The Satanic Rituals: Companion to The Satanic Bible

by Anton Szandor LaVey

Book Overview

The Satanic Bible was written by Anton LaVey in 1969. It is a collection of essays, observations and basic Satanic rituals, and outlines LaVey's Satanic ideology. It contains the core principles of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380013924
• Release Date: December 1976
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.6" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Black Magick Spells Can be written White.

This is a perfect book for revision. Even though it may seem evil and dark, pay attention to the fact that it can be rewritten to fit Christian scenarios, and still stay Templar. OsirisMidnight

Very Interesting

I've been looking for this book for years and finally found a copy. The introduction is very good as well as the rituals themselves. In all rituals, LaVey gives background information. The H.P. Lovecraft rituals sound confusing because they seem to see Cthulu etc. as actual entities, but might be symbolized by costume. I like another reader would find this to LaVey's most inflammatory book if I had preconceptions. Satanism has the worst reputation of almost anything, at least credit LaVey for bringing logic to it as well as some damn good books.

Mr. LaVey's most inflammatory book!

This is the most inflammatory of Mr. LaVey's first four books. In the other three books, Mr. LaVey attempts to explain his philosophy to the reader. His explanations include cosmetics to make the philosophy more attractive.In "The Satanic Rituals" Mr. LaVey provides the text (in English plus the original German) of the actual rituals used within The Church of Satan, plus instructions sufficient to allow a priest to conduct each ritual. The rituals are presented with *very* little interpretation. In separate sections Mr. LaVey discusses each ritual's historical basis.Those not members of The Church Of Satan might find this book and the rituals it describes inflammatory -- I did. In some cases, portions of rituals do not at first make sense. In these cases, I advise the reader to "read between the 'lie-ons'."

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lo considero una obra de especial interes, es algo intrigante yexotico, anton la describe muy bien.

brain-food, this is good even for the solitary

An outlay of many different types of well-built ritual and ceremony; I don't get the empty feeling of "but something's missing here" that i do when reading buckland or cunningham or starhawk; some of these (especially "Das Tierdrama")could be put to use no matter what your religion (even if you're an atheist), and of course the Satanic Baptisms can made to fit any religion that utilizes magik and/or the four elements. There is something powerful and moving to these rituals (even just READING them), and they seem to have more than just one or two layers to them. I believe it's the best book of rituals I've ever seen.