The Satanic Rituals

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The Satanic Rituals is a book by Anton Szandor LaVey published in 1972 as a companion volume to The Satanic Bible. It is a collection of nine rituals with an introductory essay to each.

It was published by Avon Books as a 224-page paperback (ISBN 0-380-01392-4). It has also been published in hardcover (by Buccaneer Books, 1991, ISBN 0-89966-827-5) and with a textbook binding (by Universe Books, 1978, ISBN 0-8216-0171-7).

[edit] Opening epigraph

“The ultimate effect of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.” — Herbert Spencer

[edit] Contents

• Introduction
• Concerning the Rituals
• The Original Psychodrama — Le Messe Noir
• L'Air Epais — The Ceremony of the Stifling Air
• The Seventh Satanic Statement — Das Tierdrama
• The Law of the Trapezoid — Die elektrischen Vorspiele
• Night on Bald Mountain — Homage to Tchort
• Pilgrims of the Age of Fire — The Statement of Shaitan
• The Metaphysics of H. P. Lovecraft — The Ceremony of the Nine Angles and The Call to Cthulhu (written by Michael Aquino )
• The Satanic Baptisms — Adult Rite and Children's Ceremony
• The Unknown Known

[edit] See also

• Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore