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Satan Speaks! | 
 enlarge | Authors: Anton Szandor La Vey, Anton Szandor Lavey, Introduction By Blanche Barton
Creator: Marilyn Manson
Publisher: Feral House
Category: Book
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 413106
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0922915660
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.422
EAN: 9780922915668
ASIN: 0922915660
Publication Date: September 1, 1998
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Product Description
Full of dark humor, how-to advice, and self-proclaimed hard-won wisdom, the essays in this new collection present more of the opinions and ideas from famed satanist Anton LaVey.
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 A kick butt book! July 24, 2008
Here LaVey offers his opinions on a wide variety of subjects including social politics, sex, personal hygiene, social conventions, and life in general. Here he presents his opinions often with tongue in cheek humor. Some of his essays are utterly hilarious. Yet, he is often quite serious.
LaVey hated pompousness, arrogance, and self righteousness and all throughout his writings he rips into these with a visciousness and rage that could only come from the devil. Having a high opinion of oneself is one thing, but that form of counterproductive, haughty self righteousness was what he hated most, what he called "The Goodguy Badge."
His essay on stereo was interesting, "Stereo, Scam of the Century." When you read this essay, you might find yourself saying, "Hey, he's got a point." They introduced stereo not to improve the quality of music, but just to sell more record players and playing systems. And how many people really know the difference between a stereo recording and a mono recording of a piece of music anyway? Most of the time they are standing or sitting too far away from the speakers and not between them to even notice the difference.
I myself prefer stereo since I usually do actually sit between the speakers. But I am quite different from most people. And sometimes I have actually noticed that some music really does sound better in mono than in stereo because the sound actually does tend to blend together.
Reading and laughing at his essays, I often think, "He's got a point. I've seen that myself."
Agree with his opinions or disagree, you will have fun reading this book, and learn a few things from an old carny.
Another SATANIST MUST READ! January 8, 2008
I find myself picking this book up time and time again
full of whit and humor, tongue and cheek of course.
what else would you expect from the great DR. LaVey
 Another of Satan's Spiderwebs September 2, 2004
1 out of 17 found this review helpful
If you decide to review Anton's "The Satanic Bible" this would be
an interesting read as well. It gives a further look into Anton's mindset and Frame of Reference. I found him to be a bit morose in his thinking and outlook. Anton's opinion is only one opinion on social commentary - which he was entitled to his opinion. Not everyone would agree with him - but he does make a few good points however. I don't find him totally off base in his thoughts. For the record - Anton did not invent the Church of Satan much against what some would like to believe - A little Research on the subject might suggest different. Bringing it into a more socially acceptable/public forum light might be more accurate. Satan likes and thrives on the uninformed and Satanic Prophets like Anton. 2 Timothy 3:1-5
 Ehhhh June 11, 2004
7 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book does contain a few good perspectives and essays, but I wouldn't waste my time. When I say a few, I mean a few. The further and further I got into the book, the less impressed I was with LaVey, and the more I considered him a JOKE. Just tonight, I read a whole list of LaVey's lies - on the churchofsatan.org website nonetheless! But anyways, this book sucks. Check out some Nietzsche or Crowley instead.
Chicken Soup for the Atheist and Misanthropic Soul. September 12, 2003
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
You'll find LaVey's cynicism and dark humor intact in this book. This book is a fun read and isn't as bullet holed as his other work with LaVey's spiritually non-spiritual philisophy. Nice one-liners that can be woven into your own conversation and make you the silver tongued golden boy of your counter culture social cliche'. LaVey's life is filled with controversy, lies, and mild delusion. Truth being untold over his decades of involvement with CoS. Truth being lost to his grave. Truth likely being lost years before his own death. This is LaVey's last work and it's like he knows it. It's an interesting look at a man, without a god to answer to, facing his death.
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