Foreword
The Sixties witnessed a strange resurgence of interest both in the United States and Europe in the age-shrouded mysteries of the occult, and particularly, in the centuries-old practice of Satanism, or devil worship. The worship of Satan is a recurring practice showing its head at odd intervals throughout history in almost epidemic frequency. Pure Satanism, as such, is almost extinct, and stems from the ancient Persian Dual system, perhaps, when the opposing gods of Ormuzd and Ahriman symbolized the forces of good and evil respectively. More modern trends have closely followed the old Sabbatic orgies of witchcraft, in which participants sealed a pact with the Evil One, for the purpose of obtaining some desired action, or casting a 'spell' on one's enemy.
Modern Satanism has seen a revival in the United States, with certain leaders even organizing their own churches for the purpose of convening followers for the worship of the Devil.
This fictionalized work deals with one such off-shoot cult, and the frightening adventures of four of its members who, dissatisfied with the relatively mild ritualistic practices of their learned leader, strike out on their own in a method uniquely their own. Their blend of Satanism and drugs proves as frightening as any of the medieval practices attributed to Lucifer's disciples.
We feel this book can fulfill a real need, in taking the reader inside the forbidden rituals of the Black Mass, in taking the reader in as observer at an actual Satanic cult initiation ceremony high in the hills over San Francisco.
Much of what Levi Terrasa and his demon-worshipping friends become cannot be spelled out without harsh, un-pretty language; for their world is a very harsh, un-pretty place, and to take you there we must enter on their own terms.
-The Publishers