Peter Howard Gilmore (born May 24, 1958) is an American writer. He is the current

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of the

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. 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

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, the BBC,

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, '' Point of Inquiry'', and Bob Larson's

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show.

Biography

Gilmore was raised in

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. He visited

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regularly throughout his youth and moved to

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in 1980. 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. He and his wife Peggy Nadramia published a Satanic journal, '' The Black Flame'', from 1989 to 2005. 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''.

''The Satanic Scriptures''

A hard cover edition of '' The Satanic Scriptures'', a collection essays and other writings by Gilmore was released on

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2007, with a subsequent paperback edition () released on October 13, 2007. The book includes rituals that were previously not public, such as marriages and Satanic burials.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilmore, Peter H 1958 births Living people American LaVeyan Satanists American essayists American occult writers American religious writers Satanist religious leaders