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{{Short description|American LaVeyan Satanist writer (born 1958)}}<br />
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| birth_name = Peter Howard Gilmore<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|5|24}}<br />
| birth_place = New York, U.S.<br />
| education = [[New York University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])<br />
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| profession = Priest, [[writer]]<br />
| known_for = ''The Satanic Scriptures''<br />
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| spouse = [[Peggy Nadramia]]<br />
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| religion = [[LaVeyan Satanism]]<br />
| denomination = [[Church of Satan]]<br />
| title = [[wiktionary:High Priest|High Priest]]; [[Magus]]<br />
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'''Peter Howard Gilmore''' (born May 24, 1958) is an American writer and [[LaVeyan Satanist]]. He is the current [[High Priest]] of the [[Church of Satan]], and was appointed to the position after the death of Church of Satan founder [[Anton LaVey]].{{sfn|Rodrigues|2010|p=12}} 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 [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History]], the [[BBC]], [[Syfy]], ''[[Point of Inquiry]]'', and [[Bob Larson]]'s [[Christian radio]] show.{{sfn|Rodrigues|2010|page=125}}<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Gilmore was raised in [[upstate New York]]. 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.{{sfn|Rodrigues|2010|page=125}}<br />
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He and his wife [[Peggy Nadramia]] published a Satanic journal, ''[[The Black Flame (magazine)|The Black Flame]]'', from 1989 to 2005.<ref name="wpo">{{cite web |title=Black Flame Magazine #16|url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/black-flame-magazine-16-church-satan-442002917|work=WorthPoint|accessdate=16 May 2020}}</ref> 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''.{{sfn|Taylor|2008|p={{pn|date=November 2021}}}}<br />
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===''The Satanic Scriptures''===<br />
A hardcover edition of ''The Satanic Scriptures'', a collection of essays and other writings by Gilmore, was released on [[Walpurgis 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.<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Works cited===<br />
* {{cite book |title=Open Questions: Diverse Thinkers Discuss Religion, and Faith |first=Luís F. |last=Rodrigues |year=2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn= 978-0313386442}}<br />
* {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature |isbn=978-1441122780 |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=Bron |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2008}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826142203/http://www.nypress.com/article-11638-slackjaw-alas-babylon.html Alas, Babylon], article on the [[gentrification]] of [[New York City]] by [[Jim Knipfel]] in ''[[New York Press]]''<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108094521/http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/videos.html?ID=1630400926 Halloween special (4:46-8:14)] (October 29, 2010), video interview with [[George Stroumboulopoulos]] on ''[[George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight]]'' ([[CBC Television]])<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071212195659/http://www.pointofinquiry.org/?p=122 Science and Satanism] (August 10, 2007), audio interview on [[Point of Inquiry]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Wikinews-inline|Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore}}<br />
* {{IMDb name|0974832}}<br />
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