Editing Kenneth Anger (section)

=== 1966–1969: The hippie movement and ''Invocation of My Demon Brother'' ===
The mid-1960s saw the emergence of the [[hippie]] scene and increasing use of the mind-altering drugs Anger had been using for many years. In particular, the [[hallucinogen]] [[LSD]], at the time still legal in the U.S., was very popular, and in 1966 Anger released a version of ''Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome'' he called the "Sacred Mushroom Edition", which was screened to people while taking LSD, thereby heightening their sensory experience.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=131}}</ref> By this time, Anger had become well known in the American underground scene, and several cinemas screened his better-known films all in one event.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=134}}</ref> With his growing fame, Anger began to react to publicity much as his idol Crowley had done, for instance calling himself "the most monstrous moviemaker in the underground", a pun on the fact that British tabloids had labeled Crowley "the wickedest man in the world" in the 1920s.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=136}}</ref>

Anger's underground fame allowed him to increasingly associate with other celebrities, including [[Anton LaVey]], the founder of the [[Church of Satan]], who named Anger godfather to his daughter [[Zeena Schreck]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Anger ref. as Zeena Schreck's godfather |url=http://www.zeena.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=53 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222192204/http://www.zeena.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=53 |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |url-status=dead |website=zeena.eu}}</ref> Despite their differing philosophies, Anger and LaVey became good friends and remained so for many years. But Anger also resented some celebrities, such as [[Andy Warhol]], who at the time was achieving success not only in the art world but also in the underground film scene.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|pp=148–149}}</ref> In 1980, Anger threw paint on the front door of a house Warhol had recently moved out of.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=220}}</ref>

[[File:Westerfeld House (San Francisco).jpg|thumb|The ornate "Russian Embassy" house in San Francisco, where Anger lived in 1966 and 1967.]]
In 1966, Anger moved into the ground floor of the [[William Westerfeld House]], a large 19th-century [[Victorian house]] in San Francisco also known as the "Russian Embassy".<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=141}}</ref> Around this time he began planning a new film, ''Lucifer Rising'', echoing his Thelemite beliefs about the emerging [[Aeon of Horus]]. He tattooed Lucifer's name on his chest and began searching for a young man who could symbolically become Lucifer, "the Crowned and Conquering Child" of the new Aeon, for the film. While living at the Russian Embassy, he met and lived with various young men who could fill the role, eventually settling on [[Bobby Beausoleil]].<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|pp=141–142}}</ref> Beausoleil founded a band, the Magic Powerhouse of Oz, to record the film's soundtrack.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=145}}</ref> In 1967, Anger said the footage he had been filming for ''Lucifer Rising'' had been stolen, accusing Beausoleil, who denied it. Landis quotes Beausoleil as saying, "[W]hat had happened was that Kenneth had spent all the money that was invested in ''Lucifer Rising''" and that he therefore invented the story to satisfy the film's creditors.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=158}}</ref> Beausoleil and Anger fell out, with the former getting involved with [[Charles Manson]] and the [[Manson Family]]. Beausoleil later tortured and murdered [[Gary Hinman]] in a drug robbery gone wrong, for which he is serving a life sentence as of 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-28/linda-kasabian-charles-manson-follower-who-helped-send-him-to-prison-dies | title=Linda Kasabian, Charles Manson follower who helped send him to prison, dies at 73 | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=March 2023 }}</ref>

In the October 26, 1967, issue of ''[[The Village Voice]]'', Anger publicly reinvented himself by placing a full-page ad declaring, "In Memoriam. Kenneth Anger. Filmmaker 1947–1967". He soon publicly reappeared, this time to claim he had burned all of his early work.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|pp=158–159}}</ref> The next year he traveled to London, where he first met [[John Paul Getty Jr.]], who became Anger's patron, and also met and befriended [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]], members of [[The Rolling Stones]],<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|pp=162–167}}</ref> as well as actress/model [[Anita Pallenberg]].<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=166}}</ref> Anger decided to use much of the footage created for ''Lucifer Rising'' in a new film, ''[[Invocation of My Demon Brother]]'', which starred Beausoleil, LaVey, Jagger, Richards, and Anger, the music for which was composed by Jagger. It was released in 1969 and explored many of the Thelemic themes Anger had originally intended for ''Lucifer Rising''.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|pp=170–174}}</ref> Author [[Gary Lachman]] believes the film "inaugurat[ed] the [[midnight movie]] cult at the [[Elgin Theater|Elgin Theatre]]."<ref>[[Lachman, Gary]] (2001). ''[[Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius]]'' (New York: Disinformation). {{ISBN|0-88064-278-5}}, p. 305.</ref> The story of the film, its making, and the people involved inspired [[Zachary Lazar]]'s novel ''Sway''.<ref>{{cite news | title = Their Satanic Majesties | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/books/review/Taylor-t.html | access-date = July 14, 2011 | first=Charles | last=Taylor | date=January 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lazar|first=Zachary|author-link=Zachary Lazar|title=Sway|url=https://archive.org/details/swaynovel00laza|url-access=registration|publisher=Little, Brown|date=2008|isbn=978-0-316-11309-0}}</ref>