 LaVey 's estranged daughter Zeena Schreck , in an exposé about both her father 's religion and past , attributes the birth of The Satanic Bible to a suggestion by Peter Mayer , a publisher for Avon . According to Schreck , Mayer proposed that LaVey author a Satanic bible to draw from the popularity of the 1968 horror film Rosemary 's Baby , which had caused a recent rise in public interest in both Satanism and other occult practices . Schreck states that , aided by Diane Hegarty , LaVey compiled a number of writings he had already been distributing : an introduction to Satanism , a number of short essays , a guide to ritual magic , and articles he had previously published in The Cloven Hoof , a Church of Satan newsletter . 
