The Satanic Scriptures

by Peter H. Gilmore

The Satanic Scriptures by Peter H. Gilmore

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by Peter H. Gilmore
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Foreword by Blanche Barton
Biographical sketch by Peggy Nadramia
Illustrated by Timothy Patrick Butler

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The Satanic Scriptures hands down the wit, wisdom and diabolical perspective of the Church of Satan’s High Priest, Magus Peter H. Gilmore. These essays, articles and diatribes have been collected from over twenty years of the High Priest’s writings for his infernal cabal, some first issued in the pages of publications available only to insiders. From the magic of toys to techniques of time travel, Magus Gilmore leads the reader down a Left-Hand Path where few will find what they expect.

The Devil always has all the best tunes and now you’ll hear from a Satanic Maestro how the Dark Lord has influenced composers and musicians long before the advent of electric guitars and stadium concerts.

Magus Gilmore reveals principles of Satanic Ritual in a frank discussion of forbidden rites. What is a Satanic Funeral? How do Satanists marry? Find out now, as these unholy ceremonies have never before been disclosed outside of the Church of Satan’s Hellish Hierarchy. Here is the philosophy for those bold enough to be their own Gods—or Devils.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Idol Pleasures - Cloverfield

Deco BoltsIn the essay Idol Pleasures, Peter H. Gilmore begins with:

My generation was the first to grow up bathed in the glow from that flickering window into mediated fantasy called television. Aside from the growing repertory of talk shows and forms of entertainment adapted from earlier radio broadcasts, films became a staple to fill air time and provided a steady diet of literature from base B-movies up to high art cinema. The imagery that flashed ephemerally by, and for some time only in stark black and white, formed our collective unconscious of archetypes. My favorites, the ones that remained long after the show time was past, were the monster films.

He discusses recording the sound in cassette tapes to listen to later, before the ability to capture both the audio and video on home recorders. Sneaking out of his bedroom at night, he would watch the horror films that played on “The Late Show” and “The Late, Late Show”.

He sought out the toys of his favorite monsters, and grew most fond of the one he refers to his “patron divinity”, Gojira “King of the Monsters”! His house in Hell’s Kitchen prominently features a number of models of the radioactive reptile, and he’s always excited to see the next movie that tells the continuing story of Godzilla and related daimones.

Magus Gilmore was recently invited to addend a screening of the new giant monster movie Cloverfield. The  film was rumored pre-release to have possibly been based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, or even a new Godzilla movie. A review of his was published on the culture and entertainment web-magazine Buzzine.com.

Cloverfield: Review
Peter H. Gilmore

I just got back from a screening of Cloverfield (digitally projected and looking very sharp). I thought you, my fellow monster fans, might enjoy some of my reactions. There are “spoilers.”

So, in brief, it is a fun “ride” of a movie, worth seeing on the big screen, and the decision to make it a “found videotape” is a gimmick which allows the story to have a very immediate “you are there” feeling. Yes, it could be described as The Blair Witch Project meets the American Godzilla, but it succeeds with this premise, and there were some smart choices made so that it functions satisfactorily for a feature-length movie. At a bit under 90 minutes, it doesn’t wear out its welcome.

It is a bit tedious at the start as the characters are established. They are all dull normals who are conventionally good-looking and witless. Patton Oswalt was on-the-money in his salty, early pseudonymous review–it looked like they were filming the Abercrombie & Fitch catalog. No geeks or nerds (or odd-lookers) amongst the crowd. Not a single person who might have actually watched a Godzilla film (the leads are probably all too “cool” to have intentionally seen a kaiju flick). A true Giant Monster Geek would have been a welcome addition. He or she then might have had the savvy to advise the others what actions might be possible in order to get through a giant monster attack. If these vapid folk actually watched the news reports on the TV screens in the background, they would have had more info to work with and perhaps bettered their odds. However, these brain-dead mannequins do everything wrong, so they are essentially a guide for how NOT to survive a kaiju visitation.

View the rest at the Buzzine website.

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Sunday, December 16, 2007

PRESS RELEASE: Teen sends e-mail to Church of Satan threatening to kill

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Church of Satan works with FBI in arrest of teen threatening to kill.

December 16th, 2007 - Peter H. Gilmore, author of The Satanic Scriptures (ISBN 978-0-9764035-9-3) and High Priest of the Church of Satan, is back in the news this week. A Cortland, Ohio teen sent an e-mail to the Church of Satan last week in which he threatened to kill his grandparents and steal their guns and car.

Gilmore forwarded the e-mail to the FBI, and they contacted local police, coordinating efforts to investigate. After the teen was arrested, he claimed it was all just a joke. During a press conference following the arrest, the police credited Gilmore for his stepping forward to bring this to their attention.

“To send an e-mail making specific threats, to sign your name, that to me is not a joke,” Bazetta Township Police Chief Charles Sayers said.

If it was a joke or a serious threat is still under investigation, but the Church of Satan has been outspoken over the past 40 years about their supportive stance on law and order. Church leader Peter H. Gilmore reaffirmed this position in his just released book, The Satanic Scriptures. Writing on a range of topics in this collection of essays, Gilmore gives a Satanic perspective on related stories, such as the Columbine shootings, demonstrating that Satanism does not condone these murders.

Gilmore said his church discards most of the hundreds of e-mails it receives daily. But this teen’s message stood out, he said.

“I thought it could be a sick joke, but with recent events in Colorado and Nebraska, I thought it was best to play it safe,” he said, referring to mass shootings in an Omaha mall, a missionary school near Denver and a Colorado Springs church that killed a total of 13 people, including the gunmen. It should be noted that there has been no connection in any of those cases with the Church of Satan or its philosophy.

Gilmore said members of his group are epicurean atheists who see Satan as a symbol of liberty, pride, and individualism, not evil. “To the Satanist, he is his own God,” reads a statement on the group’s Web site from Gilmore.

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Saturday, August 18, 2007

Peter H. Gilmore writes afterword for new book “For the Carnal Connoisseur”

Deco BoltsFor The Carnal Connoisseur - Lust Magazine Archives 2003-2006” is an archive of the best articles, essays, fiction, interviews and reviews from the now defunct online sex magazine.It is a collection of 174 pages of Satanic musings on the topic of human sexuality– including a new story by Rev. Christopher Mealie and a recent interview I conducted with Rev. Kevin I. Slaughter about his impressive collection of vintage pornography–and published them all as an 8 1/2 x 11″ book through lulu.com.

The collection is illustrated throughout with the artwork of Warlock Daniel Byrd and includes a brief afterword by High Priest Peter H. Gilmore.

To learn more or to see what material has been included, please visit http://www.lulu.com/content/1099456 and click on the “Preview this book.” link, which displays my introduction and the Table of Contents.

HS!Rev. Jack Malebranche
Editor, Lust Magazine

*This book is not officially associated with Scapegoat Publishing.

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Friday, August 10, 2007

The New Statesman - Essasys on Satanism by Umberto Ray

This week on The New Statesmen’s website, their blog “The Faith Column” features a series of essays from Church of Satan priest Umberto Ray on Satanism.

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-faith-column

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Peter Gilmore on ABC’s 20/20 (Jul. 13) and Magic Mind Radio (Jul 16)

Deco BoltsThe Satanic Scriptures by Peter H. Gilmore

Peter H. Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan and author of The Satanic Scriptures (in stores October 2007) will be appearing on ABC’s 20/20 this Friday (July 13th) at 10pm EST, and will be interviewed about his book on Magic Mind Paranormal Research Radio on Monday July 16th at 8pm EST.

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