Lucifer Rising: A Book of Sin, Devil Worship & Rock'n'Roll

It was a book on satanic culture mostly music and pop culture. It ironical they equates sex acts with satanic ritual. Yet the author and many of the people in this book. Claim to be satanist, but with believing in satan figure. One schmuck claim anal sex was satanic and he just had no clue about anything. It was Interesting to learn how many label satanic, but really were more pagan then satanic. It is bit out dated, since death metal is not as main stream as it was more in 1990’s.

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If you were looking for an in-depth exploration of the devil in rock and roll, I’m afraid you are going to be slightly disappointed with this.Despite what is suggested by the title, the section dealing with music makes up perhaps a third of the actual content if one was being generous. That said, where it does approach the topic, it does a very good job, and for a nice change, as well as the usual metal suspects, includes the industrial/goth genre, although Christian Death / Rozz Williams are conspicuous by their absence from the discussion. Points also for making the observation that despite superficial appearances, there exist a great many black metal bands who play with imagery and attitude but who actually contribute very little to Satanism beyond pointless nihilism and transgression for its own sake. It would be very interesting indeed to consider what a more recent updating of this book might make of contemporary artists like Ghost, Twin Temple, Zeal and Ardor, or Lil Nas X.Lucifer Rising is on far stronger ground as a history and analysis of Satanic philosophy and belief. A wide spectrum of organisations and individuals are covered, some of which will be well known to readers familiar with the area, others considerably less so. It is perhaps somewhat disappointing that the author wears their biases on their sleeve in freely (and often deservedly) casting a critical eye upon his subjects, but leaves The Church of Satan free of any judgement including presenting the now well-debunked biography of its founder Anton LaVey without question.Perhaps the most important caveat for the reader however, is do not believe the 2015 date Amazon uses to promote this 3rd edition – the actual book was written in 1999 and clearly has not undergone any revision since. What this means is that a host of more recent developments in contemporary Satanism are simply absent. Most notably, there is no discussion of The Satanic Temple or The Hail Satan? documentary. Regardless of one’s own opinion of TST, there is no question that the emergence of that organisation radically altered the landscape of modern Satanism. Similarly other newcomers to the scene such as United Aspects of Satan, Global Order of Satan or the Church of Rational Satanism are not covered. Also absent by default is the massive impact and influence that has recently materialised in the form of online Satanic communities.Lucifer Rising is undoubtably an interesting read, but one must accept that it comes with certain shortcomings.

The writer is very knowledgeable in the subject and has truly mastered the art of writing interestly. The book does not really easily however: I have perfect vision, but the font used is really too small and the watermark on every other page does not really help either. Besides that certainly a good read!