zeena likewise HAD HER BABY at 14,but Abortion was LEGAL Strange...but,as the "dutiful daughter" she believed in birthing Stanton anton grandson Who had twin sons,making Zeena a Grandmother Karla no baby Xerses branches son no baby...yet Indeed,the"dutiful daughter" sure did her "duty" to keeping laveys Name alive Hail Zeena!❤

[@dustydo8048]

“This needs more Satan!” 🤣🤣🤣 that might be my new favourite quote!

[@celesteisneat]

Same

[@dustydo8048]

@@celesteisneat my cat hissed at me today (not unusual for her) and I replied to her “you know what you need?.. more Satan! 😂😂😂 I was amused by myself. 😂😂

[@dfreeman13]

Probably my favorite quote in KZbin history.

[@catwhitt]

Those plants need to be analyzed. Was LaVey a con artist? Most definitely.

[@LouisMills]

My view is that Satanists don't actually want people to follow their desires, save for themselves, instead they want people to become mired in vices through which they become psychologically and spiritually weakened and thereby more susceptible to systems of control. True hedonists actually follow this purported tenet of Satanism. It's like the difference between followers of ancient Bacchus versus followers of ancient Baal, one ideology is poached by the other for its attractive qualities to be used to cloak something more nefarious and insidious thereby luring much more followers and as was revealed in this video, plagiarism is a key part of Satanic ideoligy

[@ELECTECHNUT]

It would be a SIN to miss this episode of: "Dr Grande, con-man exorcist!" Thank you Dr.Grande for another devilishly hilarious examination of fraud and philosophy. 😂

[@thaiylooze8217]

He said he didn’t believe in satan, but HE DID. His actions showed he did. By using that image, he intently gained worldly power......that is exactly what satan worship is. Doesn’t matter if you believe every small detail of the “fairytales”. I’m not here to condemn, but call stuff what it is. Even if he said himself “Oh I don’t believe in satan, it’s just non-conformity” that’s BS. 😂😂🤷🏼‍♂️

[@thaiylooze8217]

Look up the definition of ‘worship’

[@donfierro777]

Exodus 20:2-6

[@viktormedina4631]

By the way, Dr. Grande, 645k subscribers! Wow! Hopefully, you'll get to a million soon. You deserve that and much much more. Thanks again!

[@jacoboresi2067]

Anton Levey will give an account of his life to The Creator. I wonder what his explanation would be, serving devil. So very frightening and dreadfully terrible falling into the Hands of The Creator 😮

[@BlueBelle-711]

It's rumored that "Hotel California" was inspired by Anton LaVey.

[@andrewpowell1734]

That’s an urban legend.

[@Paulsmuse]

Naaaaaa ‘Hotel California’ about driving on the 405😉 😂😂😂😂😂🚗🛻🚌🚙🚎🚛🚗🚙🚌🚎🚛🛻🚗🛻🚕🚗🚎🚌🚐🚓🚑🚕🚗🛻🚙

[@markozbunjol625]

yes, they are satanist and sick people

[@KrisVic91]

He actually seemed like a nice guy, particularly when he was interviewed on that talk show with the Christian host (Joe Pyne). The host was so rude and hit him on the head with a notes at one point. Made fun of his children/wife etc. So yeah I'm much more skeptical of Judgemental Christian/Muslim preachers than I was of Lavey. He embraced his sins, lot of religious people are just phonies. I'd rather someone who is honest.

[@darlalathan6143]

That sounds like the worst talk show, ever!

[@LaMaestra2102]

Well said!

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

I remember Joe Pyne. A forerunner of Rush Limbaugh.

[@baileymoran8585]

Yeah, he was weird, but in that larper who wears his costume to college lectures way. I don’t have a problem with people making up details to make things interesting if they admit it. He was to an extent playing a character, in the sense of embellishing himself to be entertaining. I do think he was a bit more into playing that version of himself than most would be, but still harmless.

[@michael13419]

I think that calling his grift unsuccessful just because he didn’t have a huge net worth when he died misses the mark a bit. He didn’t die destitute and he was able to enjoy the, ahem, fringe benefits of cult leadership along the way. Looking at this from the point of view of a man who seems to have wanted to prove to himself that people are stupid, while also creating an organization that will troll the religion you despise for generations, it’s a smashing success. I’m sure he would get a real kick out of all the pearl clutching that his creation is still causing.

[@desolladoxipe]

This background gives a good explanation of why Lavey philosophy has never been taken seriously in academic circles. Perhaps a good subject for a video would be Alejandro Jodorowski, who has an entire pseudo therapy called "psicomagic".

[@bowlsallbroken]

Lavey philosophy? Well, when the followers are just libertarians who like to dress like Dracula you can see why academia is... Disinterested.

[@nightshadegatito]

Not that I had much respect in the first place, but that you even put the two in the same sentence makes me regard academia even less.

[@deolihp]

Why should it be taken seriously in academic circles? It's not something to be academically studied like a scientific phenomenon. It was a personal philosophy that Anton sought to share with the world. He himself said , he doesn't require people to follow him and that he drew inspiration from different sources plus his own personal experience with religion and his likeness of dark things

[@pixelobservations]

I misread the title and thought Anton Levay had a stockpile of purell and Clorox wipes or something 🤦‍♀️

[@kayleestephens6774]

I saw "sanitizer " in the title too. We've been living under covid too long lol

[@erikai1817]

I thought that as well.lol😅✌🏻

[@charliehay1520]

One thing I love about Dr Grande is he does his homework and doesn't try to talk over your head

[@lazlokriezler9687]

When will the "This Needs More Satan" t-shirts be available?