Collecting From the Pit Volume One, Issues 1-4 and special Walpurgisnacht issue from years XXVI-XXVII A.S. A quarterly release with essays, articles, reviews and quotes curated and largely written by Michael Rose.
"From the Pit, the newsletter of the Abbadon Grotto is printed quarterly and sent to all members."
Michael Rose was raised on a small family dairy farm in Upstate New York. He retired after serving in executive positions for several global multinational enterprises. He has been a non-executive director for three public companies headquartered in the US. He lives and writes in San Francisco.
From the Pit is unique glimpse into CoS history, the Abbadon grotto's newsletter chronicles harsher philosophies that reflect the influence of Boyd Rice prior to the death of Dr. LaVey. What I found especially interesting here are the different publications and associated names, as this allows for a closer look at the development of the CoS as the world left the Satanic Panic behind.