Peter Howard Gilmore
Gilmore in October 2007
Title	High Priest;Magus
Personal life
Born	Peter Howard Gilmore (1958-05-24)May 24, 1958 (age 67) 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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LaVeyan Satanism
Organizations
Church of Satan First Satanic Church Grotto
Notable people
Anton LaVey Blanche Barton Peter H. Gilmore Peggy Nadramia Diane Hegarty Karla LaVey
Texts
The Satanic Bible The Satanic Rituals The Satanic Witch The Devil's Notebook Satan Speaks! Letters from the Devil The Secret Life of a Satanist The Church of Satan The Satanic Scriptures
Media
The Satanic Mass Satanis: The Devil's Mass Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey Satan Takes a Holiday Strange Music Death Scenes
Related Topics
The Black House Greater and lesser magic Satanic holidays The Black Flame The infernal names Enochian Keys Hail Satan Sign of the horns An Interview with Peter H. Gilmore
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Peter Howard Gilmore (born May 24, 1958) is an American writer andLaVeyan Satanist. He is the currentHigh Priest of theChurch of Satan, and was appointed to the position after the death of Church of Satan founderAnton 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 onHistory, theBBC,Syfy,Point of Inquiry, andBob Larson'sChristian radio show.^[2]

Gilmore was raised inupstate New York. He readThe Satanic Bible at age thirteen and has describedThe Church of Satan as "the motivating philosophical force in my life" ever since.^[2]

He and his wifePeggy Nadramia published a Satanic journal,The Black Flame, from 1989 to 2005.^[3] In 2005, Gilmore wrote the new introduction toAnton LaVey'sThe Satanic Bible, and his essay on Satanism was published inThe Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature.^[4]

A hardcover edition ofThe Satanic Scriptures, a collection of essays and other writings by Gilmore, was released onWalpurgis Night of 2007, with a subsequent paperback edition (ISBN 0976403595) released on October 13, 2007. The book includes rituals that were previously not public, such as marriages and Satanic burials.

• Rodrigues, Luís F. (2010).Open Questions: Diverse Thinkers Discuss Religion, and Faith. ABC-CLIO.ISBN 978-0313386442.
• Taylor, Bron, ed. (2008).The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Bloomsbury Publishing.ISBN 978-1441122780.

• Alas, Babylon, article on thegentrification ofNew York City byJim Knipfel inNew York Press
• Halloween special (4:46-8:14) (October 29, 2010), video interview withGeorge Stroumboulopoulos onGeorge Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (CBC Television)
• Science and Satanism (August 10, 2007), audio interview onPoint of Inquiry

• Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore atWikinews
• Peter H. Gilmore atIMDb

• 1958 births
• Living people
• American LaVeyan Satanists
• American essayists
• American occult writers
• American religious writers
• Satanist religious leaders
• Satanic priests
• Religious leaders from New York (state)
• 20th-century atheists
• 21st-century atheists

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