Peter H. Gilmore
Peter Howard Gilmore | |
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| File:Peter H Gilmore 2 by David Shankbone.jpg Gilmore in October 2007 | |
| Title | High Priest; Magus |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Peter Howard Gilmore May 24, 1958 New York, U.S. |
| Spouse | Peggy Nadramia |
| Education | New York University (BS, MA) |
| Known for | The Satanic Scriptures |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | LaVeyan Satanism |
| Denomination | Church of Satan |
| Profession | Priest, writer |
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Peter Howard Gilmore (born May 24, 1958) is an American writer and LaVeyan Satanist. He is the current High Priest of the Church of Satan, and was appointed to the position after the death of Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey.[1] 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 History, the BBC, Syfy, Point of Inquiry, and Bob Larson's Christian radio show.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Gilmore was raised in upstate New York. He read The Satanic Bible at age thirteen and has described The Church of Satan as "the motivating philosophical force in my life" ever since.[2]
He and his wife Peggy Nadramia published a Satanic journal, The Black Flame, from 1989 to 2005.[3] In 2005, Gilmore wrote the new introduction to Anton LaVey's The Satanic Bible, and his essay on Satanism was published in The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature.[4]
The Satanic Scriptures
[edit | edit source]A hardcover edition of The Satanic Scriptures, a collection of essays and other writings by Gilmore, was released on Walpurgis Night of 2007, with a subsequent paperback edition (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).) released on October 13, 2007. The book includes rituals that were previously not public, such as marriages and Satanic burials.
References
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ^ Rodrigues 2010, p. 12.
- ^ a b Rodrigues 2010, p. 125.
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- ^ Taylor 2008, p. [page needed].
Works cited
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]Interviews
[edit | edit source]- Alas, Babylon, article on the gentrification of New York City by Jim Knipfel in New York Press
- Halloween special (4:46-8:14) (October 29, 2010), video interview with George Stroumboulopoulos on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (CBC Television)
- Science and Satanism (August 10, 2007), audio interview on Point of Inquiry
External links
[edit | edit source]- File:Wikinews-logo.svg Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore at Wikinews
- Peter H. Gilmore at IMDb
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