The Complete Book of Demonolatry [Paperback]

S. Connolly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2006

Discover powerful rites, magick, and practices that honor the Daemons (including Satan). Learn how and why the Enns, Demonolatry Sigils, Demonolatry based invocation, ascension and many other Demonolatry methods are becoming a standard implemented practice among many Theistic Satanists and solitary Demonolators worldwide. This unmatched work of Demonolatry guides students from pre-initiate to adept. It even delves into the depths of Demonolatry sex magick, necromancy, blood rites, and blood sacrifice. This text, used by the traditional Demonolatry Priesthood to train members of their covens, is part workbook, part textbook, and part reference book. It includes thorough chapters on demonology, history, Demonic Holy Days, offerings, prayers, Enns, sigils, religious rites, and an introduction to Demonolatry Magick. It is, irrefutably, the most complete book of Demonolatry ever written.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Even for solitary practitioners who've already established their own way of working, this book is a refreshing wellspring of ideas to draw from. --H. Smythe, Solitary Practitioner for 28 Years

Product Details

• Paperback: 402 pages
• Publisher: DB Publishing (July 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966978862
• ISBN-13: 978-0966978865
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #475,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bestselling author S. Connolly has been practicing and studying all things "occult" and metaphysical since 1984. Her interest started with divination, gematria, and necromancy and quickly spiraled toward ceremonial magick, witchcraft, and Daemons. She has been a practicing Daemonolatress since 1988. She also writes occult/paranormal mystery novels (with Daemonolater and Satanic characters) as Audrey Brice, bdsm erotic romances as Anne O'Connell, and she writes PG fantasy novels as S. J. Reisner.

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26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Demon 'Typo', December 26, 2010

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Stephen Sennitt "Stephen Sennitt" (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Demonolatry (Paperback)

Someone called Ellen Purswell calls this book the 'Demonolatry Bible' in the blurb on the back cover. The comparison is facile and misleading, as there is no revelatory exegesis in (or philosophical weight to) this book whatsoever.

The sections that purport to come from the family grimoires of 'Ye Olde Demonolaters' are risible and would not convince any reasonably educated person that they were written centuries ago as they claim to be; these passages include a deplorable mixture of cod-archaic and modern syntax, and include words that were used differently by writers in past centuries in a wholly modern context. This sort of thing is always a dead give-away that something is bogus - even well educated writers, such as the great H.P Lovecraft, often got it wrong.

On top of this, the book has a great many typos, spelling inconsistencies and outright mistakes ('alter' for 'altar'), making it a chore to read. The author also reveals the type of reader she is used to attracting, in that almost all the rites, prayers and rituals are geared towards helping someone to stand up for him/herself, get a better job or attract a partner. Similarly, she doesn't mention one item of ritual impedimenta without assuring the reader it can be obtained cheaply, or substituted for a cheaper version. She also states how Demonolaters should be in control of their jealous natures/egos and subscribe to a code ensuring they don't try to 'pull rank' on newer aspirants as they climb the grades.

Finally in the same vein, this is the only book of its type I've ever read where the author feels the necessity of advising her community's ADEPTS (fer christ's sake!) how to deal with apathy and over-familiarity! Connolly's suggestions: travel, broaden your mind by reading, 'watch a movie you've never seen before' (!!??!) I bet Ye Demomalaters of ye Olden Dayes are so pleased that their numinous religion has taken such great strides forward..!

The amazing thing is the author manages to make (as far as my occult interests are concerned) THE most fascinating subject in existence completely dull and overly concerned with bourgeois domestic comforts (not even being able to resist advising using receptacles to catch the sand utilized in one of the rituals- as if not it might spoil the carpet! Seriously, doesn't she think the space she has wasted throughout the book in explaining these kinds of inanities could have been used to much better effect by providing some first-hand information on visionary encounters/experiences with Belial, Lucifer or Verrine, for example?)

With out doubt though, the single-most amazing thing in this book is that the author seems to think it's fine to dispense with her own interpretations and short definitions of various topics, instead telling her readers to 'look it up on the internet'!

with that in mind, here is my book about the life-cycle of the honey bee:

'The Life-Cycle of the Honey Bee'

by Stephen Sennitt

Chapter One:

Everything you need to know about the life-cycle of the honey bee can be found on the internet.

The End

That'll be $20, please.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book lives up to the title., May 19, 2007

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Adam Haemel "Otto-Von-Konrad" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Demonolatry (Paperback)

As an individual exploring the different occult philosophies and magic(k), this book was the most indepth and diverse book on such study/belief I has seen to date. Some of charpters include Introduction to Demonolatry, Demons, History, Hermetics, Holy days, Rites, Meditiation, Magick (inc. Sex & blood) as well as a bibliography and suggested reading after completing this work. Which in my opion will take quit a while to complete. Over all anyone who has and interest in Demonolatry, Sananism, Thesitic Santaism, Luciferianism, Goetic magick, and any other occult study I would very much recommend this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A diverse if shallow compilation of information presented with remarkably poor editing, August 8, 2011

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James K. Strain - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Demonolatry (Paperback)

This book is probably of much greater value to someone completely unfamiliar with the occult than to someone who has already studied it over the course of several years. In fact, I feel that such a person, wet behind the ears and probably coming to the occult out of opposition to organized religion or a general sense of rebelliousness against society is probably the perfect audience for this book.

If you've read the Kyballion or similar works, you can skim over the simplified description of Hermetics - and please cherish the mere seconds you save in doing so! - and if you've read Modern Demonolatry (available for 3 dollars) by the same author, you can probably do the same with much of this book. Though some demons are referred to in later sections - typically sections on ceremonies to them, the brief list-like format present in Modern Demonolatry is faithfully preserved, with no fleshing-out of description.

I was lured by the Tree of Life diagram, hoping to get a different perspective on the system. And well, technically I did get a different perspective. That perspective happened to be simplified, contradictory, and glossed over, however.

I'd like to point out that my perspective on this book may not be the best one. It's got a training program that isn't particularly inspiring to me but which may be helpful to some, and it's got lots of pre-made prayers and invocations for those who don't prefer extemporaneous work. The book does come with a fairly decent toolbox compared to many starter books out there, but compared to books in the same price range with training programs, like Newcomb's The New Hermetics: 21st Century Magick for Illumination and Power or Kelly's Apophis, the book seems rather vapid.

Basically, if you're looking for Babby's Big Scary First Occult Book (WITH DEMONS) then look no further. Otherwise, spend that money on something that will enhance your understanding of a topic, rather than give you a rather superficial gloss of it.

Oh yeah, and the editing was clearly done by a giraffe on Ambien.