The Church of Satan II: Volume II - Appendices (Volume 2)
Michael A. Aquino was the only member of the Church of Satan to attain the Second Level of the Fourth Degree (Magister Templi IV°-II’) prior to 1975, and was a member of the Church’s Council of Nine and Order of the Trapezoid 1970-75. He served as Editor of the Church’s _Cloven Hoof_ newsletter 1971-75. He served as founding High Priest of the Temple of Set 1975-1996, was Recognized as a Magus V° and Ipsissimus VI°, and was founding Grand Master of the Temple’s Order of the Trapezoid 1982-87. In secular life he is a Lt. Colonel, Psychological Operations, U.S. Army (Ret.). He is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University; Defense Intelligence College, Defense Intelligence Agency; Foreign Service Institute, Department of State; U.S. Army Special Warfare Center (Special Forces (“Green Beret”) / Psychological Operations / Civil Affairs / Foreign Area Officer); U.S. Army Command & General Staff College; U.S. Army Intelligence School, and U.S. Army Space Institute. Academic credentials include the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California; and the M.P.A. in Public Administration from George Washington University. He has taught as Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Golden Gate University 1980-86. He and his wife Lilith live in San Francisco with inevitable. innumerable, immortal cats.