 Though it is no longer included in current printings of The Satanic Bible , early printings included an extensive dedication to various people whom LaVey recognized as influences . LaVey 's primary dedication was to Bernardino Nogara ( misprinted as " Logara " ) , Karl Haushofer , Grigori Rasputin , Basil Zaharoff , Alessandro Cagliostro , Barnabas , Ragnar Redbeard , William Mortensen , Hans Brick , Max Reinhardt , Orrin Klapp , Fritz Lang , Friedrich Nietzsche , W. C. Fields , P. T. Barnum , Hans Poelzig , Reginald Marsh , Wilhelm Reich , and Mark Twain . The secondary dedication named Howard Hughes , James Moody , Marcello Truzzi , Adrian ‐ Claude Frazier , Marilyn Monroe , Wesley Mather , William Lindsay Gresham , Hugo Zacchini , Jayne Mansfield , Frederick Goerner , C. Huntley , Nathanael West , Horatio Alger , Jr . , Robert E. Howard , George Orwell , H. P. Lovecraft , Tuesday Weld , H. G. Wells , Sister Marie Koven , Harry Houdini , Togare ( LaVey 's pet lion ) , and the Nine Unknown Men from The Nine Unknown . 
