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Apotheosis The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Luciferianism & the Left-Hand Path • Michael W. Ford Foreword by E.A. Koetting • BECOME A LIVING GOD Copyright Succubus Productions Publishing 2019. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Apotheosis: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Luciferianism Infernal Apotheosis Series: The Complete Works of Michael W. Ford ISBN: 9781099891458 Orders View the author’s catalog at https://www.luciferianapotheca.com/collections/michael-w-ford-books-1 Disclaimer Consider this adult knowledge, and not legal or medical advice. Use this book at your own risk. Succubus Productions Publishing/Michael W. Ford is not responsible for consequences of actions. This book is for readers of age 18 or older. Credits Authors: Michael W. Ford & Hopemarie Ford Foreword: E.A. Koetting Illustrators: Kitti Solymosi, Mitchell Nolte, Nestor Avalos, Francesco Saverio Ferrara & José Gabriel Alegría Sabogal Editor: Timothy Donaghue Publisher: Succubus Productions Publishing & Luciferian Apotheca Special and Deluxe Editions available from Become A Living God. Acknowledgments • IWISH to thank the following individuals who have supported the Great Work and carrying out my Oath of the Magus and True Will according to my Daemon: Hopemarie Ford my beloved wife and partner who has contributed to this work), Artists Kitti Solymosi, Mitchell Nolte, Nestor Avalos, Francesco Saverio Ferrara, José Gabriel Alegría Sabogal and all the others who bring visual representation of the pantheons of the Luciferian Path; Paul Nunez (whose belief and dedication is unrivaled) and Editorial Manus Sinistra; Pharzhuph and Editora Via Sestra, Sara Ballini and Hekate Editions (my gratitude always Soror!), John Rose and musical associates, Ilya Affectvs and Corona Barathri, Nathaniel Harris, Stephen Flowers for inspiring my academic research so many years ago, Paul Fredric, Season Cole and my Portland friends and allies, Asenath Mason, Edgar Kerval and Emme Ya, Magister Dualkarnain of The Order of Phosphorus and the many, many more I call friends and associates. I especially want to thank Timothy Donaghue of Becoming A Living God for believing in the work! • Tablet of Lucifer • Acknowledgments Foreword11 Introduction13 Triad of the Morning Star Book One 1. The Left-Hand Path What Is the Right-Hand Path? What Is the Left-Hand Path? 2. Am I Luciferian? Key Luciferian Traits 3. Foundations of Luciferian Philosophy 4. The 11 Luciferian Points of Power 5. The 11 Luciferian Points of Power — Explained 6. Morals & Concepts of Basic Belief Luciferianism Is an Identifiable & Distinct Philosophy Origins of Humanity: Intelligent Design or Evolution? Regarding Sexuality Regarding Life After Death 7. Triad of the Morning Star Liberation Illumination Apotheosis Conceptions of Luciferian Philosophy & Structure of Practice 8. The 11 Luciferian Points of Power in Practice Balance in Luciferianism Reject the Victim & How to Identify a Luciferian 9. The Four Pillars of Luciferianism Power, Balance, Strength & Wisdom The Experience of Liberation, Illumination & Apotheosis Liberation Illumination Apotheosis 10. The Metaphysics of the Adversary Words of Power & Frameworks on Magick 11. The Keys to Magick Key 1: The Will Key 2: The Desire Key 3: The Belief 12. Meditation Mantra, Chants & Passionate Invocations Imagination & Fantasy in Magick Components in Successful Magick 13. The Test of the Devil’s Mask 14. Theogonia 15. Darkness & Light Understanding Darkness & Light Darkness Light Balance Ignis Daemonicus Book Two 16. The Daemonic Fire 17. Basic Definitions of Magick The Great Work 18. Reasons for the Practice of Magick Reason 1: Liberation Reason 2: Insight Reason 3: Strength Reason 4: Growth Reason 5: Exaltation Reason 6: Experience Reason 7: Passion 19. Symbols & Their Meanings in Luciferian Magick Deific Masks The Dragon & Serpent The Morning & Evening Star: Venus The Adversary & the Hidden Essence of the Demonic 20. Ritual Magick The Altar The Athame or Dagger The Wand The Pentacle The Chalice or Cup The Robe or Cloak The Bell Candles Parchment Incense Altar Cloth or Tapestry The Shadow or Witch Name 21. Ritual Initiation Definitions & Objectives 22. The Magick Circle The Luciferian Goetic Circle The Circle of the Adversary The Circle of the Angelic Dekadarchs The Grand Luciferian Circle The Circle of the 11 Powers of Chaos The Litan Triangle of Invocation and Evocation The Simplified Hermetic Circle of Triads of Light & Darkness The Triangle of Evocation The Triangle of Infernal Evocation 23. Constructing Rituals Invocation Evocation Definitions & Objectives Statement of Intent Focus on Sigil in Invocation & Evocation Traditions in Luciferianism 24. Solitary Self-Illumination Ceremony Ceremony Preparation The Self-Illumination Ceremony 25. The Circle Casting Rituals The Ritual of Summoning Cain The Algol Ritual of Azhdeha Casting the Circle of the Adversary Ritual of Infernal Union Lucifer & The Satanic Spirit Book Three 26. Lucifer, the Morning Star Earliest Origins of Lucifer Lucifer & Satan What Is the Adversary? 27. Monotheism & Religious Restriction The Origins of Yahweh The Assembly of Light Bearers (ALB) Glossary Bibiliography & Suggested Reading Michael W. Ford Become A Living God • Foreword E.A. Koetting • LOOKING back through time, my rise into public view as an ‘authority’ in the occult was fast, and it was not at all accidental. I first decided that I wanted to be an author at 12 years old, and that goal became the focal point of my education, my entertainment, and eventually my obsession. I studied the way that different authors craft sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and storylines. I deconstructed character biographies to understand how the author is able to evoke a personality onto a blank page. I paid special attention to how the meta theme and the personal, social, or spiritual morals were woven into the narrative. 10 years later I sat with my first manuscript in front of me, and I felt totally overwhelmed and unprepared. Sitting at my desk and writing every day wasn’t work at all; at times my writing seemed my only faithful friend. Shaping my thoughts into words was possibly my greatest talent. Once I was able to tether my love of writing to my obsession with the occult, my destiny seemed clear. I just have to write good books, and I’ll make it, I imagined. Then I took my manuscript to publishers and agents, and nearly every single one informed me that the publishing business is tough. It’s a ‘dog-eat- dog’ industry, there are more authors than readers, I was told, and that my work will always be measured against my competition’s latest release. I had studied the competition as well, and I maintained that, in my chosen field, I didn’t have any competition. I mean this with absolute respect: in seeking out works by my assumed competitors, the information, applications, and insights presented were so unique and the ways that the best authors transmuted ideas into books were so original that there was no comparison. It wasn’t a matter of merely seeing the same thing from a different perspective—the best occult authors saw, experienced, experimented with, and drew conclusions from the most mysterious happenings in human existence, focused on a subject that assumes a different form and manifests a different result for each person who interacts with it. I rejected the idea of competition outright. There was no competition; there was only unconscious collaboration. Writing any authoritative piece requires an impressive depth of research, and in my opinion, any respectable occult authority will also test the theory of a practice to be able to accurately report on it. Adepts are not cultivated in a vacuum, but Ascent relies on the assimilation of the collective body of knowledge and experience of predecessors and peers,their understandings forming the launching pad of other original ideas. My occult obsession drove me to lengthy and deep studies of classical grimoires and the works of revivalist occult philosophers, but as I dove into the field of instructional authorship, my focus turned more sharply to the works of contemporary teachers: to those who publishers referred to as my “competition,” but who I really looked to as models and examples. My competitors have always secretly been my heroes. At the time of this writing, I will be 40 years old in two years. I’m still young, and I have already accomplished more than I ever imagined myself capable. As Abaddon said to me: You have exceeded everyone’s brightest expectations for you. Though I think that Abaddon may have been mocking me, it still makes me smile because it is true. Having the opportunity to work alongside my living heroes, to see my name set in print in the same vicinity as the authors and teachers who have taught and inspired me is perhaps the most amazing form of recognition of the value of my work. I am humbled by the chance to work with and publish alongside modern Adepts like Asenath Mason, Edgar Kerval, Bill Duvendack, S. Connolly, and so many others whose works have helped me formulate my own ideas and discover new ways of being and doing from their original concepts. Throughout my rise, though, one black sorcerer has been referred to more than any other as my competition: Michael W. Ford. “If there is one author you need to beat,” my publishers tried coaching me, “It’s Michael Ford.” Ford is a few years my elder, both through biology and bibliography. As I worked to build my name and to build trust with an audience that I struggled to expand, for the first few years I secretly felt like I was trying to catch up to Michael Ford but that I was always just a few steps behind him. For the sake of my own maturation, magickally and professionally, I eventually had to let go of him as my imaginary big brother and start viewing my work as equal and parallel to his, so that it hopefully could evolve to be just that. I can’t say whether or not I ever caught up to Michael, as his magickal and professional evolution has been in forward motion and gaining momentum all along, and that my Ascent has benefitted from his work, and continues to do so. The fact that our paths have now converged, and the opportunity that I now have to help in the publication of Michael W. Ford’s Apotheosis, is an incredible honor, yet is not at all surprising. I would call it ‘Fate,’ although I’m almost certain that Michael could trace this convergence to a chain of choices, events, and even attitudes that have culminated in this expression of Will, Desire, and Action. Whatever the cause, I am grateful. The subtitle for Apotheosis is a perfect summary of this work: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Luciferianism. The name Michael W. Ford has nearly become synonymous with Luciferianism as its own self-contained magickal system, from the many books that he has authored, to the magickal orders that he has developed (and that others have developed from of his work), and even grounded through his musical projects, there is no question that Michael walks with Lucifer. This text is not Ford’s first pass at an all-encompassing primer on Luciferianism, but it without a doubt his best, and most complete treatment on the topic. The Bible of the Adversary, Beginning Luciferian Magick, and even Luciferian Witchcraft could be considered as such tomes. What is clear in Apotheosis, however, is that the subject being encompassed is either much wider and deeper than any of us had ever imagined, or that it is growing; that the Luciferian Current itself is expanding and sinking deeper; the Darkness is ever growing as we step into Lucifer’s Light. It is also clear, in reading between the lines and comparing this work to all of Ford’s previous texts, that the newcomers to Black Magick are not only growing in number, but they are coming to us much more evolved than ever before. They have more information, better information, and more hunger for truth than in any other time in history. They are ready for a challenge, and Apotheosis delivers! Ford teaches magickal methods both drawn from ancient sources as well as developed in his own magickal practice, and field-tested by countless Luciferians worldwide. He provides rituals that do work, theory that actually makes sense, and his ability to write a good book seems to never diminish. In my own valuation of this work, though, I am much more impressed by the focus on what I call ‘The Inner Game’: how to be magick instead of practicing magick; how to embody freedom instead of seeking to be free; how to become power itself! To this end, the instruction in Apotheosis provides clear, workable, and powerful lessons in ritual format and magickal technique. Probing magnitudes deeper into the real inner initiations into Lucifer’s Light, Ford also is diligent in grounding these teachings by providing some very practical advice with suggestions that could at face-value be dismissed as ‘mundane.’ These are in actuality some of the most powerful pieces of the whole puzzle. In fact, these very practical and logical recommendations on how the Luciferian thinks, behaves, believes, and lives his or her life all form the spine of Lucifer’s very real and tangible power. It is my proposition that Ford, in this work, brings to the surface the secrets of power that have been hidden in plain sight, and he underscores the fact that the freedom and power desired by the Luciferian is not only presented within the ritual temple, but is integrated as a necessary part of every aspect of the black magician’s life and self, from the most transcendental to the most mundane—all of which are encompassed by and divulged through Apotheosis! E.A. KOETTING March 9, 2019 • Introduction • THIS is a work dedicated to the introduction, philosophy, and basic practices of Luciferianism. You will read of building a self-disciplined regimen of applying the 11 Points of Power consistently until you break old habits and establish new ones. Many new habits are made by consistent practice over a period of one month. You will begin to understand key differences between Luciferianism and other paths, including the similarities. Luciferianism is not an alien path which keeps out other schools of thought, rather, it supplements and encourages self-directed initiation by embracing the similarities and your unique individuality. This is a guided introductory work which presents concepts and symbols associated with the Triad of the Morning Star; Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis are three concepts in which initiation is experienced and categorized for the sake of simplicity. Validation is a major part of Luciferianism, this builds and enhances our potential as individuals. You will also be able to define and recognize how the 11 Points of Power, the basis of Luciferian philosophy, as well as the Tenants outline the structure of what defines Luciferianism. Will, Desire and Belief is also a triad which is successful with internal and external transformation of the final Triad: Mind, Body and Spirit of the Black Adept. I wish you the very best upon the Left-Hand Path, holding on to the perception that you alone have all the tools required to experience continual Liberation, Illumination and the ecstasy of Apotheosis in this life. Ba Nam I Aharman MICHAEL W. FORD, Magus Akhtya Dahak Azal’ucel February 21, 2019 • Triad of the Morning Star Preparation of the Living Temple of Mind, Body & Spirit Book One • The Left-Hand Path An Introduction • THIS book is a basic introduction and explanation of Luciferian Philosophy including the differences and similarities between similar traditions including Satanism within Left-Hand Path schools of thought. Seeking purposeful knowledge to comprehend on a deeper level long forbidden topics and gaining the insight whichcan open gateways to wisdom and leads to personal power. While the greater details of Left-Hand Path (LHP) and Right-Hand Path (RHP) will not be explored in this work, a basic definition of both will be explained with an emphasis on the Left-Hand Path. What Is the Right-Hand Path? The Right-Hand Path (RHP) is the structure of belief and understanding in most monotheistic cultures and religions. This includes Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and the mainstream neo-pagan communities. The Right-Hand Path is basically a conscious acceptance and desire to surrender the self or merge with the Objective Universe, depending on religious beliefs, possible to unite in submission to a higher “god” or rewarding creator-deity. The Right-Hand Path is structured to remove the so-called burden of individualistic, isolate and self-liberating beliefs; RHP exists as the great “blending machine” of the masses and a pre-ordained story in which a creator god and his savior son have plans for humanity – if mankind submits and believes in Christian theology. Right-Hand Path religions are vastly intolerant despite preaching lamb-like conduct and thoughts in society; those who don’t adhere to monotheism are considered “lost souls” and often requiring “saving” to herd them into the path of heavenly nirvana and dissolution of the individual psyche into “God”. Right-Hand Path beliefs are deeply held in unnatural bonds from the fallacy of Dualism. Dualism considers a totally “good” being and to the extreme opposite a completely “evil” principle as well. Nature is ignored for the balance which is easily observed by almost anyone who can open their eyes and see. Nature maintains in this cosmic order a balance between creation and destruction, life itself on every level is at core predatory (i.e. the food chain) and no conscious being is for the inherent purpose, totally “good” or “evil”. The RHP is considered “white” and “good” while the LHP is defined as “black” and “evil”. RHP beliefs often encourage the desire to resist and reject natural carnal desires and selfish, rebellious thoughts. RHP religions desire to be saved from the “evil” of this world and escape to the promise of “heaven” in blissful dissolution. What Is the Left-Hand Path? The Left-Hand Path (LHP) is an all-encompassing conscious determination to preserve, often enhancing and strengthening one’s individualistic, isolate conscious existence in the Objective Universe or life within the Cosmic order. This extends naturally to the awareness and insightful experience that encourages the potential to not only comprehend, also to influence and compel change to the multitude of Subjective universes. The origins of the term Left-Hand Path is from the Sanskrit phrase Vama Marga. This ancient Tantric term refers to attaining Bodhana (Sanskrit meaning ‘Awakening’) essentially by the individualistic way of opposite- doing. To conceptualize this rational understanding as an introduction, the Left-Hand Path was for the elite few who possessed a small ‘spark’ of strength, will and determination to awaken from being as all humans are, Pashu (Sanskrit ‘herd animals’) who in their natural state exist in Supta (Sanskrit ‘Sleep’). This state of the herd or masses is one of a very low level of consciousness; believing what society and the media tells them is true, religion is a simplistic safety-net from the fears of the unknown and satisfied with meaningless pleasures. Left-Hand Path is for the strong-willed individual who, like the gods and heroes of old, seeks to conquer and endure the struggle and ecstasy of the transformative, awakening path of opposite-doing. Vira (Sanskrit ‘Warrior’) is fit for the individual who has the conquering energy to struggle and oppose via a dedicated, self-determined Liberation from the sleeping and low levels of consciousness. The Vira is of the Left-Hand Path as is the Divya (Sanskrit ‘Divine’) who have the fiery illumination and power inherent of the Black Flame. Luciferians seek to forge their own mental weapons to cut their own road on the LHP to Apotheosis or Bodhana. The natural state of the herd animal resists the opposite-doing and disorder of the struggle to liberate and illuminate our consciousness; this path can be hard, testing and challenging to all and only the most strong-willed and self- determined individuals attain Apotheosis and Awakening. Initiation can be often painstakingly attained by the self-determined rebellion and violation of deep-seated beliefs, social norms and ingrained internal taboos. Deliberately separating and liberation from the herd-animal standards of accepted convention and orthodoxy will test strengths and confront detested weaknesses; strategic thinking and acting will drive the enhancement of the cycle of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. There is a defining moment when intellectual contemplation and theory must be crowned with action and experience. The Luciferian by ordeals and initiatory journeys will create the cycle of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis, the transformation of the human consciousness into a balanced Daimonic and Divine unity of the Mind, Body and Spirit. The individual who feels an instinctual connection to the concepts of the LHP should choose to dedicate themselves towards the difficult and most overlooked basic principles of beginning Luciferian initiation by what is called the Triad of the Morning Star: Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. Take careful notice and a rational understanding of the 11 Points of Power and decide how you apply one or two to your thoughts, habits, words, choices and actions. After consistent practice with stubborn determination, change in the way in which you think and perceive yourself will begin to take shape; you will feel the joyful and confidence enhancing observation of this Liberation becoming Illumination here and now. Validating this process of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis by acting, using the struggle to awaken as the living center of the Crossroads demands individual experience; thus, insight upon the understanding of how you compelled this change. The total unity of Will, Desire and Belief is the key to commanding the change may require. Life has points of discord, pain and obstacles which can diminish the discipline and will of the Luciferian. The Adversary tempts, struggles and challenges to inspire the focus of Will, Desire and Belief and conquering with wisdom and insight. Struggle reveals a beginning of a personal spiritual “faith” in your living temple of Mind, Body and Spirit. Other Left-Hand Path traditions (including potentially non-LHP techniques including Buddhist, Tibetan Bon-Po, Voodoo, Thelema, etc.) have much to learn from as well. Luciferians should feel it their individual right to explore, learn and find respect for other tools of Apotheosis. • Am I Luciferian? Hopemarie Ford • HOPEMARIE FORD has contributed so much towards clarifying Luciferian Philosophy and validating results in the mundane (physical world). Mrs. Ford is a Priestess III˚ of The Order of Phosphorus (TOPH) and former Archon of the Greater Church of Lucifer (GCOL). Hopemarie is the co-founder of the Luciferian Apotheca, one of the largest and oldest Left- Hand Path and Occult online shops dedicated to Satanic, Luciferian, Thelemic, Ceremonial and Pagan Magickial products. Key Luciferian Traits The following are key examples of traits consistently a part of the Luciferian. Often these traits are a part of the character of the Luciferian from an early age. You can have some of these and might not have all of them. The majority is king here in recognizing if you are naturally aligned to Luciferianism. This is basic rational Left-Hand Path character traits which will be an excellent boon in applying the 11 Points of Power and the journey towards Apotheosis. 1. Maverick Luciferians are independent minded people, who see things in a way that often goes against the grain of the majority. (unorthodox,non-conformist, free spirit) You question everything. 2. Achiever Luciferians have an internal fire burning inside that drives you to make things happen. You like to be challenged and are not satisfied unless you see the challenge through to victory. If it is your will it will be achieved. 3. Non-Dogmatic While Luciferians are independent thinkers and certainly have opinions. You recognize and understand that your opinions, beliefs, and principles are not absolute. Luciferians are flexible and as your knowledge base grows, your opinions, beliefs and principles will evolve. They also recognize that it is not necessary for everyone to have the same opinions, beliefs and principles. 3. Accountable & Independent Luciferians believe that there is nothing outside the self. Therefore, you are the “God” of your world. Everything is within your power. You are responsible for your life’s failures as well as credited for your life’s successes and victory’s. No matter your views on atheism or theism as a Luciferian you must be strong and aware that you alone bear the responsibility for your life including how you affect those around you. You cannot blame a string of bad relationships on those you accepted (probably despite a warning from your instincts) and allow the indulgence of drama. Luciferians over time sharpen the instinctual ability to recognize traits and behaviors based on the interactions you have. Don’t be too hard on yourself, mistakes will be made and the key to it all is that you learn from failures to correct instinctual flaws in the future. 4. Self-Reliant Luciferians are confident in their ability to take care of themselves and you expect others to do the same. You help people that cannot help themselves but only after you and your family’s needs are met. You understand the world is “survival of the fittest” and you and your family come first. You only help those that can help themselves by giving them the knowledge and the tools to become self-reliant. You do not take care of or do things for the able of mind and body, because as a “Luciferian” you recognize that these actions will make them weak. 5. Intellectual Luciferians like the mental activity that is brought forth through study, thought and introspection. You are always seeking ways to increase your knowledge base and challenge your thought process. You do not take anything at face value, you research end explore all possibilities to find the truth. You recognize that Knowledge and Wisdom is power to fuel your ascension into Illumination and Apotheosis. 6. Tolerant Luciferians do not hate or judge others for being or thinking differently. You find the common ground that allows you to respect others. We do not attack other religions, principles or beliefs without direct provocation. Luciferians strive to understand different perspectives, even when such differs from personal convictions. 7. Strength & Strategy Luciferians are confident and show courage even when others do not. You do not use this strength to persecute others, but you do not turn the other cheek. You stand your ground and meet force in equal measure and beyond, when necessary, but only after you have planned and strategized. A Luciferian does not jump to actions or speech but rather methodically calculates and plans before they speak or act. 8. Balance Luciferians believe that all things are balanced with both light and dark. The light cannot exist without the dark and vice versa. Good and evil, light and dark are together in everything and everyone and therefore the concept of good or evil, light and dark does not exist. They are both necessary and based on individual perception. Actions cause consequences, regardless of petty opinions of what might be “good” and “evil”. When something is destroyed, seeds are sown for the creation of something new from the ashes. 9. Ruthlessness without Regret, Compassion with Purpose- Luciferians honor humanity’s warlike and conquering nature in balance with chosen emotions of sympathy and compassion. If someone becomes an enemy or acts maliciously towards you (and it honestly is not a result of your words or actions), turning the other cheek is an alien concept and ridiculous! Enemies can make us stronger, more insightful and enhance our strength of will by countering and destroying them! If you choose to make peace with an enemy, ensure there is mutual balance and then commit to it until such is broken. Enjoy the feelings associated with conquering your enemy and obstacles, invest no weak emotions such as pity or guilt in overcoming them! It is a natural pleasure to indulge in a legitimate strategic mental and/or physical strife when you have been attacked by another! Conquer with joy and honor the warlike essence of the Black Flame! If you choose to love another person, and perhaps want to give sympathy and compassion to a friend or family member in misfortune, do so with consistent loyalty with a result of helping themselves. • Foundations of Luciferian Philosophy • LUCIFERIAN Philosophy is different from the abstract concept the masses have on the ‘Occult’, a strong rational understanding and defined steps to applying and validating the results must be present. Traditional Satanism inspires a varied rational self-interest and self-satisfaction and indulgence in life and all that it entails. Luciferian Philosophy rises and carries on from Satanic principles towards Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. A balance between potentially a spiritual journey with a carnal one enhances you, a living “Temple of the Adversary” which is carefully and over time built. The Temple is your circle or circumference of Self, being the Mind, Body and Spirit. You will revel in discovering that the 11 Points are a foundation to Black Magical Apotheosis and the primal instincts within the carnal depths of humanity. Indulge carefully and allow your thoughts and energies to be used on making the best of life and desired future. Luciferians recognize that power accumulation is our natural Eucharist, understanding that as we alone are accountable for this life, our primal instincts honor the predatory instinct to ascend to Apotheosis, literally High Magick and Theurgy. Modern Satanism was pragmatically defined in “The Satanic Bible” by Anton LaVey in the 1960’s and 70’s a Western concept embodying an organized, rational Satanic Philosophy. The Church of Satan was centered on carnal indulgence and fierce independence. Satan has always represented a model of Self-Liberation and crossing boundaries created by dogmatic religion. The Church of Satan provided this platform and over the years the Left-Hand Path tradition has expanded and evolved continuing with Michael Aquino and the Temple of Set. Other controversial and extreme paths centered in Satanic Magick as a road to self-transformation, evolving beyond physical and mental limits and experiencing aspects of Satanic Philosophy and Ceremonial Magick as found in the anarchist and chaos-bringing Sinister Tradition known as the Order of Nine Angles (ONA) in the 1980’s. From the 1960’s and into the late 70’s a self-identified “Sethanic” and “Satanic” Witch named Charles Pace (Hamar’at), living in London, introduced and defined the modern outline of what he called then, “Luciferian” and “Sethanic” initiatory teachings. In the time of Gerald Gardner’s Wiccan movement and the Neo-Pagan RHP explosion, Charles Pace was soon forlorn and a maverick whose authentic Egyptian teachings and rites created a slight aura of fear and the forbidden around him. As a Luciferian Magus who has practiced Magick for more than 25 years, the validation and synchronicity in my journey landed in my lap, partly by obscure interest and after by stubborn determination, I obtained a photocopy of the hand-written and illustrated “Necrominon: The Book of Shades” and fragments of “The Book of Tahuti (Thoth)”, original writings which were never published and nearly forgotten in obscurity.At the time, my utterance and instinctual understanding of “Luciferian” was completely harmonious with what Pace called the Luciferian Sethanic Cult of the Masks. Within the pages of his Necrominon, along with copies of personal correspondence from the early 1960’s and into the late 1970’s, Luciferian Philosophy was pragmatically and rationally explained by Charles Pace. My research and further expansion of Luciferianism solidified our Adversarial Philosophy and a balanced approach between our method of LHP thinking and developing the Will to influence change within ourselves and the world itself. Luciferianism is the Philosophy of the individual who seeks self- excellence while indulging in the pleasures of this world with moderation; you are completely accountable for your choices and where you direct and invest your energy in this life. No deity, demon, spirit or living person is responsible for you and what you choose to do; like “Lucifer” and “Satan” you are alone, and your psyche is isolated to attain wisdom, experience, strength and personal power on your own terms. You do not seek “light”, there is already a spark so given to us in lore by “Fallen Angels” such as Samael, Azazel, Satan (as the Serpent in Eden) and Lucifer. Instead of seeking “light”, your journey and dedication will slowly ignite that spark into a Luminous Fire was commonly call The Black Flame. In time as a Luciferian, you are the Bearer of Light, balancing your primal instincts with the rational intelligence to what we call Apotheosis. Start with the basics, these key points which reveal hidden symbolism and concepts to invoke a foundation which you will build your life upon! Read these 11 points carefully and take some time to plan which ones you will apply and adapt in your life first. Take small steps and remain steadfast and consistent in total belief and commitment in this crucial initiatory experience. The 11 Points of Power are Keys to the challenge of identifying restrictive beliefs or habits which you wish to break free from. You must begin to think internally like a god or goddess. This will be difficult, lonely and often irritating in its’ repetitive boredom. You must break the old way of thinking and acting while consciously creating a new habit based on thinking differently. Each new habit established takes around 25 days so do not allow the lack of Will or bad influences to take you from your path! This is the beginning of practical experience of Liberation which leads directly to Illumination. The following 11 Points of Power will serve you well no matter which stage of life you are on or where you are at as a Luciferian. These points are basic and are grounded in everyday life, use them well and to your advantage. I have presented a small note on the origins of Lucifer and the connection to the symbol of the Adversary. • 11 LUCIFERIAN POINTS OF POWER • Point 1 Lucifer represents the light of intellect, wisdom and power unique to the individual with the courage to ascend to this responsibility. Point 2 The symbol of the Adversary is that of the self-liberator and spiritual rebel who inspires self-evolution. Point 3 Lucifer represents the balanced torch bearer of Venus: The Light Bringer as the Morning Star and the Night Bringer as the Evening Star. Point 4 The Adversary symbolizes the spark of consciousness which questions everything, manifesting the individualistic path with accountability only to the self. Point 5 The fall of Lucifer symbolizes the liberation of the mind from the slave- mentality and the courage to explore and master the darkness within. One may not offer the illumination of the Morning Star without the wisdom of the darkness within. Point 6 The Adversary represents rebellion with purpose: wisdom, strength and power. Point 7 Lucifer represents the courage and fortitude to acquire healthy self-love, leading to the responsibility of honoring your temple of mind, body and spirit. Point 8 To become your own god you must have the wisdom and strength to govern and guide your life as if your mind is to survive beyond the mortal body. Point 9 Indulgence with restraint, love for the deserving and disdain for those undeserving. Point 10 Lucifer represents the insight that every act, no matter if perceived as selfless, is at core a selfish act. Even if helping others is your passion, the brain still receives a chemical reward triggered by the act. Therefore, many consider that doing good deeds in society may bring you closer to “god”. Recognize you are selfish, then see this fact in all others while observing. Accept this and then with this knowledge, make choices that would benefit not only yourself but your loved ones’ when possible. Point 11 To become a god is to fully understand that you possess the power to create and sustain your path in life and illuminate the light of self-determined potential. • The 11 Luciferian Points of Power — Explained • 1. Lucifer represents the light of intellect, wisdom and power unique to everyone with the courage to ascend to this responsibility. AS individuals, we are accountable for all our actions. Our thoughts, words and actions have consequences and Luciferians strive to make good choices which support the goals and design we influence in this life. You cannot thank “God” or beg “it” for a favor. You cannot blame your bad decisions, failures and the miserable consequences on the “Devil” as so many try to do! When you indulge every base impulse and take actions which invite negativity the only one to blame is yourself. Luciferians utilize a basic strategic outline and apply a combination of rational psychology (cause and effect), thinking and using the knowledge required and limiting impulsive responses or actions. Luciferians as individuals all have their own interests and conceptions of what they want their goals to be. As we attain levels of Apotheosis the validation and sobering affirmation that to be your own god starts with how you perceive yourself, quality and focus of thoughts, time, energy and the actions taken daily. You will at times fail, make mistakes and probably have impulse or anger issues, there is no such thing as ‘perfection’, only self-excellence. After validating this process of shaping your living world and the power you possess, how you treat friends and others in society within a common-courtesy framework, you will have much less to feel guilt or regret for. Luciferians have the potential to be abundantly more balanced and stronger in character than Christians; when you are responsible for your actions and can’t bend a knee or go to church on Sunday to hide your bad behaviors in life, a sense of self-discipline will allow better thoughts, words and actions the first time! Responsibility begins and ends with the individual alone. The light of intellect is not only just attaining “knowledge”, rather being able to utilize it to meaningful ends. If you learn something, apply it towards something which brings insight and personal power towards your short and long-term goals. Wisdom is obtained from the experience and insight gained in applying knowledge to a result. 