Peter H. Gilmore

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Peter H. Gilmore is an American author and administrator of the Church of Satan. He was appointed of the Church in 2001 by Magistra Blanche Barton. Within the church, he is known as "Magus Peter H. Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan".

As a representative of the Church of Satan, Gilmore has been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs dealing with the topic of Satanism, including appearances on The History Channel, BBC, The Sci-Fi Channel, Point of Inquiry, and Bob Larson's Christian radio show.

Biography

Gilmore was raised in upstate New York. He visited New York City regularly throughout his youth and moved to Hell's Kitchen in 1980.

Gilmore read "The Satanic Bible" at age thirteen and has described The Church of Satan as "the motivating philosophical force in my life" ever since.

In 1989, he and his wife Peggy Nadramia began publishing a Satanic journal, "The Black Flame", and continues to publish issues sporadically. In 2005, Gilmore wrote the new introduction to LaVey's "The Satanic Bible", and his essay on Satanism was published in the "Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature".

The Satanic Scriptures

On Walpurgisnacht 2007, a hardback edition of "The Satanic Scriptures", a book collecting his essays and other writings was released. On October 13, 2007, a paperback edition (ISBN 0976403595) was released. The book includes previously non-public rituals, such as Satanic marriages and funerals.

Essays

A large portion of the essays were released prior to the book; however, some of the essays included in the book are improved variations. Some, including the essay released in the excerpt, deal with what the Church of Satan deems to be pseudo-satanists, and those who refuse to affiliate with the Church, but instead form their own groups.

Other essays touch on the similarity between fascist aesthetics and Satanism, along with a multitude of political issues that correlate to the Satanic viewpoint, as the released table of contents shows. Included, but not limited to, are issues such as terrorism in the United States, gay rights, and more.

Rituals

Many of the rituals detailed in the book were previously only known to members of the priesthood in the Church of Satan, such as the wedding rite which was performed by founder Anton LaVey, along with the details for a Satanic funeral, assumed to be a variation on one such which was performed on him.

External links

*Several of Gilmore's essays on Satanism and culture can be found at the [http://www.churchofsatan.com Church of Satan's official web site] .
** [http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/Feared.html Satanism: The Feared Religion]
** [http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/Pretenders.html Pretenders to the Throne]
** [http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/Map.html A Map for the Misdirected]
** [http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/MythCommunity.html The Myth of the “Satanic Community” and other Virtual Delusions]
** [http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/HPGreetings.html “State of the Church”—October XXXVI A.S.]
** [http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/FAQnecronomicon.html NECRONOMICON: Some Facts About A Fiction]
** [http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/FoundingFamily.html Founding Family: “Morality” versus Same-Sex Marriage]
** [http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/ClockworkMessiah.html “A Clockwork Messiah”] , a review of Mel Gibson’s "The Passion of The Christ"
** [http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/Rebels.html Rebels Without Cause]
* [http://www.religionandnature.com/ Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0974832/ IMDB entry on Peter H. Gilmore]
* [http://www.thesatanicscriptures.com Website for "The Satanic Scriptures"]
* [http://www.myspace.com/satanicscriptures Myspace page for "The Satanic Scriptures"]

Interviews with Peter H. Gilmore

* (5 November 2007), at Wikinews
* [http://www.satanosphere.com/story/2001/9/7/121041/3661 High Priest Gilmore on Religion, the Rumors, and Sammy Davis, Jr.] (14 September 2001), Satanosphere
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/ENDEMONIADA/peterhgilmore.html Endemoniada Zine]
* [http://www.nypress.com/18/23/news&columns/knipfel.cfm Alas, Babylon] , article on the gentrification of New York City by Jim Knipfel in "New York Press"
* [http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/nov2005/peter_gilmore.aspx Q & A with Peter H. Gilmore] (November 2005), by J. Bennett in "Decibel Magazine"
* [http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?mode=w&save=1&id=1034 Church of Satan's "Dark Pope"] (6 June 2006), video interview with George Stroumboulopoulos on "The Hour" (CBC television)
* [http://www.pointofinquiry.org/?p=122 Science and Satanism] (10 August 2007), audio interview on Point of Inquiry
* [www.angelfire.com/ny3/ENDEMONIADA/peterhgilmore.html Endemoniada]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0974832/ IMDB entry on Peter H. Gilmore]