Self-Conscious Routinization and the Post-Charismatic Fate of the Church of Satan from 1997 to the Present

doi:10.4324/9781315259444-12

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Self-Conscious Routinization and the Post-Charismatic Fate of the Church of Satan from 1997 to the Present

ABSTRACT

LaVey further cultivated the image of charisma by using the Jayne Mansfield curse story1 to legitimate his “magical powers”, which Weber also describes as a means to cultivate charisma (Weber 1947).