2. The symbol of the Adversary is that of the self-liberator and spiritual rebel who inspires self-evolution. The modern perception of the Adversary is composed of many of the pre- Christian (and other monotheistic religions) gods and goddesses. The Adversary is the motivator and often has associations with both creative and destructive aspects in nature. The Christian symbol of their religion is the cross, a representation of self-sacrifice. The cross is also the symbol of the executed criminal in the ancient world: it is like one using the electric chair or guillotine as the symbol of a religious belief. The Christian yearns for a paradise and peaceful world beyond this existence of hardship and struggle. The Luciferian seeks to master this life and find not only pleasure and enjoyment here and now,also to continually evolve and refine consciousness. The symbol of the Luciferian is primarily the descending star, which nearly resembles an inverted pentagram which derives from a medieval sigil of Lucifer. This symbol represents the ideology that one must know both creative and destructive aspects in nature and within the self; continually seeking and maintaining balance between both. The Luciferian does not believe in moralistic “good vs. evil”’; these terms are subjective and are varied in each culture. What is considered “good” in the United States may be perceived as “evil” in the Middle East; this does not make either culture “right” or “wrong”. If, for instance, a Luciferian is attacked by a foreign culture which denounces our beliefs’ or views, then we must understand we don’t fall under any protective blanket of “righteousness” nor more than any other belief system. Nature does not recognize this; it is up to the Luciferian to recognize the instinct of survival and that the Law of the Talon is truly the governing precept of this world. If a Luciferian is serving in the military, fighting in a foreign land during a war, there is no need to be in conflict of the “cause”. Your priority is not only to survive, also to protect yourself and the man next to you. Luciferians recognize first and foremost, like all pre-Christian religions, that we must seek to further the preservation of our immediate culture and conquer our enemies. What is important is to exist within the harmony (or disharmony) of your culture and the laws of the land. A Luciferian supports a society which in overall aims to educate and improve the people, knowing full well that many might not be able to have the determination to succeed. Luciferians are not unrealistic about the nature of this world: the strong rule the weak and the clever rule the strong. 3. Lucifer represents the balanced torch bearer of Venus: Light Bringer as the Morning Star and the Night Bringer as the Evening Star. Symbolism is important in varying degrees based on the predilection of the individual; some utilize it more than other. The symbol of Lucifer is not an absolute: there are many deities of old which made the composite representation of the bringer of light today. What is consistent is that Lucifer is the illuminating one, bringing knowledge of the self in our destructive and creative traits and desires. In turn we strive to attain the wisdom of how to guide and control with moderation those impulses. This is called balance, not allowing the self to become slave to our emotions and allow a cycle of self-destruction to begin. This path takes time and dedication, yet the results are quite worth it during life. The symbols of Lucifer represent both our possibility and origins as living beings. Luciferians recognize Science and Evolution as our origins as evident in this biography left in the earth. What can be understood is that mythology is often mirrored in this fact; the story of Enuma Elish for example. Tiamat would represent the dark watery chaos from which live crawled to land and evolved. Her 12 monsters of chaos represented in nature through the millions of years in evolution. Kingu, the creator of war and champion of Tiamat mirrored in the primeval life forms prior to humans and finally our emergence in the image of Marduk. The gods themselves are fixed in the symbols of nature and inherent in our selves. Don’t fall into the trap of believing in fantasy and myth as literal truth; such stories are intended to inspire our imaginations in understanding where we are from and a glimpse of possibility towards the future. Once you are brave enough to do this, only then are you partially equipped to manage and guide your life accordingly. 4. The Adversary symbolizes the spark of consciousness which questions everything, manifesting the individualistic path with accountability only to the self. Humans are both carnal and spiritual beings; sometimes one more than the other. Our culture has attempted to only associate spirituality with Judeo- Christian concepts and deride the carnal as being un-Christian. Luciferians seek to balance the carnal with the spiritual, benefitting the self now and in the future. Those who are only interested in the pleasures of the flesh now may lose site of the future and the possibilities. Luciferians reject the concept of faith as it is defined as having belief in something without having a reason to do so. To have complete trust or confidence in something which is not able to be validated (i.e. god, Jesus, Satan) is to surrender to the perversion of “blind faith”, which weakens the individual beginning in the unconscious and slowly spreading throughout the mind. This is no way to live your one, single life which you have here and now. Personal mythologies (a fantasy or symbolic story which inspires you) is not a literal “truth” which can be experienced by another individual, are suitable if you don’t allow it to turn into some absolute concept of deity. Many humans wish for there to be a supreme being, literally looking out for them and guiding their steps. This makes the hard choices in life much easier to make and the catastrophes which may be experienced to make some sort of sense to the faithful. Luciferians recognize that the idea of god within a Christian or monotheistic context is rather ridiculous, if not immature. Luciferians are not atheists in the strict sense: we acknowledge the connection between our minds which via thought creates energy waves and the act of Magick. Magick is the act of the willed act of directing energy towards change according to the individual. The “spark” of divine consciousness, awareness of being, is the beginning of the Black Flame. This is what we call the ability to realize that we as individuals are accountable for our life usually, thus how we use reason and logic depends on what we create or destroy. Think before allowing your energy to be focused into something unworthy of your goals. 5. The fall of Lucifer or Satan symbolizes the liberation of the mind from the slave-mentality and the courage to explore and master the darkness within. One may not offer the illumination of the Morning Star without the wisdom of the darkness within. We, as humans, evolved from predators over a long period of time. At base we desire violence and dominance over our environment and those within it. As we evolved, our reptilian brains were covered with a new type of brain which soon allowed concepts such as compassion and love to balance other emotions. The demonic or fantastical symbolism of the Adversary has meaningful representation of who we are as individuals. Luciferians recognize the hero-myths of the Greeks and other cultures to be some of the origins for the modern ideology itself: seek to conquer and evolve with greatness! Luciferians recognize that our dark and primal desires must be guided and balanced with our thoughtful, articulate minds. This is balance in Luciferianism. The myth of the fall of Lucifer is not in origin a biblical one; much of our modern image of the fallen angels comes from John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”, not a particularly “religious” text rather than a very good story. While Milton’s “Satan” is an inspiring character, the fall of the Light Bringer has origins in a much earlier period. 6. The Adversary represents rebellion with purpose: wisdom, strength and power. The Luciferian understands that questioning everything is important; essential and a part of the ideology of the Adversarial path. Luciferians can recognize the path to personal power is to use the culture and the laws of your land to your benefit and become a master within this society. A strong individual can become a leader by understanding how this world works and how people are swayed to the will of the Luciferian. Do not openly rebel against something unless you know what you are working towards; always create change from within as the priority. 7. Lucifer representsthe courage and fortitude to acquire healthy self-love, leading to the responsibility of honoring your temple of mind, body and spirit. Becoming your own god is to recognize that you are the most important thing within your life first and foremost. This responsibility of self-deity is not one to be taken lightly; it always demands a continual search for self- excellence. The Luciferian respects his (or her) own mind and body, thus seeking balance between indulgence and abstinence, a disciplined enjoyment in life with regard for the future. Self-love is important as you must trust yourself, recognize your strengths and seek to improve your weaknesses. Test yourself when you are able, lest you become weak or delusional in your abilities. This is a very important part of becoming a Luciferian. Do not harm your body or mind with chemicals or emotions which can bring decay and weakness. Don’t let others insult you nor put you down and most importantly – never invest belief in what they seek to project upon you. This not only includes insults, but also praise as well. Healthy self-esteem and building of the ego is essential, but never plant the seeds of weakness by allowing over-praise and flattery to become out of balance. It is better to demonstrate by your abilities rather than rest upon laurels. 8. To become your own god you must have the wisdom and strength to govern and guide your life as if your mind is to survive beyond the mortal body. Deification through the process of Apotheosis is a lifelong and ever transforming initiatory experience. The Triad of the Morning Star is a simple concept of how Liberation breaks restrictive chains (often within the mind), Illumination is the inner-ignition of the Black Flame (including the Art of Magick as a rational materialistic and spiritual inner discipline) which reveals the steps to commanding change according to the will. Apotheosis is the insight, wisdom and attained power in which initiation has demonstrated validated results. Some Luciferians practice the ancient art of Magick. While Magick begins in mere thought and basic desire, this art is often hidden by the curtains of myth and fantasy. The reality is that Magick is an everyday tool which is performed slowly in every mundane, willed act towards some goal or desire. The trick to the art is for the Luciferian to recognize this, direct and guide this inner energy towards realistic manifestation over the passing of time itself. This is a clue to what is known as the “Laws of Belial”, the mastery of the earth. This is also what we understand as cosmic order and cause vs effect. Live and continually seek self-development, maintaining and strengthening your core sense of who you are; live as if your consciousness may survive beyond physical death, regardless of whether you believe it is possible or not. A strong mind has the greatest potential in surviving the death of the body. 9. Indulgence with restraint, love for the deserving and disdain for those undeserving. Luciferians recognize that our subjective world is one which we create or destroy based on daily considerations and choices. We must enjoy this life and those who choose to love within it; don’t attempt to “love everyone” as that equates to a type of superficial and meaningless “love”; to love all is to love none. Be in control of your empathy and don’t waste it on the ungrateful and unworthy. When you have any enemy don’t forget that it is either you or them, act accordingly and be cautious in forgiveness. Empathy must not rule you, the mind must control it and decide where to allow it; compassion for those worthy, otherwise it is a slow sickness of being. 10. Lucifer represents the insight that every act, no matter if perceived as selfless, is at core a selfish act. Even if helping others is your passion, the brain still receives a chemical reward triggered by the act. Therefore, many consider that doing good deeds in society may bring you closer to “god”. Recognize you are selfish, then see this fact in all others while observing. Accept this and then with this knowledge, make choices that would benefit not only yourself but your loved ones’ when possible. If the act of charity or helping others brings a reward or pleasant feeling to your mind, act upon it accordingly. Don’t lie to yourself in thinking that Christians do this without a reward: motivation for this pleasure destroys the perception that people act in a selfless manner. Be awake and aware of this fact and act accordingly. A Luciferian should support helping others lift themselves up for tomorrow, educating and attaining their own unique potentials. Realize that there are those who don’t want to achieve this, some are parasites. Be wary of this and act accordingly. Do what you believe is the “right thing” and foster common courtesy. If you pledge your oath of loyalty to friends or family, keep it always, even when it is inconvenient and difficult. Strength and an honorable character are built from practiced discipline and steadfast mutual respect. 11. To become your own god is to fully understand that you possess the power to create and sustain your path in life and illuminate the light of self-determined potential. If you don’t take care of yourself, nothing else (and no one) will. A loved one may try to help or save you, but at the end of the day it is entirely up to you alone. We are born alone and physically die this way, never lose sight of this reality. As a god or goddess, you must first love yourself and strive towards your individual potential; this allows for power and control within your world. If you put this opportunity in the hands of another, especially a mythical concept such as a god or demon, then you are no different than the Christians or slave-mentality which you are seeking to be different from. • Morals & Concepts of Basic Belief The Basic Tenets of Luciferianism • IN support of cause and effect in Luciferian experience, the question of ‘morals’ is simply suggested here. Early on, consider your convictions, beliefs and what you consider right and wrong. Compare it with these simple tenets and the 11 Points of Power, make necessary adjustments and conscious choices to liberate yourself accordingly. Anton LaVey’s “11 Satanic Rules of the Earth” along with basics in the “Satanic Bible” are essential in the modern foundation of the Left-Hand Path. Luciferianism accepts and expands from these foundations accordingly. You don’t need a religion to tell you how to think or behave, if you do, you most likely don’t make the standard to accept the identification of a Luciferian. 1. The 11 Points of Power are keys to establishing power and beneficial experience in this life while striving for enhancements within the Mind, Body and Spirit. 2. Strive for having empathy for those around you, think how your actions or words will have an effect and consider a balanced choice which can make all happy. 3. Think before you act and the logic of cause and effect. If you make a choice, be confident in it. 4. Demonstrate common courtesy to others even when no one else is looking. 5. Enemies can inspire your evolution and bring insight if they so challenge you with equal strategy. Challenge enhances power when we overcome it. If you gain insight from an enemy, eventually conquering and gaining victory over them, you may owe them a debt of respect and honor. 6. Learn to determine who “worthy adversaries” who can be made eventually allies or even friends. Recognize also who are unworthy and who lack the virtues we commonly identify as Luciferian. Be ruthless and cold with those who are total enemies and take pleasure in their destruction. Have confidence in standards and lines not to be crossed, led by example by not crossing those lines yourself. 7. Children are the future and are innocent, never harm them and lead by example. 8. Animals are innocent and this world must be shared with them. Do not kill something unless you make a balancedchoice of why you feel it must be done. 9. Your natural sexual orientation is not to be denied or rejected based on religious morality. Consenting relationships between two adults has no dogmatic stain in Luciferianism. 10. Freedom is a responsibility: including disagreement with others. Learn to accept that no one must agree with you and seek to understand views even if you don’t like them. 11. Don’t be overly selfish and make balanced decisions to those around you. 12. Your body is your own and you have no right to tell another what they should do with theirs. 13. Mistakes and errors in life are a fact, learn from yours and when you should or should not forgive others. Never “turn the other cheek” in denial of the Laws of Nature. 14. Strive in thought, word and action to strengthen your character, crystalize the essence of what makes you and individual and attain nobility. 15. Don’t compromise your core character traits to attain something else, unless you are knowingly evolving by insight. Material success is subjective and should not be defined by the media or culture. 16. Those who are not Luciferian or of the Left-Hand Path most likely will not relate to the concepts of “Magick”, if you must discuss or defend Luciferianism, do so with rational philosophy and the 11 Points of Power. The metaphysics and spiritual aspects of Luciferianism are for you alone. Luciferianism Is an Identifiable & Distinct Philosophy The tenets of Luciferianism are basic structures of guiding principles towards which defines character ideals and strengthens the resolve of actions within the individual and society in general. Luciferianism is adaptable based on the individual’s desirable conception of living as a living incarnation of the Adversary. The Adversary’s recognition of the mass adopted moralistic code in monotheistic society is an illusion: never adopt concepts of optimal behavior which are beyond our capacity as defined by natural instincts. The Luciferian may use the stories which demonstrate the protean nature and higher intellect of the Adversary as defined in Judeo-Christian myths such as the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha such as Enoch I, Greek Apocalypse of Baruch, the Apocalypse of Abraham, the New Testament and later non-religious stories of Mephistopheles (Faust), John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” and similar classics. The character of Azazel in Enoch I presents the myth of powerful divine Watchers (Angels), exercising free will and possessing great knowledge which can liberate humanity from ignorance and mindless slavery (from the god of the Hebrews), choose to descend and give the divine spark of individuality to woman and man. Azazel and other Watchers instruct in practical, enhancing arts to expand and empower those who strive for the competitive feeling and exercise of power and insight, indulging in the pleasures and experience of this world. The Watchers become fallen angels and act in an antinomian opposition to the tyrannical god of the Hebrews. The myth of Azazel and the Watchers represent the advancement and liberating desire for indulgence, knowledge and the advancement of those who have the courage and will to strive towards their own deification. Azazel and the Watchers in the myth are acting contrary to the plan of the despotic, jealous Hebrew god: Celestial, Aerial Spirits are also of Fire, possessing free will yet have carnal desire of human women on earth. Their union of the concept of the aerial spirit (emotion, imagination and the fluid form and adaption from insight and wisdom) with the earthly flesh (animal and carnal biological urges, life governed by the survival instinct) creates a new type of evolved, self-aware and enhanced life in the form of the Giants or Nephilim. These Giants are named as such as they are the “Heroes of Old”, that is, powerful, strong and ambitious conquerors whose deeds inspire cultural traits of reputation and ruling nobility. Like the balance of the air and earth, Reason and the Natural Law of Cause and Effect, the Watchers teach and attempt to guide humanity to empower themselves and act in accordance with a balance in life. The Serpent in Genesis offers the knowledge to the primal, ignorant woman (recognized as equal to man in Luciferianism) in the metaphor of an apple to the animalistic man. This knowledge gives the divine spark which opens the eyes of woman and man. The Serpent, traditionally a symbol of fertility, renewal and knowledge gives the gift which he explains “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil." The Hebrew religious priests who wrote or adapted myths from other culture’s legends to fit their agenda’s, used a telling word for their enemy: nachash is a word (noun) in Hebrew for ‘serpent’ and is also used as a verb meaning ‘to practice divination’ and ‘to observe signs’. The serpent was also associated with the word tannin meaning ‘dragon’. In the Apocalypse of Abraham, Azazel (Satan, the Devil) is described appearing “behind the tree was standing something like a dragon (serpent) in form, but having hands and feet like a man’s, on his back six wings on the right and six on the left. And he was holding the grapes of the tree and feeding them to the two I saw entwined with each other.” Azazel’s mythological theriomorphic shapes reflect the character and nature of the Luciferian spirit: possessing a higher divine consciousness, the ability to be cunning, strategic and to influence the course of his goals to a desired outcome (or striving to accomplish such in alternate ways). Azazel in Enoch I taught people the art of metallurgy, making swords, knives, shields, breastplates and the alchemical mysteries of using the earth’s minerals to be transformed into tools of our desires. Azazel taught the chosen ones (those who receive the Black Flame) how to create bracelets, decorations (shadowing of the eye or cosmetic make-up) with antimony. Ornamentation and the beautifying of the eyelids and using previous stones along with coloring tinctures and alchemy. Glamour, style and desirable appearance (where appropriate) is based on individual desire very much a form of what Anton LaVey recognized as “Black Magic” (or Magick). Seduction, persuasion and dazzling others’ imagination and idealized appearance of those found attractive is a part of the physical world daily. Depending on the situation, appearance is essential in influencing and compelling towards the outcome of a desired situation. This includes also the way we perceive ourselves, focus and strategic thoughts, self-confidence, posture and the use of language and actions all are a part of “Lesser Black Magic”. Azazel is also an ideal model for Luciferians as this fallen angel is not only crafty and cunning, he does no aggressive physical harm to others. Azazel uses his intelligence and according to Christian theology, is “deceiving”, a common Judeo-Christian association with the serpent. Do not be fooled, Judeo-Christian religion and myths are also a method of deception! Propaganda and influencing others to assume the way of perceiving things to your view is a form of “Lesser Black Magic”, Sorcery and Magick, in base meaning to cause change in accordance with the will. The serpent in Genesis does not make Eve and Adam do anything, his gift is the knowledge of how to enhance and attain insight and power as an individual. In becoming like a god, you are responsible and possess the ability to now determine the course and overall quality of your life and experience. Azazel maintains a balance between a creative force as well as a predatory or destructive one. Humans who are now responsible for their own life including failures and successes, cannot blame or ask for forgiveness from any outside ‘deity’ within their life. Rational logic and balancing indulgence with moderation, self-discipline with passions and desire, calculating the experience of cause and effect are all the responsibilityof the individual alone. Azazel has the power to be cunning (there is no such thing as ‘selflessness’, all actions no matter how ‘altrusitic’ give a reward of mental pleasure. Luciferians can do humanitarian and beneficial deeds for others if they consciously desire to do so, the reward can be the feeling of assisting another to improving and the feeling of happiness. Love requires an unconscious value attached to the individual in question; they bring desire, happiness, companionship, familiar unity to the individual who gains this chemical reaction in the mind and body. If you wish to help someone else, it is better to also provide them with the steps towards correct their situation from that point on themselves, your reward being that you provided friendship to experience a feeling of pleasure in your deed. If you continually help others who don’t want to help themselves, you slowly become a slave to your defect of the inability to demand the mutual balance between a relationship; you ‘devolve’ and ‘lessen’ yourself within your subconscious mind. If you have an honest expectation and standard for mutual relationships, you will never have to feel guilty or have remorse for helping another individual. Think before you do something and if you choose to do so, accept the responsibility either good or bad. The Adversary is a creator and influencer, enhancing and shaping the world within his or her influence, yet also is perceptive in the necessity of our primal instincts of survival, conquering and the Laws of Nature. As beings which evolved from primal chaos, evolution has occurred by our instinct for survival. Monotheistic religions and even modern humans cannot eliminate the subconscious need for war, violence and destruction of those considered ‘enemies. Luciferians understand that primal violent urges must be directed, focused and controlled by our higher intellect and discipline of will. We don’t harm others unless we are defending ourselves or family, within an environment of war and never to those who don’t rationally deserve it. In many ways, Luciferians are honoring the Adversary by striving for our chosen virtues and desirable character traits. Expect what your give to others around you: lead by example and if you make appropriate choices, there will be little to feel guilty or have remorse about. When you make a mistake try to adjust not have it happen again. This is the “Light” aspect of the Luciferian. Luciferians embrace darkness and the primal instinct of conquering and subduing their enemies to the boundaries of legality in their life as well as how this action will have results in either a positive or negative way. If you must defend yourself or in a situation of war, destruction should for that proper channel be indulged in with as much pleasure as you can get from it. Life is a series of battles and wars, most are in the mind and against those who stand in your way; some can become physical. Never feel guilt for destroying your enemy or guilt based on a religious indoctrination contrary to the Laws of Nature. Just as a lion has no burden of morality to experience when she kills, she does so to live and survive. Snakes do not suffer emotional guilt over killing their prey, neither should Luciferians feel guilt for outmaneuvering their enemy and gaining victory or in the act of war, slaying their enemy. For they shall putrefy in the belly of the crafty worm (snake) Azazel and be burned by the fire of Azazel’s tongue. Azazel can take many forms, showing the emotional understanding of different views and perceptions, even those he does not “like” such as monotheistic humans of their “God’s” religion in such myths. Azazel is both an influencer of destruction, death yet also free will and the seducing skills of becoming powerful in this world. Azazel indulges totally and is completely “at one” with the demonic aspects of hell and the unknown darkness. Darkness is not to be feared, it is a part of the balance of this world and is a place of hidden knowledge, instinct and strength. Ningishzida Regarding the Origins of Humanity: Intelligent Design or Evolution? There was no god in the sky which raised us from dust. I have applied the basis of evolution and what science theorizes now from how we began. I often consider myth with any potential in the basis of symbolic fact of our evolution. If you read Enuma Elish, the Mesopotamian myth of Tiamat the mother of chaos and Marduk, champion of the gods, you will note a few associations with evolution. First, the waters of chaos of which Tiamat dwelt, contained monstrous and reptilian forms of abyssic darkness with predatory instinct. The young offspring of Tiamat and Absu, the gods were evolved enough to seek to create and shape the world. The myth explains that in a great battle, Tiamat and her general-king of the army of chaos were defeated by Marduk and the world was shaped from the primal form of Tiamat. The blood of Qingu was used to create humanity and from there life evolved. This is symbolic of our evolution from the earths’ primal waters, from simple organisms to human beings. If you look at evolution, reptilian life crawled from the primal waters and evolved on land. Over time, their brains obtained more layers and physical features which would continue to create new species. At some point, a group of primates began to eat red meat, which is known to be essential to growing larger brains. Due to some “perfect storm” of conditions, the first humans evolved in a primal form. Over time we evolved into what we are today. Our gift of consciousness allowed us to ponder at deep levels our potential and who we could be. We were driven by our survival instinct and made stronger by controlling the wide range of emotions that we could feel. Luciferians look at evolution as our eventual obtainment of the symbolic “Black Flame” of divine consciousness; we could literally decide the path of life and basically what we wanted to attain. Don’t invest belief in literal myths as reality; this is how humans have been chained to religions and those who want to control us. Use myth and symbol as a tool which has basis in reason and logic. Don’t let others tell you that “you believe in nothing” as you have unshakable faith in yourself and that as individuals; we are accountable for our existence. To believe in a “higher power” for a religious person is to submit to something which cannot be proven or validated; for a Luciferian the “higher power” is our instinct and higher articulated self which guides us. Those who are inclined to polytheistic magick and spiritual Luciferian dedication, do so with total investment of Will, Desire and Belief as long as the practice does not detract from the philosophical 11 Points of Power. To the public or those not of the Left-Hand Path, keep your debates strictly to the Philosophy with a rational recognition of cause and effect. When you are in the Ritual Chamber or Temple Space of your Black Art, allow your imagination and spiritual passions to totally suspend disbelief to inspire initiation by way of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. Therefore, there is no need to argue or wrestle with the Theistic or Atheistic point of view; do that which your instincts naturally encourage your approach. The bottom line is validating your practice (to yourself in critical honesty) and recognize your success to perceive that you are on the right path! Regarding Sexuality As the Luciferian is an individual, becoming aware of the methods others use to influence, sway and control the masses in such platforms as media, we are awake and understand we are responsible for our life and path. Luciferians recognize that media and social movements, no matter how correctly justified, are manipulative concepts which in a subtle way, control and direct the masses on what is acceptable and what is unacceptable in our culture. Be passionate about your points of view, always striving to understand another’s’ pointof view, even if you might not agree or identify with. Only Monotheistic religions would try to shame another individual’s consensual natural orientation, if it not of their tyrannical ‘god’, then it must be ‘evil’ and perverse. Luciferians are self-confident and comfortable in their sexual orientation, be it whatever your taste is. Denying carnal instincts is a quick path to self-destruction and bad behavior, just ask the Catholic Church! Never let some self-righteous servant of ‘god’ tell you that you are wrong or can be ‘changed’; they are the weak and insecure ones! Who would care what another individual does with consenting adults if they choose such? Luciferians accept homosexuality as much as heterosexuality; it is a right of man and woman to feel confident in their own orientation without judgment. Luciferians support same-sex marriage and unions. Some may ask why? The answer I give is simply if you are heterosexual then why would homosexuality bother you? Luciferianism is against imposing a moral law based on religious feelings or otherwise; if you per chance feel “disgusted” then perhaps a deeper exploration of the root of your emotions is required. If you feel “it is just not right”, there is most likely a moralistic “wall” built by the monotheistic background imposed upon us in our culture from an early childhood. Regarding Life After Death Many ask what the Luciferian belief in the possibility of life after death is. Do Luciferians believe in a world or realm of “spirits” and is there life after death? You must not accept something just because someone tells you others might believe it. You must consider it intellectually and there is for Luciferians no right or wrong answer. Rational considerations should be at the forefront of any debate or information shared from a Luciferian view- point, this keeps like-minded individuals out of fantastical claims between Christians and non-Christians, sticking instead to rational and philosophical points. Personally, and with those of a like-minded persuasion may find it convenient and even an abstract perception by way of experience that there is an afterlife. Offering food offerings, libations and fumigation to the ancestral dead has deep roots in nearly every culture in the world. This is a practice which strengthens the concept of family, responsibility and community. This practice also recognizes the idea in some Pagan and Witchcraft traditions that the shades of the dead are potentially reborn, protect and inspire living descendants. As a Luciferian who has long explored and lived in the darkness and the Nightside Path, I have validated personally by experience that there is a veil and spirits on the other side. This is my personal belief and has no greater bearing on Luciferianism. You must question, test and validate. I personally invest belief based on numerous factors that there is something potentially beyond death which opens the potential