[Anton LaVey] Walter Fischer: CALIFORNIA INFERNAL
2nd 2017 152pp Trapart. Illustrated throughout, including colour. NM in NM dustwrapper.
Movie star Jayne Mansfield and Satanist Anton LaVey met in 1966. Both were publicity conscious and made the most of the meetings, which evolved into a friendship. Almost always present was German paparazzo Walter Fischer, stationed in Hollywood and catering to image and scandal-hungry photo magazines all over the world.
Fischer’s unique collection of photos takes us straight into the ritual chamber of the Church of Satan in LaVey’s infamous “black house” in San Francisco, as well as into Mansfield’s Hollywood “pink palace.” We also get to follow LaVey on excursions to his friend Forrest “Famous Monsters of Filmland” Ackerman, to Marilyn Monroe’s grave, to TV studios and back, to Satanic weddings and Zeena’s baptism at the Church of Satan HQ.
Contains an introduction by Kenneth Anger, and forewords by Carl Abrahamsson and collector Alf Wahlgren.