Zeena Schreck

= Zeena Schreck =

Zeena Schreck is an American spiritual teacher, musician, author and photographer.

Since 2002, she has served as High Priestess of the Sethian Liberation Movement. She is co-author of "Demons of the Flesh: The Complete Guide to Left Hand Path Sex Magic".

She was (born Zeena Galatea LaVey on November 19, 1963) is the only child of Anton LaVey and Diane Hegarty (founders of the Church of Satan). She has two half siblings, Karla LaVey and Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey. She has no contact with any of her family, and publicly renounced the Church of Satan and her father in 1990.

She had the most highly publicized and well known Satanic baptism ever performed, which was recorded and released by her father along with other Satanic Rituals done during the 1960s.

She attended George Washington High School [http://www.dreamworld.org/wash] in San Francisco, California. She began teaching private students the art of magic at the age of 18.

Although she appeared in many media interviews during the so-called "Satanic Panic", relations between Zeena and her father were not smooth. He and Zeena's mother, Diane Hegarty, were on very rough terms (Hegarty was suing him for palimony) and Zeena sided with her mother.

During this time she formed a romantic affiliation with Nikolas Schreck a musician, filmmaker and writer for whom LaVey had initial respect but later differences. Schreck belonged to the shock rock band Radio Werewolf, and was founder in 1984 of an organization called the Werewolf Order.

After her first public appearance with Nikolas Schreck at the 8-8-88 Rally in San Francisco, Zeena joined Radio Werewolf,and became co-director and "Alpha Female" of the Werewolf Order. She married Schreck in 1988.

In 1990, Zeena renounced her family name and broke away from the Church of Satan, denouncing what she called its "egocentric atheist" philosophy. Henceforth, she declared, she would be known only as Zeena. According to a 2000 interview granted to the German magazine BLACK, she and her husband have been harassed by Church of Satan members and members of her own family ever since, especially on the Internet.

Zeena contributed music, art and lyrics to the Radio Werewolf albums "The Lightning and The Sun,", "Songs for the End of the World", "Bring Me the Head of Geraldo Rivera" and "Love Conquers All." She co-narrated the Video Werewolf film "Charles Manson Superstar", and recorded a controversial Radio Werewolf cover version of the Nancy Sinatra song "These Boots Were Made For Walking". Zeena also performed with Radio Werewolf throughout Europe.

During this period, the Schrecks lived in Vienna, Austria along with Zeeena's teenage son, Stanton LaVey. They also worked with the membership of theWerewolf Order, which encouraged ecology and animal rights activism.

In 1995 Zeena and Schreck established the wax museum Hell House of Hollywood, located at 6666 Hollywood Blvd. An accompanying store sold occult books and memorabilia. The location was reportedly also used after hours as a temple and meditation center.

In 1995 Zeena and Schreck joined the Temple of Set. Prior to this time both Schrecks had corresponded extensively with High Priest of Set Michael Aquino, and had decided that non-Judaeo/Christian Setian philosophy more closely reflected their developing personal orientation. According to interviews granted to the author Konstantinos, they soon developed major religious differences with Aquino which led to their eventual resignation.

Stanton eventually returned alone to California to be raised by Diane Hegarty.

After her father died of a heart attack in 1997, Zeena was invited to be interviewed on Christian radio personality Bob Larson's show. She stated that she was responsible for her father's death. Larson confirmed on this program that Zeena had told him of a ritual curse she had placed on LaVey several months before his death.

In 1998 Zeena was recognized as a Master of the Order of Leviathan, an order only open to members of the Temple of Set. She assumed other responsibilities, such as Co-director of the Scholomance Element, Co-sentinel of the Babalon Pylon, and member of the Order of the Vampyre.

She was recognised as the High Priestess of the Temple of Set in 2002, but soon thereafter, resigned from the organization after a dispute with senior Temple officials over matters of priesthood responsibility, ethics, theology, the correct definition of the left hand path, and organization.

In 2002, Zeena and Nikolas formed their own religious organization, "The Storm", which described itself as being dedicated to the deity Set and to the left-hand path. Under Zeena's spiritual direction, this religious body later became the Sethian Liberation Movement, though is now defunct.

She currently lives in Berlin with husband, Nikolas, where she works as a photographer and meditation teacher.

Bibliography

Discography

"The Lightning and the Sun"

"Songs for the End of the World"

"Bring Me the Head of Geraldo Rivera"'

"Love Conquers All"

"Witchcraft Boots: A Tribute to the Sinatras"

Filmography

"Charles Manson Superstar" (1989) (narrator)

"You May Be Sitting Next to A Satanist" Alana and Antoine Simkine 1998 (herself)

* "Usher", directed and produced by Curtis Harrington2000 (Sapphic Poetess)

External links

* [http://www.voiceofthestorm.com/ The Storm]
* [http://www.black-rose.com/cuiru/archive/4-2/zeena.html Interview with Zeena, 1998]

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