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LaVey's image has been described as "Mephistophelian," and may have been inspired by an [[occult]]-themed episode of the television show ''The Wild Wild West'' titled "The Night of the Druid's Blood" which originally aired on March 25, 1966 and starred Don Rickles as the evil [[magician]] and Satanic cult leader Asmodeus, whose Mephistophelean persona is virtually identical to that which LaVey adopted one month later. | LaVey's image has been described as "Mephistophelian," and may have been inspired by an [[occult]]-themed episode of the television show ''The Wild Wild West'' titled "The Night of the Druid's Blood" which originally aired on March 25, 1966 and starred Don Rickles as the evil [[magician]] and Satanic [[cult]] leader Asmodeus, whose Mephistophelean persona is virtually identical to that which LaVey adopted one month later. | ||
Like his predecessor, [[Aleister Crowley]], LaVey was labeled many things by journalists, religious detractors, and Satanists alike, including: "The Father of Satanism," the "St. Paul of Satanism," "The Black Pope," and the "evilest man in the world." | Like his predecessor, [[Aleister Crowley]], LaVey was labeled many things by journalists, religious detractors, and Satanists alike, including: "The Father of Satanism," the "St. Paul of Satanism," "The Black Pope," and the "evilest man in the world." | ||