I accepted the offer. It took little time to discover that Anton LaVey was not into supernatural Satanism at all. He would have been first to flee if Satan or a demon had appeared during a black mass. He was an atheist, using Satan as a symbol to help people deal with guilt-ridden consciences. I was surprised at the number of former Presbyterians among them.
Life is a party.
Eat, drink, and be merry-to the fullest. Sin is if you don't. So, boiled down, the LaVey brand of Satanism was a system of mental gymnastics and self-delusion. I asked as we drove along 19th Avenue. I lost touch with him after I moved from San Francisco in 1970, but I followed his doings in the press.