Diane Hegarty (July 10, 1942 – July 23, 2022),[3][4] was an American religious leader who, along with longtime partner Anton LaVey, co-founded the Church of Satan.
Diane Hegarty | |
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 Diane Hegarty (second from left) and Stanton LaVey (far left) at "Anton LaVey – Art Incarnate" auction in Glendale, California on February 14, 2009[1] | |
| Born | July 10, 1942 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, 2022 (aged 80) |
| Other names | Diane LaVey, Diana Hall |
| Known for | Church of Satan |
| Board member of | Chairperson of Graphological Society of San Francisco for 10 years, a member GSSF for over 25 and AHAF (American Handwriting Analysis Foundation)[2] |
| Partner | Anton LaVey (1960-1984) |
| Children | Zeena Schreck |
| Website | "Diana Hall aka Diane Hegarty Graphological Society Of San Francisco Website". |
Biography
editHegarty, also known as Diane LaVey and Diana Hall,[2][5][6] was born July 10, 1942. As well as being a self-described sorceress, Diane was co-founder with Anton LaVey of the Church of Satan and served as High Priestess for approximately 25 years.
Anton LaVey divorced his first wife Carole and began a relationship with Hegarty that lasted 24 years, from 1960 to 1984.[7][8] They had a child, Zeena Schreck (née LaVey).[9] At the end of their relationship Diane Hegarty sued for palimony.[10][11] She appears in many of the filmed rituals of the Church.[12] These have become stock footage for anyone desiring a depiction of Satanism. Along with her Satanic duties as hostess, model enchantress, mother and magician's wife, she helped Anton raise a lion cub named Togare.
Hegarty administered the Church and typed and edited The Satanic Bible, The Satanic Rituals, The Compleat Witch (aka The Satanic Witch) and The Devil’s Notebook. She did most of the Church's administrative, press and member relations work. Their daughter Zeena Schreck was in the media spotlight at age 3, at her Satanic baptism, and again defending the Church of Satan against allegations of Satanic ritual abuse as public representative and High Priestess of the Church of Satan between 1985 and 1990 during the 1980s Satanic panic, the politically-motivated Christian fundamentalist witch-hunts in America. Daughter Schreck resigned from the Church of Satan and renounced LaVeyan Satanism to pursue her own spiritual path in 1990 and ceased all contact with her family.[13][14][15]
Later in life Hegarty dedicated herself to helping her grandson Stanton LaVey's career.[1][16] Her death preceded the death of Stanton LaVey (d. December 19, 2022)[17] by five months. Hegarty-Hall also worked as a graphology specialist.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b "Anton LaVey - Art Incarnate - 25 years Illustrated in Ink". February 6, 2009.
- ^ a b "Diana Hall-Graphological Society Of San Francisco". The Bash.
- ^ Valley Memorial Park. "Obituary: Diane Hegarty Joo Hall (Lavey)". valleymemorialpark.com.
- ^ "Diane LaVey, a native of Chicago, Illinois, has died". snbc13.com. SNBC13. July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "People Search corroborating Diana E Hall, aka Diane Lavey".
- ^ "Diana Hall in San Francisco area Intelius, listed family members Anton LaVey/Karla LaVey".
- ^ Introvigne, Massimo (September 29, 2016). Satanism: A Social History. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-24496-2.
- ^ Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin (September 21, 2010). Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition [6 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-59884-204-3.
- ^ Lattin, Don (January 25, 1999). "Satan's Den in Great Disrepair". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
Both Karla LaVey [sic] and Schreck [sic] were the product of LaVey's common-law marriage to Diane Hegarty from 1962 to 1986. One of the highlights of that unholy union was Schreck's 1967 Satanic baptism at the Black House, when she was 3 years old.
- ^ "Palimony Suit Rests on Bed of Nails". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 11, 1988. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
On paper, the agreement seemed friendly enough: She got the 1967 Jaguar. He got the 1936 Cord, the 1972 Datsun 280and the 1976 Cadillac limousine. Still to be decided were the medieval torture implements, the crystal ball, the devil bust, the bed of nails and the classic wooden coffin. But now, the whole thing has become a devil of an issue in San Francisco Superior Court, as the nation's first prince and princess of darkness square off in legal proceedings.
- ^ Phillips, Richard (September 13, 1988). "The End is Near". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
Anton Szandor LaVey, high priest of San Francisco's Church of Satan, lived with Diane Hegarty for 22 years. Now they are squaring off in a palimony suit over household property.
- ^ "Satanis The Devil's Mass rare Documentary". YouTube. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Beelzebub's Daughter". www.vice.com. September 26, 2012.
- ^ "ZEENA Art". ZEENA Art.
- ^ "Diane Hegarty, (July 10, 1942 – July 23, 2022) American Religious Leader Passed Away - Edulooms". edulooms.com. September 26, 2022. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ "KSEE News Report on Stanton LaVey arrest". January 24, 2011. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014.
- ^ Valley Memorial Park. "Obituary: Stanton Zaharoff LaVey". valleymemorialpark.com.
- ^ "Analysis through handwriting-San Francisco Handwriting Analyst- Handwriting experts san francisco- Handwriting expert". www.partypop.com.
External links
edit- The Devilish Duo Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Photo
