Let me state clearly that I view Lucifer as a fictional God, not fallen angel.
I am commenting on the meaning of his story in Christian Mythology. There is clearly a certain attraction to Lucifer, bordering on admiration. Lucifer was supposed to be a very intelligent fellow. He presumably knew that he could not defeat the powerful but evil Cosmic Tyrant (God.) He knew he would suffer for rebelling. But he rebelled nonetheless out of principle.
All of the atrocities of the Bible are not Lucifer’s but God’s, ordered by God, or condoned by God. God is a very nasty tyrant according to the Bible. Lucifer is the God of light (Lucifer means that) fighting the Evil God of Darkness, killing, suffering, and vengeance. Both are metaphors.
Lucifer tried his best. He taught humans that seeking knowledge was good. He taught that seeking pleasure was not evil. He fought the Tyrant's more powerful army in a lost cause. He knew it was a lost cause, presuming that he could read the future and take the Bible seriously.
Lucifer showed courage, principle, and pride (a good virtue in my opinion). He became secretly admired by Jews and Christians who would never admit it. He didn’t destroy cities, drown the World, or send plagues. That was God’s work. Lucifer fought for the right to dissent, rebel, and not bend one’s knee to the Tyrant. We owe him much for the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Knowledge and Science Revolution of the 20th Century.
We all admire the tragic hero of the lost cause. We recognise William the Conqueror for his victory and cruelty. But many think of Harold of the Saxons as the tragic hero, fighting and dying in a lost cause. He had just fought the Scandinavians in the North of England. He and his army were exhausted. His famous foot soldiers were a walking wounded infantry. Yet, he didn’t give up. King Harold and his Saxon heroes stood their ground against William’s armoured Knights. Despite the odds he came close to winning. But the odds were too great. Harold died sword in hand, on the Field of Hastings in 1066. He perished fighting for his fallen Kingdom. And he is more of a hero than the cruel, Duke William of Normandy. William won the battle and England.
Arthur Pendragon was a Romano-Briton (possibly Scythian) hero for the Britons in a lost cause. He refused to overlook the abusive way the newly growing Christian movement was savagely abusing the remaining Pagan Britons. He was willing to fight the Christian Church, slaughtering some priests who were torturing Druid captives. He relied on a Druidic advisor, Merlin, and not a Christian bishop. But he tolerated the Christians if they did not abuse the people.
My favourite is Constantine XII Palaiologos the last emperor of Byzantium (the old Eastern Roman Empire). He was a brave soldier who had fought the invading Turks for all of his young life. In 1453 after a long siege hundreds of thousands of Turks stormed the crumbling walls of Constantinople to slaughter a few thousand defenders. Constantine was seen sword in hand by the Turks. He died fighting about 6 Turks. He was bleeding and wounded but would not surrender. He fought so bravely even the Turks honoured him.
Lucifer is the mythological tragic hero like Harold, Arthur, Boadica, Zenobia of Palmyra, and Constantine XI Palaiologos fighting bravely against powerful aggressors. He had courage, and principle.
Lucifer also fought a battle he knew he would lose. That is the basis of Satanism. They don't worship Satan/Lucifer as a being but the symbol of a tragic hero in a lost cause of defending the “underdog.” He fought in defence of the abused human race, against a cruel vengeful Tyrant God and God’s army of supernatural killer angels.
The Satanist's message to us is that humans need to work to improve their lives, help one another, not to be ashamed of being happy or proud. His symbol is the liberation of people from a darkly evil Theology. He is the symbol of humans standing up straight, and rejecting a religion of Bible imposed misery, destructive self- hatred, and living in constant FEAR of a Cosmic Tyrant who salivates at the thought of sending them to Hell to burn for eternity.
Lucifer isn’t real as a being. But he is real as a metaphor for liberation from the negativity of Stone Age mythology. He is the metaphor for our freedom of thought, our improving the real world without fear of an imaginary world, and our freedom to pursue happiness without feeling guilty for it.
