Blanche Barton is an American religious leader who is Magistra Templi Rex within the Church of Satan

Church of Satan

The Church of Satan is an organization dedicated to the acceptance of the carnal self, as articulated in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey.- History :...

, and is addressed by Satanists as Magistra Barton.

Biography

She was born and raised in San Diego, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Redlands College

Redlands College

Redlands College is a P-12 coeducational college with over 1200 students located at Wellington Point, Brisbane, Australia. The College is operated by an association formed by members of the Churches of Christ.- College Mission :...

 with a degree in journalism and literature. She met church leader Anton LaVey

Anton LaVey

Anton Szandor LaVey , born Howard Stanton Levey, was the founder of the Church of Satan as well as a writer, occultist, and musician...

 the day after Diane Hegarty, the previous high priestess, left the Black House. Barton succeeded Hegarty as High Priestess of the Church. She remained High Priestess until April 30, 2002, when she appointed Peggy Nadramia

Peggy Nadramia

Peggy Nadramia is an American magazine editor and administrator in the Church of Satan, of which she is the current High Priestess, and in which she is known as Magistra Nadramia, as well as the wife of current church head Peter H...

 as High Priestess and assumed Nadramia's previous role of chairmistress of the Council of Nine. In 1999 she led an unsuccessful campaign to raise $400,000 with which to repurchase the Black House

Satanic Black House

The Black House is a building that formerly stood at 6114 California St. in San Francisco, California, in the United States. Though the building is sometimes referred to as a mansion,photographs of the building taken just before its destruction show that it was a moderately sized single family...

, where many of the church's notorious rites were performed.

Barton wrote The Church of Satan

The Church of Satan (book)

The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion is a book by Blanche Barton. It provides a history of the Church of Satan...

: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion (1990) and The Secret Life of a Satanist

The Secret Life of a Satanist

The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey is a book by Blanche Barton. It was published by Feral House in 1990; in paperback in 1992....

: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey (1990).

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