The Church of Satan I by Michael Aquino

Author:Michael Aquino [Aquino, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-22T07:00:00+00:00

from Swan Lake,

- Puccini, end of first act of Turandot

overture to Romeo and Juliet

- Wagner, overture to Tannhaüser

- Wagner, “Liebestod” from Tristan and Isolde

“Magic Fire Music”

- Callejo-Barrera, “Granadinas” from Emigrantes

“Ride of the Valkyries”

Sensual:

- Lalo, finale from Le Roi d’Ys

- Ravel, Bolero

- Kodaly, “Napoleon Bevonulása”

- Orff, Carmina Burana

from Háry János

- Saint-Saens, “Bacchanale” from

Samson and Dalalia364

After completing the “Genesis II” Hoof, I flew to New York City for three months’ work with Merrill

Lynch at its Wall Street headquarters. I did not immediately contact the Lilith Grotto. Had I done so, I

would have learned that it was once more in the public eye - and once more because of “occult murder”

activities unconnected with the Grotto [see Appendix #64].

Rather than attend the Third Eastern Conference myself, I thought I might plan a special advance

activity for the Priesthood and then stand back while Lilith Sinclair and Michael Grumboski ran the

Conference itself. Since Grumboski was scheduled to ceremonially ordain Sinclair and Seago at the

Conference, and since no officially standardized ordination ceremony yet existed for the Church of Satan,

363 Letter, Margaret Wendall to Dale Seago, October 10, VII/1972.

364 LaVey, Anton, “Music for the Ritual Chamber” in Cloven Hoof, September-October VII/1972.

- 229 -

I wrote one (Appendix #65) and sent it to San Francisco for the LaVeys’ review. A few days before

Halloween, Diane LaVey sent word of their approval: “We have received the ritual you composed for use

at the conference. The Master said to tell you it is beautiful and exquisitely rendered. It will be retained

and used for future appropriate ceremonies.”

While nosing around Manhattan I had come across an advertisement for an airline-sponsored tour of

Dracula’s castle & surrounding haunts in Transylvania. I sent the brochure to San Francisco, and now

Diane commented on it:

Interesting that you should send the brochure on the tour of Transylvania conducted by Professors

McNally and Florescu. When we first heard about it [earlier this year when it was being planned], I thought

about trying to promote a trip for Anton on the premise that his name as one of the passengers might be an

additional drawing-card for prospective customers.

Just a week before the brochure you sent arrived, he gave an informal talk to some of the C.G. staff on

vampires in general and his own “classic case” in particular.

I think he has mentioned that case to you, but I don’t know in how much detail. It’s the one where the

man (“vampire”) finally blew himself up making flash powder. He has three fat file folders on the case -

everything from the fellow’s birth certificate and school report cards to countless photos, police and coroner

reports, and a couple of shrunken cats’ heads [and the instructions whereby he shrunk them!].

I’ve tried to talk him into writing a novel based on fact, since he couldn’t do it as nonfiction with the

man’s mother still living. I think it would be a perfect vehicle for his first try at fiction, as a fantastically

compelling yarn could be woven from the material (factual oddities) he has on his “vampire”. And I’ve seen

a few samplings of his talent for fiction; in my estimation he just might be a better fiction than nonfiction

writer.

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