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In the Name of Satan
Bob Larson dispels the contemporary myths surrounding Satan and his demons, equipping you with crucial biblical information on how you and your family can withstand the forces of evil.
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First published August 21, 1996
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54 books37 followersBob Larson is an American radio and television evangelist, and a pastor of Spiritual Freedom Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Larson has authored numerous books critical of rock music and Satanism.
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December 2, 2009
Before I start the review, let me introduce you to Bob Larson.
This is Bob:
Bob battles the devil. He also hates secular rock music, and thinks that people like Rush Limbaugh are morally suspect. Bob also allegedly likes womanizing, fraud and embezzling.
Bob's going to go off and rid the world of demons now, while I begin my usual self-absorbed 'book review', but we'll come back to him.
Say good-bye to Bob for now:
Why?
This is yet another of the 'treasures' lurking in my apartment and like a retard asshole I felt inclined to read it. Why do I read these things? I used to think it was a failing on my part, but after reading this book I have learned that there are demons out there with really boring names like Murder, Lust, and Perversion (I mean come on, you're a fucking fallen angel, can't you come up with a cool name, rather than a description of what you make people do?). There are others mentioned in the book, most demons have the names of others, like there are a bunch of Murders out there. I blame the demon Bob Larson has confronted called Masochism for the reading I put myself through.
I never bought this book. Seriously, I didn't do it. A friend of mine did, and then gave it to me to sell on Amazon. No one wanted to buy it, and I kept it. Last week I found it again. This week I read it.
My friend bought this book after him and I watched a six hour video of this guy talking about Satan in contemporary American culture. When we bought the video we thought it was going to be a movie, instead it was a really long lecture with a few power point slides thrown in. That is how I spent Labor Day 2000, watching this guy talk about Satan. We had bought the video about a month earlier at a Gun Show. We had actually gone to the gun show for the exact purpose of buying Christian videos like this one. I had noticed a dealer of tons of this shit the year before when I went to the Gun Show, and in the summer of 2000 convinced this particular friend to join me and buy up Christian conspiracy shit. At the previous Gun Show I went to buy illegal weapons, but it was all cool, because in the pre-9/11 days (and maybe it still is, I haven't been to one since 9/11) by paying five dollars to go in to a Gun Show one automatically became a collector, and could buy things like retractable police batons, butterfly knives, switchblades, brass knuckles, a working bazooka along with live projectiles to fire out of it, fully automatic assault rifles (AKA pre-ban AK-47's), hand grenades, tazers; along with right wing libertarian propaganda, authentic Nazi paraphernalia and videos about conspiracies, from a Christian point of view.
Gosh I loved the Gun Show. I never did get the tazer I wanted, but I was able to get a some other neat-o toys, nothing too serious... although one year I seriously considered getting a bazooka, just because I had enough money to buy one (they are cheaper than one would think). This is the same year I almost bought an AK-47. For the record though I have never owned a gun. But I did love the Gun Show, I even had a song I made up about the Gun Show that I'd sing constantly the weeks leading up to the Gun Show as I harassed at least one friend of mine to join me because while I loved the Gun Show, I was more than a bit frightened of the people who attended the Gun Show, and well safety in numbers.
Because of my love for the late 1990's Gun Shows in Saratoga Springs, NY I am the proud owner of this book.
The Book
The book is weird. I had no idea what to think as I read it. First off, I don't believe in the Devil (one teenager who BL administered an exorcism said, "I'm an atheist. I worship the Devil!"), or demonic possessions. I also don't know why BL has conducted thousands of exorcisms to what all seem like people in actively involved in churches (another passage, not strictly quoted. BL goes to meet a kid who is the head of a Satanic Cult, loves Morbid Angel and Danzig, wears 'heavy metal' clothing, with a mohawk, but shows up with his church Pastor, but continues to be surly and 'evil'). Secular people don't seem to get fucked with by the Devil, or at least not in BL's world.
But how does one argue against what is a bunch of 'first person' testimony? Well one can try to use logic, but that won't get anywhere. Instead I'm just going to believe BL is right for the rest of this review.
This book is part warning about the threat Satan poses in our lives. It is also part how to be a free-lance exorcist manual. Pretty cool, huh?
