40 Facts about the Church of Satan

40 Facts about the Church of Satan

Tim Flight - August 29, 2019

40 Facts about the Church of Satan
Sammy Davis Junior with Anton LaVey, California, 1960s. Cloud Front

33. Sammy Davis Junior was a member

He could sing, dance, do stand-up comedy… and he worshipped Satan. Rat Pack alumnus Sammy Davis Junior (1925-90) met Anton LaVey at a party in 1968. Something of a hedonistic womanizer, it’s perhaps no surprise that Davis Junior and LaVey got on famously. The singer attended Church of Satan orgies, carried a membership card, and was ordained as a ‘Warlock’, a mid-ranking position in the Church. Sammy even reserved seats for Church of Satan members at his shows. He later reconverted to Judaism, but in his 1980 memoir revealed that he still had ‘many friends in the Church of Satan’.

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