WICKED WALPURGISNACHT! As we’ve entered into our second half century, the vitality of the Church of Satan is boldly apparent. We Satanists engage our minds, setting our Wills towards remaking our worlds so that joy flourishes and is shared with those whom we cherish. For our audience, our thriving news page offers examples of creativity in abundance—Satanism in action. We gathered last year on this date to celebrate the temporal landmark of our 50th anniversary, an inspirational catalyst for many. And so accomplishments continually multiply as the diverse means our fellows have mastered are cultivated towards enriching ends. Some are […]
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This Walpurgisnacht Underworld Amusements announces a new 10th Anniversary edition of High Priest Peter H. Gilmore’s The Satanic Scriptures, and a new paperback edition of the Spanish translation Las Escrituras Satanicas. Both feature, printed for the first time, Magus Gilmore’s address to a secret meeting of the Church of Satan held to celebrate its 50th anniversary.The Satanic Scriptures$16.95, 5" x 8", 308 pages, ISBN 978-1943687084Available from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, the publishers website (US only), ASP Culture (UK/Europe) and other retailers.Las Escrituras Satanicas$16.95, 5" x 8", 328 pages, ISBN 978-0983031482Available from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, the publishers website, and other retailers. The Satanic Scriptures […]
Speak of the Devil – Reverend Campbell Interviews Magus Peter H. Gilmore & Magistra Peggy Nadramia Watch Now! https://youtu.be/wrcgGTgJ2-8 Speak of the Devil – Reverend Campbell Interviews Magus Peter H. Gilmore & Magistra Peggy Nadramia about the challenges of administering a religion in our modern age. The Church of Satan created Satanism the religion in 1966, and in the last 51 years our society has changed dramatically from basic telecommunications to the internet of things! Join us as we dissect the challenges, changes and opportunities these last 51 years have brought. Magus Peter H. Gilmore has a blog where he […]
The Cult of Santa Muerte is NOT Satanic Recent articles dealing with rape, kidnapping and murders involving members of the Salvadoran MS-13 gang in Houston are sloppily referencing their “shrine” and beliefs as being “Satanic,” since they seem to involve images of what investigators describe as “the grim reaper.” Of course we Satanists have far too often experienced members of law enforcement and the press mischaracterizing religions with which they are not familiar, particularly if they themselves have a Christian background. While the articles we’ve seen have so far have not described the gang members’ makeshift shrine in detail, it […]
Philip Glass: Symphony No. 11 — Premiere Impressions After the completion of his ninth symphony in 2011, Philip Glass felt that he needed to complete a tenth to avoid the “curse” of not getting past nine numbered and completed symphonies alleged to have dogged composers writing after Beethoven and his mighty nine. Of course that is simply a myth and many composers of symphonies move past nine without any problem. The idea may have been originally promulgated by Gustav Mahler. He resisted calling Das Lied von der Erde—a song-based symphony—his ninth, and then he died in the process of working […]
Dangerous Minds: Psychedelic Blasphemy! Diabolical Art Curated By The High Priest Of The Church Of Satan Last spring, Dangerous Minds told you about “The Devil’s Reign,” a traveling exhibit (and its companion book) of Satanic art curated by Peter H. Gilmore, author of The Satanic Scriptures, and the High Priest of the Church of Satan for fifteen years. The exhibit endeavored to explore expressions of the diabolical from many cultures, though it mostly focused on ancient deities that were repurposed as devils and demons by Christianity, and, as that’s a pretty damned (haha) fertile artistic field to harvest, a second […]
USA Today’s News-Press: Satanic High Priest, Snowbird Talk About Fort Myers Art Show “There’s something guaranteed to offend everybody in this show,” says a grinning Peter H. Gilmore, high priest of the Church of Satan and a part-time Fort Myers resident. “That’s the idea. You have to shake yourself up, too. “If you have sacred cows of any sort, we’re going to butcher and roast them.” Howl Gallery debuted the first “The Devils Reign” exhibit last year and then took it on tour to New York and Massachusetts. It was the first art exhibit by the national atheist organization The […]
2 Days of Satanic Art & Music: The Devil’s Reign II Art Show, The Electric Hellfire Club, Satanic Burlesque with Jimmy Psycho Experiment, Nathan Gray Collective, and More! HOWL Books is pleased to announce complete details for our 2 day book release party in Tampa and Fort Myers. Psychedelic Blasphemy is the second book in The Devils Reign series and features over 100 artists, including tattooers, illustrators, painters, sculptors, and photographers. The book includes art by S. Clay Wilson, a founding member of the 1960’s underground comic movement as well as many world famous artists, such as Mitch O’Connell, […]