This article is about a 1999 book by Gavin Baddely. For the earlier (1993) Virgin New Adventures

Virgin New Adventures

The Virgin New Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who...

 book entitled Lucifer Rising by Jim Mortimore

Jim Mortimore

Jim Mortimore is a British science fiction writer, who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series, principally Doctor Who, but also Farscape and Babylon 5....

 and Andy Lane

Andy Lane

Andrew Lane , who also writes as Andy Lane, is a British author and journalist. He has written a number of spin-off novels in the Virgin New Adventures range and audio dramas for Big Finish based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who , as well as assorted non fiction books based...

, see Lucifer Rising (Doctor Who)

Lucifer Rising (Doctor Who)

Lucifer Rising is an original Virgin New Adventures novel written by Jim Mortimore and Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Mortimore and Lane, appeared...

Lucifer Rising is a book written by author and Church of Satan

Church of Satan

The Church of Satan is an organization dedicated to the acceptance of the carnal self, as articulated in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey.- History :...

 priest Gavin Baddeley

Gavin Baddeley

Gavin Baddeley is an ordained Reverend in the Church of Satan, and an experienced journalist who has worked for The Observer and Metal Hammer. He is the occult authority for the BBC and Channel 4, has addressed Cambridge University, and has been profiled in The Independent and The London Evening...

. The book covers both the recent and ancient history of Satanism

Satanism

Satanism is a group of religions that is composed of a diverse number of ideological and philosophical beliefs and social phenomena. Their shared feature include symbolic association with, admiration for the character of, and even veneration of Satan or similar rebellious, promethean, and...

, and provides an examination of modern Satanist culture.

Organized into three parts—"The History of Satanism," "Satanism in 20th-Century Culture," and The Satanic Millenium [sic]"—much of the book is composed of interviews with a wide variety of personages associated with either the Satanic religion or its concomitant aesthetic, including Anton Szandor LaVey, Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger

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, and Kerry Bolton

Kerry Bolton

Kerry Raymond Bolton is a far-right , conservative and social credit writer in New Zealand who has been active in several organisations...

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Other individuals discussed in Lucifer Rising include Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...

, Michael Aquino, and Charles Manson

Charles Manson

Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...

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Author: Gavin Baddeley

Gavin Baddeley

Gavin Baddeley is an ordained Reverend in the Church of Satan, and an experienced journalist who has worked for The Observer and Metal Hammer. He is the occult authority for the BBC and Channel 4, has addressed Cambridge University, and has been profiled in The Independent and The London Evening...

Publisher: Plexus Publishing (1999)

ISBN 0-85965-280-7