" Tell me about the parties. Toward the end. Did anything change?” She laughs, but it’s a sarcastic stage bark. “You’re talking about the sex magic angle.” “Exactly,” I lie. “I thought it was silly, but it was the seventies. Anton LaVey was all the rage. Black candles, pentagrams, Aleister Crowley, and pretend sacrifices? They gave the parties a new frisson. "

― Richard Kadrey , Ballistic Kiss (Sandman Slim, #11)