The first thing you need to know is that God is all powerful, but he's not really that powerful. For example he was all powerful but not powerful enough back in the pre-JC days to really help the Jews (page 80). He also can kind of get rid of demons but it's up to you, the exorcist to trick the demons into being gotten rid of. This might sounds scary, and difficult, but...
2. Demons aren't very smart. They have really obvious names, that tell what they do, and how they got into a person. For example if the demon is named Perversion, there is a good chance that you looked at a Hustler magazine that your degenerate deacon of a dad left laying on the living room floor when you were little, and now you can't stop reading dirty magazines and playing with your teenage cooch; and you have no idea why you would do such a dirty awful thing, but you do it all the time. Well you just have to realize you let the demon in when you were checking out the gynecological beaver shot back when you were a toddler, and you can then tell the demon to scram. How does one find out the exact moment when the demon entered? Well you trick the demon into telling you. Demons are fucking stupid. You think being angelic beings, being close to the all knowing G and his boy JC they would have learned something, or maybe be smarter than BL but they aren't. They don't even have the good sense to not show themselves when the exorcist is around. They are dumb. You will win over them future exorcist!!
3. Demons make people hurt themselves and others. This is scary and true, but it also doesn't mean that as an exorcist you can't just call a time out to have a nice snack or use the bathroom in the middle of an exorcism. Apparently when a spiritual Time-Out is called demons just kind of chill till the action starts again. Use this to your advantage spiritual warrior!!
4. Demons cause Homosexuality. Not all Homosexuality is caused by the demon Perversity, sometimes it's Self-Loathing. It's up to the exorcist to figure out which one.
5. Have fun with it. If you run out of ideas in the middle of an exorcism just make some Dungeons and Dragons shit up, say something like "I call upon God, and the Angel of Vengeance (angels have boring names too) to bind the demon in the light of my breath and allow me to strike him down with the sword of righteousness!" Say something like this and the demon WILL see you swinging around some sword and scare the shit out of him (or her), but no one else will see this. If you don't want a sword, you can say something like, "I call upon confusion Angels, to distract the demon and throw him in the pit!" and then like angry sparrows angels will circle around the victim, causing anguish to the demon. Again this is effective, but no one but the demon will actually see the stuff you are conjuring. As I said, have fun with this, its all about imagination. When I'm an exorcist, I'm going to have Wolverine like claws, made from the metal from the nails that crucified JC that will make me indestructible to demons, and which can pass through the body of the victim of the demon possession without harming him or her, and slay the demons, and make them run to the pits of hell rather than fuck with me and my claws of invincible piety.
Demon Test
BL's website lets one take a test to see if they at risk of being attacked by demons. It's located here: http://www.demontest.com/. I personally have a moderate risk for demonic possession/oppression. I pray no one has a more serious risk than I have, or else I just might crashing through your front door one of these days to rid you of demons!!
This is Bob:
Bob battles the devil. He also hates secular rock music, and thinks that people like Rush Limbaugh are morally suspect. Bob also allegedly likes womanizing, fraud and embezzling.
Bob's going to go off and rid the world of demons now, while I begin my usual self-absorbed 'book review', but we'll come back to him.
Say good-bye to Bob for now:
Why?
This is yet another of the 'treasures' lurking in my apartment and like a retard asshole I felt inclined to read it. Why do I read these things? I used to think it was a failing on my part, but after reading this book I have learned that there are demons out there with really boring names like Murder, Lust, and Perversion (I mean come on, you're a fucking fallen angel, can't you come up with a cool name, rather than a description of what you make people do?). There are others mentioned in the book, most demons have the names of others, like there are a bunch of Murders out there. I blame the demon Bob Larson has confronted called Masochism for the reading I put myself through.
I never bought this book. Seriously, I didn't do it. A friend of mine did, and then gave it to me to sell on Amazon. No one wanted to buy it, and I kept it. Last week I found it again. This week I read it.
