Did Manson know Anton LaVey?
I do believe there has been speculation in this direction, but I never heard Manson mention LaVey. One of the girls was apparently involved with LaVey for several months. Also, one of the men had experience in Satanism. Manson could have met LaVey through them, in San Francisco. I did find it interesting that LaVey started the San Francisco-based First Church of Satan in 1969, the year our crime was committed. He also came out with the Satanic Bible that same year. Q: Was Manson using drugs, or were only the members using them? I’m asked this question a lot. People seem to think that Manson had all of us drugged out, while he remained sober so he could easily manipulate our minds. This may be true, but a sorcerer such as Manson uses mind-altering drugs himself in order to contact spiritual beings, and gain supernatural powers. He did use drugs to manipulate and control us, and the more drugs we took, the easier it was for him to manipulate us with his philosophy. We all began to reflec
