Ben Kissel

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Last Podcast On The Left · Episode 669: Anton LaVey Part IV - Old Wizards Die Hard · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

Well, the Church of Satan sent a letter offering the honorary warlock position, and just a month later, Davis sent a letter back saying he was all in.

Now, after accepting their membership, Davis sweetly said that he was pleased that no one at the Church of Satan was offended by poor devil.

Davis then gave the Church of Satan his upcoming performance dates in the Bay Area so they could present him with his honorary warlock degree in person.

And LeVay was quite pleased to find that one of Sammy's local concerts just happened to fall on Friday the 13th.

Oh, hell yeah.

Furthermore, the theater where Sammy was performing was called the Circle Star Theater.

A circle and a star is, of course, a pentagram.

So the coincidences urging them all to move forward just kept coming.

And so, on the night of the performance, just before Sammy Davis Jr.

went out in front of an audience of almost 4,000, he received his Warlock Ordainment Certificate and his official Baphomet Medallion, although Anton LaVey did not present it himself.

In a letter to Michael Aquino, LeVay wrote that they should all just play it cool, elaborating further that the less they push, the better Sammy's opinion of the church would be.

And so after the backstage ceremony, Sammy Davis Jr.

went out with Baphomet displayed prominently on his chest, and he performed one hell of a show, then closed his performance with an anthem that might as well be the Church of Satan's theme song.

Henry, if you would.

Now, Anton, Higarti, and Aquino spent the next few months weirdly hovering around Sammy Davis Jr.

's house without actually knocking on the door or letting Sammy know that they were even in the neighborhood.

Because, as I said before, certain elements of Hollywood tended to intimidate Anton LaVey.

He could give great advice to Michael Aquino, but when it came time to do it himself, he could get a little pea shy.

No idea.

I mean, you got to remember that at heart, Anton LaVey was still just a carny trying to level up in the world of entertainment.

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