SATANISM:
A READER
Edited by Per Faxneld
and Johan Nelsson
Oxford University Press
"Anton LaVey, Interview in John Fritscher's Popular Witchcraft:
Straight from the Witch's Mouth"
by Cimminnee Holt
Satanism is a current of thought that generates intense feelings. It remains understudied by academics. This selection of key source texts from the period 1841 to 2017 attempts to remedy that gap. Ranging from the exoteric to the anti-clerical, counterculture, and political, the texts span a wide variety of genres, from poetry and polemical religious tracts to ritual instructions and internet FAQ’s. All provided with comprehensive introductions, written by specialists in the field, that offer readers both critical historical context and expert scholarly interpretation.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Per Faxneld and Johan Nilsson
Eliphas Lévi, La Bible de la liberté (1841)
Julian Strube
Jules Michelet, La Sorcrére (1862)
Ruben van Luijk
Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (187l)
Fredrik Gregorius
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (The Theosophical Society), The Secret Doctrine (1888)
Per Faxneld
Léo Taxil, Le Palladium régénéré et libre (1895)
Ruben von Luijk
Stanislaw Przybyzewski, Die Synagoge des Satan (1897)
Per Faxneld
Ben Kadosh (aka Carl William Hansen), Den ny morgens gry (1906)
Johan Nilsson
Maria de Naglowska, La Lumière du sexe (1932) and "Satanisme masculin, Satanisme féminin" (1933)
Hans Thomas Hakl and Michele Olzi
Aleister Crowley, "Hymn to Lucifer" (Undated) and The Book of Thoth (1944)
Johan Nilsson
Kenneth Grant (Typhonian Order), "Vinum Sabbati" (1961)
Johan Nilsson
The Process Church of the Final Judgement, “The Gods on War” (1967) and “The Gods and Their People” (1970)
Fredrik Gregorius
Anton LaVey (Church of Satan), Interview in John Fritscher’s Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch’s Mouth (1972)
Cimminnee Holt
Michael Aquino (Temple of Set), The Book of Coming Forth by Night (1975)
Cimminnee Holt
The Order of the Nine Angles, The Book of Satan (1984)
Fredrik Gregorius
Øystein “Euronymous” Aarseth (Den Sorte Sirkel/Black Metal Satanism), Interview for Close-Up Magazine (1992)
Per Faxneld
The Satanic Reds, “FAQ for Satanic Reds-Social Realist Organization” (circa 2001)
Johan Nilsson
Thomas Karlsson (Dragon Rouge), Kabbala, Kliffot och den goetiska magin (2004)
Fredrik Gregorius
Michael W. Ford (The Order of Phosphorus, etc.), The Bible of the Adversary (2007)
Olivia Cejvan
Lucien Greaves (The Satanic Temple), “Church of Satan vs. Satanic Temple” (2017)
Fredrik Gregorius and Manon Hedenborg White