for experience with the supernatural. As a Luciferian, I do not factor this in, say, a presentation of Luciferian Philosophy; rational thought and the mind must first understand and master this life. For some, Atheistic thought defines the extent of Luciferian belief, others have opened a whole abyss of potential as Gnostic and Spiritual Luciferians. Since the earliest records of humanity, there are myths and tales of ghosts and supernatural forces which exist outside of the body. The concept of death in our modern Judeo-Christian culture tells us that we must believe there is a heaven and hell and depending on how we behave, we are going to one or the other. Many people have experiences which would be defined as “haunting” and of course the stories of near-death experiences. Those who practice some areas of Magick and Sorcery hold in esteem practices which involve astral travel, necromancy and other types of metaphysical traditions. Remember, I have suggested to you that there are no absolutes; variable conditions may create different results depending on numerous considerations. It is important to question everything, validate and do such with a beginning foundation in logic and how you observe the world to “work”. Luciferians as a rule, do not believe in the existence of “governing” supernatural spirits such as literal gods, demons or otherwise. We do recognize the need for personal myth and inspirational symbolism which may ignite our imagination. There are Luciferians who practice ceremonial magick, who, upon entering the ritual chamber, visualize and invest belief in their personal mythology if it fulfills the focus of their desire in a spiritual or carnal way. Such fantasy and myth may focus their imagination (based on what these symbols represent) to set into motion the guidance of energy towards the goals they may have. Luciferians do not believe in a heaven or hell; these are mere symbols. Luciferians do not recognize the concept of “heaven” as a Judeo-Christian kingdom in the sky for the so-called “good”; nor do we believe in devils in the pits of hell awaiting us. Heaven is a symbolic reference to the vast sky and is associated with the sun. The heavens represent our higher articulation of consciousness, our ability to control and direct our impulses and apply the knowledge we have attained. Hell is the abode of “rest” and of contemplation of our deep desires; the Underworld is a symbol of our unconscious mind where our primal instincts lay. What happens when we physically die? Science has not determined any absolutes with this, but it appears that the brain may continue to function for roughly three minutes after the heart stops beating. In near death experiences, some have recounted having been able to watch and describe in some detail what is happening to their body when they have clinically died before being revived in the hospital. Does the soul exist? It would be irresponsible for me to proclaim that it does or doesn’t. I suggest you apply reason and logic to this potential in living life to the fullest and seeking to evolve in all that you do. Live as if there is a possibility of spiritual existence after physical death, as if the psyche and the strength of the mind and will is the cause of such. Explore and validate those areas you desire to experience but don’t fall into the trap of the religious fanatic who can offer no objective proof and can only throw subjective fantasy as a terror-object to convert others! Use reason and logic as your foundation and basis for explaining your thoughts and actions and validate your experience towards your benefit. Think about that statement and then compare it to the concepts of the soul from the various Greco-Roman and ancient near eastern concepts. If you base the soul on this concept, there should be a medium to retain the pattern of this information. As our bodies are made of proteins which are coded by DNA, the potential of survival is in the bio-electrical energy that the brain creates by our thoughts. When our bodies physically die, the disintegration of the DNA would indicate the patterns are lost. If our memories and personality are stored in the patterns of neurons firing in our brains, then one must consider how long this energy may exist once the body dies. With these points to consider, I still perform ceremonies of necromancy and have personally validated my experiences in a subjective sense. Luciferians must question and validate experiences to formulate their own opinions. Luciferianism does not dictate blind faith or to accept what is presented at face value. Luciferians should not approach the path of the occult from simply one of superstition; the philosophy and ideological foundation must be firmly in place and practiced validating the concept of Luciferian Magick with success. Think of the Triad of Will, Desire, Belief and thus is a verifiable path to power. Apply if you choose some tools and experiments involving ‘necromancy’ as published in “SEBITTI” or even Vampyre-Spirit workings in “SEKHEMAPEP”. Validate your experiences and judge for yourself. There are certainly realms of the unseen beyond what we see with our eyes. • Triad of the Morning Star A Quick Explanation of Luciferian Philosophy in Action • Liberation Overcoming restrictive beliefs or dogmatic religious thought to take accountability for your life. Illumination Seeking knowledge or insight to begin actualizing your goals in life. This includes material and spiritual self-determined desires and plans to achieve. Apotheosis By Liberation from restrictive beliefs and attaining Illumination towards shaping your life in accordance with your Will, Apotheosis (Becoming a God) is a continual state of achieving and acquiring personal power in this life. Conceptions of Luciferian Philosophy & Structure of Practice Luciferians are autonomous initiates who operate, according to their inspiration, within varying structural frameworks of Philosophical assimilation by steadily and over a specific period (21 – 30 days) to create and refine the Point of Power being a catalyst for conceptual change in the way you think and react. This process begins with identifying your innermost thoughts which you become aware by instinctual confidence that this ignored restrictive belief or responsive habit could not be of the Luciferian Spirit as we identity with it. First you identify and recognize the harmful thought or belief and when you found this way of viewing a topic as just the way it is for you. Perhaps a misfortunate experience created this belief as a defense mechanism or it is some fantasy religious guilt-complex your family pounded in all your life. Whatever it is, recognize how and why you go status quo before now. Second, your thoughts create energy and can enhance or depress your emotions. To establish a pattern of self-control and creating/feeding thoughts with energy that it is worthy or your attention and that perhaps a mundane or more exciting goal is associated with the thought. Don’t allow self-doubt or guilt to weaken your beginning steps onto the Luciferian Path. The foundation of how you shape your thoughts identifies the Mind to be the first communion with the Luciferian Gnosis we awaken and with inspiration become aware of the Black Flame as one being reborn on some level. Third, liberating yourself demands consistent and overpowering self- determination to break the restrictive chain and conquer it by establishing a solid new habit of the informed and empowering belief or thought by acquiring the proper knowledge and skills to make that happen. This is the inner light and Black Flame blazing and growing strong by the skills and insight gained with transformation! This is Luciferianism by rational Thought, Word and Action to compel desired change. This is Magick in the most unnoticed, simple and often ignored common practice, so important for your initiation upon the Luciferian Path. By the achievement and insight of conquering the third part, you have utilized the Trinity of the Morning Star: Liberation, Illumination, Apotheosis. This will at your discretion and choice become a continual wheel turning of this Apotheosis and attainment of Power in this life! The mythological or functional truth of Witch-lore and ciphers of knowledge has keys to power behind each symbol or metaphor. Witch Blood is a symbolic inheritance of natural instincts identifiable with the Luciferian Spirit. This is the symbolic gift and spiritual linage of Witch Blood, a predilection towards the symbols of the Adversary which seems to stream into our imagination which is the energy and skills which derive from the Witch Father Cain who was engendered by Samael in Luciferian Witchcraft traditions. For you, reading this and preparing to use your energy to Liberate and Illuminate your way of living by adaptation of the 11 Points of Power. Do You identify with the mythological character of the Adversary? Tomes from 2000 years forward have enriched the character traits of a Luciferian or Satanic Spirit, this character is never self-destructive, weak or downtrodden even in defeat. This Spirit brings forbidden knowledge, can assume forms both terrifying, primal and beautiful at will and has the strength of Will to balance both the wisdom and power of heaven and hell. Great sources of the history of the Adversary is found in Old Testament pseudepigrapha and apocalyptic writings. Now that you identify with the traits, you must walk the walk by ordeals and discomfort at first to become and gain insight towards Apotheosis. Third, choosing a specific point from the 11, understanding how it is to be applied and adapted in your way of thinking and living requires courage, self- determination and the strength to destroy the defense mechanisms our lazy unconscious creates. To open our eyes and become as gods, we must rise above the weakness that nature itself so rejects; evolution occurs in such a way. The Philosophy of Luciferianism will not shock or repulse an individual who already lives and identifies with overall traits which represent our path as a whole; you are either ‘One of Us’ or you are not. How you adapt this philosophy and choose to live uniquely as a Luciferian is up to you. You are illuminated, awake now so use time wisely from now on to shape energy into your Apotheosis. • The 11 Luciferian Points of Power in Practice • Liberation, Illumination, Apotheosis: Left-Hand Path Teachings TO have the self-confidence and courage to prepare for the journey upon the Left-Hand Path, a basic structure of what Luciferian Philosophy is; equally important is the process in which actualizing the tools of knowledge is applied. This structure is designed to allow individualistic adaptation, awareness of your thoughts, words and actions to enhance your experiences. Becoming a God (Apotheosis) is not what most think: the path is often quite private, challenging and intensely rewarding potentially in both a mental/physical and spiritual way. For a prospective adherent, Luciferianism is first understood and experienced by the values and exemplified traits which are the core foundation. Luciferianism is a rational, self-motivated philosophy summarized in the 11 Points of Power. These points of reference for initial study, comparison, following with rational application require steadfast commitment to identifying, breaking unwanted habits and establishing new ones. This process is Magick in a most simple form, make note of the moments of validation of which discovery is made; there is nothing beyond you making anything happen, good or bad. Your Will, Desire and Belief as a Luciferian creates the nexion or gateway for the often abstract acasual metaphysical concepts to enhance and fuel your Apotheosis. We respect and recognize the deliciously indulgent desire in life but balance that with a specific goal, an ulterior motive to maintain self-discipline and gain insight and self-mastery equally. Luciferians, albeit individually unique in the degree and practice of the 11 Philosophical Points, are self- determined to attain Balance between the Carnal/Material indulgences in life with Mental/Spiritual self-discipline and goal-oriented directions. For a prospective Luciferian, a basic structure or system to begin your journey on the Left-Hand Path is found in the concept of the Trinity of the Morning Star. A rational basis for applying and living Luciferian Philosophy while slowly evolving, adapting and transforming towards the mastery of the Unconscious and Conscious Mind. The Trinity of the Morning Star is simply Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. Like the myths of the Watchers giving Forbidden Knowledge to humans, the Trinity of the Morning Star is the Key to unlocking our Luciferian Spirit. Balance in Luciferianism Luciferians strive for balance between the primal instincts which motivate our designs in life (darkness); with self-determination in maintaining self- control and applying our ability to use reasonand logic (light). This symbol of unity of darkness (instinct, emotion) and light (intellect, logic) sparks the Black Flame (inspired imaginative consciousness and potential towards your True Will). This is represented as Liberation, the conscious act of logically destroying restrictive dogma, especially if uncomfortable to gain new levels of insight and power; Illumination is the achievement of the insight of the experience. As you achieve insight from the knowledge and experience of overcoming your restrictive beliefs and fears, identifying the weaknesses to strengthen with discipline, you go further upon your Left-Hand Path and the accumulation of power. This process is called Apotheosis (becoming a god): to become a god simply means that you acknowledge your mind and thoughts, especially the way you perceive something and the words and actions you take are your responsibility alone. No matter what someone might “do” to you, accountability and responsibility for your thoughts, words and actions is yours. Luciferians don’t spend time whining and constantly complaining as victims for what others have done to them, we reject weakness and have disdain for the slave-mentality of the downtrodden. Nature and life have no place for it expect as prey to the stronger. Reject the Victim & How to Identify a Luciferian Luciferians identify with the symbol of the Adversary in nature: evolve, become and conqueror. You can recognize this essential Luciferian Trait just by observing the words and actions of another. If they are “victims” and fill the air with complaints of another person causing their “failures” then they have revealed that they are sheep: avoid the downtrodden sheep who sometimes try to fit a slenderer “wolf-skin” over their overweight, soft and “wool-covered” bodies. The Wolf-Skin might be stretched over the lazy Sheep body for a time, but the covering will not hold. Natural survival instincts hold contempt for weakness; this is evident within the animal kingdom. Luciferians often help those who are attempting to help themselves first. Our philosophy is flexible and adaptable to the individual, trust your “gut feelings” and avoid the “victim” who inherently cannot exist as a Luciferian. • The Four Pillars of Luciferianism • The Four Pillars of Luciferianism Power, Balance, Strength & Wisdom LUCIFERIANISM is the malleable yet consistently practical philosophy that challenges restrictive beliefs by guiding the individual towards self- excellence. Self-sovereignty from a continual application of what is identified by a tactical triad of self-determined, isolate consciousness: Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. Luciferians seek strategic methods to reject orthodox restrictions such as dogmatic religious boundaries or the deep- seated “guilt” and “man is a sinner” defeatist thought; knowledge in a practical application (to gain mastery over emotion or situation) and to in this moment (physical life in the here and now) seize the power you seek. The realization of the Luciferian’s achievements and failures awakens a defining moment in the consciousness to mentally accept that only we, as individuals, are the governing force determining the path in life. Individuals who find a common “spirit” which our philosophy become “Luciferians” often slowly and over a period. Luciferianism is understood as a philosophical basis by the application and goal-oriented leadership traits known as the 11 Luciferian Points of Power. Starting the Experience of Liberation, Illumination & Apotheosis To perceive an identified bad habit or an oppressive (limiting) belief or character flaw is a critical and difficult part of Liberation. Seek to overcome your weakness, obstacles and replace unwanted habits or beliefs with a basic new way of approaching a self-determined consistent thought (until it becomes a habit, roughly a month to create a new habit). Luciferians are conquerors and living examples of the Adversary, we challenge, test and with strategy conquer our obstacles: Luciferians cannot relate to the concept of ‘victim’ of events! Establish a simple goal, the enhancement concept you desire to experience by causing Willed change. To recognize thoughts, beliefs or often ignored personality traits which create tedious “here we go again” interactions and responses. The prospective Luciferian with courage and honesty identifies what a restrictive obstacle or habit-oppressed pattern in yourself requires the Breaking of Chains. Consider that prior to seeking Luciferian Philosophy, you were attracted to the overall concept of what Luciferianism is; in daily mundane life you often have relationship and friend problems, some taking advantage (or even you are taking advantage) or the inability to visualize where you want to go and become next in career, hobbies and random pastimes. Think about it, if not yourself there is always someone you know who constantly complains about how everyone is unfair to him/her, relationships are dysfunctional, and a cycle repeats itself like clockwork. You might say, “They sure know how to pick them!”. Many in life are asleep, unaware and so indoctrinated in life with society pushing things which puts another set of guilt-ridden chains on the self. This is the profane clay of the masses, drowned in the meekness and ignorance of conventional monotheistic religions. The unawake person might have potential; however, they have rested on the intellectual structure of behaviors (and habits) and processes within and outside in the world. This is the moment where the Black Flame is sparked and ignited, you can identify and recognize patterns or thoughts which inspire the deficiencies restricting basic potential. The symbol or term we call the “Black Flame” is our self-illuminated intelligence and Luciferian conscious awareness of what shapes and creates powerful cause and effect scenarios in life. You might have one or five identified restrictive beliefs or habits, don’t try to liberate yourself from all of them at once, that can lead to short term success and when the inspiration runs out, failure! Begin with one restrictive belief; recognize the patterns which have made such a habit or personality flaw. Identify the goal and strategy for how you will Break the Chain and attain Liberation. Pursue this goal of Liberation intensely until the habit or flaw is conquered and the Philosophy begins self- transformation. As you break the chain, be aware of how you compelled this to happen, thus you are on the most basic level your own God or Goddess. Blame no one else, accept responsibility and command the change to overcome the obstacle! As you command the momentum of the process of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis it becomes now a wheel which turns continually, you are transforming, becoming and evolving in the image of the Adversary. This is simple recognition of results and rational validation. That experience can begin to create a personal spiritual belief which cannot be broken by the preaching of others! Liberation Liberation is the consistent and perpetual willed act of identifying restrictive beliefs, deep-rooted superstitions and by gaining knowledge to overcome the obstacles identified. Most people in life go through their routines unaware that they are asleep and are unconsciously slave to serving basic emotions. Christianity and monotheism give the gift of guilt from the beginning; this whispered weakness slowly growths to a muffled scream in your unconscious, making guilt a chain which most of the time you are unaware of. Many Luciferians who were raised in Christian households will find that they have some restrictive beliefs which ooze guilt and false morality. When the individual identifies this poisonous and well-hidden chain, the Luciferian is emerging and taking form within yourself. The hardest task is breaking the habit- pattern of this ingrained belief and by useful knowledge and self- determination, conquering it and as the chain falls away,insight and power is growing within. From a very early age, humans are indoctrinated and conditioned to social and moral laws of which are often propagated with a god-fearing belief that a creator is “watching” you and knows your thoughts. Beliefs depend upon the genetic predisposition in the individual, along with early guidance, experiences and how we perceive the concept of self and the world. Education plays a large role in providing knowledge to support the growth of young minds, yet also the intelligence level of the individual. Society holds to so-called morals and ethics which shift over time and events, religion is a tool in maintaining a type of standards to cultural laws. Common laws which support the healthy culture and social-contract are not religious rules at all; rather they are some basics which are present in so many ancient cultures before monotheistic religion. Laws such as not stealing, committing murder (unless in self-defense or war), rape and acts which can tears families apart (depending on the time/culture, adultery) are some basic foundational ideals which were adopted by Christianity. Luciferians reject completely the teachings of Jesus and Christianity as being meek and self-hating, drowned in ignorance and dogmatic restrictions and wanting to escape this world to be consumed by the abstract Holy Spirit. Luciferians often strategically camouflage their Philosophy if circumstances place you with a structure of slave-mentality personalities – never underestimate the destructive aggression of a Christian collective who suddenly becomes aware that you are ‘Luciferian’ or ‘different’. Even if they act like it is no big deal, often their self-righteousness of ‘fighting the devil’ or ‘saving you’ will in due course, cause negative energy and oppress you in the situation. Sometimes Luciferians must lay their plans and goals from within a structure or situation without our Philosophy being known. Take the shape you desire (symbolically of course) just as the numerous myths of the Adversary taking many forms to seduce or test others! Consider the model of Satan (Lucifer) in the New Testament: Prince of this World assumes a shape to silently compel and support the ulterior motive or desired outcome. That is Luciferian intelligence, the Torch of Illumination and insight within the symbol of the Luciferian Spirit! As you create momentum by your Will Power and Directed energy, Self-Liberation can occur more easily, and the Illumination or self-evolution is attained by consistency and habit-forming repetition. Illumination Illumination is the process of perpetual self-development by the struggle and achievement of short and long-term goals. Illumination is the precise realization that identifying your goals magically, attaining knowledge which is applied towards the force of your Will. This act of Will Power is the act of compelling, transforming and focusing energy to achieve a determined goal. Illumination requires self-determination and the motivation to attain your goals with the knowledge learned. Using knowledge attained for a goal, focus with strategic actions and struggle to achieve it. From this experience (no matter if you win or lose) you gain insight which opens the door to wisdom and power. The feeling of power is first a sensation of increasing strength, control and is tested by pushing your mental and physical limits. There are many ways in which Illumination is set in motion. Firstly, you will identify by the struggle of Liberation a goal to overcome a restrictive way of thinking, laziness in one area which does not allow any progression, a belief or a bad habit. Secondly, you identify key steps towards moving towards your goal which could involve acquiring tools or knowledge required. Once you are clear on what is necessary it is important to apply a strategic plan and act towards this initiatory process of Illumination. This will no doubt be difficult and at times the remnants of the belief or restriction nudges you to stop and take the comfortable road which is stagnation and failure. The Luciferian must resist and with a whole heart hate this weakness and the sickness of spirit it brings, infecting other thoughts and actions over time. Conquering will require consistency, discipline and an overwhelming force of your personality to attain this initiatory experience of Illumination. This is Magick is the most potent and powerful way, the Luciferian becomes by the totality and obsessive energy fueling Will, Desire and Belief. Apotheosis The Luciferian is symbolically enthroned in the center of his or her inner-temple where your Higher Self begins to take shape. Awareness and validation of the processes of Liberation and Illumination unveils the becoming of the Luciferian slowly towards inspiring consciousness of deification. Apotheosis is the perpetual and insightful recognition of levels of wisdom, power and status in life. This includes rational, practical and subjective (often kept private from those who would not understand) spiritual attainments. In the same instance, Luciferians are open-minded to recognizing and experiencing the transformative process of becoming. Apotheosis in Luciferian practice is achieved in perpetual stages in life, in conjunction with Liberation and Illumination. The word itself means “To become a God” and was used in Greco-Roman times to symbolize the Genius/Daemon of the deified individual becoming an immortal deity after physical death. This type of deification was often to honor the achievements which give ancestral respect or political foundation for ruling dynasties. My initiation over the years has utilized the Hellenistic model of Apotheosis and ‘Epiphanes’ (traits or acts emanating from the individual who is recognizable with a symbolic God, Goddess or Deific Mask) is applied to the personal foundation in life. To describe the abstract idealization of Epiphanes or Apotheosis (based on continual traits and acts), the following is suitable for topic and description. And after it had been brought to completion, Beliar will descend, the Great Angel, the King of the World, which he has ruled ever since it existed. He will descend from his firmament in the form of a man, a king of iniquity. —Martyrdom and Ascension of Isaiah, Belial/Beliar the Adversary (Antichrist) taking form in Nero Caesar Augustus Myths can be inspiring and suitable for the Luciferian to identify with symbolically. For instance, Beliar, the Great Angel is the symbol of the Luciferian Heavenly Fire, the Black Flame of the Adversary, by ordeals and challenges of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis you slowly become. Nero and Rome are long identified and symbolized with the Satanic Spirits of the Adversary: Samael, Beliar, Mastemah, Azazel, etc. The Adversary and Black Flame shakes and strikes the stagnant mind into the painful awareness of self-accountability, inspiration and the struggle before you. This is the way of the natural, reason and logical world of matter. Beliar or Satan (of the New Testament, none other revealed in Pergamon as the composite of Zeus, Asclepios, Apollo and Dionysos with the Throne of Satan) is Prince and God of this world, thus the cause and effect, rational earth we interact in daily. Understand if you like the purpose and methodology of applying myths and symbolic fantasy towards meaning behind each concept and how it motivates your Apotheosis. Adapted from the Hellenistic Ruler Cult of the Greco-Roman period (the very symbol of Satan before the eyes of Christians) the divine epithet of ‘Epiphanes’ has deep symbolic value in Luciferianism. For instance, the cults of the Ptolemaic Egypt and Seleucid Syria used ‘Epiphanes’ to describe the concept of Deities Incarnate and visible in the thoughts, words and actions of the King. Luciferianism removes the solitary, singular ‘King’ and applies this concept to the individual. While you are not commanding a nation, you are accountable for the quality, directionand experiences of creating, conquering and destroying in this life. A God or Goddess of the self means that either you choose to seize your potential or be directed and twisted by the chaos of the objective world and poisonous, crippling thoughts. The divine epithet of ‘Epiphanes’ is the description of the traits or associations with a Deific Mask or Deity. This is a manifestation of power in myth-form descended in the form of the individual for a time. The Luciferian who identifies with aspects of Apollo, for instance, a deity of art, music and divination, for the individual to almost unconsciously identify and adopt this type of energy could for purposes of personal mythology and focus, assume ‘Theos Epiphanes’ (masculine) or ‘Thea Epiphanes’ (feminine) which translates, “God Manifest”. This is an act of High Luciferian Magick, a process of Apotheosis in which your imagination is the limit! The Luciferian Heavenly Blackened Fire has deep roots in Hellenistic and ancient near eastern religions, so beautiful for those willing to explore it as an individual. This Mytho-Magickial approach to Apotheosis is merely optional and adaptable. There is no dogma beyond what you cling to or consciously adopt. Luciferians are unique and individualistic, recognizing the natural predilection towards how the inner workings of the mind and imagination are approached. Luciferians should never force-feed some metaphysical structure or uninspiring adoption of ‘beliefs’ (especially blind-faith, myths morphed into religion, etc.). If you are inspired by the tools and psychodrama of ceremonial ritual, calling upon the gods and demons to connect with your inner-energy then fully indulge yourself. Make sure that you use rational and reason-based foundations such as the 11 Points of Power outside of the ritual chamber. The flip-side to that natural way that your brain is ‘wired’ is for the more atheistic Luciferian who identifies with the 11 Points of Power, validates how mental focus and Will Power causes change (Magick) and has no desire for rituals, pantheons or spells. This type is grounded totally in the conscious and rational core structure. No matter the path, approach or opposite, we are brought together as a Brother and Sisterhood around the 11 Points of Power, our living Luciferian Philosophy and the symbol of the Bringer of Light. Apotheosis for the Luciferian is attained by slowly becoming aware that by your thoughts, words and actions you establish results increasing wisdom, control and power. Becoming your own God requires an insightful level of how you have used strategic thought, word and action to overcome challenges, achieve goals and establishing a mastery of your life. This does not mean that you don’t make mistakes, having failures is a part of life. Luciferians learn from their mistakes and overcome obstacles by discipline and cunning. Apotheosis is simultaneously physical (material) and spiritual (mental = imagination and mind shaping energy). This process is a magickial and initiatory process, it requires Will, Desire and Belief. Magick is not performing incantations, invocations and candle burning in hooded robes; this is just a ‘tool’ of the Black Arte some embrace naturally. Magick begins and is identified by Willed thoughts and compelling energy to cause change within our immediate universe, self-determined by a short or long-term goal. At first, the practice of Magick as an initiate or a philosophical assimilation of Thoughts, Words and Actions can be sluggish, tiresome and slow to come to being – internally and externally! Some new to the Occult or Luciferianism expect some grand ‘spiritual foundation shaking experience’; for some this happens over different intervals on the path and for others it is the small pebbles of Will Power which becomes an unstoppable avalanche of goal-visualized energy. The continual wheel of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis is a voluntary experience in which your purpose in life will evolve, become and with awareness, conquer and indulge! Beginning in the Luciferian Path is to strive for challenge that manifests into Liberation and Illumination. This requires consistently adapting and apply the 11 Points of Power to break the bonds which for so long have restricted you. Starting upon the path, one must understand the difference between symbol and significance. It is important to note that the ideas outlined here are but guidelines. Each Initiate must take these ideas and possess them to uniquely to shape them in your own image. Feel confidence in applying change as instinct guides you to suit your predilection. Achieve the greatest magnitude and intensity as possible with focusing on uniting Will, Desire and Belief. • The Metaphysics of the Adversary • THE philosophy of Metaphysics is the study of the essence of a thing. The word itself is from the Greek word which is defined as “Beyond Nature”; derived from μετά, metá, “beyond” and φυσικ, physiká, "physics"); this term was first used by Aristotle in his works. Modern Metaphysics explores in base two specific questions: 1. What is there? 2. And what is it like? Basic topics of metaphysical study existence, objects and their properties, space and time, cause and effect, possibility and probability. Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, reality including the basic categories of being and their associations. Traditionally Ontology deals with questions concerning what entities may exist and if so, how such entities may be grouped, related within a hierarchy, and subdivided according to similarities and differences with relation to energy. Objects and physical matter appear to us in space and time, while abstract entities/deities/spirits such as presumed classes, properties, and relations do not. Space and time are considered two different aspects governed and existing within the Casual (Physical, Matter) and acasual (Metaphysical, Atoms, Spiritual) planes. Science and the Metaphysical aspects of Luciferianism and Satanism (collectively termed “Adversary”, “To Oppose”) are together within our philosophical structure of understanding and approach. The word “Occult” is derived from Latin ‘occultus’, meaning “hidden, secret.” Occultism is thus a search of “Hidden Knowledge”. The word “science” (Latin scientia) means “Knowledge” and in the Middle Ages, the Occult was identified with Science and a heresy to monotheistic religion. Quantum Physics is of major importance to Black Magicians who recognize the energy derived from the Mind to exert our Will upon reality to command change. Quantum Physics offers that physical atoms are made up of vortices of energy that are constantly spinning, vibrating and radiating its own type of energy structure. We are beings created of energy and vibration, radiating a unique type of energy signature or structure. Atoms are as very small, invisible tornado-like vortex, much like a spiral. Magick is Science, all myths, superstitions and spiritual representations are to varying degrees supporting creative acts of the Mind igniting the inherent divine we recognize as our Higher Self or Daemon. It does not matter if you accept the inner-reality of a spiritual or daemonic existence or not; the Force and Power of Will, Desire and Belief is easily validated by the rational world of Cause and Effect. Your mind has shaped your reality and is built at the smallest level by your thoughts and perceptions. Quantum physics has validated that thoughts can certainly influence matter. In Israel around 1998, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science conducted a controlled experiment which demonstrated how a beam of electrons is affected by the act of simply being observed. The greater amount of watching, the greater the one observing can influence what takes place. Science previously believed that matter only contained particles, and light only existed in waves. More recently, quantum physicists have found that lightcan act like a particle, bending around corners or bouncing off walls. And matter can behave as a wave, such as electrons moving in waves around a neutron. Magick is thus Scientifically validated based on this observance. It should no longer be of consequence to waste time worrying about if you should be ‘Theistic’ or ‘Atheistic’; trust your instincts and what inspires and fuels your imagination and projects power is how you should proceed. Results and validation are a part of the path and should be grounding experiences to offer insight if you are doing your Will in this world. Words of Power & Frameworks on Magick It is easy to let words and terminologies to distract you from the deeper meanings in these doctrines and texts. There is a natural tendency of the mind to focus on deciding whether you agree with the correctness of a word or concept. Such a “judgment-decision” focus can create self-doubt and sabotage the ability to comprehend the depth of the ideas and relationships communicated. A Word for instance, can be merely a symbol. A symbol has a unique set of attributes and in Luciferianism, a specific identification with a metaphysical concept potentially. The symbol has a peculiar relationship to other symbols. Pay attention to these relationships and the actions connecting each symbol. This way of looking at the Luciferian texts can be of great assistance in grasping the practical framework of Luciferian Magick within the Triad of the Morning Star (Liberation, Illumination, Apotheosis). It is just like deciding to learn a new language or perhaps to look at something with a whole new approach; this process takes study and practice. Fastidious mapping out and writing down new words, defining them with ones you already understand will perhaps open a whole new level of meaning. This will encourage in a process of Liberation, Illumination comes into experience by recognizing and crossing etymological and symbolic boundaries. Boundaries, as languages, exist within (and beyond) the Self to understand and breach. As a Left-Hand Path initiate, you will grow custom and eventually delightfully inspired in the idea of crossing boundaries. Once emphasis is redirected from “Judgment + Decision” into “Essence + Focus + Action” can these boundaries be understood, confronted and transcended. This is done through the art of symbol, ritual, energy and action. The process of Will, Desire and Belief is the alchemical element of activation to open these gates. Individuals possesses a unique set of internal languages with their own attributes, restrictions and drives. Some are banal and animalistic while others are mental and even spiritual. As languages and attributes vary by person, they are impossible to index on a wide scale. Such is the reason that systems of symbols are employed! By the root origin of the word and name, rests a type of energy and power connected in some manner. The Luciferian in their unique perception in understanding and belief can command and actualize this power based on the level of self-confidence not only in the ritual chamber, but also is the mundane world. Just like learning a new language, consider the common behaviors between geographically-dispersed cultures and communities. Such behaviors include protecting one’s family, provisional roles of males and females and pleasurable (or shameful) indulgences in sexual congress. A concept of religious and moral guidelines which can be detrimental or productive to the masses depending on who is in governing power and the goals. Considering common aspects such as these requires looking at each at a high level: consider each behavior as a symbol. Take a new topic which can apply to your Liberation, a type of initiatory working you want to perform and a goal to attain as a result. A specific concept such a ritual, understood as the meaning of the words together speak directly to your subconscious mind and inspires the imagination to formulate the associated energy internally. Your intensified concentration of Will (to single-mindedly focus of the process and goal to reach), Desire (the visualized goal and feeling associated with it) and the Belief (try thinking as if it is already a reality, the feeling of the knowledge of this manifestation) that your ritual or specific action is without doubt, to become a reality. Will, Desire and Belief is for the new initiate, best actualized with both intense ceremonial ritual and/or some type of physical and mental exertion. These elements of initiatory adaptation are the symbols and actions embodied by the Luciferian Path. Think of this when confused or bewildered about certain practices! Choose parts of You (your “Present” or “Ideal” Self) and relate them to these symbols! This is the Heart (the grammar and structure) of Luciferian initiation, the awakening of the Black Flame. The Adversarial Path does not require submission to any god or belief structure. You choose and apply the metaphysical framework and the beliefs which resonate with you. Consider if there are 5 people in a room and each are told a religious myth or story; everyone will perceive and use their imagination according to their natural mental wiring and way of thinking. Luciferians are expected to take initiatory and Magickial texts and approach them as they naturally perceive them. A Theist will not be encouraged or expected to approach Magick the way an Atheist would. Your fantasy, imagination and the meaning of symbols must be in support of each other. Over time and experience you will begin to perceive yourself and world differently with new levels of knowledge and validation of your workings. Humans are completely responsible and accountable for their own lives’; the difference between the general masses and those of the Left-Hand Path is that we are solemnly aware of this fact. Luciferians are expected to perpetually challenge each belief, reforming each as necessary by the search for knowledge and the experience we call Liberation and Illumination. It is this method of perpetual challenge that is the Way of the Adversary and the key to Apotheosis. Faith, when mentioned, refers to Faith in the Self. Faith within is not based on blind faith or accepting a religious belief because you were taught this as a child. Faith in Luciferianism is established over time and by the attainment and validation of Will, Desire and Belief in combination with the 11 Points of Power. Spirituality and Faith for the Luciferian are experiences which from insight is confidence born. Such self-confidence is the bane of self-doubt and all counterproductive, self-destructive forces existing in the ego, psychology or spiritual essence of the individual. Don’t waste time and years seeking the unknown “answer” to your philosophical or theological questions. The answers to those questions are surprisingly right before you. All you must do is consistently apply the 11 Points and trust in yourself to manifest your desires. The fantasy and the imagination with concepts of Magick and the Supernatural are mere perception-tools to compel change in the Metaphysical sense. Thought, Word, and Action are the building blocks for creating mind and material existence. This is what we call “Evil Thought, Evil Word, Evil Deed and Endless Darkness” in the Ahrimanian teachings: only “evil” as the Yatus (sorcerer) operates above monotheistic religions controls and commands. This is the “Four Hells” and a Path to earthly power. In Luciferian Magick as a whole, I creativity is the essential fuel which ignites the Black Flame, in mythological terms Isolate or Individual thought that first enabled Lucifer (or Satan, Samael, Azazel, etc.) the ability to rebel against Heaven’s cosmic structure and fall to earth. If you don’t indulge in such myths, preferring the Babylonian cosmology, then Creativity was introduced by the primal challenge of Tiamat, the Blood of Qingu (in creating man) and the Magickial knowledge of Ea (Enki) inbringing skills and progression to humans. • The Keys to Magick Will, Desire & Belief • Will Movement and active focus; real energy; expended to achieve Desire. Desire The identification of wants or needs and the decision to act. Belief Inner reinforcement to propel one to obtain the Desire. Key 1: The Will Magick is the art of commanding change in accordance with the will. Every act being intention is a magical act and the process of focusing on goals and maintaining the discipline to attain such is a magical act. The Triad of the Morning Star is a cycle and formula of both Lower and Greater Black Magick, High Magick, Theurgy and simply Luciferian Magick. The intent makes an act magical, it is neither ‘good’ nor ‘evil’ as most act towards what they consider ‘good’. Luciferians recognize and understand “White Magick” DOES NOT EXIST. In addition, the term “Black Magick” does not actually mean what Christian definitions, horror fiction and the media has presented it. Black is derived from the Egyptian word, “Khemet”, the “Black Land”; the Arabic root word for “knowledge, understanding” is derived from the Arabic FHM root. FHM means “knowledge” and “wise”. Baphomet is derived in part from this concept as the “Father of Understanding”. The will must be strengthened towards exercising an iron determination, guiding and focusing the energy your mind and body shapes towards a deliberate action or steps in achieving some goal. The will is enhanced, refined and made strong by testing it and pushing yourself consistently. Therefore, Luciferianism and the LHP is not for the masses: most people are by their own choice weak-willed and unwilling to pursue those worthy goals in life which always are difficult to reach. Key 2: The Desire Desire in the Triad of the Morning Star is not a whimsical or impulsive want, this is a specific and a chosen, self-determined goal. During your early practices, train your mind to narrow the thousands of ideas and whims you have daily and focus on Subjective and in turn Objective goals which support Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. Desire can be any goal you feel passionate and inspired about: if it supports your aims as a Luciferian. Seeking to discover or reveal your True Will via the Daemon is one example; one which takes often many years to achieve. Desire is the fuel in which Will and Belief burns from. The Motive which becomes the Desire once you choose it the driving force uniting Will and Belief. Experimentation and curiosity in ritual magick will not advance your experience towards initiation. Think of why you want this, how you could visualize it being achieved and identify specific symbols which are related to this process of magick. Key 3: The Belief Belief is a key component in our Triad as it is a solid factor in achieving positive results. A primary key to attaining results is during the act of ritual, at the height of the ceremony, having a single thought in the mind of how it “feels” to have the goal achieved now. This means recognizing it as having been achieved already, visualizing it. After the ritual, the confidence of believing it paramount towards directing the energy towards the goal. The Keys to Magick: The Imagination Imagination is of the utmost importance in Magick and Sorcery. This is the Key of Luciferian Power and performance in ceremony and ritual. The ritual chamber itself should be designed and decorated to support your fantasy and imagination associated with your goals in performing the Black Arts. Tools such as robes, athames, chalices, incense, symbols, statues, candles and music are tools to stimulate the imagination. • Meditation Shaping Foundations of Self-Discipline • MEDITATION is an essential practice in the core disciplines of every magician. To discover and deeply enhance the individual potential of initiation via the Left-Hand Path, the ability to calm and direct the mind to concentrate and encircle energy. The term ‘encircle’ is associated with ‘sorcery’; when concentrating on a specific type of energy and the build-up of power, magicians will visualize and focus within a circle, a physical or imagined boundary. Meditation is the act of resting the mind, clearing the random thoughts which race through the mind and attaining a state of consciousness which establishes awareness of our inner worlds. In meditation, no matter what techniques you might use, you will discover and validate the balance and forge of the inner world of the mind: symbols, imagery, fantasy and our imaginations are the cauldron from which our mental landscape and the foundation of what makes us “individuals” is built. Establishing a calm sense of self-control and learning to understand our current way of thinking and how our energies can be transformed and changed. This is achieved firstly by the consistent practice of Willed thought which provides our foundation for the directing of energy outward into the physical world. Black Magick, Luciferian Magick, Adversarial Sorcery, Yatuk Dinoih are but a few titles for the traditions and practices of the basic simplistic definition: Magick is the act of causing change according to the Will. That begins with the disciplines which cultivate self-mastery and the increasing of mental strength, the Luciferian knowingly rejects monotheistic religions and identified weaknesses within the mind, investing complete trust in the basis of our inner-mental inner world, the mind. Luciferians use the overlooked and most difficult part of successful magick: the unity of Will, Desire and Belief. When you focus your energies and compel your Will to a goal, total trust in your rational mind and the psychodrama of fantasy in ritual (including visualization) directs power and force towards the goal. You must actually “see it” as being attained already, imagining the feeling and experience of this achievement as if it is a reality now; further you must build energy to a frenzy and releasing it to command this change. The time and investment of thought will slowly begin building momentum with the energy you are directing towards this goal. Will, Desire and Belief is imperative to success and the Luciferian must have total self-confidence and stubborn awareness of the forthcoming victory. Once you attain a goal, you should take a moment to enjoy the initiatory achievement; validate your balance of inner and outer thoughts, words and actions which compelled this change. Meditation is the first layer for the building of your foundation of Apotheosis. Meditation is a process in which you can calmly let go of mental distractions, obsessions and mundane thoughts which flood our mind in our normal waking life. To calmly and steadily establish control over our focus of thoughts is the goal; focus on a subtle object and image representing your understanding of self-discipline, strength of mind and the Luciferian Spirit. Establish a time during your day or evening when you can retire in solitude and meditate. This is a Willed Act and is thus Magick, your concentration should be directed to your inner-world of your thoughts and the process of self-mastery. As a new Luciferian, you already have a general identification and comfortable alignment with the 11 Points of Power, some aspects more than others. Compare one aspect of thought which you would like to change or remove, a restrictive belief or a bad habit. Focus on one at a time, willfully and relentlessly thinking in the different way consistently and consciously for around a month. Meditation is a core practice in the experience of Liberation; breaking down the bad thought and create a new habit by consistency; the self- determined new way of thinking or looking at your inner and outer world might be uncomfortable, creating anxiety or uneasiness in the beginning. This is the process of developing self-discipline and the strength of Will to command this inner-world transformation. Thought creates and shapes energy, consistency builds momentumand force which can transform and inspire metamorphosis within the mind. Validating this inner-world practice is enhancing confidence in your potential as a Luciferian, slowly by the trials and tribulations of successes and failures on the path, a unique Spirituality might emerge. Mantra, Chants & Passionate Invocations Sound is an excellent tool in establishing concentration and focus of the mind. The use of sounds to direct and concentrate the mind in meditation have been used in nearly all religions, magical traditions and even in overlooked and mundane aspects in the physical world. Mantras are commonly a word, a phrase, a rhythmically structured hymn or even a syllable. Words have often deep, subconscious meaning and within our mind are gateways to specific types of energy and power which may be summoned forth and directed outward. Mantras for the Luciferian should first be used in establishing control and the self-disciple of shaping our inner-world and thoughts in the acts of Liberation and Illumination. Mantras are useful for the initiate to concentrate upon, thought-focused types of energy to clear and focus the mind. Imagination & Fantasy in Magick 1. Imagination is the Suspension of Restriction hindering one’s perception and in turn experience of life (Liberation). 2. Imagination is the practice of Creativity upon the Mind, applying Will, Desire and Belief to compel change within your Subjective and Objective World (Illumination). 3. Unfolding Imagination is essential in overcoming any perceived Limits of Self (Liberation). 4. Imagination fuels Creativity to Create, Change, Destroy and Break the Boundaries of what you expect in life (Illumination). 5. Imagination and Belief when applied with Action slowly changes the way you think; wisdom becomes insight with the validation of the experience; the result is Power and the enhancement of your energy and perpetual “Coming into Being” (Apotheosis). Doctrine, itself, refers not to some dogmatic practice required but the presentation and communication of a framework of symbols. This framework has a form and sequence which may be interpreted and activated per everyone’s consideration. Take time to read, study and compare various Luciferian grimoires and the culture, pantheon and symbolic acts of practice within: you will find Luciferianism has key points and practices which are present in nearly every ancient Pre-Christian polytheistic doctrine and history. Compare “Deific Masks”, symbols and energies associated with Words of Power, Deities, Demons and the application of Ritual Invocations and Incantations: energies are called forth from both Nature and internally from our subconscious depths to the conscious mind. Components in Successful Magick A successful magical working has two key components which are essential in formulating and performing any type of ceremony. 1. Framework: A representation or construct of the desire. Imagination, exercised. The more physical and elaborate the construct, the better. Frameworks are placeholders for Belief. It may include the altar, tools, candles and the ritual performance itself. 2. Energy: Energy inhabits the Framework. It is propulsion of Will by Belief. It imprints reality. The act of imprinting. Magickal power. These components can be considered in contrast. Energy without a Framework is self-indulgent fantasy to no great end or enhancing your Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. Framework without Energy is dead ritual and utterly pointless. Methods of applying energy to framework include creating sigils, consecrating and binding items, burning incense (fumigation) and pouring libations in honor to specific Deities, Spirits or Demons, burning candles shaped or inscribed with focused goals or names, stabbing dolls with pins, and frenzied incantations and mantras. Each involves investing a framework with energy. Other methods include Ahrimanian Yoga, meditation, martial arts and physical exercise while focusing upon a single Magickial goal and invoking (in silence in your imagination or as a whisper). Flood or starve the senses to a building towards a pinnacle of focused, coiled energy and release it at the right moment. You can confound the hierarchy of needs, using discomfort, pain, struggle or frustration to be a supportive catapult to summon and direct energies; Suspension of Desire allows the whole mind (conscious, subconscious, unconscious) to take free reign in saturating Framework with Energy. Once the working is done, don’t think about it or the desire for the rest of the evening or so. Whatever the method, ordinary consciousness must be interrupted. Energy must flow. A great suggestion which works so well is to mentally visualize and flash the Words or Chant with specific, simple actions like a “picture” in your mind during the invocation. This builds energy with intensity, focuses the mind towards bringing the ritual ‘to life’ and finally directing (releasing) the energy like an arrow from a bow. A great mistake many make is that they invoke and recite without the intensity of Will, Desire and Belief. Invocation should be obsessive, manic and passionate with a feeling of release after the ceremony. Interior forces, ancient frameworks, the primal energies of beast and demon, the subjugation and assumption of other-person or other worldly energy: these are all aspects of the Luciferian Path. Whatever form, reinforcement is the final ingredient of Luciferian Magick. If the act seems to fail, simply improve the framework and remember the visualization method I mentioned above. Practice forms of raising/manipulating/stealing/draining energy. Perform the enhanced rite with an ignited imagination. Improve, enhance, and repeat until successful. Such contextual failure serves you by offering an opportunity to enhance your magical stature. Be prepared; attaining proficiency takes great time and develops at considerable expense. Emphasis on Imagination is frequent and significant: it is the first action in a sequence of actions vital to magick. The Witchcraft lore of the Infernal Union of Samael, Lilith and Cain is a metaphor of Illumination, Apotheosis and the attainment of power in this life. The Four Pillars: Power, Balance, Wisdom and Strength. Cain’s heart was driven by the imagination in his mind before smashing the head of his brother. Adam’s seduction by Lilith was an abominable, deliberate process. Such transformations are imagined before manifesting. Or are they? A true Black Adept’s initiation is experiencing something beyond the limitations of Imagination. At the end of the experience, raising yourself to a higher grade (of whatever structure you choose) or plateau of Adepthood will appear different and strange to you for the first time. Direct contact with the Daemon is the gateway to initiation, everything changes, and you slowly shape yourself in the model or image of a form of the Adversary. Initiation is Great Change and the preparation of the individual being a gate for the Adversarial Current in this life. The Night reveals the Hidden to all of us if we are open and strong enough to embrace and master your journey. In this manner and by this merit, Luciferians are potentially Denizens of the Adversary, experiencing and shaping this world to balance both Darkness and Light. We go without trepidation, without fear, and by intelligent thought before action, without regret. We do not rely on opposites or polar extremes to define us: only our own dictates and movements. We ascertain, persevere, transcend, conquer and bleed our self-forged core into the furthest reaches of the indefinable. The Black Flame is enhanced, and our Daemonic potential is slowly realized. This is the Left-Hand Path. • The Test of the Devil’s Mask Specific Energy & Power Represented as a Visual Symbol or Image • WHEN you think of any representation of the Adversary in any myth, culture or tradition, images and symbols are ciphers and tests possessinga deeper knowledge. Composite and Demonic Spirits may unsettle the profane and uninitiated, yet for Luciferians such can be symbols and visual imagery representing specific types of energy and power. For the Demonic they can be either destructive (or changing) or creative. Those demonic spirits in symbol and art have meaning in what attributes or features they are described or depicted with: the monstrous and chaotic devils represent some aspect of either a primal energy or power within nature which affects the living world. These symbols also represent specific types of energy and power which is inherent and coiled in the subconscious depths of humanity. For the profane and uninitiated, the image and symbol of the devilish and demonic has only a shallow face-value, being evil spirit or destruction as according to Christianity or whatever else. They see nothing, so their sleeping herd-animal conscious awareness can keep them weak and unimaginative. The power of the imagination and self-confidence can change your course in life. To become and transform towards inner and outer Luciferian potential, the individual at the very start is before a Gate in which you must see the hidden meaning of symbols and that each represents a specific type of energy, power or spirit that affects both the natural, physical world and human beings. The so-called test is so very simple and requires no scholarship or piles of books to pass. You simply must recognize that the demonic representations and symbols of the devil has hidden knowledge and represents types of energies. There are many and some have elements of destruction or creation within nature and human beings. If you are an Atheist and don’t waste your time with symbolism, then you can also pass the test by recognizing simple Jungian concepts of Atavisms and the Subconscious mind. No matter how you approach Luciferianism if it is natural and honest to your outlook and approach to life. Most cling to deep seated monotheistic beliefs or dualistic religious concepts of good and evil, light and darkness; Luciferianism burns and cuts away the rotten shells of restrictive belief and rejection of weakness in the herd animals we trample upon as we master this world. If you have an instinctual understanding something creative beneath the fearful, destructive visage of the demonic, then the chains of the Nazarene sickness can be broken. The test at that time if you have the instincts and possess the inner-strength and dedication to find the ancient traits so mirrored on the balanced cycle of Destruction and Creation in Nature. You must have the awareness and sharp instinct to find the balance between the demonic symbols reveling the primal darkness which is burning and coiled in the depths of our inner recesses. • Theogonia Unleashing Creativity by the Daemon • FOR more advanced and intuitive ceremonial magicians, the attainment of the coming forth of ones’ personal Daemon is a pivotal point in the beginnings of mastery on the Left-Hand Path. Having established consistency and experience first in applying the 11 Points, identifying focus points of Liberation, seeking and via practice attaining insight by Illumination, Apotheosis validates this experience and the Daemon might begin to take shape within. In ancient Greece, the word “daemon” originally held the meaning of “divine being”. The concept of daemon ‘divine being’ and theos ‘god’ was different in the point that a theos was a deity who held a type of ruling authority over an element, natural phenomena and possessed a type of energy recognizable in the physical world and the realm of the spirit’; the daemon was not consistently ever recognized as having ruling power and authority over a specific part in the cosmos or natural order. These two terms evolved and by the late Hellenistic period, theos ‘god’ and daimon ‘evil spirit’ was a consistently common understanding. In Matthew 8:31, daimon is defined in this New Testament section as an ‘evil spirit’. In Greco-Roman times, the noun daimon (of which daemon is identical despite spelling transliterations) is qualified by the adjective ‘kakos’, meaning ‘evil’. In Greek mythology, the terms theos and daimon became understandable as that the former is applied to the highest divine deities, ruling or having authority to affect the cosmic order commanding the material world. Daimon thus was understood as being a lower spirit who could possess a kakos ‘evil’ or agathos ‘good’ nature. In ancient Assyria and Babylonia, spiritual entities which were not a part of the cosmic structure of order, not gods yet rather free “messengers” at times for the gods’ (to punish or reward). These early forms of daimons were much like us, having good and bad traits and qualities, were a very real and accepted fact existing in daily life. These daimons would later exist and be bound to different elements, some finding their abode in the Underworld. The Judeo-Christian theologians slowly expanded and established a dualistic perception of the cosmos: absolute “good” and “evil”. The traits and virtues of the ancient world became “evil” and even this physical world was identified as something to be escaped by prayer, self-denial of earthly pleasures and blind submission to a sole all-powerful “God”. Luciferianism in a modern approach, recognizes and invokes the traits and virtues (including the primal and carnal instincts) of the ancient world: seeking knowledge, self-directed, individualistic, pride, seeking to make a great name for ones’ self, attaining the worldly goals and seizing the opportunity to become as a god or goddess. Apotheosis is simply gaining wisdom and insight (from experience) and validating the steps taken towards compelling internal and external change. Aleister Crowley established Thelema as an Utterance to establish a Luciferian Aeon. The Book of the Law’s dictum and simplistic command: “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” adapted the knowledge of the ancient masters: Iamblichus, Plato, etc. Aleister Crowley’s compressed essence of power is found in the foremost purpose of conscious attainment by the individual of his or her “Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel”. Thelema itself is Greek for “will” and is simply that every individual possesses an inherent spark which is illuminated as the Black Flame. The Black Flame relates and is identified with the daimon and that individual consciousness which makes us in some way uniquely who we are. True will is not the same as free will, “Do what thou wilt…” is not “Do what you want.”. The Daemon and the inherent genius which guides and enhances the individual also in turn is strengthened and crystallized clearly by the self-realization of our Will, Desire and Belief. The Greek daimon originally related to “fate” or to “divine destinies”. The initiatory structure of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis is a simple categorization of a cyclic continuation of this triad, momentum increasing as you begin realizing how you can use your physical body and life to affect and experience this world. • Darkness & Light Neither “Good” Nor “Evil” • THOSE interested in the philosophy and Magickial practice of Luciferianism will discover that society and modern culture has conditioned dualistic absolutes such as “good” and “evil”, even the concepts of Darkness and Light have theological judgements against them. Luciferianism is unique in the foundation of thought which has the possibility to awaken, deprogram and re-shape our thought patterns and the exact way in which we perceive the world around us. We reject “Duality”, there are elements and types of energies which have both creative and destructive phenomena to them. Darkness is what our universe originally was in the state of; we evolved from this primal chaos and Light was sparked which resulted in life and evolution. We can as individuals explore both darkness and light; not as outer extremes but firstly from within us. Once you masterthe inner-world of the mind and spirit, this power and force may be then affected in the outer-world. Our earliest years of life are strongly shaped by our parents, social media and educational institutions that indoctrinate and create the model of our perception of the world. We learn the sky is blue, the sun is yellow, white is purity, good is what the Christian bible and media tells us evil is put upon our world by the devil who is the enemy of man. This religious myth has done more to kill the imagination and progress of humanity, being afraid and self- loathing for an unseen and fantasy deity which is both wildly destructive and jealous, emerging in a sloppy and slippery way as a blanketed mass “love” spreader by his executed son. Humans are consciously aware beings that have a wide range of emotions and passions which drive them. At an early age, it seems to be a part of the human condition to rebel against some type of authority as our perceptions of the world change with experience. Some grow out of this and become potentially successful or at least acceptable within their social structure as good workers, etc. There are those who only degenerate in behavior to being socially destructive to themselves and those around them. Then there are those who perceive there is something more philosophically but after a few years of being ideological rebels, rejecting the religions of blind faith, allows the weight and influence of friends and family to guide them to social conformity. Luciferians are different. From an early age, we accept and develop strong character, a sense of morals with respect for those we call friends and family; the religious stories and teaching of the Christian bible don’t necessarily match the patterns in nature and the human being; that we can easily understand that people always want to put blame on someone else for their troubles and if given the chance, often act over-selfishly against another. While the Luciferian is not born as such, the mind must have some genetic and developmental conditions which offer potential for the individual to find inspiration, comfort and power in this path. Luciferianism is not an invention credited to me, I recognized the traits and practices to summon it forth in a modern initiatory and philosophical practice. Before it was called “Luciferianism” this path and way of thinking was in many Pre-Christian ancient near eastern cultures to varying degrees, often with nobility and the leaders of those societies. Christianity was at a late date born and soon offered a pipe-dream of peace and bliss at the end of the decaying society of the Roman Empire; an Imperial dream of a martial warriors who soon found that wealth and corruption was superior to social balance. The masses were highly impoverished and had little to look forward to. Christianity offers a reward of bliss to those good sheep who trudged along in life in their culture. Christianity was a tool of control and order with little regard for education, cultural growth or the values of the hero and conqueror from the Hellenistic period. We are instructed on absolutes at an early age; it is much easier to explain and in turn control when things are either black or white. Gray areas which require often reason and logic can turn against those controlling the populations, thus conditioning the earliest Christian converts in the Dark Ages into illiterate and uneducated idiots (except for the wealthy, noble or priestly families) really worked better than the earliest Church Fathers’ ever dreamed of. By the late Medieval Period, the select few were creating a new age of art and the beginnings of Science, while the Church was repressing and teaching fairy tales for truth, keeping slave mentality stronger than ever. Generation after generation was told what to think and where they fit in. Like the breed of a dog, we change their genetics by this type of conditioning until they can’t help but accept this way of living. With so many humans, Luciferians are fortunate to be awake but can find the early stages of self- liberation to grow into confusing mental stress if not allowed to perceive differently than before. To accept such, we must find with reason and logic the benefit and result of doing so. Understanding Darkness & Light In our culture, many commonly perceive darkness as being either ignorance or representing ‘evil’. Light is perceived as both purity and holiness. Those who find an interest in the mainstream edges of the “Occult” world accept and still approach their lives’ with these definitions. Those who find Ceremonial Magick have lessened the absolute; it still is a part of the core of ideology. Anton LaVey’s Satanism was a revolutionary anti-religion in the 1960’s which brought together the foundation ideology from a carnal perspective from which evolved into Luciferianism. A Satanist has a rational self-interest and is happy with indulgence in life; not necessarily a spiritual path or evolution of being. A Luciferian understands indulgence is a foundational human right, yet there is an inner desire for something more. Luciferianism recognizes that there is balance in nature and within our own existence. Nature has functions for all life forms; evolution continues to select the best to rule or the cunning to survive within their own environment. We can now begin to understand with Science that was evolved into what we are now. Originally, we were life forms which crawled from the waters. We emerged from darkness; just as space surrounds the sun and is all around us. Darkness is also the place of our greatest fears, our hidden selves and primal desires. Darkness is not ‘evil’ or depressive in any way; rather it is the place of rest, meditative control and dreaming. Within our dreams we wrap ourselves in darkness to shape our nocturnal fantasy, inspiring our subconscious