So, I got my copy of The Satanic Screen today and thought I would try to find out some information about the books author, Nikolas Schreck. Unfortunately, most of the sources I found weren't exactly the most credible, but, nevertheless, the search sent me in some pretty interesting directions. Here are a few of the things I found:
Nikolas Schreck (born Barry Dubin) is an occultist who is married to Zeena LaVey, only daughter of Anton LaVey and Diane Hegarty, founders of the Church of Satan. Shortly after their marriage in 1988, Zeena renounced her family name and Schreck, who had been in good standing with LaVey, also had a falling out with the family after his delayed promotions to Priest in the Church.
Since their separation with the Church of Satan, Schreck and Zeena have been affiliated with several occult organizations, including the Temple of Set, formed out of philosophical differences with the Church of Satan in 1975. In 2002, the two broke from this group to form their own organization worshiping the Egyptian God, Seth (alternately spelled Set), called The Storm, though I could find little more information than just that.
The most fun parts about Schreck happened before this, however. He was the lead singer of a truly goofy goth band in the early 80s called Radio Werewolf, heard here. Pay particular attention to the very original and spooky lyrics in "1960 Cadillac Hearst" such as "Then I saw here there behind the tombstone/Yes, it was her the girl of my dreams," or "The worms and maggots are my only friends" in "Buried Alive" I was ready to write it off as a fun, tongue in cheek sort of thing, until I started reading up on the band and found that it was intended to be the media outlet for Schreck's Werewolf Order, a group apparently set on staging a violent takeover of Satanic principals and destruction of Judeo-Christian teachings. Now I'm not so sure what to think of it all.
Zeena, served both as a member of the band as well as the Werewolf Order. Like The Storm, however, I couldn't find very concrete documentation of their principals. Here, you can check out a letter from their Minister of Ideological Purity, who describes the group as "an elite Satanic militia who has taken on the responsibility of preparing the spearhead for a radical Satanic dominion." Zeena speaks about briefly it here in an interview saying:
"The Werewolf Order trains those who are drawn to it in the art of magical predation, as well as shape-shifting and transformation, thus the archetype of the Lycanthrope.
The Werewolf Order is often criticized as being not politically correct, due to our ruthless policy concerning elitism and inequality. It differs from some other magical societies in that it is aimed towards leadership rather than gathering followers."
Also, here is a pamphlet created by the order, outlining its principles. (This site also contains some bizarre phone interviews with individuals like Charles Manson and Richard Ramirez).Schreck, like his co-editor of The Manson Files Boyd Rice, has voiced his support for Charles Manson and made a television appearance on the Wally George show calling for his release from prison (I looked pretty hard for this to no avail). In 1989, he released his film "Charles Manson Superstar" which was made of interviews with Manson with a video camera Schreck had snuck into prison. Film threat magazine calls it "The best documentary ever on Charles Manson."
2 comments:
Why is everyone's copy of The Satanic Screen coming in but mine? GOSH!
Hey, that one selling on Ebay for $6.66 did not get a single bid! If anyone is still looking contact the seller...
Shreck does not make a big deal about his LaVey family connections...but knowing this does make his debunking of the Rosemary's Baby legend that much more trustworthy...I think...
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