Refinement of CredoApril 3, 2008 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This tome is first of all, well bound and written on quality stock. It is well written and shows that the author is at ease with the style of writing that is conducive to cover to cover reading.
This volume hits it's intended mark; it expands and clarifies the philosophies set forth by LaVey over forty years ago. It shows that the Church of Satan is vigilant and faithful in their duties to prevent the same stagnation that has occurred with the christian bible. As society changes, so too do the principle everyone lives by. It is assuring that Magus Gilmore is living by the Satanic credo "Ever Forward".
Hail Satan!
The New Face of the DevilApril 1, 2008 8 out of 12 found this review helpful
I was given this book by a friend of the author. Although I've read Lavey's works and enjoyed them, I never really felt that he was speaking to me or my condition. The loss of the Black House in San Francisco further reduced my interest in Lavey's Church. However, The Satanic Scriptures is a newer, more organized, more mature approach to this Egoist philosophy and the ideas put forth in this book lack the overblown bravado of the Church's more sensationalist texts.
Although I am not a member of the CoS, I have to say, if the Church is to continue into the New Dawn, it will be because of the efforts of High Priest Gilmore and his excellent new book.
Interesting Read to say the leastMarch 16, 2008 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A great companion and expansion to the Satanic Bible. It actually goes more indepts and is evolutionary to the Satanic Bible in that it takes the same philosophy of LaVey and expands on it. Peter H. Gilmore articulates the philosophy very well. If your not a satanist and or are a realist/atheist you will like this book very much. If you are a believer in the Abrahamic religions, well then its a great read to really see how the carnal man can really act with that in mind, the natural and carnality and the relience of the self. Excellent read.
Very interesting bookJanuary 18, 2008 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I stumbled upon this book by accident and it contains some of the most interesting essays that correctly portray the philosophy of Left-Hand Path Satanism, unlike the countless reactionary pseudo-Christian devil worship books out there.
Real Life SatanismJanuary 12, 2008 3 out of 16 found this review helpful
Well I got a cloth hardcover with the baphomet 80 percent on ther front cover with some p;ictures, including Lavey and Gilmore. I just wanted to comment I'm really glad the Church of Satan is finally starting to move forward instead of going retro stuck in the ignorance of the 1960s and contributing their own original thought insteading of simply kissing up to LaVey. This is real life satanism- dealing with essays on topics like same sex marriage, 9/11, music, Columbine shooting and alienation. They got rid of anything supernatural from Satanism, the Church of Satan is the most publicized, getting a lot of press in its 60s formation stage and a slight comeback in the 90s amongst heavy metal fans. While Marilyn Manson at his worst is still heavier than Metallica in their prime, as a born again Christian Stryper is more menacing than the Electric Hellfire Club. The whole idea is so you're not dependant upon mom, as the old Quaker rationale is. This is at the college level, and Gilmore doesn't come across as the quack that LaVey was. The Church of Satan codified Satanism into a religion perhaps thousands and thousands of people adhere to, even copyrighting its works. The main issue was haphazrdly the copyrighhting of religous material, they've been going that since the days of Martin Luther and the King James Bible in the 1500s. A successful man can have any woman they want, wake up. Personally for me on gay marriage- YES! They're finally starting to move forward instead of stuck in the ignorance of the 60s. I guess it's about 50/50. Those same neo redneck 90s gay bashers went retro, losing their menace. It's family noriented they're after. The issue becomes, if you strip away the supposed crime and all the menace and become a retro 60s hippie, is family oriented religous satanism acceptable? Yes, because people like Hellfire Club's Thorn took absolutely 100 percent all the menace out of it.
