Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer, the name of various mythological and religious figures associated with the planet

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. The tradition usually reveres Lucifer not as the devil, but as a destroyer, a guardian, liberator, light bringer or guiding spirit to darkness, or even the true god as opposed to

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Lucifer as a literary and religious character

The word ''Lucifer'' is taken from the

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, which translates הֵילֵל as ''lucifer'', even though the

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word הֵילֵל, which occurs only once in the

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'' has been transliterated as ''hêlêl'', or ''heylel''. The

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renders הֵילֵל in Greek as ἑωσφόρος (''heōsphoros''), (see:

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). a name, literally "bringer of dawn", for the morning star. Later

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came to use the Latin word for "morning star", ''lucifer'', as a proper name ("Lucifer") for the

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; as he was before his fall. As a result, ''Lucifer'' has become a by-word for

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or the

in the church and in popular literature", as in

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's '' Inferno'', Joost van den Vondel's ''Lucifer'' and

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's ''

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''. However, the Latin word never came to be used almost exclusively, as in English, in this way, and was applied to others also, including

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. The image of a morning star fallen from the sky is generally believed among

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to have a parallel in Canaanite mythology. According to both Christian and

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, in Chapter 14 of the

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, the

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(

Nebuchadnezzar II Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Nabû-kudurri-uṣur'', meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"; Biblical Hebrew: ''Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar''), also spelled Nebuchadrezzar II, was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling ...

), conqueror of Jerusalem, is condemned in a prophetic vision by the prophet Isaiah and is called the "Morning Star" (planet Venus). The

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text in this chapter says, . ''Helel ben Shahar'' may refer to the

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, but the text in Isaiah 14 gives no indication that Helel was a star or planet.

Common beliefs

Though associated with

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, a philosophy based on the

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interpretation of the

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, Luciferianism differs in that it does not revere merely the

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figure or

but the broader figure of Lucifer, an entity representing various interpretations of "the morning star" as understood by ancient cultures such as the Greeks and Egyptians. In this context, Lucifer is a symbol of enlightenment, independence, and human progression and is often used interchangeably with similar figures from ancient beliefs, such as the Greek titan

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or the Jewish Talmudic figure Lilith. For Luciferians, enlightenment is the ultimate goal. The basic Luciferian principles highlight truth and freedom of will, worshipping the inner self and one's ultimate potential, and to encourage and celebrate the same within all. Traditional dogma is shunned as a basis for morality on the grounds that humans should not need deities or fear of eternal punishment to distinguish right from wrong and to do good. All ideas should be tested before being accepted, and even then one should remain skeptical because knowledge and understanding are fluid. Regardless of whether Lucifer is conceived of as a deity or as a mere

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, he is a representation of ultimate knowledge and exploration as well as humanity's savior and a champion for continuing personal growth. Theistic Luciferians believe in Lucifer as an actual deity. However, Lucifer is not worshipped as the Abrahamic God, but is revered and followed as a teacher and friend. Most Theistic Luciferians are followers of the

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and may adhere to different dogmata put forth by organizations such as the

Neo-Luciferian Church The Neo-Luciferian Church is a Gnostic Luciferianism, Luciferian organisation with roots in Western esotericism, Thelema, and Magic (paranormal), magic. History The Neo-Luciferian Church began in 2005 as a collaboration between Danish occultis ...

or other congregations which are heavily focused on ceremonial magic, the

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, and literal interpretations of spiritual stories and figures. Many modern-day pagans also believe that Lucifer and many other demons were originally gods of ancient civilizations that were demonized by the Abrahamic religions.

History

Medieval

The Luciferian label—in the sense of Lucifer-worshipper—was first used in the '' Gesta Treverorum'' in 1231 for a religious circle led by a woman named Lucardis (Luckhardis). It was said that in private she lamented the fall of Lucifer (Satan) and yearned for his restoration to heavenly rule. The sect was exposed by Conrad of Marburg and the Papal Inquisition. In 1234,

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issued the

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'' Vox in Rama'' calling for a crusade against the Stedinger, who were accused of Luciferianism. The bull contains a detailed description of supposed rites and beliefs. This description was repeated and occasionally expanded in the following centuries, but "modern historiography agrees on their entirely fictitious nature".Ruben van Luijk, ''Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism'' (Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 29–31. The actual identity of the heretics accused of Luciferianism is often difficult to ascertain. Those of the 13th-century

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appear to have been Cathars (Alexander Patschovsky) or a distinct off-shoot of the Cathars (Piotr Czarnecki). In the 14th century, the term Luciferians was applied to what appear to have been

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. They were persecuted under the Luciferian label in Schweidnitz in 1315 and in Angermünde in 1336. In 1392–1394, when some four hundred Luciferians from

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and

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were brought before the inquisitor Peter Zwicker, he exonerated them of devil-worship and correctly identified them as Waldensians. At the same time, the inquisitor Antonio di Settimo in

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believed the local Waldensians to be Luciferians. Kathrin Utz Tremp
"Heresy"
in Richard M. Golden, ed., ''Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition'' (ABC-CLIO, 2006), p. 486.

Modern

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'' was an

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journal published in the United States by Moses Harman in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It has been reported that "the title was selected, stated Harman, because it expressed the paper's mission. Lucifer, the name given to the morning star by the people of the ancient world, served as the symbol of the publication and represented the ushering in of a new day. He declared that freethinkers had sought to redeem and glorify the name Lucifer while theologians cursed him as the prince of the fallen angels. Harman suggested that Lucifer would take on the role of an educator. 'The God of the Bible doomed mankind to perpetual ignorance,' wrote Harman, 'and eoplewould never have known Good from Evil if Lucifer had not told them how to become as wise as the gods themselves. '' Lucifer'' was a publication edited by the influential occultist Helena Blavatsky. The journal was first published by Blavatsky. From 1889 until Blavatsky's death in May 1891,

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was a co-editor.

