7. Sci-Fi writers were amongst the earliest members
The Church of Satan’s heady mixture of esoteric mumbo-jumbo, costumes, and symbolism representing to members something completely made-up made it irresistible to writers of film, music, and fiction. From an early stage, the Church has been associated with the world of Sci-Fi and horror fiction. Even before the Church of Satan’s official foundation in 1966, LaVey’s close circle included August Derleth, the first publisher of H.P. Lovecraft who wrote his own contributions to the Cthulu mythos, the prolific horror and Sci-Fi peddler Reginald Bretnor, and Forrest J. Ackerman, who was instrumental in the SF Fandom phenomenon.
