Called The Black Pope" by many of his followers Anton La Vey began the road to High Priesthood of the Church of Satan when he was only 16 years old & an organ player in a carnival: " On Saturday night I would see men lusting after halfnaked girls dancing at the carnival & on Sunday morning when I was playing the organ for tent-show evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives & children asking God to forgive them & purge them of carnal desires. & the next Saturday night they'd be back at The carnival or some other place of indulgence."I knew then that the Christian Church thrives on hypocrisy & that man's carnal nature will out!" From that time early in his life his path was clear. Finally on the last night of April 1966--Walpurgisnacht the most important festival of the believers in witchcraft--La Vey shaved his head in the tradition of Ancient executioners & announced the formation of The Church Of Satan. He had seen the need for a church that would recapture man's body & his carnal desires as objects of celebration. " Since worship of fleshly things produces pleasure " he said "there would then be a temple of glorious indulgence... ""