My friend bought this book after him and I watched a six hour video of this guy talking about Satan in contemporary American culture. When we bought the video we thought it was going to be a movie, instead it was a really long lecture with a few power point slides thrown in. That is how I spent Labor Day 2000, watching this guy talk about Satan. We had bought the video about a month earlier at a Gun Show. We had actually gone to the gun show for the exact purpose of buying Christian videos like this one. I had noticed a dealer of tons of this shit the year before when I went to the Gun Show, and in the summer of 2000 convinced this particular friend to join me and buy up Christian conspiracy shit. At the previous Gun Show I went to buy illegal weapons, but it was all cool, because in the pre-9/11 days (and maybe it still is, I haven't been to one since 9/11) by paying five dollars to go in to a Gun Show one automatically became a collector, and could buy things like retractable police batons, butterfly knives, switchblades, brass knuckles, a working bazooka along with live projectiles to fire out of it, fully automatic assault rifles (AKA pre-ban AK-47's), hand grenades, tazers; along with right wing libertarian propaganda, authentic Nazi paraphernalia and videos about conspiracies, from a Christian point of view.
Gosh I loved the Gun Show. I never did get the tazer I wanted, but I was able to get a some other neat-o toys, nothing too serious... although one year I seriously considered getting a bazooka, just because I had enough money to buy one (they are cheaper than one would think). This is the same year I almost bought an AK-47. For the record though I have never owned a gun. But I did love the Gun Show, I even had a song I made up about the Gun Show that I'd sing constantly the weeks leading up to the Gun Show as I harassed at least one friend of mine to join me because while I loved the Gun Show, I was more than a bit frightened of the people who attended the Gun Show, and well safety in numbers.
Because of my love for the late 1990's Gun Shows in Saratoga Springs, NY I am the proud owner of this book.
The Book
The book is weird. I had no idea what to think as I read it. First off, I don't believe in the Devil (one teenager who BL administered an exorcism said, "I'm an atheist. I worship the Devil!"), or demonic possessions. I also don't know why BL has conducted thousands of exorcisms to what all seem like people in actively involved in churches (another passage, not strictly quoted. BL goes to meet a kid who is the head of a Satanic Cult, loves Morbid Angel and Danzig, wears 'heavy metal' clothing, with a mohawk, but shows up with his church Pastor, but continues to be surly and 'evil'). Secular people don't seem to get fucked with by the Devil, or at least not in BL's world.
But how does one argue against what is a bunch of 'first person' testimony? Well one can try to use logic, but that won't get anywhere. Instead I'm just going to believe BL is right for the rest of this review.
This book is part warning about the threat Satan poses in our lives. It is also part how to be a free-lance exorcist manual. Pretty cool, huh?
The first thing you need to know is that God is all powerful, but he's not really that powerful. For example he was all powerful but not powerful enough back in the pre-JC days to really help the Jews (page 80). He also can kind of get rid of demons but it's up to you, the exorcist to trick the demons into being gotten rid of. This might sounds scary, and difficult, but...
2. Demons aren't very smart. They have really obvious names, that tell what they do, and how they got into a person. For example if the demon is named Perversion, there is a good chance that you looked at a Hustler magazine that your degenerate deacon of a dad left laying on the living room floor when you were little, and now you can't stop reading dirty magazines and playing with your teenage cooch; and you have no idea why you would do such a dirty awful thing, but you do it all the time. Well you just have to realize you let the demon in when you were checking out the gynecological beaver shot back when you were a toddler, and you can then tell the demon to scram. How does one find out the exact moment when the demon entered? Well you trick the demon into telling you. Demons are fucking stupid. You think being angelic beings, being close to the all knowing G and his boy JC they would have learned something, or maybe be smarter than BL but they aren't. They don't even have the good sense to not show themselves when the exorcist is around. They are dumb. You will win over them future exorcist!!
3. Demons make people hurt themselves and others. This is scary and true, but it also doesn't mean that as an exorcist you can't just call a time out to have a nice snack or use the bathroom in the middle of an exorcism. Apparently when a spiritual Time-Out is called demons just kind of chill till the action starts again. Use this to your advantage spiritual warrior!!
4. Demons cause Homosexuality. Not all Homosexuality is caused by the demon Perversity, sometimes it's Self-Loathing. It's up to the exorcist to figure out which one.
