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"The Book of Satanic Ritual" by Aleister Nacht, theologian and Grand Magus of Magnum Opus, is companion text to "The Book of Satanic Magic." It provides an excellent addition to any LHP library, along with his other titles. For the earnest beginner, or a seasoned seeker, this liturgical text is an elegant center of gravity, dense in doctrinal darkness, to anchor one's further foray into satanic ritual, doctrine, magic and meditation. Magus Nacht's language is crisp and concise, intelligently intuitive, and presents a distinct position within the spectrum of left-hand path spirituality, that is, theistic Satanism. Unlike the symbolic and philosophical Satanism of The Satanic Bible (by Anton Szandor LaVey), which synthesized various strands of thought, such as Ayn Rand's "Objectivism" and secular humanism, to form the core doctrine of the Church of Satan, Aleister Nacht's "Book of Satanic Ritual" is a tract concerning theistic or spiritual Satanism and its Rites, herein described for their effective administration and symbolic significance. This is "true" Satanism: a spiritual orientation and religious point of view the central doctrine of which is the recognition of the very deity of Satan (Lucifer, Prince of Darkness and Lord of this World). Here Satan as metaphor has been transcended and in its place a true belief in the existence and person theological and ontological of Satan, and an exploration of the tropes of tradition and lore whereby one may prepare a ritual format for individual or group use for His proper invocation, as well as a demonology of His attendant Hosts. This "manual" introduces a much-needed practical aid and instrument of symbolic and ritual investigation of the reveries of a mystical and existential encounter with the spiritual power and reality of Satan Himself, to Whom one might submit themselves for the purposes of enlightenment and self-actualization: communion with Him, the true Agent of man's self-dominion, his exaltation as measure of all things, at long last indulging in his own true nature, a spiritual animal, whose essential relation to the world is epitomized in a reckoning and acknowledgment of his divinity, in all His hellish majesty. Included is a registry of necessary accoutrement for the proper ritual service, as well as a calendar of the Satanic feast days and holidays upon which rituals held yield the most spiritual power.
