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For me, Lucifer and Satan are only linked through two connections. One being the erroneous assumption of Fundamentalist Christians{and those who buy their paradigm or links, whether they be christian or not themselves} that Lucifer is the attractive yet Mephistophelian version of Satan{like a good looking ,weel dressed corporate businenessman}, and/or as Satan before his fall. Presumed to be such through the mis-intrepretation of the passage in Isaiah which the KJV renders as “how art thou fallen from heavan or LUcifer, son of the morning”; though that passage contextually is refering to a human Baylonian king poetically nickamed ‘helel ben shahar’ meaning “bright one or morning star, son of the dawn”, which did not refer to a fallen angel or to Satan prior fall, since the Jewish scripture/O.T.’s satan is not even a fallen angel or enemy of the god Yahweh but works with and for him/under him as heavanly court prosecuter and any angel Yahweh sends to “oppose” human works on his behalf. It’sd interesting the morning star thing, because through the Planet Venus as the greek light bearer and bright morning star{brightest object in sky pre-daybreak/heralding daybreak, but Jesus is also called “morning star” in 2nd Peter as well as in Revelations, so Lucifer is therefore also Christ.. The other being that both are connected through Prometheus, who is seen as a prototype of both, but some Liberally minded Christians also see Prometheus as a Christ proto-type.
To me Satan is the archetype who’s proto-types are Ahriman, Set, and the likes. Lucifer is the archetype whose proto-types are different from those of Satans; Lucifers being Prometheus, Enki, Quetzequatl, Melek Taus, Sophia{and/or Ain Soph Aur and the Deistic demiurge, whish is just the concious aspect of the divien mind who/which is preceded by Ain Sophia who is the divine subconciousness who/which is preceded by the dark chaos or the nothingness- the divine unconciousness or Bythos/Apeiron}. Lucifer and Satan are only connected via Prometheus, but they are also connected by Prometheus to Christ.
So whilst there are a couple minor links, they are actually more different than Same. Satan as a word and concept is based out of Hebrew language and mythology, and quite possibly that itself is a corruption and cultural inversion by the ancient Jews on the the Vedantic/sanscrit SAT{pure existance/BEING} and TAN{emanating or unfolding from/BECOMING}. Whereas Lucifer is as a word founded in Latin etymology and Greek and pagan mythology and ideas as well as gnostic ones. They share some similar influences and ideas or symbols, but no more so than the Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh religions share some similar influences, ideas, symbols, but also some very different ones; similar to the same degre as these are to each other, but also as different from each other as these are from each other.
Satan represents as you pointed out the carnal, but also the intellectual. Whereas Lucifer represents the intellectual but also the spiritual. Of course there are sects or types of Spiritual Satanism which may contest this a little. Satan has some implications/meanings as a word{if based out of the hebrew anyhow, the sat-tan of sanscrit differs a little} and a archetype based in some proto-types that are sort of morally neutral or even darker or perhaps more elitist and harsh, whereas Lucifers proto-types are largely philanthropic and self-sacrificing and empathetic to sentient life.
It all really depends on which versions of Luciufer and/or Satan one refers to or takes inspiration and influence from of course. But to me Lucifer has
Lucifer also represents the light of conciousness that emenates from the divine conciounsess which is a hidden light, which is infused into the seemingly dark cosmos, being through the demiurgic principle- the light of creation itself. I also see Satan as manifetsed as entropy and destruction which precedes the Lucifer which is manifested as evolution.
Most of the world, especially the west, but also the mid-east via Islam, Lucifer and Satan are seen as if not synonymous than pretty dark close, because of the error of the mistralnslation of that one verse from the book of Isaiah in the Jewish bible intrepreted as the Christian old testament.
But this is error, error which even some liberal christians have aknoweldged as an error and mis-connection. So in reality they are connected only via Prometheus and the mis-translation/mis-intrpretation of that one passage in Isaiah. I see the two as quite distinct from each other. I like the christian philanthropic fallen angel Lucifer=satan, but also am aware this is a misconnection. I honor and revere the SAT-TAN{vedic/sanscrit and the dark doctrines satanism ‘SaTan”}, other than that, to me Satan is of implications I’m not the biggest fan of{the carnal greed/false ego modern satanism satan}. Lucifer represents much higher aspirations to me. I respect/like and even revere Satan in some schemes, but in others I don’t at all. Lucifer I see only light, life, love, empathy, justice, true will/free will, and self-actualization/self divinity devoid of that false carnal excess ego and devoid of materialistic greed.
Look at me rambling. lol! sorry. It is a complex subject, and subject to various intrpretations of course, but while I see a couple minor connections between the two, to me they are no more or less similar than Chrisatianity, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism are to each other.
Anyways, thanks for the thought provoking article. 🙂
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December 17, 2013 at 3:48 PM
Well said.
July 23, 2015 at 11:56 PM
Thanks!
July 24, 2015 at 12:01 AM