![]() ![]() ![]() Though I don’t know whether LaVey was aware of this particular publication, I suspect it would have felt perfectly at home in his library. LaVey gave ample credit to his influences: diabolically insightful predecessors from whose works, as well as his own life, he distilled the principles of Satanism. in American Civilization, this text was published in 1965 - a year before Anton Szandor LaVey founded the Church of Satan. McLean, Jr., a professor with a Harvard Ph.D. ![]() As a writer, cartoonist, musician, comedian, and Satanist, I found this an unusually promising resource for my studies. Perusing my favorite shelves, I espied a title of preciously rare, immediate, and personal resonance: American Vaudeville as Ritual. About a week ago, I visited Spoonbill and Sugartown Booksellers in Brooklyn. ![]()
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