I am commenting on the meaning of his story in Christian Mythology. There is clearly a certain attraction to Lucifer, bordering on admiration. Lucifer was supposed to be a very intelligent fellow. He presumably knew that he could not defeat the powerful but evil Cosmic Tyrant (God.) He knew he would suffer for rebelling. But he rebelled nonetheless out of principle.
All of the atrocities of the Bible are not Lucifer’s but God’s, ordered by God, or condoned by God. God is a very nasty tyrant according to the Bible. Lucifer is the God of light (Lucifer means that) fighting the Evil God of Darkness, killing, suffering, and vengeance. Both are metaphors.
Lucifer tried his best. He taught humans that seeking knowledge was good. He taught that seeking pleasure was not evil. He fought the Tyrant's more powerful army in a lost cause. He knew it was a lost cause, presuming that he could read the future and take the Bible seriously.
Lucifer showed courage, principle, and pride (a good virtue in my opinion). He became secretly admired by Jews and Christians who would never admit it. He didn’t destroy cities, drown the World, or send plagues. That was God’s work. Lucifer fought for the right to dissent, rebel, and not bend one’s knee to the Tyrant. We owe him much for the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Knowledge and Science Revolution of the 20th Century.
We all admire the tragic hero of the lost cause. We recognise William the Conqueror for his victory and cruelty. But many think of Harold of the Saxons as the tragic hero, fighting and dying in a lost cause. He had just fought the Scandinavians in the North of England. He and his army were exhausted. His famous foot soldiers were a walking wounded infantry. Yet, he didn’t give up. King Harold and his Saxon heroes stood their ground against William’s armoured Knights. Despite the odds he came close to winning. But the odds were too great. Harold died sword in hand, on the Field of Hastings in 1066. He perished fighting for his fallen Kingdom. And he is more of a hero than the cruel, Duke William of Normandy. William won the battle and England.
Arthur Pendragon was a Romano-Briton (possibly Scythian) hero for the Britons in a lost cause. He refused to overlook the abusive way the newly growing Christian movement was savagely abusing the remaining Pagan Britons. He was willing to fight the Christian Church, slaughtering some priests who were torturing Druid captives. He relied on a Druidic advisor, Merlin, and not a Christian bishop. But he tolerated the Christians if they did not abuse the people.
My favourite is Constantine XII Palaiologos the last emperor of Byzantium (the old Eastern Roman Empire). He was a brave soldier who had fought the invading Turks for all of his young life. In 1453 after a long siege hundreds of thousands of Turks stormed the crumbling walls of Constantinople to slaughter a few thousand defenders. Constantine was seen sword in hand by the Turks. He died fighting about 6 Turks. He was bleeding and wounded but would not surrender. He fought so bravely even the Turks honoured him.
Lucifer is the mythological tragic hero like Harold, Arthur, Boadica, Zenobia of Palmyra, and Constantine XI Palaiologos fighting bravely against powerful aggressors. He had courage, and principle.
Lucifer also fought a battle he knew he would lose. That is the basis of Satanism. They don't worship Satan/Lucifer as a being but the symbol of a tragic hero in a lost cause of defending the “underdog.” He fought in defence of the abused human race, against a cruel vengeful Tyrant God and God’s army of supernatural killer angels.
The Satanist's message to us is that humans need to work to improve their lives, help one another, not to be ashamed of being happy or proud. His symbol is the liberation of people from a darkly evil Theology. He is the symbol of humans standing up straight, and rejecting a religion of Bible imposed misery, destructive self- hatred, and living in constant FEAR of a Cosmic Tyrant who salivates at the thought of sending them to Hell to burn for eternity.
Lucifer isn’t real as a being. But he is real as a metaphor for liberation from the negativity of Stone Age mythology. He is the metaphor for our freedom of thought, our improving the real world without fear of an imaginary world, and our freedom to pursue happiness without feeling guilty for it.
Mythology and superstition shackle the brain, distort rational thinking, and promote harmful behavior.
