Born on this day in 1930, our dear founder lived a life that was ever carnal, that seemed destined to crystallize in that ultimate act of iconoclasm, the founding of the Church of Satan in 1966—which he declared our Year One.
As a refresher for some, please reread my biographical essay on the extraordinary man who inspired me, and who was both a friend, and, in his own words, a colleague.
Hail Anton Szandor LaVey—one helluva guy!
Shemhamforash! Hail Satan!
—Magus Peter H. Gilmore