The Magical Vision of Anton LaVey

In this important book, Michael Kelly delves deep into the teachings of one of his magical heroes, the Mephistophelean genius Anton Szandor LaVey, who founded the Church of Satan at Walpurgisnacht 1966.Kelly claims no direct personal acquaintance with LaVey, nor does he base his discussion upon 'previously unpublished secrets'. Everything he discusses is based upon material that is right there in the public domain, either in Dr LaVey's own writings or in the writings of those who knew him.And yet, it is astonishing how many professed occultists and magicians either ignore LaVey's ideas completely or simply fail to understand them.But Anton LaVey was one of the clearest magical thinkers of the Twentieth Century and also one of the most visionary. Indeed many of his visions are taking shape around us and manifesting right now. His teachings are right there, in plain sight, but either wilfully ignored, deliberately belittled or completely misunderstood.These profound principles and practices have been used by Kelly to tremendous effect in his own life. He discovered them by the age old threefold method of looking, then thinking and then doing. Don't be one of the herd of armchair occultists who are good at the first method, iffy at the second and have no relationship with the third.Chapters include:The Law of the ForbiddenLesser MagicErotic Crystallisation InertiaStratificationAndroids and Total EnvironmentsThe Invisible WarThe Law of the TrapezoidMagical Music and Forgotten FilmThe Curse of the CultComplete with an annotated reading list, this book is a superb introduction to those who desire to use the powerful Keys of LaVeyan magic and what it really means to be a Satanist. Read more