minds towards conscious thoughts. Darkness Primal (Demonic), Subconscious, Carnal Desire, Survival Instincts, Ego, Animalistic Urges, Hidden Knowledge, Predatory Instincts, Dreams, Chaos, Healing, Fertility and Violent impulses, Emotional, Passionate, Unrestrained force, NEITHER GOOD NOR EVIL. Light Intellect, Seat of the Higher Self (Daemon), Divine creative potential, Higher Faculties of the Mind, Rational and Logical thought, Self-Discipline and Strategic abilities, Self-Restraint, Ability to conceptualize and integrate emotions of empathy and self-determined Moral guidelines, Long-Term goals, Conscious (waking) awareness, Order, Renewal, Balance, Ability to gain Wisdom from experience and Insight, Restrained force with Focus. NEITHER GOOD NOR EVIL. Balance Applying LIGHT to cultivate, facilitate, control and focus DARKNESS to establish APOTHEOSIS by positive experiences, evolving ability to strategically formulate and reach short and long-term goals of self- advancement, improvement or consistency in life. Includes Spiritual and Material conceptions, goals and ability to visualize steps to manifesting the Will. The Higher Self, essentially a visualized extension of the worldly self which shapes and creates its own reality and life. This is the organizing alchemical union of Darkness and Light which governs the cycles of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. This process of initiation brings the conscious self in union and conversation with the Higher Self (Daemon), in turn enhancing and strengthening the Daemon. Ignis Daemonicus (Daemonic Fire), known also as the Black Flame is illuminated and enhanced by the ability to establish Balance by the Great Work of Alchemical union of the two aspects. Darkness and the primal instinct are the very seat of our desire and passions; if uncontrolled, however, we would act without regard for others in the pursuit of over-indulgence. This is where the concept of light emerges. Light is the conscious, articulated and self-controlled aspect of our selves. We don’t seek the light of some alien deity but rather to focus on our own consciousness.Light represents knowledge, enlightenment and with the experience of what we have learned, wisdom. The darkness is the fire of our desire and passion, rising and uniting with the light to then is refined, controlled and properly directed to lead full lives and attain our chosen goals and concepts of individual power. The balance of light and darkness is essential in Luciferianism, we recognize we are our own gods; responsible for our successes and shortcomings. We are accountable to ourselves for how we treat others and the core concepts of morals we find to be a part of our consciousness. If you observe the great conquerors of the ancient world – Alexander the Great, the Achaemenid Persians and the New Kingdom Egyptians, all present themselves as bringers of light to their people. They seek to strengthen and evolve their own people and appear as illuminated heroes overcoming chaos. Observe also how they at time acted ruthlessly and destroyed their enemies without the weak concept that destroys minds – guilt. You see, this is another fine example of balance. In history, the defeated enemy is always depicted as a vanquished force of darkness, evil and the victor is representing the force of light and truth. Obviously, history presents us with one sided lie told again and again; when something is told consistently and soon accepted by the masses, it becomes “truth”. Luciferianism exalts both darkness and light as a balance; duality is a monotheistic falsehood which does not exist in nature. In all beings and within nature itself, there is a cycle of both destruction and creation. From that which is destroyed something new is created upon it. Good and evil are thus the same concept. Anton LaVey defined it as “Good is what you like, Evil is what you don’t like”. As good and evil do not exist, imbalanced and defective people do. Those who steal from others harm the weak or for selfish desire (Luciferianism represents indulgence with healthy discipline) causes suffering to others without enough provocation (self-defense, protecting a loved one) are not in some absolute manner, destructive. Simply put they have too many destructive character flaws and are mental unfit for society. Nothing in this world is black and white; there are different ways of perceiving something and it does matter which side your own concerning what is happening. Luciferianism requires the intelligence and independent strength of character to make decisions based on the experience at the time. Think before acting, if you must defend yourself then do so with guiltless pride. Don’t do things which you will feel guilt for that conflicts with your core morals as a living individual. Luciferianism is a path to spiritual self-liberation with the responsibility to be accountable for your present and future. The spiritual freedom is one of the greatest gifts of the symbol we call “Light Bearer”. Do not resist the dark…go forth and master it, that the light shall then serve your well! • Ignis Daemonicus Luciferian Ceremonial Rites & Basic Magical Practice Book Two • The Daemonic Fire • THE Ignis Daemonicus or Daemonic Fire is the Gift of your unique potential towards illuminating the Black Flame. Initiation requires a disciplined and dedicated affirmation resulting from a basic form of practice centered in both the 11 Points of Power and the Triad of the Morning Star. Those who seek the exaltation of the Black Flame, the gift of the Spark of Divine Consciousness so passed down from Azazel, Samael, Lucifer, Shemiyaza, Lilith, Hecate and the Legions of the Rebellious Angels of Chaos, so will find a basic structure herein. There are numerous methods, tools and grimoire texts I have prepared to inspire many different perspectives and Names of Power which are varied and will attract different likes and tastes. You are suggested to approach this Nightside path of Magick once you have attained a validation and productive results from the foundations within Part I of this book. The teachings of Magick and Sorcery are but a brief glimpse into the tools and Words of Power which can cause both internal and external change. As you experience Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis, you will slowly become as an incarnation of your Daemon and the living temple of the Deific Masks in which the Nightside and Dayside are balanced. Lucifer as the Bringer of Light, the shining fallen deity of old so passed the Acasual Luminous Fires unto the Elect, transforming from Clay to Black Fire to Blazing Light. The first and basic ritual dedication to your initiation and journey upon the Left-Hand Path is “The Self-Illumination Ceremony”, utilized in Luciferian self-dedications for some years now. The ritual is totally dependent upon the aspirant, who, alone stands and symbolizes the Crossroads as the meeting place of the self and spirits of the path. Finally, the aspirant casts off the defiled and mildewed ideals of the Nazarene Sickness of Spirit, commanding the Ignis Daemonicus to be ignited. The aspirant must recognize that the Patron Spirits of the Adversarial Path will not meet in mutual inspiration and pass the Gnosis into the seeker unless the force of will commands it so! Magick is not superstition, Sorcery is not fantasy. If you compare Quantum Physics and Luciferian Magick, you will find that Science and Magick are in many ways identical. In the Middle Ages, Science was Magick and was born of the Devil. Remember and apply what you have read thus far: Will, Desire and Belief commands, fuels and manifests Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. I will now introduce you to some basic, simple ceremonies and rituals derived from the Luciferian Tradition. Many of my published grimoires have extensive and advanced practices of Adversarial Magick. If you find this to your liking, next steps should be towards The Bible of the Adversary, Necrominon – Egyptian Sethanic Magick, Dragon of the Two Flames, Sebitti – Mesopotamian Magick and Demonology, Fallen Angel and others. Ritual is a tool to enact the psychodrama which first stimulates the imagination, bringing together the required component of Will, Desire and Belief in the Adept. The second is that by enhancing and concentrating a focused build-up of Magickial energy, this mere act of ceremonial psychodrama transcends into simultaneously the astral, spiritual, acasual (or anti-cosmic) as well as the casual (cosmic-linear time-cause and effect conscious world) to compel change according to the Will of the Magician. Do not expect quick and immediate results; the power to command change requires consistent and unyielding force which acts as a something small building momentum over the material, casual world governed by cause and effect. • Basic Definitions of Magick • TO understand a very basic conceptualization of Magick within an LHP understanding, some simple examples and references will be made here. Luciferians can find an initiatory sense of understanding with many other Left-Hand Path traditions; my personal initiatory path afforded a deep study and application of several paths prior to my utterance of “Luciferianism” in the late 1990’s. Many different teachings and paths upon the Left-Hand Path have common ground, it is important to pick out what is beneficial and meaningful to you as an individual. Avoid Social Media forums and groups which negate from meaningful and serious studies, those which pass rumors and vane chatter to attack any number of organizations or authors. The Black Adept who is experienced with initiatory practices will take notice of the positive and beneficial knowledge, having respect for what others contribute and ignoring the garbage. Remember that what you focus on is what your energy is directed towards; don’t let the “do nothings” who merely collect books and avoid practicing Magick infect you. I will present briefly three authors of Satanic and Setian foundations to compare the basics of the variants of theory and practice: Anton LaVey, MichaelAquino and Stephen E. Flowers. Anton LaVey separated magic in two basic categories: Lesser and Greater Magic. Lesser is defined as the everyday use of psychology, spells, incantations, manipulation to attain often short-term goals. Social interaction is a platform for this type of magic as it is a basic in which all walks of life (including the media) utilize constantly. Manipulation to guide others to think a certain way and to get what they want. Greater Black Magic for LaVey was the term for ceremonial magic and the psychodrama of channeling desires and energies towards a self-determined result. Dr. Michael Aquino, under the mantle of the Church of Satan and later the Temple of Set, developed and refined these terms further and into a vast area of theory and practical application towards ‘Xeper’ (‘To Become’). The Subjective Universe is the individual’s personal perspective on the Objective Universe, the components of such occupy time and space (Material, Casual World). The Subjective is associated with one’s perception and all which is visualized and understood privately, as an individual. Lesser Black Magic is the act of influencing existing beings, processes and things within the objective universe by the application of what Aquino defines as ‘obscure physical or behavioral laws”. Lesser Black Magic from the Seitan approach understands that the individual is an independent entity which moves around in the Objective Universe, being separate from it (which makes preference to the meaning of Left-Hand Path) studies and uses knowledge to influence, control or compel change in accordance with his or her will. The Objective Universe is thus a tool for personal satisfaction and preferential experience. Greater Black Magic is the art of causing change within the subjective universe in accordance with the will. This change in the Subjective Universe often will have a similar and proportionate change within the Casual/Physical World (Objective Universe). Dr. Aquino describes the act within formal Greater Black Magic workings as: …involves first the exploration of one’s subjective universe, other subjective universes which may be involved, and relevant portions of the objective universe to their conceptual frontiers (if not limits). —Michael Aquino, Black Magic, p.67-8 Explaining Setian theory in Greater Black Magic is a clear determination of a single, pointed direction of the will: There follows a precise, coherent, and deliberate focusing of the will of the creative self to adjust features of the subjective universes (personal and others’) to the desired state, which may of may not be “real” in the objective universe. —Ibid., p.67-8 The Ritual Chamber, often an artificial environment with material symbols, items and decorations which inspire and support the attunement with the application of Black Magic. The five physical senses should be addressed: sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. Luciferian Magick is in harmony with the theory and practice of Lesser and Greater Black Magic including “Medial Black Magic”. Medial Black Magic (MBM), as defined by Dr. Aquino, has similar goals as in Lesser Black Magic, using forces and features which are of the objective universe to attain a goal, yet MBM uses metaphysical means, called “the Magical Link” in order to realize them. Dr. Aquino describes it as such: …the phenomena of the Magical Link between the subjective and objective universes will transform a portion of the quality to the items’ objective mass. The potency and endurance of the transfer depends upon the skill and willpower of the consecrating magician, the scope of the working, the amount of distortion in the objective universe attempted… —Ibid., p.87-8 Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D. is one of the vanguards of the research and study of historical and contemporary religions and magical traditions. His research and extensive works have centered on the Germanic and Norse Traditions (as Edred Thorsson). For those who wish an extensive study of Satanic and LHP esoteric traditions, “Lords of the Left-Hand Path” is an essential work. Dr. Flowers also has published works on advanced Rune Magick, Hermetic Magick and a study on the Fraternitas Saturni (published as “Fire and Ice”). In summary, Luciferianism fully accepts and agrees with these definitions and standards by many LHP traditions and works. Luciferians should master a basic model of practice which supports and enhances the Four Luciferian Pillars: Balance, Power, Wisdom, and Strength. No Luciferian should ever consider bowing or submitting to another; including deity or other subjective spiritual concepts. Respect about Deific Masks should be utilized to meaningful existence by the psyche of the individual; if so desired, such evocations should support the self-determined goals of the Subjective and Objective Worlds. The Great Work In many different esoteric traditions, the aim and purpose of magick is to not only awaken the consciousness of man and woman to his or her inherent divinity. This is understood as the god within. The physical body, mind and personality of man and woman are considered dim reflections of the personal god or Daemon. Aleister Crowley named this the Holy Guardian Angel. For the Luciferian, union with the concept of a “God” governing the universe is not only a self-destructive and time-wasting concept, we like other LHP philosophies seek to enhance, evolve and refine our consciousness and illuminate our Daemon as a symbolic Crown or Torch bearing light. Seitan’s would call this Greater Black Magick and in other traditions it is “High Magick” without the Judeo-Christian, Cabalistic RHP desire of union and being absorbed by a “higher power”. • Reasons for the Practice of Magick • The reader will find common examples of reasons to practice magick below: Reason 1: Liberation To liberate yourself from restrictive beliefs you were brought up with. You recognize perhaps a deep-seated belief in a fearful ‘possibility’ of the existence of ‘God’, influence ingrained in perhaps childhood and our society. To examine deep set behaviors which may be causing problems, modify those behaviors and shape them into productive areas of your life Dualism (Good vs. Evil) remains firmly seated in the back of your mind and thus restricting you from embracing Luciferianism as a balanced philosophy and practice. Liberate yourself by asking the questions, studying and having actual workings which challenge and immerse you in the conflict of these questions. Finding answers and validating how Luciferian Magick works is a process of Liberation. Reason 2: Insight To open a potential for some type of Spiritual experience and insight of the Adversarial Current, Goetia, Theurgy, Witchcraft, Sorcery (all from a Luciferian perspective). Assuming the God-form or Deific Mask of deities and demons to gain insight into types of energy and the connection between Nature and the Mind-Body-Spirit. It is irrelevant whether personal beliefs on whether these are sovereign beings, forces or just strains of psychological identification. Trust your instincts, Magick enhances and extends you. Reason 3: Strength To gain insight, strengthen and refine consciousness, which will in turn build personal Ego, self-confidence and personal charisma per one’s own psychological make-up and type of personality. Luciferians will seek to test weaknesses and strengths in real ordeals and obstacles in life. Try to always look for the initiatory value and good in all types of situations. This is the symbolic concept of the Forge of Cain and Azazel; by Black Flame, Struggle and calculated boldness are you able to attain Apotheosis and the experience of initiatory insight. Every inner quality forged manifest exponentially in the external world. Reason 4: Growth To define what is possible in your life when your mind is focused. Limits collapse as the imagination grows, self-determination and discipline are the vehicle which moves you to the goalsyou have designed. Magick purposefully binds the imagination to reality. Reason 5: Exaltation Luciferians exalt life and celebrate both spiritual and the carnal aspects of it. One’s focus may gravitate towards one or the other at any given moment or at different periods in a lifetime. Luciferians may be a spiritualistic or materialistic personality, what unites us in our spiritual rebellion is the rational application of the 11 Luciferian Points of Power. The Luciferian Spirit reminds us to maintain a healthy balance between the depths of darkness and the heights of the heavens. Symbiotically, the spiritual and the carnal are inherently connected and fuel each other continuously; they feed upon each other. Full access to the glory of flesh is not gained without sating the spirit. Similarly, full access to the spirit is impossible without gorging the flesh. Reason 6: Experience Personal experience is paramount; don’t assume something is so by word alone. Experience it. Challenge it. Affirm all things by your own standards; be careful that these standards do not lapse into stagnant restriction. Think of what you might do with the pinnacle of inspiration. Behold the perfect vision of your own cunning, creativity and life, manifest: the path of the Crooked Serpent begins. Reason 7: Passion To seek your inherent passion towards the practice of cunning craft, Sabbatic or Nightside Sorcery via variations of Pagan practices and rituals. The Luciferian might fully dedicate his or herself to the spiritual and nature- oriented balance of the Cycles of the Year and the insight and power of the path. Perhaps the practice of Black Witchcraft and Satanism via the Luciferian medieval rites to experience the primal and liberating power of this tradition is also an option as well. Tarot, divination, spell casting all for your deep instinctual passion to grow as an Adept in the Luciferian Path is a potential journey for initiates as well. • Symbols & Their Meanings in Luciferian Magick A Basic Introduction to Representations of the Adversary • LUCIFERIANS perceive the world often in a different way than those of mainstream society and religion. In the ancient religions and myths of the Pre-Christian world, the character traits and celebrated symbols of the conquerors, sages, leaders and individual “Heroes” of deified Greco-Roman times are the atavistic qualities of the Luciferian today. Compare ancient near eastern precursors to the Hebrew Adversary, Judeo-Christian Demonology, ancient Persian Daeva and Islamic Djinn there is to be discovered a hidden wealth of knowledge to bring perspective and power to the Luciferian. I will not describe the vast and more complicated pantheons of deities, demons or angels to avoid unnecessary confusion for the beginner. I will offer some key knowledge concerning mythological representations, symbols and hidden meanings that open a doorway to accessing the adversarial terrors as beneficial metaphors of both primal and higher wisdom and strength so reflected in humanity. Deific Masks It may be of benefit to the Luciferian to look at Deific Masks (deities and demons) as packaged symbols, visual representations or incarnate beings in your fantasies: your imagination holds the deep subconscious meanings of the symbolism to some extent already. These Deific Masks as ‘packages’ can be opened and are filled with that which makes them ‘what’ they represent. Within the ‘package’ (behind the mask) there is a specific type of energy or power which can be invoked or evoked by the Luciferian. Deific Masks are composed of both a mental visualization, be it anthropomorphic, composite (with various animal or mythological creature parts) or theriomorphic (beast- like). The Key to opening the Deific Mask, passing beyond the image is the knowledge and utterance of the Name of Power. The Name of Power identifies and commands the associated energy, deity, spirit or demon to being called forth within first your subjective world. The mind of the Luciferian has subconscious knowledge and is a foundation of which such energy rests, when the Names of Power, Intent and the unity of Will, Desire and Belief is aligned in ritual the energy is called up from the depths. The Dragon & Serpent In the ancient world, dragons and serpents are interchangeable and often identical as collectively symbols of earthly power, conquering, knowledge, predatory instincts, transformation and metamorphosis, fertility and renewal. In the ancient world prior to Christianity and Islam, dragons and serpents were a type of “undefined and innominate divine” and the early and later Jinn were identified with serpents. They often dwelt in chthonic realms such as beneath the earth, in water, caves and feared places most would not dare to go. The serpent’s tongue was a source of knowledge as we see in the myth of Genesis, a text which turned the beneficial and respected desire for knowledge in the ancient world to a negative symbol in Hebrew and Christian monotheism. The Serpent represents in ancient Mesopotamia a variety of aspects including Healing, Fertility, Renewal, Underworld and Destructive principles. The snake deities of ancient Sumeria and Elam were associated with healing and fertility in both the chthonic and underworld associations (one origin for the Caduceus was with Ningishzida); Assyria and Babylonian symbols of the Serpent and Dragon were for Creative, Forceful, Defending, War and Destructive concepts as well. The Devil of Genesis and Samael/Azazel in Hebrew myths as the Serpent illuminated Adam and Eve with the Forbidden Fruit, introducing knowledge, self-awareness and concepts like ‘Good and Evil’ which is described as ‘Opening your eyes and becoming like gods’. Dragons were enemies of the Hebrew’s monotheistic god as they were power within the physical and spiritual world, devouring and subduing forces of chaos which were driven by the primal instincts of the abyssic sea. In other ancient world cultures, dragons and serpents were also identified as the same: snakes symbolized the health by renewal, chthonic fertility, knowledge and divine power and insight. As dragons they could be both destructive and protective of authority such as deities and kings. The serpent is also a symbol in Isaiah 27:1 (as tannin) of world-powers whose rule was made by the earthly laws of cause-and-effect: the strong rule the weak and the clever rule the strong. The deities of Mesopotamia adopted various dragons of primal chaos (Tiamat’s children) as patron protectors, the Parthians who ruled Persia and Babylonia during the Hellenistic period were originally of the tribe of Scythians called the ‘Dahae’, whose name is associated with ‘demons’ and like ‘azidaha’ in ancient Pahlavi as a ‘snake’ and ‘dragon’. In the Middle Iranian period (450 BCE – 650 CE), the dragon (azhdaha) was a symbol of war depicted on standards used in battle. The dragon was a symbol of the desired character trait of martial valor as well as the ruler’s ferocity and power. Dragons were associated with a type of genie (spirits) or jinn who were semi-divinities in Arab cultures of the middle east. The Dragon was in part associated with chthonic depths and water, while in Zoroastrian lore the dragon is associated with Angra Mainyu (Ahriman) and the daevas (demons). The dragon and serpent is thus an ideal symbol and metaphor for the balanced nature of the Luciferian: both creative and destructive while striving for the renewal and invigoration of this life. The Morning & Evening Star: Venus The Herald of the Dawn, the blazing star of the morning, Venus, has both masculine and feminine attributes and is associated with a variety of deities. Lucifer as we recognize the name today is a type of syncretic Deific Mask of both godlike and demonic attributes. In origin, Lucifer is derived from the Greek name Eosphoros, the Roman Luciferus or Lucifer (literally ‘Dawn Bringer’). This is simply the Morning Star. Venus has two specific phases,the second being the Greek Hesperos, the Roman Vesperus (‘Dusk’) and for some, Noctifer (‘Night Bringer’). Originally these were two different gods of the planet Venus, combined in syncretic identification as one deity. The Canaanite Deific Mask, Ashtar or Arabic Attar is the origin for the ‘fallen angel’ myth of what became Isaiah 14 and was a deity who tried but descended to the earth from the throne of Baal. Venus is represented in Mesopotamia as a goddess of both Love (‘Morning Star’) and War (‘Evening Star’), Ishtar or the Sumerian Inanna. Venus is associated with Love in Hellenistic and Roman times as Aphrodite and to the Canaanites and Syrians, Astarte. In early and later Christianity Lucifer was in syncretism united and identified with Satan the fallen angel. This Satanic Godhead has many other names and associations even with other planets and elements including Samael (with Mars), Satan (with the element of ‘Air’ and spirit of divination and illumination), the medieval Satanas or Diabolus (with the destructive aspect of the element ‘Fire’ and of ‘Divine Consciousness’ as ‘The Black Flame’). The Book of Enoch identifies Azazel (here a Fallen Angel from a group known as ‘The Watchers’ and in Hebrew demonology as a desert-demon) brings knowledge and teachings of Metallurgy (the ‘Forge’, see Cain and Tubal-Cain) for the weapons of war and conquest, and of Cosmetics (beautification, fascination, love or lust). For experienced and knowledgeable Black Adepts, Lucifer and Satan can be considered the same Deity, each Name of Power is called upon and ritualistically identified with to focus upon specific attributes (Lucifer for illumination and knowledge, creativity; Satan for challenging, strife and transformation by destroying to create anew). Don’t be confused with this as this might detract you from the Great Work itself; focus it on basic, simple principles towards your initiation. You will find much more on Deific Masks later in this work as well as vast amounts of forbidden knowledge in my additional works. Learn to recognize and identify the subtleties if you seek advanced esoteric knowledge. For most Luciferians, the basics will be suitable to establish a strong foundation. The Adversary & the Hidden Essence of the Demonic A blatant scheme to isolate the religion’s adherents and propagate political and cultural control by so-called pious rulers and priests. How could any rational individual even consider accepting the alien and unnatural religion that demands ignorance and blind faith as a virtue, while detesting the search for knowledge and self-mastery. Made more repulsive by the irony of claiming humans have “Free Will” while holding the superstitious and dogmatic boot on the neck of those so “Free” to decide. The Adversary as a model and symbol for the Luciferian is the liberator, challenger and rebel source of the light of consciousness and intellectual possibility. The inherent divine light, the Black Flame is a gift from the very enemy and destroyer of the ignorant weakling whose doctrine is divide and conquer. Satan, Deities and Demons are dark spirits and destroyers to Hebrew and Christian religion, embracing the terrifying and satanic imagery as being a symbol and image of the embrace of primal darkness being cultivated and focused by the inner divine light we have within. There is no need to submit and torment our lives with the illusion of religious “Sin”, knee-bent hating ourselves and licking the feet of some imaginary tyrannical “God” who places cruel threats and fears to break down the spirit of humanity. Religions provide a center of support and comfort for the one investing belief, the masses have been conditioned and told consistently to accept the Judeo-Christian myths as truth, no matter how laughable and self-degrading it might be. The Luciferian understands that our philosophy and practices are not some conditioned dogma barked at us from birth or by cultural influence; the 11 Luciferian Points of Power and the ideals of the Left-Hand Path are instinctual and burning within us as awake individuals. Luciferianism is for the elect of the Black Flame, the metaphorical “children” of the Watchers and the “Children of Pride” born of the gifts of the Serpent. Christianity and dogmatic religion are suitable for the many, the masses are quick to accept so-called “truth” as simply as hearing a message repeatedly. Luciferians are as Wolves, noble predators and individualistic living incarnations of the Black Flame. We often are strategic in our struggle to achieve long term goals; Luciferians learn to observe and measure the character and traits of others by how behavior demonstrates actual LHP or RHP ideals. Luciferians have no need of converting others; we gladly offer our knowledge for those interested and will embrace those who discover they are like-minded or also upon the LHP. A simple test to identify is one is worthy of your time of guidance as a Luciferian is to evaluate if they possess many of the “Luciferian Traits”. Equally important is to validate that they live and demonstrate these traits in the observance of how they behave and their results. Don’t waste time on those who cannot grasp or even apply these traits; instead demanding more attention and “hand holding” while still alien to our way of living and thinking. Advanced Magick which utilizes opposing casual and acasual planes which are depended and co-existent with one enhancing another. Any willed action taken in your mundane (physical) world is set in motion by thoughts and focused mental energies first. Your actions enhance and directs energy which can influence change according to your will, as a result refining, enhancing and transforming the individual within Apotheosis. The acasual or anti-cosmic chaos beyond the casual, physical world can be opened to some extent by the Black Adept. • Ritual Magick • CEREMONIAL or Ritual Magick is a practice of calling forth specific types of energies, powers, deities, demons or spirits in which the magician visualizes and focuses towards a specific goal. The Black Art of Luciferian Magick crosses boundaries and enhances the vessel of experience (the Mind and Body of the Magician), encouraging the insight of Apotheosis and all that such entails as a result. Any chosen room or solitary place may be utilized as a temple for the Luciferian. The room should in the place where the altar will be should be as simple as possible, except for associated imagery. As you progress you will naturally evolve to your tastes and desires. As a Luciferian, you do not need to be hand-held on every step you take. Trust your instincts and act with complete confidence and belief in your purpose. Guidance and the keys to the Empyrean and Infernal in my grimoires should guide and inspire you to go forth and experience the Adversarial Current. The Altar The altar is the physical focus point or “temple” for the Black Adept to conscious recognize the fixed will or basis of the Luciferian Magician. The altar is the focus point often during ceremonial invocations and offerings. The altar contains any type or number of idols or statues representing the energy of the Deific Masks you are working with, chalice, athame, tools and the pentacle are just a basic example of what goes upon an altar. For those who cannot have a physical altar, you may have the courage to create one in your imagination and continuously visualize it in rituals. You may choose to use your altar for some rituals, while some types of outdoor ceremonies and workings will have you consecrating a stone or place in the forest or field to be your fixed center of your convocation with the self, ancestral dead, deities, demons and spirits. The Athame or Dagger The Athame is the living force (of the Luciferian) commonly associated with Azazel, Tubal-Cain, Gadreel, Naamah, (if the Element is Fire) or Lucifer, Paimon, Oriens, Apollyon (Abaddon), Lilith, (if the Element is Air). The athame (from the Arabicadhdhame, a bloodletter) has two associations commonly: in traditional witchcraft, the element Fire and in ceremonial magick, Air. The Luciferian may approach the Athame with his or her choice, depending on individual taste, approach and learning. As the element of Fire, the Athame is a key symbol of Cainite (Luciferian) Witchcraft lore: Azazel’s gift of knowledge of forging weapons, later with Tubal-Cain’s sorceries as the first blacksmith act as a symbolic bridge between the aethyric and the physical earth. The Luciferian at core is the forge in which the Black Flame is enhanced to fashion our foundations and potential of Mind, Body and Spirit. As the element Air, the athame or sword represents the command of the spirit, the aethyr, the Elle-folk (ancestral spirits of the dead) of Danish traditions in Black Witchcraft, to draw them to the circle or to return from where they dwell. The athame is a magically creative weapon – it shapes and forms the primal body of shadow, to initiate ourselves. The athame or dagger may be of various materials and forms (depending on your predilections and associations) including steel, wood, stone, animal or human bone, etc. The act of turning the athame and pointing it from oneself outward is the ceremonial art of Casting the Circle and the Adversarial Path of Self-Determination. Remember, every act and tool has meaning, often layers of knowledge which can over time, be revealed. The Wand The Wand is the divine (daemonic) force commonly associated with Beelzebub, Satan, Hecate, Azazel, Astarte, Nergal, Ishtar with the element of Fire. If the element of Air: Pazuzu, Lilith (Lilitu, Ardat-Lili, Lilu), Lamastu, Hermes Chthonios, etc. The Wand represents the Magical Will which Aleister Crowley describes as being two-fold. The first is that the wand is identified with the preternatural spark which makes us individual, the Black Flame. The second is that the wand represents the Will of the Luciferian, the powers of the mind and the element of Fire. The Wand itself has origins in ancient Greece, being as the Caduceus, the weapon of guiding and directing the spirits of the dead to Haides by Hermes Chthonios. The Wand for the Luciferian is a weapon of magick to focus the powers of the mind, enhancing and illuminating your path by recognizing the Magickial Will or gate to the Daemon. The beginning Luciferian must recognize the power of the Word and his or her Will in the mystical name and the magical oath of the Self-Illumination Ceremony. The Word is the expression of the highest Will of the Luciferian; a bridge and gateway between the balance of the individual and the Daemon. The Pentacle The pentacle is the chthonic womb of renewal and the foundation of carnal existence attributed to the element of Earth, Deific Masks such as Shemiyaza, Belial, Dionysos, Ishtar, Hecate, Pan, Azazel (as the goat-demon and lord of the Se'irim), Artemis, etc. The Inverted Pentagram represents the element Earth, the manifestation of the physical world we live in. The Inverted Pentagram represents the balance and self-mastery of both the carnal and spiritual aspects within the living temple of the Mind, Body and Spirit. The Pentagram has associations with the carnal, rational and symbolizes the Laws of Nature. The pentacle is also a symbol of