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's writings, which formed the basis for

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, characterised Lucifer as a spiritual opposite to Ahriman, with

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between the two forces, mediating a balanced path for humanity. Lucifer represents an intellectual, imaginative and otherworldly force which might be associated with visions, subjectivity, psychosis and fantasy. He associated Lucifer with the religious and philosophical cultures of Egypt, Rome, and Greece. Steiner believed that Lucifer, as a supersensible Being, had incarnated in China about 3000 years before the birth of Christ. Léo Taxil (1854–1907) claimed that

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is associated with worshipping Lucifer. In what is known as the Taxil hoax, he alleged that leading Freemason Albert Pike had addressed " e 23 Supreme Confederated Councils of the world" (an invention of Taxil), instructing them that Lucifer was God, and was in opposition to the evil god

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. Supporters of Freemasonry contend that, when Albert Pike and other Masonic scholars spoke about the "Luciferian path" or the "energies of Lucifer", they were referring to the Morning Star, the light bearer, the search for light; the very antithesis of dark, Satanic evil. Taxil promoted a book by Diana Vaughan (actually written by himself, as he later confessed publicly) that purported to reveal a highly secret ruling body called the

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, which controlled the organization and had a Satanic agenda. As described by ''Freemasonry Disclosed'' in 1897: Taxil's work and Pike's address continue to be quoted by anti-Masonic groups. In ''Devil-Worship in France'',

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compared Taxil's work to what today would be called a

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story, replete with logical and factual inconsistencies. Madeline Montalban was an

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and

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. She co-founded the

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organisation known as the Order of the Morning Star (OMS), through which she propagated her own form of Luciferianism. In 1952, she met Nicholas Heron, with whom she entered into a relationship. An engraver, photographer, and former journalist for the '' Brighton Argus'', he shared her interest in the occult and together they developed a magical system based upon Luciferianism, the veneration of the deity Lucifer, or Lumiel, whom they considered to be a benevolent

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ic deity. In 1956, they founded the Order of the Morning Star, or ''Ordo Stella Matutina'' (OSM), propagating it through a correspondence course. The couple sent out lessons to those who paid the necessary fees over a series of weeks, eventually leading to the twelfth lesson, which contained ''The Book of Lumiel'', a short work written by Montalban that documented her understanding of Lumiel, or Lucifer, and his involvement with humankind. The couple initially lived together in

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, from where they ran the course; but in 1961 moved to the coastal town of Southsea in

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, where there was greater room for Heron's engraving equipment. In '' Rules for Radicals'' (his final work, published in 1971 one year before his death), the prominent American community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky wrote at the end of his personal acknowledgements: In Anton LaVey's '' The Satanic Bible'', Lucifer is one of the four crown princes of hell, particularly that of the East, the "lord of the air", and is described as the bringer of light, the morning star, intellectualism, and enlightenment. The title "lord of the air" is based upon Ephesians 2:2, which uses the phrase "prince of the power of the air'" to refer to Satan. Author Michael W. Ford has written on Lucifer as a "mask" of the adversary, a motivator and illuminating force of the mind and subconscious.

Organizations

Fraternitas Saturni

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, in his book on the German magical order Fraternitas Saturni, (FS) says that "the FS is (or was) the most unabashedly Luciferian organization in the modern Western occult revival". Hans Thomas Hakl describes the theological doctrine of the Fraternitas Saturni in the following manner:

A Logos was necessary in order for the light to dawn; and this
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was Lucifer, the Light-Bringer. Lucifer is the
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, who created our visible world by breaking the static cosmic order. The result was War in Heaven, by which death entered the world. Lucifer is regarded as the "higher
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" of Saturn (Satan representing its "lower octave"), the outermost planet and polar opposite of the Sun in ancient cosmology. Because of this ongoing opposition Lucifer is still fighting the Solar Logos. The principal battlefield is our earth, which contains a negative-astral and a positive-mental sphere apart from its physical form. Saturn is seen as the great judge with scales and sword, entrusted with weight, measure and number. He is the Guardian of the Threshold, or the gateway to transcendence. Because he betrayed divine mysteries to mankind, he has been punished. His heavy, dark, leaden qualities must be transformed into silver by the magician, in an alchemical process involving the "repolarisation of lights".

Greater Church of Lucifer

In 2014, Luciferians founded a worldwide organization for Luciferians from

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, known as the Greater Church of Lucifer (GCoL) under the leadership of church founder Jacob Mckelvy, co-presidents Michael W. Ford and Jeremy Crow, founder of the Luciferian Research Society. In January 2015, the founders of GCoL filed paperwork in the Austin County Courthouse in order to do business under the GCoL name. The GCoL focuses more on teachings based on the practical world. Family and personal progression are among its key tenets. In 2015, the GCoL opened a house of worship in Old Town Spring, Texas, with several dozen members. Over a hundred local residents, mainly Catholic, protested the opening of the church. The Luciferian philosophy of the Greater Church of Lucifer is defined by a foundation called the "11 Luciferian Points of Power", authored by Michael W. Ford. The text of the 11 points shows that Michael Ford, and by extension, the Greater Church of Lucifer which he leads, equate Lucifer with Satan. The 11-points philosophy cultivates and encourages individuality, self-determined choices based upon strategic application, and continually seeking to enhance one's will via overcoming challenges. Furthermore, it is practiced with the continual cycle and process known as "liberation, illumination, and apotheosis". The term "apotheosis" means "making oneself a god".

Neo-Luciferian Church

The

(NLC) is a

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and Luciferian organisation with roots in

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, Voodoo, Luciferianism, Thelema, and magic.

References

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