5. Have fun with it. If you run out of ideas in the middle of an exorcism just make some Dungeons and Dragons shit up, say something like "I call upon God, and the Angel of Vengeance (angels have boring names too) to bind the demon in the light of my breath and allow me to strike him down with the sword of righteousness!" Say something like this and the demon WILL see you swinging around some sword and scare the shit out of him (or her), but no one else will see this. If you don't want a sword, you can say something like, "I call upon confusion Angels, to distract the demon and throw him in the pit!" and then like angry sparrows angels will circle around the victim, causing anguish to the demon. Again this is effective, but no one but the demon will actually see the stuff you are conjuring. As I said, have fun with this, its all about imagination. When I'm an exorcist, I'm going to have Wolverine like claws, made from the metal from the nails that crucified JC that will make me indestructible to demons, and which can pass through the body of the victim of the demon possession without harming him or her, and slay the demons, and make them run to the pits of hell rather than fuck with me and my claws of invincible piety.
Demon Test
BL's website lets one take a test to see if they at risk of being attacked by demons. It's located here: http://www.demontest.com/. I personally have a moderate risk for demonic possession/oppression. I pray no one has a more serious risk than I have, or else I just might crashing through your front door one of these days to rid you of demons!!
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December 24, 2009Q: Alfonso, why is this book on your shelves if you know that you ain’t reading any of that delusional crap!
A: well true that on the delusional crap part… but I am reading this piece of shit! Mostly because Mr. Greg says it teaches one how to be a freelance exorcist on today’s world!!!
Q: so… what use have you got for that?
A: are you shitting me??? Dude I’m putting together a team of rogue exorcist!!! I’m planning on recruiting Mr. Greg, and MFSO… I can totally see us repealing down a helicopter on some haunted house… screaming IN THE NAME OF JESUS GO GO GO!!!! Kicking down some doors holding our holy shotguns (check that Keanu Reaves movie out) throwing some holy water grenades to disoriented the demons! And then bang! We perform our kick ass modern day exorcism!!! And finishing up with a kick ass catch phrase… I’m still working on that! I’ma watch that boondocks saints 2 movie again and see if I can plagiarize something from them… something like “in the name of the father, the song and the holy spirit… EAT LEAD MOTHER FUCKER!!!” (as I said I’m still working on that part!). Then we go back to our layer and discuss how the demons are directly responsible for big corporations and non-organic food… well actually Mr. Greg and MFSO do that… I just go to a corner and play video games and act stupid!
Q: are you insane?
A: yes, yes I am! Next!
Q: I recently read some comments from you were you claim to be an I quote “a protestant jew” with that in mind how you expect to use the cross and all the Catholic/Christian items that you mentioned on your crazy fantasies?
A: I don’t remember reading anything against protestant jews not being able to fight the devil! So fuck off!
Q: can I join your anti demon SWAT team??
A: sure! Why not? I don’t remember reading anything against imaginary interviewers not being able to fight demons! Welcome aboard brother!
A: well true that on the delusional crap part… but I am reading this piece of shit! Mostly because Mr. Greg says it teaches one how to be a freelance exorcist on today’s world!!!
Q: so… what use have you got for that?
A: are you shitting me??? Dude I’m putting together a team of rogue exorcist!!! I’m planning on recruiting Mr. Greg, and MFSO… I can totally see us repealing down a helicopter on some haunted house… screaming IN THE NAME OF JESUS GO GO GO!!!! Kicking down some doors holding our holy shotguns (check that Keanu Reaves movie out) throwing some holy water grenades to disoriented the demons! And then bang! We perform our kick ass modern day exorcism!!! And finishing up with a kick ass catch phrase… I’m still working on that! I’ma watch that boondocks saints 2 movie again and see if I can plagiarize something from them… something like “in the name of the father, the song and the holy spirit… EAT LEAD MOTHER FUCKER!!!” (as I said I’m still working on that part!). Then we go back to our layer and discuss how the demons are directly responsible for big corporations and non-organic food… well actually Mr. Greg and MFSO do that… I just go to a corner and play video games and act stupid!
Q: are you insane?
A: yes, yes I am! Next!
Q: I recently read some comments from you were you claim to be an I quote “a protestant jew” with that in mind how you expect to use the cross and all the Catholic/Christian items that you mentioned on your crazy fantasies?
