Blanche Barton > Quotes

“Beware of those that fall at your feet, they may be reaching for the corner of the rug.”
― Blanche Barton, The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton Szandor LaVey

“The Catholic Church, with the mental traumas it induced through repression and guilt, became a prime candidate for lampooning.”
― Blanche Barton, The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton Szandor LaVey

“If we have altars set up in our homes, they can’t be legislated; money can’t be collected on them. Satanism takes religion beyond the realm of consumerism.”
― Blanche Barton, The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton Szandor LaVey

“Circuses and carnivals used to be considered the work of the Devil in the 19th century, when shows traveled in wagons and disapproving clergymen had real power.”
― Blanche Barton, The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton Szandor LaVey

“You cannot be an elitist, a magician, and be plugged into the system.”
― Blanche Barton, The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton Szandor LaVey

“Satanism means ‘the opposition’ and epitomizes all symbols of nonconformity. Satanism calls forth the strong ability to turn a liability into an advantage, to turn alienation into exclusivity. In other words, the reason it’s called Satanism is because it’s fun, it’s accurate and it’s productive.”
― Blanche Barton, The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton Szandor LaVey

“Huey Long, Rasputin, Sir Basil Zaharoff, Milton, London, Nietzsche, Capone and other “de facto Satanists” who practiced or wrote of rational self-interest, became LaVey’s primary teachers.”
― Blanche Barton, The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton Szandor LaVey