THE DEVIL'S BUSINESS
Two years ago in these pages (FT356:40-47)
Gary Lachman marked the 50th anniversary
of the ‘Summer of Love’, tracing the
downward trajectory of the hippie dream of
personal, sexual and psychedelic liberation
as it played out on the streets of San
Francisco’s Haight Ashbury during 1967. If
the hoped-forrevo lution in consciousness
faltered and died in the
Haight, therewas far
wors e to come. In this
issuewe look back at
whatfor many – along
with Altamont a few
months later – came to
mark the nadir of the
Sixties: the horrific
murders masterminded
by Charles Manson and
carried outby his cult-
like ‘Family’ 50years
ago. James Riley (p34)
examines thevarious
occult currentswashing
around the late Sixties
counterculture, creating
a web of ‘Satanic’ connections linking
characters asvaried as Anton LaVey,
Kenneth Anger, RomanPolanski and one-
time Haight hippie Manson himself.
Modern-day Satanists (or are they
SJW pranksters or alt-right apologists in
Devilish disguise?)TheTemple of Satan
continue to make headlines, helpedby
Penny Lane’s newfi lm about them,Hail
Satan?TheTemple’s leader, co-founder and
spokesperson Lucien Greaves, ag reed to
talk toFTabout thefi lm, thegroup and its
aims, and the importance of establishing
the legitimacy of non-theisticreligions in
the United States today. Who better to talk
to His Satanic Majesty than ourresident
vicar, Rev Peter Laws?You can see how the
two got along on p42.Just don’t mention the
Church of Satan!HOUSES OF THE UNHOLY
Meanwhile, two stories landed on our desk
as we were going to press.The house at
10050 Cielo Drive where SharonTate and
her companionswere murderedby Charles
Manson’sfollowersmust be one of the most
notorious addresses in modernmurder
lore; itwas demolished in 1994, when a new
homewas built on the site and assigned
a new address.Perhaps surprisingly, the
house where MansonFamily members
killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca thefollowing night still stands and is currently
up for sale. Enter USTV ghost hunter Zak
Bagans, last seen in these pages buying
and then demolishing the Gary, Indiana,
‘Demon House’ (FT313:476-53, 340:23,
372:58-59) Now Bagans has hiseye on 3311
Waverly Drive, noting that there “wasa
very , verystrong energy in the house...I
love to in vestigate spirits and places.This
is a beautiful place with
a verydark history”.
We’ll have to wait and
see whether he thinks
that “dark history” is
worth the $1.98 million
asking price. Next, news
reached us that Aleister
Crowley’s one-time home
Boleskine House, on the
shores of Loch Ness, had
been damaged in a blaze
on the night of 30August.
The Georgian house–
famously snapped up
and subsequently soldby
rockstar and latter-day
Thelemite JimmyPage- was already in a ruined statefollowinga
fi re in 2015, andwas sold earlier thisyear;
ScottishPolice believe this latestfi re was
started deliberately. (Observer, 27 July; BBC
News, 31July 2019).
GOODBYE TO OUR MAN IN NORWAY
We were verysad to learn of the death
from cancer of “our man in Norway”, Nils
Grande, on 27June. Fifty of his letters
have appeared in our pages since FT
(May 2012). Nilswas born on 9June 1954
inTrondheim, andgrew up in Lom, in the
mountains of Norway. He showed an early
aptitudefor language, couldread by the
age of three, and taught himself Englishby
age 12.Two years later hewas composing
and scoring hisown music. He pursued his
interest inmusic at Oslo University, and
eventuallyswitched to a career in software
design. Hiswas a life of curiosity and
continuous learning, surroundedby books.
We shall miss his informative and witty
contributions. Many thanks to his sister
for pr oviding us with further information
and sending the photograph of Nils shown
above.EDITOR
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