A: I don’t remember reading anything against protestant jews not being able to fight the devil! So fuck off!
Q: can I join your anti demon SWAT team??
A: sure! Why not? I don’t remember reading anything against imaginary interviewers not being able to fight demons! Welcome aboard brother!
February 7, 2021
Let me start off by saying I’m open minded when it comes to religion. I read this because my boyfriend asked me to. and just because he doesn’t read anything I suggest doesn’t mean I have to follow suit. Plus I enjoy reading about religion. Theeeeen, I saw who the author is. “Oh shit balls. This is going to be the longest short read of life”
Oooooh the problems I have with this book. So many.
Judging other religious practices as delving in to satanism because...they don’t line up with what he believes?
Metal music of course gives way to satan.
The unoriginal demon names made me giggle.
Devil made me do it...cause that doesn’t sound like mental illness at all.
Like all of his other books, this is here on this earth to fund this years newest yacht model.
Oooooh the problems I have with this book. So many.
Judging other religious practices as delving in to satanism because...they don’t line up with what he believes?
Metal music of course gives way to satan.
The unoriginal demon names made me giggle.
Devil made me do it...cause that doesn’t sound like mental illness at all.
Like all of his other books, this is here on this earth to fund this years newest yacht model.
August 10, 2013
Very scary stuff! I know a lot of people don't believe in the actual battle going on but there's enough here to really make you think about it. Don't take this book as scripture...seek the scriptures for truth...but a fascinating, and scary, read, nonetheless.
November 26, 2025
Beware the enemy. He's real, he exists, and he is the author of disruption, lies and confusion. Read this book if you have any doubts. Bob Larson is an acquaintance of mine, and I assure you, Bob knows his stuff.
February 16, 2021
Educational read.
September 3, 2013
This self-aggrandizing hogwash was entertaining for a minute. A very short minute. Despite my approach to the text as purely fiction, certain instances, when I took a moment to realize that the author is actually not writing this for me, but to a legitimate believer of this 'non-fiction' account of spiritual warfare), I was insulted. This happened when Bob felt compelled to answer the phone (?) during one of his life-altering, earth-shattering exorcisms, only to find another demon on the end of the line (?)...satisfyingly (?why Bob?) noting that this other demon is 2000 miles away! I mean, YOLO, am I right. Demons have phone plans too, and sometimes you need to have a chat with your bestie. Come on, Bob. Work with me here. You should have quit while you were ahead. Next time, don't answer the phone during an exorcism, dumb ass.
August 20, 2012
Absolute trash written by an egotistical moron.
Bob Larson was trashed in debates against Zeena and Nikolas Schreck on two different occasions- he makes these books for MONEY and no other purpose.
And anyone who believes he can actually perform an exorcism must have some mental issues because 1. Demons don't exist and reasonable people understand this and 2. He uses no culturally relevant systematic mannerism in his exorcisms- it's basically entirely self styled, like a circus performer.
Bob Larson was trashed in debates against Zeena and Nikolas Schreck on two different occasions- he makes these books for MONEY and no other purpose.
And anyone who believes he can actually perform an exorcism must have some mental issues because 1. Demons don't exist and reasonable people understand this and 2. He uses no culturally relevant systematic mannerism in his exorcisms- it's basically entirely self styled, like a circus performer.
September 29, 2012
The title might turn off people even scare them..... But after reading this book... It made me stronger I realized how powerful God is and how he is willing to help us long as we submit ourselves to him trust and have faith in him..... This book is an eye opener... I'd say if you have the courage to look pass the title and read it you will be closer to God and have the strength to defeat Satan nice read
February 26, 2010
A lot of really rocky and horrible theology and I don't recommend it at all as any factual basis for anything. If you want to read a book just to feel horrified that someone can believe or think/act a certain way than this is for you. If you want to learn about doing exorcism than put it down and try and remember nothing.
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December 28, 2012it is a very interesting book. i have read it a lot plenty of times, now i know how to exorcise demons, and how they work,
May 18, 2017
This auto-hagiography highlights the importance of avoiding the "as you know Bob..." style of writing dialogue.
June 16, 2013
This book is amazing.
I had a hard time putting it down.
I had a hard time putting it down.
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