Blanche Barton
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| Blanche Barton | |
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| Born | October 2, 1959 San Diego |
| Alma mater | Redlands College |
| Spouse | Anton LaVey |
| LaVeyan Satanism |
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| Associated organizations |
| Church of Satan First Satanic Church |
| Prominent figures |
| Anton LaVey · Peter H. Gilmore Diane Hegarty · Karla LaVey |
| Concepts |
| Left-Hand Path Pentagonal Revisionism Suitheism · Might is Right Lex talionis · Theistic Satanism |
| Publications |
| The Satanic Bible · The Satanic Rituals The Satanic Witch · The Devil's Notebook Satan Speaks! · The Black Flame The Church of Satan The Secret Life of a Satanist The Satanic Scriptures |
Blanche Barton (born Sharon Densley on October 2, 1959) is an American religious leader who is Magistra Templi Rex within the Church of Satan, and is addressed by Satanists as Magistra Barton.
[edit] Biography
She was born and raised in San Diego, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Redlands College with a degree in journalism and literature. She met church leader Anton LaVey the day after Diane Hegarty, the previous high priestess, left the Black House. Barton succeeded Hegarty as High Priestess of the Church. She remained High Priestess until April 30, 2002, when she appointed Peggy Nadramia as High Priestess and assumed Nadramia's previous role of chairmistress of the Council of Nine. In 1999 she led an unsuccessful campaign to raise $400,000 with which to repurchase the Black House, where many of the church's notorious rites were performed.
Barton wrote The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion (1990) and The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey (1990).
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| Preceded by Diane Hegarty |
High Priestess of the Church of Satan 1985-2002 |
Succeeded by Peggy Nadramia |
