The Secret History Of Lucifer

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Who is Lucifer? The orthodox Christian view tells us that he challenged God, fell from Heaven, tempted Eve & created death & suffering. Then he became Satan, horned king of Hell. Yet as Lynn Picknett explains, Devil was only a new incarnation of the old woodland deity Pan, while Lucifer was a personification of the Morning Star, the planet Venus & its goddess. ' He' was therefore originally 'she', & a divine representation of love, beauty & human warmth. Indeed, many ancient goddesses were known as Lucifera, or ' Light-bringer' an honour extended to Mary Magdalene in her true role as goddess-worshipping priestess & Christ's successor. While thousands follow Lucifer in order to achieve earthly wealth & power, Picknett explains that such misguided behaviour is far from true Luciferan principles
- the audacious pushing ever outwards of the limits of human knowledge, startlingly exemplified by the little-known heresies of Leonardo da Vinci. Ironically, controversial modern scientists, who see no proof of a God, much less of a Devil, may possess the key to the existence of the old archetypal adversaries. Urging a radical shift in both religious & scientific paradigms, Picknett draws together ancient heretical Christian & Egyptological texts, & the implications of abnormal psychology & the 'extreme possibilities' of certain barely-understood human attributes, to pose the extraordinary question: ' Have we humans actually created God & Lucifer, not merely as icons or metaphors, but in a terrifying way, literally.