 The Satanic Bible is recognized as one of the key texts of modern Satanism . The Church of Satan requires that people accept " LaVey 's principles " before becoming members of the church . Many other Satanist groups and individual Satanists who are not part of the Church of Satan also recognize LaVey 's work as influential . Many Satanists attribute their conversions or discoveries of Satanism to The Satanic Bible , with 20 % of respondents to a survey by James Lewis mentioning The Satanic Bible directly as influencing their conversion . In Gilmore 's introduction , he lists a number of novels and films supposedly influenced by The Satanic Bible and LaVeyan Satanism . These include novels Rosemary 's Baby by Ira Levin and Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber , as well as films such as Rosemary 's Baby , The Devil 's Rain , The Car , and Dr. Dracula . Others have lauded The Satanic Bible as heavily influential on metal and rock bands such as Black Sabbath , Venom , King Diamond , and Marilyn Manson . 
