From: "Adrian Mason" <amason92@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.satanism
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Subject: Re: More than one Satanism
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 10:32:02 +0800
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You stated:
The open religion of Satanism was defined by LaVey in 1966.

The term Satanism has been used often. The first copyrighted version of the
term I've come across is 'The Satanic Mass' by H.T.F Rhodes, published in
1954, twelve years earlier than LaVey used the term. The book covers the
history of Satanism covering hundreds of years. If LaVey wanted sole
ownership of a term he should have used a new term rather than lifting the
title of his work from someone else. But then, he lifted his works from
someone else, so maybe it does make sense...