The New Satanists [Mass Market Paperback]

Linda Blood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1994

A former cult member presents a chilling expose+a7 of the growing world of Satanism, discussing its link to crime, including child abuse cases, drug dealing, pornography, right-wing fanaticism, prostitution, and murder.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing/Warner Books; 1st edition (August 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446364738
• ISBN-13: 978-0446364737
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #577,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good resource about t criminal occult ritual abuse, July 26, 2004

By 

Kathleen A. Sullivan (Chattanooga TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New Satanists (Mass Market Paperback)

I am particularly drawn to books, about these issues, that are reasonably objective and well researched. I consider THE NEW SATANISTS to be such a book. Too many people tend to fear this subject, or are affected by it personally, and therefore do not write about it in a logical manner. Ms. Blood has admirably achieved that objective. She has her vocal detractors - particularly those who have the most to lose, should her book be taken seriously. This appears to be a typical response to such works. I especially appreciate the way Ms. Blood spotlighted reports of criminal occult ritual abuse perpetrated against children at certain U.S. military day-care centers. I have been contacted by some of these growing-up victims, and fear that the harm done to some of their minds may reverberate through our society, for generations to come.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice introduction to the subject, October 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Satanists (Mass Market Paperback)

While barely scratching the surface of satanism and luciferianism in today's America, this book contains enough information to point one in the appropriate direction to do their own research and reach the undeniable conclusion that this is a real and imminent danger.

Yes, you will have to sift the data to determine which of the 2 camps it comes from:

There is a debunker camp which consists of "Christian" apologists who it is very easy to see have nothing what so ever to do with Christianity. Another faction of the debunker camp is people who seem to have a vested interest in scornfully denying any truth to the matter because of their own direct involvement. This ranges from trained professionals, so called experts, law enforcement, lay people, and elements of society that come from all walks of life and social status.

The other camp consists of the victims (most of who do not want to make money by sensationalizing their stories but who just want to live a normal, good life in obscurity) , the therapists, and law enforcement members who help them, theologians and other members of our society not deceived by the naysayers from the debunker camp.

One of the easiest ways to detect the difference between the two camps is through the approach and reporting of the datum, papers, testimonies and other available information.
The ones that have come to recognize the problem tend to report information in a scholarly way that even admits possibility of error in the data while approaching the research without preconceived results in mind.
The debunkers use adamancy, blanket statements, scorn, ridicule and absolute denial that there is ever any case where any of the perpetuation of ritual evil exists. They use phraseology such as `witch hunt', equate a reports to aliens landing, and attempt to categorize reports of ritual evil as `hysterical' or `panic' invented by paranoid or unstable minds, and claims that there is `no evidence'.

There is a strong propensity in "good" people to not want to easily believe that this kind of thing is real and true. The fact that this is practiced across the country and in almost every community is very difficult to accept because by admitting that satanism is probably practiced in their own neighborhood shakes one's comfortable little world. It creates a situation where an individual must critically analyze everything and no longer accept even what they see in the media as truth without confirming and thinking for themselves. It also forces the individual "good" person to challenge whether they are truly good while gleefully hiding that there is no evil by self imposed ignorance.

The mere fact that research, analysis and critical thought is more difficult than being told what to think is why most "good" people don't do it. Our society fosters mental laziness which in turn plays directly into the hands of those who would perpetuate ritual evil and manipulate public opinion to the contrary.

Compelling, credible evidence and information is out there for anyone who has the stomach to look. From long lists of directly related motives for convictions, witness and victim testimony, even testimony from those who began to detest what they had become and turned away from evil, there is a vast amount of data and proof available.

Remember, just as a person who professes to be good and follow God is to delight and further the kingdom of God through kindness, love and truth and perpetuating acts of good; a person who is evil will delight in perpetuating acts of evil and lies to subvert the world around them to evil while trying to maintain the appearance of good - because if the openly looked and acted evil then they would immediately be identified with the criminal activity that that is consistent with the desire to spread evil.

20 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Badly Researched Potboiler, April 19, 1999

By 

Alex Burns ([e-mail]) (Melbourne (Australia)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Satanists (Mass Market Paperback)

Written at the height of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) panic, this is a badly researched, emotionally written potboiler that has been subsequently discredited. Publisher Avon Books is unlikely to release the book, because subsequent legal action by various parties showed the book for the sensationalist, hollow mess that it is.

Blood appeared in the mid 1980s in the anti-cult scene claiming to have been brianwashed by the Temple of Set, a legitimate U.S. based law-abiding new religion. Having studied religious Satanism subcultures for five years (including over 12 000 pages of documents not yet public), her conclusions are not supported by the wider evidence. Her claims of neo-nazism; Holocaust fascination; lack of study of Enlightenment philosophers (John Locke, David Hume); and attacks of anti-semitism against Dr. Stephen Edred Flowers and Dr. Michael Aquino are incorrect when T-S doctrines and literature is actually studied. Blood cites no evidence, no verifiable footnotes, no objective material to support her wild claims. Subsequent to an out-of-court settlement with Dr. Aquino and T-S between Blood and her publishing company (Avon Books), the book was not promoted and has since virtually disappeared from the shelves. Blood omits her own background and reasons for leaving T-S in 1979, or how she got her secondhand and highly distorted information on the organisation.

The rest of Blood's book is filled with information on cases that have little to do with legitimate U.S. religious institutions. She cites Matamaros and other cases that are irrelevant and that were jumbled together in an attempt to show a widespread underground conspiracy. These claims have since been revealed by social theorists, academics, law enforcement officials, and medical practitioners to be delusional fantasies foisted on a public unprepared at the time for the power of hyper-real tabloid television.

Clearly, a book to avoid.