fertility, renewal and healing as with the Chthonic realm (below the earth). The Chalice or Cup The Chalice is the vessel to receive the spiritual drink of the Gnosis of the Adversary in both a demonic and deified manner. The element of Water associated with the Chalice is identified with Leviathan, Apep, Sobek, Tiamat, Ea/Enki, etc. The Chalice is identified with the element of Water, the subconscious, acasual abyss, primal chaos, fertility and the Adversarial Gate to the oneiric gnosis of the Lord of the Underworld and the Witches Sabbat (the dream convocation). The chalice represents the Understanding and Knowledge of the Black Adept. The Chalice also is associated with the willed act of self- renewal and drinking deep the ecstasies of not only this life, yet also the vast abyss from which we find our primal origins. The Robe or Cloak The Hooded Black Robe of the Luciferian represents the hidden knowledge and primal mysteries of our instincts and conquering aims. The Red Robe represents a fiery association with the creative aspect of the Black Flame, the Mastery of Fire and command of the Will. A White Robe represents the aethyric or Spirit associated with lunar, solar and the element of air. A Green Robe represents an earthly initiation by the path of Shemiyaza, gaining the knowledge and powers associated with root cutting, herbs and formulas associated with Earth. The balance between the healing arts of Magick, Science and Medicine are all associated with the knowledge of Shemiyaza (Eshmun), Artemis, Diana, Dionysos, Pan, etc. The Robe or Cloak also represents the hidden nature of the Great Work: hele, conceal and never reveal as some proclaim! The Bell The bell is the tool of announcing the opening and closing of the ritual. While no actual tool is essential (Luciferians validate that Magick begins within the living temple of Mind, Body and Spirit) some may find inspiration from proper ceremonial performance and the sound of the bell calming the chamber with the sounds sacred to Paimon and Lucifer as Kings of the East (and for Paimon, West in some traditions). Candles The candles chosen for the altar are of course subject to the type of working being performed. The Black candle is symbolic of the Black Flame, the torch or candle between the horns of the Sabbatic Goat or Baphomet. The Black candle also represents the illumination of the imagination and transformative flame which has both Infernal and Empyrean attributes; the fires of hell are the renewing, self-transforming, purifying and revealing furnace of Azazel’s tongue. The center Black Flame candle may be a larger one: 3 x 9” inches or similar. Standard 6” inch taper candles will be both on the left and right sides of the altar. Additional candles may be burnt elsewhere in the ritual chamber to provide further light. Black candles are used in rituals of invocation of some deities or demons of the Underworld, also for power, victory (success), invocation, etc. The White candle is symbolic of the element of Air and the Aethyr, the realm of the spirit and emotional intuition and passionate thought. White candles are used in healing, destroying, gaining insight from a future (planned) working, emotional well-being and the inspiration of the Deific Masks of cosmic order and balance. Red candles represent the burning desire and flame of seduction, desire, lust, passion, fury and war. Additional candle colors may equally be utilized and for the sake of basic simplicity, are not described here. Focus on the three basic candle colors and grow deeply comfortable with developing your techniques of practicing ceremonial ritual. Parchment Parchment paper may be used to inscribe sigils, images, illustrations, mantras and simple commands you wish to make a reality in your ceremonial workings. You may build an intense concentration and ecstasy in reciting the incantations, building to a peak moment where you visualize and feel this goal becoming a reality at that very moment. The parchment is then burn in the flame of the Black, White or Red candle at the very height of energy encircling; with the burning of the parchment, the desire is commenced to the deities, demons or spirits you summon in the ceremony. Incense Since the beginning of recorded history, the burning of incense as an offering to a deity, demon or spirit is a time-honored tradition. Burning incense has two parallel purposes: the first is to inspire with the sense of smell the atmosphere and mood of the ritual working; the second is to make an offering to a Deific Mask. The Greeks called it Apomeilixis, burnt during the hours of night or astrological hour of a goetic summoning and ritual binding. Fumigationis the common term, burning incense while reciting a hymn or invocation with an intuitive alignment with your Daemon and the Deific Mask. For a beginner who has not attained the Knowledge and Conversation of the Daemon, burning or as in fumigation, a simple hymn recited and chanted with a mutually honoring thanks-giving to the Deific Mask. In Babylonia, this act was called Qutaru. Altar Cloth or Tapestry Use the proper decorations and signs depending on the type and nature of the working you are conducting. If you can, change your altar decorations and symbols to fit the Deific Mask you are invoking and working with. Many years ago, when I began my initiation, one could not find nearly any Satanic, Left-Hand Path or Sinister altar symbols, statues and jewelry. I developed my imagination and created/altered objects based on my need. After I and Hopemarie founded the Luciferian Apotheca in 2007, we grew in our first decade being opened to have dedicated lines of Luciferian, Satanic and Dark Magickial tools and jewelry. This in fact was a working in itself to spread the Adversarial and Luciferian spirit and symbol to a enlarging customer base; this was to one part of my True Will, also in doing so honors the Luciferian pantheons which we unleash again in a modern form. The Shadow or Witch Name As I was called “The Night Ravener” by a Sabbatic initiate in the late 1990’s, the importance of names in magical rites is significant, the succession and passing-on of power uniquely expressed within myself. The Zos Kia Cultus and Nightside Witchcraft teachings are but one avenue of modern origin, so you will also have a unique expression of the Adversarial Current. In your moments of Spell Casting and Invocations, you may hear your name of darkness or shadow whispered in dreams: it represents your true nature. Your Magickial Name is your baptized Luciferian command of your Magickial aim. Choose your name carefully, it must appeal to you above all and represent part of who you are. Do not simply adopt a deities’ name as this has little to artistic imagination and individuality. Take parts of a name based on your affinity to it and reconstruct it to a unique name. Your Magickial Name will perhaps change or have parts subtracted or added to it as you attain insight and experience; this artistic creativity which is the training of listening to your subconscious instincts is the eventual road for which your Daemon and True Will shall become manifest and known to you. You can read more about epithets and Magickial names in other works such as Dragon of the Two Flames, Necrominon, Fallen Angels, Sebitti and Book of the Witch Moon. The Book Magical Record The Magical record is a very important book – it is a blank tome which you will keep daily record of your workings. Why would this be important? It will be a future guide to what you have had results with – and what did not work. You will begin to see patterns, when you work strongest and when you are less effective. Imagine what you could do for yourself with such information! You may desire to have a Book of Shadows to scribe your adaptations and new Invocations and Spells from Luciferian works; this invigorates and provides a traditional without dogma in enhancing the passing-on of power. • Ritual Initiation First Steps • INITIATION is a continual process which will enhance and bring actualized results to your life. I discovered the component which fuels successful initiation is the actual suspension of disbelief and total passion as if your Words of Power are manifesting before you. In the moments of ritual invocation, time seems to have no meaning; the Circle of the Luciferians crossroads is an energy-filled experience of convocation between the deities, demons and spirits so brought forth. A clarification of what I mentioned concerning “Words of Power” manifesting in your minds’ eye in ritual is actually crystalized in the Acasual or Abyss in which you shape as the palace of Daemonic memories and your eventual Shadowing Forth of your Daemon. While in the ritual chamber, your totality of Will, Desire and Belief allows your Astral Wand of Black Flame to reach into the Abyss; the Daemonic Eye of your Mind (or Ajna Chakra) opens and by the subconscious desire is your Temple slowly fashioned by your Luminous Fire. This Gnostic Black Flame is the very hereditary Divine Fire passed from Samael to those of Witch Blood and Luciferian Spirit. Don’t let this confuse you; the Astral Temple and shaping of the Acasual (called also Anti-Cosmic) is a process of Infernal Apotheosis, High Luciferian Magick which is a life-long process of creating and crystalizing. What matters now is that your Words of Power so uttered in your invocations and hymns bring a euphoria and stimulated imagination in ritual; at the climax of your ceremony the imagination and conscious mind unites the goal and determined desire to be perceived as if it has come to pass. My published Luciferian Works contain numerous and varied rituals, hymns and spells which may be easily adapted to the Black Adept. There is no dogmatic requirement concerning a specific ritual or ceremony; there are suggestions and guidelines for a type of framework in approach. Perform first the Self-Illumination Dedication Ceremony to dedicate yourself to the path so chosen as a Luciferian. After this, you may wish to try basic circle casting and tutelary invocations based on your predilection. I have included some introduction Magickial invocations and spells here to offer substance towards enhancing your metaphysical framework. To begin a journey on the twisted spine of the Ouroboros, the Crooked Serpent so named Leviathan, the mystery of the dragon is revealed. The Ouroboros is the boundary of the cosmos with beyond the serpent as abyssic chaos. The Ouroboros as Leviathan is revealed as the circumference of the Living Body of the Luciferian, renewing, invigorating eternally while dying and equally mastering the darkness within and beyond. The Crooked Serpent is the affirmation of our Four Pillars: Balance, Power, Wisdom and Strength. The mystery is Balance and Black Alchemical Illumination and Apotheosis by experience and self-determination. This is the meaning of the Sigil of Infernal Union: Leviathan encircling, Union of Samael and Lilith beget the Beast: Cain, Chioa or Baphomet as the Balanced Luciferian Temple (Mind Body, Flesh) of the Adept. The following ritual, CASTING THE SHADOW OF CAIN is a simple yet traditional Black Witchcraft ceremony which acts as a “Crossing of the Threshold”. Initiation is the first steps into the path of Samael and Lilith, one of hidden wisdom and the knowledge of self. By knowing who you are, strengths, weakness and what you want to become does the path of darkness reveal light. The light is wisdom. Magick is a tool which opens the mind to the unknown. With knowledge of the unknown comes power. Luciferians thirst for power. We want to control our lives, our possibilities in life and death. Initiation into the Luciferian Mysteries is one which requires someone who can seek mysteries to discover knowledge; you must embrace the darkness as a part of yourself, understanding that the abyss is an endless fountain of power. The highest aim of many initiatory orders is to thrust the candidate into the abyss, destroying the human ego and hence creating a being of light who is merely a vessel for some imbalanced god. Our Luciferian tradition, in contrasts, sponsors an abysmal plunge on the very outset. The goal is not to dissolve the ego but to ignite it. Once lit, the Initiate empowers self and addresses any human weakness to emerge as a beacon of his own light. We do not allow the Ego to become inflated and a source of weakness as many often do; humble yourself by testing your strengths and conquering personal weakness. The cunning serpent and predator do not disadvantage him or herself by bragging; instead the Luciferian watches and observes and acts rather than becomingprey of another. Begin your path as a Luciferian knowing you will be challenged and tested. Through this magical path you shall ascended in Apotheosis. You will slowly visualize and develop yourself in the archetypical image of the Adversary, the Daemon shall come forth! Through the Mask of the isolated one, the wanderer who first spilled blood to sacrifice to his demon, whose mark was that of initiation, can the path of light be seen. That the first murderer destroyed the weakness of his own self to descend into darkness and then again into light presents a model of initiation. It is more than a mere model to some, rather a living spirit which inspires the self; acts as a muse and elevates the self to higher levels of perception. The Luciferian Path is the balance of Spirit and Body; antinomianism and passing beyond all restrictions and borders. The nature of the Father of Cain, being Samael, is to be as the Adversary, to test the self and others. Indulge with the discipline of Will and become in the image of Satan and Samael. The Luciferian enters the sacred Circle and Crossroads, before the Deific Masks and Spirits he or she will symbolically destroy the Clay, lowly body of Abel (your “old” self before initiation) and the Spark within becomes Fire and then Light shaped in the Devil’s Gnosis of Cain. This is the basic continual points of self-transformation in Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. Transformation Process Deific Mask Clay Uninitiated Abel Fire Forge Cain Light Awakened Lucifer-Azazel The symbolism of Cain and Lucifer-Azazel (Azal’ucel) is the process of self-illuminating initiation: a self-directed achievement. The aim of the magician is to become like Lucifer, the struggle against the Cosmic Order which denies the will to become isolate and unique. As a Luciferian, you shall walk the path which is feared and forbidden: terror and darkness shall either be embraced as your tools and craft or will devour you. By this journey you will not seek some “oneness” with something else, rather you will be the Crossroads which the Deities, Demons and Spirits gather and by the Triad of the Morning Star shall the Temple become bright and terrible! Fear is weakness, master your doubts and inner-terror and in Lucifer’s image, conquer and accept such as fuel to enhancing your Apotheosis! Definitions & Objectives Here we will briefly explore the definitions and objectives of rituals, why certain things are done and the goals of such workings. Action Meaning Cast circle Clear mind & focus Statement of intent Goal of working Invocation Calling on deific masks Close circle Clearing mind Banish Clear area You don’t have to follow these steps, you can simplify it to merely casting a circle, statement of intent and invocation after. Pour Libations and Burn Incense during the working when appropriate. • The Magick Circle • MUCH like associated esoteric traditions, the Circle in Luciferianism represents the circumference of the self (as in Body-Mind-Spirit). The Circle also announces the purpose and essence of the Great Work of Magick itself. The Circle can be obtained or created according to the tastes of the Black Adept. In my published and private works, I have utilized a variety of Circles according to the nature of the work itself. I also commonly utilize my imagination when Casting the Circle as well, if your self-confidence is balanced with Will, Desire, and Belief then it matters not how or what you utilize in the Great Work. The Circle represents the Ouroboros Serpent- Dragon, known also as Leviathan the Crooked Serpent. The Circle has no beginning or end yet encompasses the Magical formula of Azothoz. The Circle is the foundation and circumference of the Magician. This represents on one level the essence of ‘Sorcery’, from ‘ensorcellement’ meaning, “to encircle”. Like the Cycle of the Year, the journey of the Black Magician in each season and time of year also relates to the Self-Realization of the reception of the “passing on of power” from more abstract and subtle Metaphysical considerations. Within the Circle the Sorcerer is cast into the Alchemical transformative experience of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis without the limits of cosmic, linear time. The Circle is the Crossroads in which the Living Temple of the Black Adept is joined with the Ancestral Shades of the unspoken Coven of the Horned God and Goddess, the Devil to the profane. The spirits and shades of ancestral Kassapu and Ekimmu which enhance our Daemon. Infernal Union, the Black Alchemical copulation of Samael and Lilith upon the Twisting Serpent, Leviathan, the Black Forge of Cain and Azazel is ignited, and we are slowly transformed and reborn newly unto both the living world and abyssic acasual chaos which we simultaneously influence. The Illumination and Apotheosis blazes the Torch of the Black Flame between our horns of Wisdom and Power, become as Baphomet the ‘Father of Understanding’. The Circle is the Infernal and Heavenly Gate which opens into the chthonic depths of the earth and into the aethyric heights of the Heavens and abode of the Air between. Depending on the nature of the work, the Circle often has inscribed Names of Power, announcing the specific type of energy and power in which the Magician and his or her Daemon shall invoke and in convocation, command the direction of influence and change. The Names of Power are those of the many pantheons including deities and demons to concentrate the very type of force within. Luciferians do not use the “Names of God” (Yahweh, Jehovah, etc.) to “protect” themselves; Black Magicians must be resolute, strong of mind and will to face any exterior force and with complete Will, Desire and Belief, devour, consume and transform the energy to our nature. This very approach is what separates Luciferianism from older Ceremonial Magick traditions, we affirm our Apotheosis and reject the subconscious “submission” such magician’s experience each time they invoke those “Names of God” and lessen their determination. The Luciferian becomes by passionate and resolute ambition, a living vessel of the Adversary in the here and now. This is the essence of the concept of the “Antichrist”; a force and living incarnation of Adversarial Light who forgets and rejects the life-hating oppression of Judeo-Christianity and the False Nazarene! The Antichrist today is found in many individuals who with courage and strength of will offer the Light of the Morning Star (Black Flame) to rationally guide others towards possibly the path of Self-Liberation. The reader will find examples of numerous Circles of Luciferian Magick. The Luciferian Goetic Circle The Luciferian Goetic Circle which has Names of Power at each Quarter and within the center. North: Belial, West: Leviathan, South: Rahab, East: Mastema; within the center is the formula of Black Alchemy, Balance and Apotheosis: Samael and Lilith. The types of Magick performed with this type of Circle are invocations and communication (via dreams) with specific types of Deific Masks, performing binding and evoking Goetic sorcery, etc. The Circle of the Adversary The Circle of the Adversary is a more advanced, detailed type of casting that must be performed with consistent passion from beginning to end. Never just ‘recite’ the words, invoke with mantic ecstasy and the unchained imagination. The Casting of this Circle invokes and summons the Names of Power of specific Demon Kings of the grimoire traditions, survived in some Witanic practices and Black Witches. The Casting of the Circle subconsciously Names and Commands specific types of energy and spirit of each Demonic King and their respective quarter. There is a deeper purpose to this and can be validated over time by the Black Adept who is drawn to this mode of practice. The development of this structure is derived from a framework of the varying names of Infernal Kings, directional attributions from grimoire texts including Lemegeton/Goetia, Testament ofSolomon, Faustbook, Honorius II and III, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum of Johann Weyer and Abramelin. Details of this are found is “The Bible of the Adversary”. The Circle of the Angelic Dekadarchs One of the most powerful and intense formulas for Higher Luciferian Magick and Apotheosis. The Circle contains the names of the Dekadarchs (Fallen Angels) of the Enoch I tradition. The outer points are numbered 12, look towards the 2 Adversarial Spirits (as Samael and Lilith) which in unity, emanate Infernal Power and the Black Flame. The outer circle represents the gathering and summoning of the Watchers, the architects of humanity’s evolution and the gift of the Black Flame. All types of Luciferian High Magick, Theurgy and Invocations of the Angelic Guides and teachers of forbidden knowledge are performed with this Circle. This Circle and method of the Great Work is found in “Fallen Angels – Watchers and the Witches Sabbat”. The Grand Luciferian Circle This Circle has roots in the Luciferian Witchcraft and Vampyre Magick traditions which opened the gateway towards the philosophical incarnation of Luciferianism as I have set forth. This, like other Circles of Magick I construct and consecrate are an adversarial union between a traditional place of announcing the Nature of the Great Work, yet also a Triangle of Evocation; in truth a Black Alchemical formula of the Crossroads and the meeting place of Deific Masks, Spirits of the Dead and the living Temple of Flesh, Mind and Spirit. The High Luciferian Magick is a Theurgy and crowning of ones’ personal Daemon, all energy and powers are digested by the Black Adept. Further information is provided in “The Book of the Witch Moon” and “Luciferian Witchcraft”. The Mesopotamian Kippat Sare Circle of Winds This is the form and basis of the Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian tradition of the Zisurru (Circle which Makes a Boundary) or Magick Circle. This is also the Great Work of Apotheosis and is based at the Four Quarters. The cuneiform names of the Four Winds are facing the associated compass points, indicating the Command and Authority of the Kassapu (Sorcery) who invokes Deific Masks and performs High Luciferian Magick and Sorcery within the Babylonian tradition. Within the center circle, the place and center of the Kassapu, the Name AN-KI, Heaven and Earth, representing the union of the element of Air and Spirit with Earth (including the Chthonic depths and Netherworld) which in tradition begets rebel gods, demons (udug-hul) or the Sebiiti (Seven Evil Gods). This is announcing the Intent and Nature of Adversarial Magick, the formula of Black Alchemy found in the High Magick of the Watchers. Further details are provided in “Sebitti”. The Circle of the 11 Powers of Chaos This is a darker and more advanced Magick Circle utilized in “Sebitti” and involves the acasual and abyssic primal invocations of Tiamat, Qingu and the 11 Chaos Dragons of the Epic of Enuma Elish. The Kassapu invokes the primal powers of Chaos and assumes the Mantle of the alchemical union of Qingu and Tiamat. The Litan Triangle of Invocation and Evocation Litan (Leviathan) is the Black Alchemical union of the Seven-Headed Dragon manifestation of Leviathan. The Names of Power around the Circle are the ancient Canaanite epithets of Yam the God of the Sea (the original name of the deity Leviathan). More information on this is found in “Dragon of the Two Flames”. The Simplified Hermetic Circle of Triads of Light & Darkness The Sethanic Cult of Masks, Egyptian Luciferian Magick utilizes a foundation centered on Set, the God of War, Storms, Deserts and Darkness. Set was considered the strongest of neteru (Egyptian deities), his own tcham- scepter was too heavy for the other neteru to wield. Set was one of the first rebels, later an essential member of the ruling Ennead of Gods and bringing balance to the Egyptian cosmology. This Hermetic Circle was passed down from early 1960’s-70’s Luciferian Charles Pace, focuses on a conscious, disciplined summoning of opposites to establish balance within the living Temple of the Mind, Body and Spirit of the Black Adept. Seth-an (Set) represents Darkness while his opposite, Amun-Ra holds power over Light. Neither each is exclusive nor able to exist without the other. For further information, see “Necrominon - Egyptian Sethanic Magick”. The Triangle of Evocation The Circle of Evocation, called also the Triangle of Evocation, is utilized for those practicing types of Goetic Sorcery or Black Magick. The triangle with a circle in the middle is the dedicated boundary to summon and encircle energy, spirits or demons within for the purpose of gaining a specific type of knowledge, assistance and to then compel and direct this energy towards your purpose. Luciferians reject the Christian and Hebrew prayers of threat and degrading subjection of the summoned spirits or demons, instead embracing these energies and powers as a part of the self (Will, Desire and Belief along with the commanding personality of the sorcerer calls up the demon summoned) and establishing respect towards the Names evoked. You may place a talisman, object for printed sigil in which to bind the spirit to, this made so from the force of your will. You may experiment with placing a black mirror in the circle along with good amounts of incense smoke to attempt at scrying the spirit or demon. Remember, the Adversary is a challenging and motivating force, be cunning and have honor in your workings, for you will be tested and tempted. Discipline Will and Self- Determination is key to a meaningful evocation. Above all, never submit or allow weakness to infect your resolve. I trespassed the laws of ceremonial magick to affirm that by force of will I would either call, encircle and by consuming the energy direct the force as the Master of the Temple. I completely invested belief that by respectful gestures of incense, libations or some bodily fluid offering the single-focused desire would be attained. My success and victory were equally one for the spirit or demon as well, honoring the force with thanks of a brother. Luciferians conquer or are subdued by their strength of character and will alone, this is what can make the Path of the Adversary a sinister and dangerous one, for some. Belief and trust in yourself or do not start down this path towards infernal depths and lofty heights! Your first part of your journey upon the Left-Hand Path demands that you focus entirely on understanding, adapting and applying the 11 Points of Power and Luciferian Philosophy at your own pace, yet with reasonable discipline to establish new habits. Ceremonial Magick will be a tool for some, other Luciferians may not find desire or need for ritual workings as they work in their own way. Here is an example of the Triangle of Evocation: The Triangle of Infernal Evocation Azazel is spelt in Hebrew surrounding the circle. The force or energy is encircled by the strength of will, from the meaning and epithet ‘Azazel’ translating ‘A Strong God’ (from the epithet of the Canaanite God of Death, Mot). • Constructing Rituals • THE Luciferian has a vast world to explore in total freedom from dogmatic restriction. After you perform “The Self-Illumination Ceremony” it will then be up to you upon how you will proceed. Many years ago, I cast off dogmatic instruction to combined and fashion new ceremonies and rituals which opened the gates of the Luciferian Gnosis I instinctually was guided towards. Respecting many different traditions and schools of thought, techniques were introduced and utilized to forge a new crooked trail upon the Left-Hand Path. What worked for me, I maintained and enhanced as circumstances demanded and the old Judeo-Christian “grimoire tradition” which was bound to Christian invocations was cast aside. To honor the Adversary and the Path of Luciferian Magick, the Names of Power must not be of a threatening Judeo-Christian Cosmology (where ‘Yahweh’ holds dominion over all), ratherembracing the many ancient religions, traditions and sorceries which inspired the restoration of the Deific Masks we call deities and demons. All rituals should have structure and intent for performing. Do not attempt to ‘summon’ a Name of Power unless you are prepared to experience and command the energy which rises from within your being. Short-and-long- term goals involve a simple idea of what you wish to invoke, experience and direct towards Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. When you enter the ritual chamber, you are opening doors to your subconscious or beyond. The unity and total investment of Will, Desire and Belief is paramount to the success of the ritual. This is a sacred personal act of experiencing your potential and the balance of the divine and demonic. No matter if you are a Theist, Atheist or something in-between, the formula of Will, Desire and Belief is your Triple Keys so placed in your hand by Hecate of the Crossroads. Invocation Invocation is the Black Art of calling upwards energies, spirits or forces recognized as Deific Masks. Deific Masks are identified and recognized as anthropomorphic or theriomorphic associations of energy. No matter if you are an Atheist or a Theistic Luciferian, invocation brings results. You may approach it as an aspect of your consciousness, with invocation brining this subconscious knowledge to the forefront, you may view it as possession, a spirit inhabiting your psyche during invocation, to impart wisdom by the act, you may approach it as a Spirit entering you via your subconscious, both powers brought together to raise up in the magicians’ consciousness. Invocation essentially is the art in which the Black Adept adopts the identity of the Deific Mask or God-form. Evocation Evocation is the art of summoning, encircling and focusing energy (including Deific Masks as demons or spirits) for a specific purpose, within a ritual setting. Evocations are often ‘Goetic’ in nature and are for short-term goals and desires. Evocation is an art which requires a material basis such as a statue, sigil or fetish object which a specific type of energy is bound. The Triangle of Evocation is the space of focus for the energy to be encircled and directed. Traditionally, evocation is the act of calling forth an entity into a defined, concentrated space such as a triangle, crystal, jar, bottle or a type of prepared object or fetish. The goal of evocation is to bind the spirit to then be directed to carrying out a specifically identified task. Evocation can be used for all types of what is called commonly ‘low’ or ‘goetic’ sorcery for aims such as healing, inspiration, protection, destruction and even dream-guidance. Evocation often includes subconscious automata, spirits, created wraith- forms and so on. In the Luciferian methodology, kassapu’s (sorcerers) evoke spirit or deific masks (powers given anthropomorphic or theriomorphic attributes). Evocations fall under the category of Sorcery as often such is meant for commanding and controlling a force for a specific purpose based in life. It may be spiritual defense, to obtain a lover, good luck, to achieve something, etc. The art of evocation is conducted in these basic steps: 1. Spirit or Demon is chosen from a grimoire (book of magick) based on a specific task and goal you desire to be attained. 2. The Spirit is called forth to a specific place such as the Triangle of Evocation, a sigil or object is placed within the triangle for which the entity may be bound to. 3. Identifying and naming the specific spirit or demon along with visualizing a generalized ‘form’ in which you mind will identify with the entity. 4. The sorcerer should have a simple task and command for the spirit, such as “(name of spirit) by the will of (sorcerer’s name) must bring inspiration and knowledge of (name your goal). This is basically the statement of intent concerning the evocation. 5. Bind the spirit to the talisman, sigil or object within the triangle of evocation. Offer incense and libation (when appropriate) with a specific statement and belief that “my victory is your success”. 6. Daily, carry or focus upon the sigil and visualize briefly your goal and it being attained. After your success, offer incense and libations to the spirit, releasing it (where appropriate) from the object. This is not a requirement, making haunted objects or increasing your connection with the spirit may be a part of your initiation beyond basic evocation. Definitions & Objectives Here we will briefly explore the definitions and objectives of rituals, why certain things are done and the goals of such workings. Action Meaning Cast circle Clear mind & focus Statement of intent Goal of working Invocation Calling spirits within Close circle Clearing mind Banish Clear area Statement of Intent A statement of intent is significant as it represents the intent of the magician performing the ritual. It keeps the conscious mind focused in the beginning of the process – it allows the seed the begin to form in the subconscious as well. Often, a suitable statement begins with “It is my will…” Focus on Sigil in Invocation & Evocation During invocation your Will should be focused on the sigil and visualizing the spirit you are calling forth. It is always significant to set your ritual to visually, sonically or otherwise embody the spirit you are calling forth. Sounds, music, imagery, smell and stimulating your senses are keys to performing and successfully commanding power in the Black Arts. Traditions in Luciferianism In many of my published grimoires, I have taken great care in researching and presenting ancient pre-Christian religions, traditions and magical practices and refining them into a modern structure of practice. Luciferianism is easily and naturally adaptable to so many different traditions, especially those with no mention of “Lucifer”. The defined practices are all founded in the basis of Luciferian philosophy, no matter which culture or system is present. The style and language may be different, yet the essence of the Black Flame remains centered with a philosophical basis of the 11 Points of Power. The new Luciferian should thoroughly study and apply with dedication the 11 Points of Power, changing and transforming with the gradual awareness and enhancement of the Black Flame. The Triad of the Morning Star: Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis is a strategic process to identify and compartmentalize the early stages of Initiation. Once you establish a consistent, measurable process of practice, then if it is desirable to you, exploring any number of traditions within the Luciferian path. Remember that I have structured the basis of many of my grimoires in three basic outlines: 1. The philosophy of Luciferianism within the ancient tradition, 2. The study of the pantheon including Deities and Demons (Deific Masks) and 3. The modern adaptations of Rituals including Hymns, Invocations, Spells of all types from ancient sources. You will know you are ready once you have validated success and recognized the process of initiation in your daily life. The beginnings can be difficult if you don’t trust your instincts and possess a disciplined level of self-confidence. The unity of Will, Desire and Belief is essential in your practices. If you find yourself asking someone else “what they think about…” any certain topic, especially beyond simple curiosity of a fellow practitioner, then you might find difficulty advancing. Like the archetype or spiritual model of the Adversary, you must self- generate and by force of will compel the foundation and shaping of your chosen path. The Left-Hand Path demands balance and the courage to test your strengths and seek to overcome weaknesses. • Solitary Self-Illumination Ceremony A Self-Dedication Rite • Ceremony Preparation If the Luciferian does not wish to incorporate the ceremonial tools and robe, then that is a perfectly fine option. All you truly require is your Will,Desire, Belief and a variant of the Sigil of Lucifer or the ALB Symbol to focus your intent upon while reciting the ceremony. Don’t be afraid to adapt this Ceremony to your personal preference. This ceremony is simply for you to affirm and dedicate yourself to the path of the Luciferian. Materials: 2 black, 1 red, 1 white, 1 blue candles Hand bell Dagger, athame Chalice, goblet Image of ALB Logo (Provided in booklet) Dragon’s Blood incense Suggested Robe or Cloak This Solitary Self-Illumination Ceremony is to induct the individual in dedication and affirmation of the Luciferian Philosophy as defined as the 11 Points of Power. The Self-Illumination Ceremony is a standard self- dedication rite of the individual to formerly declare intention to seek Power, Balance, Wisdom and Strength upon the Left-Hand Path, by way of the “Triad of the Morning Star”. The Triad of the Morning Star is a continual state of self-transformation utilizing the formula of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. It is supporting of your initiation if you maintain a healthy skepticism and question everything before investing belief; live each day to its fullest and establish a balance between the carnal and spiritual aspects of self. Purpose of Ceremony For the Luciferian to affirm the formal beginning of self-transformation and establishing a path in which self-determined goals of both a mental, physical and potentially spiritual nature may be attained. Tools & Meaning Robe or cloak, 1 black, red and white candles upon your chosen sacred space or altar. A second additional black candle is used to be a symbol of the self and the Black Flame. The candles upon the altar or space represent the following: black = darkness and primal instinct; red = fiery passion, desire and emotion; blue = the element of air and imagination which guides into the higher faculties of the conscious mind; white = the higher faculties of the conscious mind of the Luciferian. Incense may be Dragon’s Blood or associated with the planet Venus or the element Air. Water or your choice of oil for marking the sign of the Crossroads, the X on the forehead. You may use a Dagger (called the Arthame or Athame) or a Sword to point towards the ALB symbol. If the ALB is printed on a piece of paper and resting upon the Altar or space of this ritual, that is totally acceptable. Turning the athame (blade) from ones’ self to the symbol is an act of self- determined awareness of self-possibility. The knife or sword is associated with the element Air which relates to the spiritual and emotional instinct guided by inspiration. The bell should be rung three times in each cardinal direction beginning with the North, East, South and West respectively. The Luciferian (celebrant) should be dressed in appropriate ceremonial clothing, be it robes or dress attire. However, if you are not interested in ceremonial ritual you can simply focus upon the Sigil of Lucifer, face a mirror and recite focusing on your reflection or whatever you feel inspired to do. Adapt to inspire your entry towards Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis as a Bearer of Light! This is a Statement of Design, of beginnings for you and not an intensive dedication to ceremonial ritual magick! The Self-Illumination Ceremony Ensure you are to be alone without outside distractions for the length of ceremony. Music should be of a classically inspiring nature, orchestral or ritualistic if possible. If you do not want to play music, don’t! Trust your instincts, have confidence in your act! Step 1: Light Incense & Candles Light incense and candles: 1 black, red, blue and white candle. 1 black candle will be lit later in the ceremony, representing the Black Flame of consciousness. Step 2: Ring Bell Ring Bell three times for each quarter, you proclaim by this act that you are the very X or center of the Crossroads. Step 3: Announce Intent Announce: I am formally and with my own free will announcing and affirming my intent and dedication to my self-initiation as a Luciferian. I invoke here the inner spark which ignites the Black Flame, affirming my will to a journey of awakening and actualization of inner power, knowledge and possibility. I am aware that to become powerful and wise in this world, I must first break the chains of slave-mentality and superstitious religions. I am alone on this journey, as I am responsible for the heights I shall attain and the depths which I plant my foundations. I will challenge yourself in rejecting lies taught as vague truths and burn away the false safety-net of illusion and religion. I must seek insight from experience, applying knowledge I attain to then accumulate the inner and outer power you seek. I will first begin to remove the weight of religious guilt, seeking the answers to questions long pondered and have the strength in mind to ascend to my attainable heights. I will honestly confront your fears, weaknesses and test my strengths consistently, this is the path to illumination. I Awaken, Rise and Ascend! Step 4: Oath of Self-Dedication While looking at the Lucifer Sigil or variant of, the Assembly of Light Bearers - ALB symbol or facing a mirror, the Celebrant will recite the Oath: I stand before the symbol of the Forbidden Knowledge of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. I enter this sacred brother and sisterhood of my own free will, strong of mind and prepared for the path. I am aware that I must endeavor to Know Myself and accept the responsibility of the sacred gift of consciousness, called the Black Flame. I shall by solemn oath seek my own Liberation, confronting and overcoming weaknesses to then come into being bearing my own Black Light. In Illumination I shall open the gates of my inner depths of darkness, gathering the primal desires and passions which shall be balanced by my conscious mind. By the path of Liberation and Illumination, the fiery essence shall blaze with a Black Light and I will shape my Apotheosis. The symbol of the Circle is the Ouroboros center of my Living Temple of Mind, Body and Spirit. I am the center of the Crossroads, X, around me the swirling chaos and darkness which all originates from. My substance is encircled by the abyssic dragon-serpent, Ouroboros. In the name of Leviathan, I command the dark waters and darkness to take form from my desire. I am not blind in the darkness, the torch I ignite shines upon the path I create before me. Every experience brings insight, knowledge transforms into wisdom and power. The Forbidden Knowledge of the Empyrean, Chthonic and Infernal will be opened to me, may I have the wisdom to Know Myself through these ciphers and tests. May I have the courage to reject religious and monotheistic chains of spirit and the words of the slave-masters of this world! The Black Flame will blaze brighter for the thoughts, words and deeds which manifest my desires. I accept this responsibility and along with other Luciferians beside me, I stand alone and strong as the god (or goddess) of my own world. I will consciously build my temple of mind-body-spirit well in un-shakable foundations. Hail the Triad of the Morning Star, the path to be conquered in my Apotheosis. Step 5: Recitation Take now the single black candle and light it from the white candle on the altar or sacred space. Face again the Lucifer Sigil or ALB symbol and recite: The Ceremony of Illumination In honor of the Eosphoros and Hesperos, the very Morning and Evening Star whose torch blazes in the darkness. I invoke the fire of Hecate Phosphorus, Shamsiel, Amon-Ra, Sathariel, Astarte, Sariel, Hauron, Azazel, Lilith, Set, Lucifer, Thoth, Shemiyaza, Aset, Asbeel, and Samael! By the secret utterance of the Name of Power which is the Ram of Mendes, Banebdjedet (pronounced bane-da-jet or replace with Baphomet if you wish), the spark of the forge begets light! Like the blood-stained fire of the Black Flame so ignited by Qayin I too open my eyes anew! May the host and legion of the angels of darknessand bringers of light be friendly unto me, for I proudly join in brotherhood with the radiance of the Morning Star! Like Baal and Melqart I die and, in this moment, awaken reborn as a Luciferian radiating the divine luminous fire of the Black Flame! In honor of the Morning and Evening Star, the Deific Mask of both Light and Darkness, I dedicate myself to my Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis! I shall strive to seek deeper beyond myth and symbol to understand the potential of divine and infernal power! The Black Flame shines a terrible and beautiful light from within! I bow to no one! I stand before the Threshold and dare to step forward into the great doors of the Morning and Evening Star! Let the Torch between the Two Horns of Power, immortal Black Flame, and shine forth from the Center of the Crossroad to the path I create before me. I am aware I create my own path and course in this life. I seek to know harness all my strengths and improve upon the weaknesses of my mind, body and spirit. I seek to gain the knowledge to establish a balance between my carnal lusts and spiritual aims from this moment forward. I accept the responsibility in knowing that I alone am to honor for my victories and to blame for my future failures. I will seek to apply the knowledge and experience to attain new heights of wisdom, strength and mastery in this life. With my thoughts, words and actions here and now will shape the world according to my desire. I call forth the five elements: Air, Water, Fire, Earth and Spirit. I invoke the energy inherent in nature, within my subconscious mind to manifest as power in my earthly body. In Alchemical Union the Heavens and Chthonic realms of the Earth are joined, the spark of consciousness is illuminated, and we can become as gods. These elements are symbolic and literal tools in which I radiate and expand my influence and will in this life, both carnal and spiritual. The Elements & their signs in Luciferianism Step 6: Anoint to Initiate Anoint with your choice of oil or water as symbolic mark of initiation, trace an ‘X’ for the crossroads. This mark upon the brow is the symbol of freedom from restrictive belief, a mark of the crossroads of self-illumination. I stand in the Threshold of the Blazing Light of the Morning Star and the Black Light of the Evening Star. Step 7: Recite & Drink Holding the Chalice containing your chosen elixir (Water, Beer, Wine or whatever you desire) recite and drink: Behold, the Chalice of Samael and Lilith, the elixir to honor and nourish my body as a vessel of my Spirit. I drink in honor of my courage and desire towards Apotheosis and to Shine outward the Illumination of the Black Flame. Hail the Adversary and my personal Daemon! Step 8: Point the Athame Point the Athame to the Lucifer Sigil or ALB symbol and proclaim: I stand here to proclaim my Coming into Being like Khepri, for I reject the servile religions long-mildewed in the decay of rancid superstition. The gift of luminous fire of forbidden knowledge passed to me from Azazel, Shemyaza, Prometheus, Asbeel, Kokabiel, Sathariel, Lilith, Penemue, Yequn, Samael, Hecate and Lucifer. Like Qayin I am mighty in my Black Flame and shall master my own Forge of Apotheosis. I shall not accept the consensus of the herd and fall prey to the weakness of blind faith. I will seek to be free from self-loathing by gaining the insight of how I may deny the guilt of the slave-mentality. On the Four Pillars rests the arcane knowledge of the Luciferian: Power – Balance – Wisdom – Strength I am the living Temple of Lucifer, for I behold the Blazing Torch and cast the shadow of influence to those around me. The Light is within me. I shall use the 11 Points of Power as a foundation to attain heights of wisdom, power and joy to my life here and now! Liberation, Illumination, Apotheosis. Step 9: Ring Bell Ring bell 3 times in the direction of the ALB symbol. Extinguish candles and proceed to a meal or relaxation. Make note of the date and feeling of the ceremony so you may recall it later. This would be an excellent time to begin a focus on some inner change and establish some simple short-term goals. To reiterate: if the Luciferian does not wish to incorporate the ceremonial tools and robe, then that is a perfectly fine option. All you truly require is your Will, Desire, Belief and a Sigil of Lucifer to focus your intent upon while reciting the ceremony. Don’t be afraid to ADAPT this Ceremony to your personal preference. • The Circle Casting Rituals • The Circle within Luciferian Witchcraft represents the very binding space of the sorcerer’s body, both of spirit/celestial and flesh/infernal. It is the symbol of both the Sun and the Moon, the sphere which begets strength and the very focus of the Magician. —ADAMU THE circle casting ritual in Luciferian Magick is based around not banishing, however asserting power and raising the spirit to specific points of power. The circle represents the Body of the Luciferian, when you are within the circle you announce and focus your desire on the task at hand. Once you get very proficient at this basic casting ritual, you may wish to move on to one of the rites from THE BIBLE OF THE ADVERSARY. Casting the Shadow of Cain A Ritual of Initiation One of the early Luciferian rites based on the casting of the circle, this small ritual was designed to imbibe the sorcerer with a focused current of being, a dedication to the path of Cainite Antinomianism. One may use the Grand Luciferian Circle as a means of Self-Deification, the Immolation of the Spirit by assuming the mask of the Witch-Begetter, Cain the Blacksmith. Using a cloth large enough to stand within, paint the image of the Grand Luciferian Circle. You will want to point the tip of the Triangle towards the North, as this is sacred to Cain. Your altar may face North, the direction sacred to Cain, Ahriman and Lilith. Light Three candles upon the altar, red in the center, Black on each side. This represents the Luciferian Trinity – Samael – Lilith – Cain. Point the Athame facing the North: I call forth the infernal shadows which nourish my body and soul; I invoke the circle which empowers my form of being, From the North, I invoke the force of Cain, being my shadow of self Let the Blackened Flame illuminate from this very Forge! From the West, I invoke the force of Anubis, the Opener of the Way Let the Violet Light of the Dead empower my Spirit! From the South, I invoke the force of Thoth, whose lamp illuminates my path Let the Fires of Wisdom and Self-Discover Guide my path! From the East, I invoke Set, being the fire and strength of spirit Reveal thy essence as Azal’ucel, the Fiery Djinn of Change and Rebellion! Continue facing the North: Cain, bringer of the cauldron of change and self-transformation do protect my very being of self, that I may grow and ascend in our family born of Witch Blood pure. I seek the coils of Leviathan, The Darkened Grave earth of Ahriman and the Dream plane of Lucifer. Allow the gates to open before me! I encircle myself in the Dragon’s coils; the Beast of my father arises within! I hold the Skull of Abel, being the vessel of my Familiar! I hold the Hammer of the Forge, which I spark the Cunning Fire of Becoming! My eyes hold the desert tales of ages forgotten; while my flesh fades my spirit is immortal! I wear the crimson caul of my mother, Lilith, who speaks with me through dreams! I carry the serpent’s skin of Azal’ucel, my Holy Spirit! I am Cain, loner and Witch Soul of the Immortal Fire! So it is done! The Ritual of Summoning Cain Using the Grand Luciferian Circle, light one single black flame in the center of the altar. You may wish to have a symbol of Cain or Baphomet at the head of the altar. Using an Athame, hold the blade facing the North, visualize the image of Cain and as you recite imagine your own body becoming the mirror-image of Cain. The essence of this ritual is toaffirm that YOU are the first and last, Azothoz, of Alpha and Omega, the ONLY God that is. The aim of this is to lay a foundation that the Magician is accountable alone for his or her own sorcerous path. Have a chalice filled with liquid to drink from, symbolic of the blood of Abel. Part One: Announcing and Opening the Gates of Hell to Rise unto the Heavens Lighting the Black Candle, Hold the Blade Toward the Altar: Hekas, Hekas, Este Bebeloi Zazas Zazas Nasatanada Zazas! In the Circle of Cain does the Devil take flesh By the Hammer, Skull-fetish and Forked-Stave do I affirm my path! Weave thy magick in the Sun and the Moon, both shadows shall cast With thy bride are Dragon-Children Born When Lilith spreads her bloodstained legs, In Samael’s Spirit, unite in Lilith’s Nocturnal Spirit, Eternal in Lucifer’s Illuminated Essence, Blazing Angel and Deity shone! Leviathan’s abyssic darkness gives rise to the Eyelids of Dawn! Part Two: The Lord's Prayer Reversed Intone phonetically and visualize the embodiment of the Adversary rising up within you. Nema! Livee morf su revilled tub Noishaytpmet ootni ton suh deel Suh tshaiga sapsert tath yeth Vigrawf eu za sesapsert rua suh vigrawf. Derb ilaid rua yed sith suh vig Neveh ni si za thre ni Nud eeb liw eyth Muck mod-ngik eyth Main eyth eeb dwohlah Neveh ni tra chioo Rertharf rua! Part Three: Enfleshing the Daemonic & Divine Tubal-Cain, Forge of Blackened Fire AZAZEL AZZA UZZA! O’ Cain, spirit born of fire and darkness, shadowed initiator! O’ Cain, who wanders the earth from deserts to forests – Brought forth from the womb, flesh-born son of the Dragon and the Harlot Goddess, mother of Witch Blood. Spirit and Lord of the Blackened Fires of the Forge, who tasted the blood mark as an X upon the brow, whose mark is also the darkened ink of the well of the Peacocks scribe. O’ Cain, who was awakened by the Skull bearing Omen of Abel! Lord of Beasts and initiator of sorcerous fire, werewolf – shapeshifter! Let me see within and beyond the Caul of Lilith’s veil! Father and brother of the caves wherein are ancient shades, Who hold the book of dreaming which is the primal word of the serpent-Cain, Lord of Beasts and transformation, I summon thee, invocate thee within – Shall your lightning strike upon the forge and illuminate my spirit! SHEMYAZA, SHAMSIEL, KOKABIEL, ARMAROS, ARAQIEL, GADREEL, SARIEL! Horned God bring Elphame Shadows before me! Part Four: The Mark of Cain Take your left hand; mark an “X” for the crossroads on your forehead. You may do such in your own blood if you wish. The spelling of ‘Devel’ (Devil) is from the Old Witchcraft Traditions from the Medieval period onward. I deny God and all Religion I curse, blaspheme, and provoke God with all despite I give my faith to the Devel, and my worship and offer sacrifice to him I do solemnly vow and promise all my progeny unto the Devel I swear to the Devel to bring as many into his society as I can I will always swear in the name of the Devel. My brow marked in blood, horned walker of worlds! Strike now with thy hammer, shall the Eye of the Serpent open forth! Unveiled in the Nightside do I come forth! That I walk the path of Dragon born, Caster of the first circle of emerald and crimson flame. Gatekeeper and Horned shape shifter – open forth the fiery path! Illuminate the blackened flame! Shall I awake the serpent born in the Devil’s Skin – CAIN I SUMMON THEE! Part Five: The Formula of the Embodiment of Cain Tubal - Cain, horned lord and first of witches’ blood O Cain, who with the hands of the devil do bless The bone charms under the moon Nomadic daemon that as first born is illuminated With the fire of Samael, thy father From the forge does the spark rise! Those who dream unto thy path may become through it Thy bloodletter, which struck the flesh clay of Abel Is blessed with the blood dripping kiss of the serpent's tongue The skull in thy hands a place of dwelling From where the shades of the tomb do gather In the Devil's name I conjure thee: Tubal-Cain, Azazel, Gadreel, Uzza, Lilith, Naamah! From the deserts, from the forests, shall I become in your name... I drink in honor of the Horned One I drink the blood of Abel I become as the Beast on earth Hail thou self, O Cain awakened! Drink from chalice, end ritual. The Algol Ritual of Azhdeha Luciferian Rituals are components of focusing and directing energy from the Circle of the Black Adept. There are different types of ceremonies in which energy can be invoked, encircled and directed outward towards short- or long-term goals. This Algol Ritual of Azhdeha (the Dragon) is a simplistic ceremony in which the Kassapu (sorcerer) invokes the energy of the 7 ArchDaevas or the Sebitti (Udug-hul, the Seven Evil Gods) or simply the Adversarial Spirit of Ishtar/Inanna as the 8-pointed Star of Ur. A version of this ceremony was published first in “Fallen Angels”. Utilizing a large tapestry or cloth of the Algol Sigil, use this in the direction of the North and visualize this symbol with each Quarter and in the passion of invocation. Face West, invoke with the mantic formula, turning to South, East and North. The Athame should be pointed with self-determined visualization of blazing light, as if each point of the Chaos-Star is a represented Fallen Angel which has not taken anthropomorphic shape. Once you have completed the 8 outer points, turn the Athame to the 5 points of the inverted pentagram in the same manner: North-West, South-West, South, South-East, North-East. Raising the 7 Heads of Azhdeha & the 8th being Aeshma Al-Ghul-Rosh-ha-Satan, ALGOL! Each point of the chaos-star. May the 7 Heads of Azhdeha, Primal Dragon encircle my essence! I summon the ArchDaevas of Angra Mainyu, Ahriman the Darkness personified! Taprev, Zairich, Naonghaitha, Indra, Savar, Akoman and Ahriman stir from the infernal depths of Dozak, rise in me and open your eyes from my purified vessel as AZOTHOZ! With the Mask of Aeshma, the 8th shall guide my powers within this world! Behold! The blazing torches of stellar and fallen light which flash as fires become as my eyes which hold vision beyond the veil of this fleshly life, so may the shades of the dead and flying shadows be known to me! The Fallen Star of the Inverted Pentagram SAMAEL-LILITH-MAHAZAEL-AZAZEL-BELIAL Five points of the inverted pentagram have each a Deific Mask representing a specific type of power and energy. By the Lightning Bolt from which Great Power and Knowledge was passed down, may the Stars open the Gates to the Deified Dead and the Corpse-Ruler of Sheol; may the Stars ignite the Black Flame and the Apotheosis of the Devil Made Flesh and as Helios-Oriens be made manifest within my sacred temple of Mind-Body-Spirit! [Visualize the Inverse Pentagram centering within your physical and spiritual center, the 8-points of chaos encircling and creating a shadowy barrier between the Casual Realm (of time) and the Acasual (timeless chaos).] Hail to you Gochihr-Azhdeha, great Dragon who eclipses the light, encircle me in shadow and timeless being. By the Mountains of the North, from where the Daevas fly forth, bestow your powers unto me! Taprev, Zairich, Naonghaitha, Indra, Savar, Akoman and Ahriman! Into the Sigil of Adversarial Darkness and Black Flame I draw out and send forth the energy of your Abyss! Aeshma I invoke, to wield and direct the 7 Powers of Darkness! So it is done! Raise Athame from the earth to the heavens. End of Ritual. Casting the Circle of the Dekadarchs Summoning Forth the Fiery Irin We-Qadishin In the name of those who by the Oath of Power, descended to Mount Hermon and fiery spirit congealed into fleshly form, I summon the mighty rebel angels of ancient lore. This very Circle is my foundation, of Hermon; the forbidden Temple and Altar of the Watchers. Let this Holy Rite begin! I invoke and summon forth the Dekadarchs, hear me O luminous angels, the Irin we-qadishin. I lift my voice to the heights beyondthe limits of cosmos and time, with honor and the Names of Power to the Celestial Spirits! I invoke and call you forth, Irin we-qadishin whose Cult of Fallen Angels is alive in me! Hear my words and mighty voice which with respect transcends the earthly barriers into the fiery Celestial abodes wherein the cycles of time do not restrict or decay! From Dudael to Mountains and to the heights of the Kingdom of Air, Watchers and Mighty Ones, rise and encircle me in convocation of the Temple of Flesh, Mind and Spirit. May my Daemon have silent communion with the fiery Watchers of vast power. I summon and invoke the Dekadarchs, illustrious Irin we-qadishin! Hear the Names: Armaros, Turel, Zaqiel, Batarel, Asael, Satarel, Baraqijal, Ezeqeel, Danel, Ananel, Ramiel, Jomjael, Tamiel, Samsapeel, Kokabiel, Sariel, Rameel, Arakiba, Semiazaz! By the Ouroboros Circle of eternity, Leviathan’s Scales and Twisting Spears I so walk. AZAZEL, by your Sacred and affable Name, Strong and Powerful diety of many faces, be the vanguard of your blessings of forbidden knowledge and your gift of the Black Flame! Bene Elohim (Vibrate 7 times, after each a Name of Power is uttered) By ancient tongues and Words of Power, I summon you mighty Dekadarchs: SEMHAZAH, AR’TEQIF, RAMT’EL, KOKAB’EL, UR’EL, RA’M’EL, DAN’EL, ZIQ’EL, BARAQ’EL, ASA’EL, HERMONI, MATR’EL, ANAN’EL, SITHWA’EL, SIMS’EL, SAHR’EL, TAMM’EL, TUR’EL, YAMM’EL, ZEHOR’EL! I honor and with the Strength of Will invoke the hereditary birth- right and gifts to become Giants, living Nephilim in your sorcerous power’s eternal. I summon and invoke the illustrious Holy One, O Celestial Watcher Shemiyaza, who descended with 200 Dekadarchs, under the forbidden knowledge revealed to Kasbeel who was Chief of the Oath named Biqa. I burn incense in offering to the Dekadarchs, Mighty Watchers! I drink from this Chalice, the libation into my Living Temple of Flesh, Mind and Spirit, the Circle in which you so convocate in joy and power! Fumigation to Asbeel, whose plan guided the Watchers to the Left- Hand Path, that you joined your Spirits with the daughters of men. Fumigation to Gadreel, who showed the weapons of death to the children of men: the shield, the breastplate and the sword for slaughter! Hail Gadreel, who gave the knowledge of all the weapons of death to us! Fumigation to Penume, who taught us the bitter and the sweet, showing us all the forbidden secrets of knowledge and the Power in the Utterance of Names! Penume who taught the art of writing with ink and paper, that we may scribe our desires and visions to become manifest in this world! I drink from the Chalice of the Envenomed Elixir of the Serpent; may I have the courage to the Black Light of Self-Immolation in Divine Flame and Radiance! By the Path of the Angels descend as gift-bringers and illuminators of humanity! Take the Athame and Point to the North, visualizing the Four Winds which act upon your commands by movements of the Athame. First the North, then to the East, moving to the South and entering the night of the West. End of Ritual. Casting the Circle of the Adversary The orthography of the attributions of the Luciferian Tradition displays spirits which emerge from a trans-cultural perspective. As we can see by the circle, the names move through different elements of daemon-lore from the Luciferian Witchcraft tradition. The Four Inner Demonic Kings Belial – Leviathan – Satan and Lucifer represent the power points and crowned powers, the attributed spirits behind them are outer Princes and powers associated with as well. Take the Athame and face the North-West, the blade turning upon the path of self-determination and the mastery of Azazel’s gift of earth and fire. Hail forces of darkness and spirits dwelling in Tartarus! I cast now the circle of my fiery design as Azazel brings the creative and destructive fires of Hell unto where he goes forth. To the North-West I summon ancient goddess Lilith, elder mother of horrors! To the West I summon you Leviathan, Azhael, Ariton. To the South-West I summon you Aggereth, Daughter of Machaloth. To the South I summon you Shaitan, named Satan, Great Adversary! I summon Azhazael and Paimon, King who answers to Lucifer’s call! To the South-East I summon Abaddon, named Apollyon, the Ruler of the Bottomless Pit who is the Unnamable One sending forth locust-devils to destroy our enemies! To the East I summon Lucifer, named Ashtar, Bringer of Light; I summon forth Samael and Oriens: Great and Terrible Demon-Kings who inspire the strong and cunning and curse the weak and ignorant! May I rise as the brightest star in the heavens! To the North-East I summon Lilith, wife of Asmodai; night-spirit and wind-demon who is both beautiful and deadly! To the North I summon forth Amaymon, Terrible King of dark spirits, devouring one of Blackened Flame! I summon forth Mahazhael and Belial, the Lord of the Earth! In the circle of shadows, I awaken with the fiery essence of Samael and Asmodai, conquering Kings of old! Let my circle be thrice-elevated in the Infernal and Empyrean realms! Pandemonium has Risen within My Kingdom! Ouroboros is Complete, Azothoz I utter as a Name of Power! Proceed with chosen Ritual Ceremony and Invocation. Ritual of Infernal Union This is a Solitary ritual based on the union of opposites. You will want to have: Black Robe Two Candles: Black and Red, Chalice and Athame The altar piece should be the infernal union sigil above the altar or upon it. The Grand Luciferian Circle is what you will stand within; the point should face the north. You will need to create a statement of intent; you may write it down or memorize it. A statement of intent would read as the following: It is my Will to invoke the Black Fires of Samael and Lilith, so that by union of Both within myself, I shall become reborn as Baphomet. Perform banishing ritual to clear mind and Call the Four Quarters. Recite facing altar, vibrate 9 times: Zazas, Zazas, Nasatanada Zazas Visualize the Mouth of Hell opening forth Facing the South: Samael, Lords of the Southern Tower, Djinn Father of fire and desert sands, I do summon thee forth to witness my rites of awakening and union. I command the fires of the Abyss to protect my circle, let the gates be opened! East: Lucifer-Phosphorus, Lords of the Eastern Tower, bearer of the black flame, lord of light and Promethean flame, I do summon thee forth to witness my rites of awakening and union. I command the forces of Air and the astral plane send thy Luciferian elementals to guard this circle. West: Leviathan-Ourabouris, Lord of the Western Tower, who beholds the Black Flame hidden in the depths! Great encircling one, who holds the keys to immortality! I summon the forces of Water and the Sea to witness my rites of awakening and union. Be watchful and protect this circle! North: Belial, Lord of the Northern Tower, who fell from heaven to be as God itself, who accepts no master- I do summon thee forth to witness my rites of awakening and union. I command the forces of the earth to protect this circle! Imagine each force in a silent way adding the essence of protection around you. Take now the Athame from the Altar, envision the image of Samael, reciting: Solar force of fire and inspiration, which from all life emerges as its own being; I do summon thee, Samael from the depths of my soul, my very being, to emerge in my consciousness as life and solar force! Do manifest and hear my words, which are meant as an invocation of Sorath, the Beast 666 which is your secret name. Samael, Satan do manifest unto me. Let me guide the union of opposites! Allow the force to become intertwined with your consciousness; share the ecstasy with this angel of fire and light. Take now the cup from the Altar, drinking deeply of its cold and refreshing elixir. Envision now Lilith and recite: Lunar force of water and dream walking, which you shall manifest my consciousnessfrom the desert caves of the Red Sea, I do summon you, invoke you within me. Bring unto me your mysteries of your children, the Lilitu, that I may hold the arcana of sexual union and vampiric manifestation. Enter me, mother of the path of the wise; reveal your bestial and angelic essence to me. Do manifest through me now, join in union with your mate, Samael. Join through me the union of Opposites! Allow the lunar energy to flow through you, catching the visions of lilitu and such succubi, bestial and hair covered below their waste…seeking the sexual union of others in great fornication and abandonment. Lilith is Babalon, the goddess who bathes in the blood of the moon. Face now the Altar, take the Wand and recite while focusing upon Lilith: She howls upon the desert winds, as the moon brings the cloak of Darkness. The shadows radiate her essence, blood drinker, devouress of the sleeping, fornicate in the spilt veins of those who come to you! Lilith, LA-KAL-IL-LI-KA, I invoke thee by your sacred names: Abeko, Batna, Abito, Eilo, Amizo, Ita, Izorpo, Kali, Kea, Kokos, Odam, Patrota, Podo, Partasah, Satrina, Talto, Lilith! And by your other names of calling: Abyzu, Ailo, Alu, Abro, Amiz, Amizu, Ardad lili, Avitu, Bituah, Gelou, Gallu, Gilou, Ik, Kalee, Ils, Kakash, Lamassu, Kema, Partashah, Petrota, Pods, Raphi, Satrinah, Thiltho, Zahriel, Zefonith, Lilith! By the words of Power: BABALON-BAL-BIN-ABRAFT, ASAL-ON-AI, ATHOR-E-BAL-O, ERESHKIGAL! I offer my essence as sacrifice, a drop of my blood. Witch Queen of the infernal Sabbat! I do invoke thee, horned moon which spills and drinks the lunar blood, she who fornicates with Daemons, I do seek your kiss, I give you substance now from which you shall enter me! Lilith, beautiful mother, giver of life and desire, I do summon thee forth! Lilith, who resides in the caves with your children of darkness, spawned through once congress with Samael, I unite now your passion through creation! Face now the Altar, envision the Red Dragon who changes into the form of the fallen Seraphim, Samael, and recite: Whom fell from heavenly sunlight to have knowledge of the darkness, fallen seraph of fire and the sun, I do invoke thee, Samael. To you, who has walked the earth for thousands of years, from body to body, now shall you spread your light unto humanity. Angel, known as Shemna’il, who is Nasiru’d-Din, I do invoke thee, solar force, known as Sorath, Beast whose number is of the Sun itself, I do summon thee forth! Serpent Angel, who came by the astral plane with Melek Taaus, known as Shaitan, Lucifer – the Brothers of Light. Come forth now through me, manifest in my being, we shall join as one. By the names of power: AR-O-GO-GO-RU-ABRAO, PUR, IAFTH, OO, AR, THIAF, A- THELE-BER-SET, PHITHETA-SOE!! I summon thee, revealed as Set, whom is the sun and darkness in union! Envision now the fire of spirit, which is swirling within your very self, encircling Lilith and moving throughout your consciousness. Take now the Athame and focus upon the Dragon-Angel, Leviathan. Force of the Subconscious, whom I call the outside, I do summon thee to bring The Sun and the Moon, Samael and Lilith, in glorious union! I do Will this union within myself, that I may speak the words unheard from the profane, and my Will manifest through the gates of Apep! Hear the word of power: MRIODOM!! Allow now the self to experience grand ecstasy, that through enflaming the self, one would focus upon the image of Samael and Lilith in sexual congress, the fire and water of spirit joining in a blaze of force. Ya! Zat-I Shaitan! So it is done. End of ritual. • Lucifer & the Satanic Spirit Origins in Myth, History, Religion & Magick Book Three • Lucifer, the Morning Star Hopemarie Ford • Lucifer, the Morning Star, whose illumination shined upon the whole of the world. The Venus, whose rebellious spirit rose above both the heavens and the stars, to take his place among the planets. By the Morning Star, the bringing of the Chariot of the Sun, invigorating and renewing life. So, with the Evening Star, Night is promised and darkness is a restful and dreaming palace among celestial bodies. Lucifer & the Satanic Spirit Who Is Lucifer? THE name Lucifer is a Latin word meaning "light-bearer" from lux, "light", ferre, "to bear,", a Roman term for the "Morning Star". Lucifer was the translation of the Septuagint Greek heosphoros, - "dawn-bearer"; Greek phosphorus, "light-bearer" and the Hebrew Helel, meaning "Bright one". In the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the mentioning of Lucifer comes in the concept of AURORA, the Goddess of Dawn in Roman mythology: Aurora, watchful in the reddening dawn, threw wide her crimson doors and rose-filled halls; the Stars took flight, in marshaled order set by Lucifer, who left his station last. —Ovid Lucifer as recognized today has many faces, roles and symbols. The old deities and demons are approached by identifying each uniquely as a specific type of “Mask” which contains an associated energy, force or power in nature and within us. This allows the approach of Atheistic and Theistic depending on the individual. Lucifer is thus a “Deific Mask” of various ancient deities who are associated with the planet Venus. One of the most ancient was a goddess, Ishtar. The traditional symbol of Ishtar was the eight-pointed star, known from ancient Akkadian through to the Neo-Babylonian Period in Mesopotamia. Ishtar (Inanna) was a balanced goddess; her charge was both love and war. The planet Venus as the morning and evening star presents her authority as a very powerful goddess of battle and lust. Ishtar was honored by the conquering Assyrian kings as a bloodthirsty war-goddess, lusting for battle. She was also a goddess who crossed boundaries and sought her own type of infernal and empyrean knowledge; Ishtar initiated herself into the wisdom of death and rebirth by going beyond the seven gates of the Underworld and facing her death-goddess sister, Ereshkigal. Lucifer is the Bringer of Light, representing wisdom, the power of will and self-illumination. Lucifer represents the angelic or higher aspects of the Self, thus is a power archetype and spirit of ascension and wisdom. The fallen angel is a syncretic deity which is composed of both masculine and feminine deities from the ancient world. Different names, cultures and pantheons possess specific types of power and energy, the wise Black Magician learns how to understand symbols and to access the energies behind the Deific Mask and experience this power within the Mind, Body and Spirit. Lucifer is also a collective title or symbol for the religion of those seeking to be accountable for their own life and self-created destiny. Lucifer is balanced, light representing the higher intellect and the dark, representing the lustful or hidden aspects of the self. The “Light” is not merely an “above” illumination, rather more importantly the Light within which is our individual consciousness, our divine potential to control and command our life based on our thoughts, words and actions. The Black Flame or Black Light is the symbolic reference to this inner, divine consciousness. Religion, myth, history and art offers a powerful and colorful tool for the Black Magician: Lucifer (Satan) is the Hero of “Paradise Lost”, possessing the celebrated traits of the Luciferian and Satanist. Dante’s “Inferno” presents Lucifer as the composite monstrous Devil who devours souls in the coldest and deepest level of Hell. It is up to you and your imagination which Deific Mask, Name or Power or representation you will call upon and utilize in your initiatory process. Luciferians also use many other names for various manifestations of the Adversary; both equally masculine and feminine in gender. Some of these names are Ahriman, Samael, Satan, Lilith, Az-Jeh, Hecate and many others. Luciferians may believe in spirits yet also may be atheists – it depends on the individual. What makes theLuciferian Faith unique in one instance is that we are commonly dedicated to our individual or unique possibility towards self-excellence, our determination to stay the course and enjoy our life. When you instill purpose and meaning, there is little you cannot accomplish. Earliest Origins of Lucifer Lucifer is commonly believed to appear first in Isaiah 14 and connected to the biblical cosmology. In my research I found that proof of the Canaanite origins of “The Shining Rebel” was discovered in the 1960s. This offers flexibility with the application of the pantheon and perspective of the Luciferian, free to utilize the demonology of the Old and New Testament or for those rejecting Judeo-Christian or Hebrew structures, the older Canaanite pantheon and roots of the Adversary therein. During the 24th excavation campaign of Ras Shamra (the site of the ancient Bronze Age Canaanite city Ugarit) in 1961, a lot of fourteen Ugaritic mythological and ritual texts were uncovered. One tablet listed a series of Divine Names, used to denote temple offerings, lists the deity known as “Ngh w Srr”, roughly translated: “The Shining Rebel”. The verb NGH appears in Ugaritic, Syriac and Ethiopic and in Hebrew is a noun (nogah) translating “brightness”. Known as Venus in Mishnaic Hebrew, this name is associated with what would later be Lucifer. The verb SRR in Hebrew translates, “to rebel”. This Ugaritic tablet, explored in “Some New Divine Names from Ugarit” by Michael C. Astour, published in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 86, No.3 (July-Sept 1966) reveals this ritual tablet pre-dates the mythological poem of Isaiah 14: 12-15, Helel ben- Sahar (Shining One or Morning Star) who attempted as Heosphoros (Lucifer, Son of Dawn) to “ascend to heaven” and “sit on the Mount of the Assembly in the far North”, who was then “brought down to Sheol”. The Canaanite god Athtar (Ashtar) is presented in the ritual-myths of Baal as with the support of the goddess Athirat during Baal’s time in the Underworld is appointed king and attempts to ascend to the throne of Zaphon. Athtar is unable to fill the role of Baal and descends to rule the earth. These myths are long before the Hebrew cult of Yahweh; at this time, he was a minor storm-god among others. Another manifestation of Athtar was associated with the Moabite god Chemosh (Athtar-Chemosh) and the later Arabian god Attar who was a war-god of the Arab tribes who was associated with Venus. Attar, like the much earlier Canaanite myth, was warlike and held power over the earth, specifically irrigation and the waters. Much later, during the Hellenistic period into the time of Roman rule, Judaic texts which were excluded from the Roman collection of myths known as the Bible were written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. This type of literature is now called Pseudepigrapha. The Ethiopic Book of Enoch and various other versions present a myth of Watchers (called also Grigori), descended from heaven to take human form and have wives. They instructed the women and their tribes on medicine, weapons and their making, sorcery and astrology among other things. The women beget offspring who were known as the Giants, or Nephilim. These Nephilim have origins in the myths of the Greeks (Heroes) and the Canaanite warriors of old, while the Hellenistic Watchers are clearly associated with foreign influence in the Hebrew culture of the time. The leaders of the Watchers, Azazel and Shemiyaza, in other versions Satanel, were condemned by the Hebrew deity and thus those angels became fallen ones. The early Christian texts of Clementine Homilies describes the fallen angels as being fiery beings, their substance congealed and with their passions, took human flesh. The Medieval Hebrew traditions list Samael as the Archangel of Rome, the enemy of the Judeo-Christian religion. As you can see, therefore the names such as Azazel, Lucifer, Samael and Satan are often perceived as the same to Luciferians; this is not literal “truth” but a representation or archetype of the intellect and rebel spirit of the Adversary. Lucifer & Satan Lucifer is a recognized and popular name of the Adversary, viewed throughout the world as the spiritual rebel yet also the intelligent one who brought the fire of spirit to humanity. The Adversary manifests in every culture, race and differently with everyone. The Adversary is the motivator, creator, challenger and champion of heroic traits in nearly all old religions and myths prior to Judeo-Christianity. The Adversary is also the destroyer, the one who balances life with death and is present in the natural cycle of nature. The same storm which destroys life also brings the nourishing rains and potential for creating anew. Lucifer is the self-liberated, challenging rebel. What better a symbol of our path than Lucifer? As a model and symbol representing our philosophical views and aims, the Satanic Spirit is over time enhanced and strengthened by earthly experience, insight and validation of results. Lucifer from our standpoint is a title, Light Bringer. Satan is the fiery aspect meaning enemy. Satan and Lucifer are recognized as forms and Deific Masks representing different types of specific energies and powers. In the Triad of the Morning Star workings, Luciferians prepare by using Names of Power, idols, representations, ceremonial ritual and trance inducing mantras and chants. These powers by Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis consecrate and begin forging the Magickial weapons of the rational mind, the Temple of Mind, Body and Spirit are prepared and built by initiatory workings to establish the Throne of the Daemon which is symbolically between our subconscious darkness and conscious radiance. We don’t recognize the Old Testament Satan as Lucifer in any formal or strict sense. To paraphrase the Bible of the Adversary: From “ha-satan” meaning “The Opposer” or “Adversary”, Samael is known in the Talmudic texts as being the same as Satan, the chief of Evil Spirits who is known as “The Venom of God”. Samael is said to have twelve wings rather than the six of normal angels, a favored assumption. Samael as the Angel of Poison is to the Luciferian as a symbol of self-mastery and using the world around us to grow in power and strength, always internal, sometimes external depending on the individual desire. Luciferians seek to devour the essence of life, the essence of humanity. All life is made stronger by devouring another; this is the law of nature. To be honest to the self, to present challenge and overcome such is to attain a foundation upon the path of mastery. —Michael W. Ford, Bible of the Adversary Samael was the greatest prince in heaven. The celestial animals and the Seraphim had six wings each, but Samael had twelve. —Midrash Lucifer, Samael and Satan are interchangeable to some degrees in Hebrew 2nd Temple Period and into the Qabalah texts much later. In your workings, utilize the Deific Mask or Name of Power which fits nicely with the energies you wish to invoke and work with. In later Judaic religious lore, the Adversary is presented as a fallen angel who rebelled against the Jewish god Yahweh. While Luciferians do not accept the cosmology of Judeo-Christian or Hebrew religion, the symbolism of the Adversary is a dark and confrontational “mask” of a strong and conquering spirit of undefiled and forbidden wisdom. In Qabalah, Samael, Lilith and the forces of the Qlippoth offer much imagery for the Luciferian if they find such useful. What Is the Adversary? I am the essence of the Sun, brighter than any before me. This Light burns as the dual star, illuminating in motion. I am the Angel of Immortal Light, beautiful and free to all. —Michael W. Ford, Bible of the Adversary The Adversary is the rebellious power or “dark” spirit which is dual, or twin. It is composed of Samael, the masculine and Lilith, the feminine. Both powers complement each other and equally motivate. The Luciferian recognizes these as powers within the Mind, Spiritand Body and seeks to transform the self into this type of individual – as a God or Goddess. It is called the Adversary or Opposer as it is dual, standing separate yet the same. This is the power which stirs life and creates/destroys within the universe. Remember, it was the Serpent which brought wisdom to humanity, allowing them to become aware of good and evil in the Bible, yet Christians consider The Adversary as “evil”! • Monotheism & Religious Restriction Islam & Christianity • THE question of Christianity and Islam are paramount to those seeking the truth behind religions and how they affect Luciferianism. While I will not present the extensive history of both, I will offer a few considerations which I deem the most significant in my personal understanding of both. The aim is not a simple slander, rather to present the common steps which over time build a dogmatic religion and a powerful tool of cultural control. Resist the intoxicant of the blind masses, beliefs like this have killed more human beings than any older or so-called “Pagan” religion ever has! The Origins of Yahweh The name Yahweh is derived from the Canaanite proto-Hebrew verb hwy ‘to be’ and belonged to an aggressive semi nomadic tribe around the north of Edom during the time of Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1386-1349 BCE). The Shosu were a militant people who are referred to in a topographic list of Amenhotep III as ‘The Shosu-land of Yhwh’. The Shosu were known to have lived throughout Canaan at different times. Another topographic list by the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II refers to the worship of Yahweh among the Midianites/Kenites. The mixed group of Jews, led by Moses (who was non-Yahwistic) learned of this divine name around such regions as the Sinai, Midian, Edom and other Yahweh tribes and unified many of them with this cult theme. Over time, Yahweh appears in numerous hymns and poetry as a Warrior-god whose original power was of storms, slowly becoming assimilated with the Canaanite god El. The Amurru associated Yahweh with the epithet Shaddai, when together as “yhwh sb’wt” translates, “He who creates the heavenly hosts”; a clear reference to an early conception of a tribal monotheistic cosmology and theology. In short, Yahweh was simply one deity among many in a vast, polytheistic ancient near east and not “above” any others, until Judeans conquered Canaan. He was at times along with other gods and goddesses, greater or lesser until the time of the Romans. Western culture for the past 2,000 years has pounded, tortured and indoctrinated humans with some variant of the biblical myth of some mighty deity, even in the modern advancements in Science there are those in the masses which still invest belief and blind faith in this absurd story. The Bible itself was a collection of myths and stories which were adapted and literally taken from other cultures far older than that of Judah. For instance, the Sumerian myths which present the flood myth have been dated to be older than the bible story by 2,000 years. The story of the fall of man and the loss of eternal life is traced back to the myth of Adapa, the first man according to the Sumerians. The Mesopotamian deity An gave the bread and water of life to Adapa, who did not partake in it. Enki (Ea) gave Adapa wisdom but not eternal life and warned Adapa not to partake of the Bread and Water of Death. This is the origin of the Adam and Eve legend; keep in mind as well that the serpent- cults of Nirah and other Sumerian and Elamite underworld deities was centered on fertility of the earth as well. The myth of Noah was taken from the ancient Sumerian story of the flood. In this tale, An and Enlil were like their forebear, Absu from Enuma Elish, sick of the noise that humans were making. The gods decided to cause a flood and get rid of man. The god Enki (Ea) took pity on man and told King Ziudsura to build a huge boat and gather animals upon it, which he did. After the flood came An granted the King eternal life in Dilmun or Edin. The Babylonians later adapted this myth to having Gilgamesh creating the boat. As you can see, the myth of Noah has no basis in literal truth as the original myth is evident to be older than the Biblical one. The reality of this myth may have developed from a super cyclone in the Indian Ocean which could have caused widespread damage in the Persian Gulf region, giving birth to the story based in some fact. Keep in mind that the gods are represented in natural forces and occurrences which often affect humanity. Jesus Christ might have lived between 7 BCE to 33 CE in the Palestine region. During this time there were several living models for this type of healing, revolutionary individual. One is Apollonius of Tyana (Cappadocia), who lived from 15 CE – 100 CE and was a Pythagorean philosopher who traveled extensively and practiced a form of folk magick and healing. These two individuals were similar in approach, simply for several reasons of which I shall list the primary one. The Roman Empire at the time of Augustus had expanded to become master of the Mediterranean and the lands in its territory. In doing this, Rome had removed the authorities of the religious cults and powers which had always held power under various kings. The Roman’s allowed the religions exist still, albeit with less power and when hostile to their authority, removed them completely. In the countless wars and chaos of destroyed political authorities, the populous grew not in wealth for the most part, but poverty. Jesus was considered a basic reformer of Judaic law against the Hellenistic influenced Herodian kings. His message was considered peaceful and embraced an invisible world under the authority of Yahweh. Apollonius of Tyana was a Greek cultured Cappadocian (Asia Minor or Modern Turkey) who was a Pythagorean, a Magus who practiced a complicated but potent spirituality. Apollonius was a magician who was able to astral travel, perform miracles and offer teachings which astonished the towns in which he taught in. In the Fourth Century CE, many early writers compared Apollonius with Jesus. The traveling miracle workers were a trend during this period, when Roman trade brought together numerous local traditions and evolved accordingly. After the supposed execution of Jesus, sometime after his death the Apostle Paul (who was not one of the original followers of Jesus), who grew up a wealthy Jew from Tarsus, converted to the teachings of Jesus. He managed to convert gentiles to Christianity by his deep knowledge of Stoic teachings. Christianity was harshly punished by the Roman’s until during the time of Constantine, the Emperor adopts Christianity to establish control and maintain power with the populous throughout the empire. As a Luciferian, I do not necessarily argue the existence of the historical Jesus (I don’t argue against it either), he could have well been a man like Apollonius who taught a variant of some doctrine to others. Christianity is a power-maintaining religion used to control others, much like other religions. As a Luciferian, I reject the meek and downtrodden ideals of the Christian: these beliefs are both unnatural and self-loathing. The seeds of self-hatred start with the so-called “Original Sin” and the ridiculous eventuality that an all-powerful deity must send down his earthly “son” to preach weak and common “love” and to die for our “sins”. As a Luciferian I accept responsibility for my own actions and deny the Nazarene sickness of spirit. Islam is a similar story, a blind-faith based religion which alleviates some of the mental pressures of the poor and powerless. Two hundred years after the fall of the Roman Empire, there lived a merchant from a desert town called Mecca named Mohammad who was an export-trader. At the age of 39 Mohammad began to have “visions”; while sitting in a cave one day, the angel Gabriel appeared in a blinding white light and made Mohammad read a message from “Allah”, or simply, “God”. In HowardBloom’s fantastic “The Lucifer Principle”, it is suggested than perhaps the sources of Mohammad’s visions were a result of epileptic fits. No matter what the cause, the 39-year-old believed that he was chosen as a prophet and had to spread his message. He began preaching on street corners about his encounter with Gabriel and many believed him to have lost his mind. Mohammad was ridiculed and mocked and only a few believed him. Slaves began to leave their masters and follow Mohammad, which caused havoc in the local economy and the ruling elite. Mohammad soon left Mecca and traveled to Medina to gain followers there. After some time, Mohammad had gained enough followers to gain power and rule over the city politics of Medina. Mohammad consolidated his power by assassinating his rivals in Medina. Soon, he launched raids against traveling Meccan caravans which disrupted trade. When the Meccan militia attacked in response, the zealots of the Sword of Islam defeated them, adding to their prestige. Soon desert tribes joined and converted to Islam. Mohammad soon led his army to the Jewish town of Khaibar and conquered it, killing 900 people and enslaving the women and children. Mohammad’s ten thousand zealots marched with him to Mecca and by force and fear quickly converted the inhabitants. After this victory, Mohammad’s forces went forth to conquer and convert Persia, Afghanistan, various African lands and much more. This is but another example of how force and religion may establish power by necessity of those who have little in life. The Assembly of Light Bearers (ALB) Mission Statement The ALB exists to provide a nucleus and center for the basis of Luciferian Philosophy and the individualistic, self-determined and Left-Hand Path experience of Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. Philosophical and Magical Reference The ALB was established based on the 11 Luciferian Points of Power; the initiatory and magical structure is founded and guided from the grimoire tradition of co-founder Michael W. Ford and The Order of Phosphorus (TOPH). The ALB is not a dogmatic religious organization, it is a philosophical foundation focused on educating to those who seek the rational understanding and application of Luciferian Philosophy and when appropriate, supporting Magickial teachings towards Liberation, Illumination and Apotheosis. The ALB seeks to be a family composed of sisters and brothers united by their own Will, who through identification with the philosophy and possibilities offered by Luciferianism and work together for a space in the world to be able to gather and grow in the warm camaraderie of people with ideas related to kindship of the Black Flame. The ALB is not a school nor an esoteric order, we are an open platform unique in its type that allows the gathering of people with a high sense of individuality who walk the Left- Hand Path. We are self-reliant and who in turn recognize the multiple possibilities of working and supporting each other. Among those who consider themselves a part of this symbolic pack of wolves, all is done for their growth and what we consider to be Luciferianism, under a single flag and name, adding an unstoppable power within the world. The ALB is simply an information hub for Luciferianism. The philosophical foundation of Luciferians and the essence of ALB (Assembly of Light Bringers) is within this symbol. The 8 rayed Star of Venus, from the ancient Mesopotamian planetary sign of the Morning and Evening Star, Ishtar (the Goddess of Love and War) which illuminates the balance between creation and destruction. The sigil of Lucifer, from the medieval tradition is the center of Spiritual Self-Liberation and attaining Power through Knowledge. The letters represent the Four Pillars of Luciferian Light: Power, Balance, Wisdom and Strength. The symbol of the 8-rayed star has deep significance within the Luciferian tradition. The 8- rayed star has origins within ancient Mesopotamia as early as the Uruk IV Period, dated to around 3000 BC. The symbol originally has symbolic meaning as Deity (Dinger) and Heaven (An) and star. Another form of the 8- rayed star has long been the Talismanic Sigil of The Order of Phosphorus (TOPH), known as ALGOL. Assembly of Light Bearers Talisman • Glossary • Adversary The motivating force which causes nature and humanity to adapt, evolve and either survive or perish. The Adversary is a powerful current of initiatory energy which is within the unconscious (as primal instinct) and in nature. The Law of the Talon, “An eye for an eye” and equally “Survival of the Fittest” are basic representations. The demonic also is a primal “mask” of power. Ahrimanic Yoga A meditation and energy focusing of each Chakra Point. Achieving control and command over the body. Each ArchDaeva is representative of each Chakra and such are points of specific power in the body. Ahrimanic Yoga represents disunion with the universe, as opposed to union from a Buddhist view. In Luciferianism, Ahrimanian or Ahrimanic Yoga is a basic method of establishing control and focus of the Mind, Body and Spirit of the Black Adept prior to other Magickial Workings. Algol 8-Pointed Chaos Sigil (with Inverted Pentagram) - A word which derives from the Arabic ‘Al Ra’s al Ghul’, ‘Al-Ghul’, or ‘Ri’B al Ohill’, which is translated “The Demon’s Head”. Algol was in Hebrew known as ‘Rosh ha Shaitan’, or “Satan’s Head”, as some traditions have referred to Algol as the Head of Lilith. The Chinese called Algol ‘Tseih She’ (“Piled up corpses”) and was considered a violent, dangerous star due to its changing vivid colors. On some 17th century maps Algol was labeled, “The Specter’s Head”. Algol upon some research has indicated that possibility Three stars which are an eclipsing binary, which may explain some of the rapid color change. Some writers have connected Algol with the Egyptian Khu, or spirit. The Khu is considered a shadow spirit which feeds on other shades of the dead. In reference to the writings and initiatory symbolism of Michael W. Ford, ALGOL is the sigil in one form as a Chaos Star with an inverted pentagram in the center. The Pentagram refers to the Eye of Set, Ahriman or Samael/Lilith; Algol is timeless and divine, godlike and independent. The 8- sided Chaos-star is creation, destruction, change and enhancement of power. Chaos is the acasual or anti-cosmic abyss which is not bound by time or natural order. The 8-sided Chaos Sphere of Algol (with inverted pentagram) is the mirror of the sorcerer, one who may enter and reside in the pulsing eye of blackened flame. The 8 Points of the sphere represent the 6 or 7 ArchDaevas, the 8th Point representing Aeshma who commands and directs the daevas in unity. Luciferian symbolism also accepts the 7 Demons or Udug-hul of ancient Mesopotamia, the Sebitti or ‘Maskim’. The 8th point represents the Sorcerer who then wields the Algol Chaos Sigil to become a living ‘gate’ or ‘nexion’ of the Adversary. The underlying symbolism is also connected with the 8-Pointed Star of Ishtar/Inanna, the deity of war and love, the planet Venus who is both the Morning and Evening Star. Altar In traditional Luciferianism and other magical practices, the center and point of focus in the idealized perception of the divine and infernal elements of the self. In ancient Mesopotamia and the near east, an altar was an upright object upon which offerings were made. This was simply the centerpiece or foundation of worship or honoring idealized powers projected and experienced as “Deific Masks”. In biblical Old Testament traditions prior to the domination of the cult of Yahweh in the Levant, Canaanite, Ammonite, Amorite and Moabite altars could be in high locations and formed of bricks, rocks or clay outdoors. This included Mesopotamia as well, the established patron-cults of specific areas often had temples which were perceived to be the abode in which the gods would dwell in, the altar their throne or seat of power. The syncretic opportunityof modern Luciferianism provides, various initiatic streams of sorcery and magick present the altar in a similar way to the ancient altars either in elaborate or minimalistic design. Altars are designed often as being a square table or stand if indoors, perhaps a stack of bricks or stone if outdoors. Altars could have representations (statues, art or other objects) with the primary idol in the center. Often, protective demons and monsters of Mesopotamian traditions are depicted flanking the sides of the altar. Amulets Amulets, talismans and pendants were and are objects either of a metal, clay or wood material which were believed to possess magical energies or powers to compel control over beneficial or malefic occurrences. Amulets could be worn or carried on the person and even placed at the location of the desired magical event. The power is derived from a type of sympathetic magick occurring by the combination of Will, Desire and Belief. The theory of the mind producing energy and by continued focus and unity of the three points, connecting with nature and spiritual associations derived from the rituals involved in their creation. In Neo-Assyrian art, kings are depicted with wearing a necklace with small metal amulets presenting the symbols or sigils of the gods. During the same period, the demon-god Pazuzu was worn both by women in childbirth to protect them from the Lil-demons and Lamastu under Pazuzu’s kingship over them. Apomeilixis (Greek) Methods of appeasing deities and demons. This would involve the offering of incense during the hours of night and the astrological hour of the goetic summoning and binding. Aromata (Greek) Perfumes or oils offered to deities, identical to Fumigation. Asipu (Akkadian) The professional exorcist of ancient Babylonia who would perform protective and healing rituals for others. Asiputu (Akkadian) The spells and incantation texts on tablets revealing the craft of the Asipu. This is the basis for our modern knowledge historically of method and types of incantations, invocations and descriptions of the divine and demonic powers. Atavism The unconscious holds memories which are primal and previous forgotten types. May be utilized by the sorcerer as storehouses of primal energy and power. Athame The Witches’ knife, used in ceremonies and rituals to command and compel energies, forces and spirits. The Athame is derived from the word ‘Adh’hamme’, the ‘Blood-letter’, used in Moroccan and heretical Islamic and Pagan syncretism. In Luciferianism, the Athame is sacred to Azazel and Tubal-Cain, the first Black Smiths and metallurgic sorcerers. Azothoz A word-sigil containing a formula which has origins in the Golden Dawn definition of the Beginning and End (Alpha and Omega). Azothoz is a reversed form which is a symbol and glyph of the Adversary, Samael and Lilith. This is a word which signifies self-initiation and the power which is illuminated by the Black Flame within. On one level, Azothoz means the complete essence and being of the Luciferian and the Infernal Union, awakening the Adversary in both the casual/cosmic and acasual/anti-cosmic realms. Azothoz has subtle connections with the Ouroboros or Leviathan Serpent which is the Magick Circle of the Black Adept. Baphomet Baphomet, from ‘abufihamat’ means “The Father of Understanding”. This name is also associated with the Arabic root word, FHM, meaning ‘Black’ as ‘Understanding’ and ‘Wisdom’. The symbolic representation of Baphomet indicates his mythological assimilation of Azazel, Tubal-Cain, Cain, Lucifer, Shemiyaza and aspects of Lilith. For the modern Luciferian, Baphomet represents the idealized Black Adept. Black Magick The practice of Antinomian and self-focused transformation, self- deification and the obtainment of knowledge and wisdom. Black Magick does not denote harm or wrongdoing to others, rather describes “black” as considered to the Arabic root word FHM, charcoal, black and wisdom. Black is thus the color of hidden knowledge. Magick is to ascend and become, by Willed focus and direction. Modern Black Magick is rather a balanced practice of Luciferian Magick for a wide variety of intents and purposes subjective to the Black Magician. Caduceus (Greek) Meaning ‘herald’s wand’ or ‘staff’, two serpents entwined around a wand, often utilized by Hermes (and his epithet of guide of the underworld, a psychopomp, chthonios). The origins of the Caduceus are from the Mesopotamian god of fertility and the underworld, Ningishzida. The Caduceus is a symbol of Balance, Healing, Fertility and a guiding power into the Underworld. Cain (Qayin) Cain is the mythological first ‘Satanist’ as the son of Samael. Cain offered the symbolic Adam to his Demon which made him the first rebel who bore a mark of the first witch. Cain wandered and settled cities and exemplified the path of self-empowerment. Cain in the Luciferian Witchcraft tradition is associated with Baphomet. Cainite An initiatory structure and tradition in which the lore of Cain, Son of Samael and Lilith (by Eve) as the first rebel, whose Apotheosis was in the triad of clay to spark and from flame to light. Chalice A ceremonial drinking cup or vessel which is set aside for ritual and sacred ceremonies. Daemon (Daimon) From the Greek term denoting a “spirit” including the guide or inspiring aspect idealized as the Higher Self or Ilu/Personal God. For Luciferians, the feminine Daemon, Istar is the name which is related to the goddess of war and love, Ishtar, who is represented as Venus the Morning and Evening Star. Demon Referring to the rebel spirits, fallen angels and other powers within the Judeo-Christian demonology and cosmology. Luciferians go beneath the extreme corruptions of monstrous forms to utilize the forbidden knowledge of the Adversary. Evil Represented herein as the Adversarial Force which is opposite or not operating within the structure of the deemed normal, standard or the concept of social order. In Akkadian, “xul” or “hul”. Evocation Calling and encircling a specific spirit or demon outside of the self, usually to bind it to an object for a purpose or to practice a type of divinatory practice involving a scrying mirror. Fumigation Burning incense as an offering to a Deific Mask, Demon or Etemmu (ghost) during hymn, invocation and ritual ceremony. See also Qutaru. Good Represented as what the individual accepts as beneficial and positive. Hul Evil (sometimes spelled ‘Xul’), potentially destructive and primal power. In Luciferianism, adversarial or opposing restrictive thoughts, beliefs, actions which are predatory, destructive and over-mastering enemies or obstacles in sorcery and magick. Ilu (Masculine) Mesopotamian personal god being a personification of the power and idealized potential of the individual including the externalized ego. In Luciferianism, the Ilu/Istar is conceptually similar of the Daemon/Daimon (spirit) understood as the True Will, Holy Guardian Angel and Inherent Desire of the Luciferian. Invocation Calling upwards, internally (Body, Mind Spirit) or summoning a deity or demonic spirit within the Luciferian for purposes of controlling, guiding and directing energy including the attainment of insight and perceived power derived from the unconscious. Deific Masks are described and poetically named and called in the symbolic direction of upward through the Black Adept, subconsciously acknowledging no matter Atheistic or Theistic approach that power and energy is directed and controlled by the Luciferian as a living temple of mind, body and spirit. Kakotechnia (Greek) Evil Sorcery or the Black Arts. Modern Luciferians approach this as using forbidden formulas to enhance wisdom and power via a specific goal. Katadesmos (Greek) A binding spell. Kasapu (Akkadian) To bewitch or practice sorcery. Kassapu (Akkadian) Masculine Warlock/Witch who practices sorcery and performs magickial rites of a potentially beneficial or destructivenature. Within the grimoires of the Luciferian Tradition, Kassapu (masculine) also represents the Kassaptu (feminine). Kassaptu (Akkadian) Feminine Witch who is like the Kassapu in ancient Mesopotamia often depicted as a demonic force who performs acts of sorcery and the evocation of spirits for some purpose or goal. Kispu (Akkadian) Witchcraft/Sorcery which could may include the use of herbs and ingested food as a means of willed transmission of energy. Kurgarru (Akkadian)– A cult player; the sorcerer or one performing rituals in poetic, mythological form, identifying with a divine or demonic force to compel the power to set in motion a specific design or goal. Left-Hand Path (LHP) The Antinomian (against the current, natural order) path which leads through self-deification (godhood). LHP signifies that humanity has an intellect which is separate from the natural order, thus in theory and practice may move forward with seeking the mastery of the spirits (referring to the elements of the self) and controlled direction in a positive area of one’s own life – the difference between RHP is they seek union with the universe, nirvana and bliss. The LHP seeks disunion to grow in perception and being, strength and the power of an awakened mind. The Left-Hand Path from the Sanskrit ‘Vama Marga’, meaning ‘Left Way’, symbolizes a path astray all others, subjective only to itself. To truly walk upon the Left-Hand Path, one must strive to break all personal taboos and gain knowledge and power from this adverse way, thus expand power accordingly. Lilith (Hebrew) The Queen of Demons in Hebrew lore and religion. Lilitu (Mesopotamian) Demons and spirits of the Wind, associated with succubi and incubi. Lilitu are numerous and are associated with Vampyrism, sexual congress and haunting wind-spirits from night. Melammu (Akkadian) The Aura which is known as ‘terrifying radiance’ is a direct expression of the force of the god, demon or sorcerer. The Black Flame may illuminate ‘rays’ of fearsome terror. Nexion (Sinister Tradition) Often considered a physical ‘gate’ in which the ‘dark gods’, ‘demons’ or energies of the acasual realm can incarnate and manifest. The Black Adept may strive for this after experienced practice and the act can enhance the Temple of Mind, Body and Spirit with emphasis upon one’s personal Daemon. A Nexion is not easily opened or attained and is a catalyst for Apotheosis. The Nexion can be balanced or lend towards either destructive or creative works over a period of time. Pharmakeia (Greek) Knowledge of herbs, remedies, psychoactive hallucinogens, drugs. First knowledge of this was passed down from Shemiyaza to humans and in ancient Mesopotamia by Onannes via instruction by Ea (Enki), the Babylonian god of Magick. Predatory Spiritualism (Vampyre Magick) The act of devouring spiritual energy and making the Adept stronger from ritual practice, the act of encircling spiritual energy either symbolically or literally based on theistic or non-theistic belief, once encircling the spirit or deific mask, symbolically devouring and consuming the association of the spirit into the self. May be attributed to the inner practices of the Black Order of the Dragon. See Vampyrism. Qutaru (Akkadian) Fumigation (burning incense) ritual. This may include one portion such as burning incense during a ceremonial working. Right-Hand Path (RHP) The path or school of thought in which one seeks union and offering up in submission the consciousness and spirit (psyche) into an all- powerful deity. LHP rejects submission and focuses on deriving power, isolation of the psyche and the insight of self-deification and existing ‘without a yoke’ or ‘without a master’ (the meaning of the name, Belial). Siptu (Akkadian) Incantation including invocations, evocations and spells. Sorcery To encircle/ensorcel energy and powers by the unity of Will, Desire and Belief. The art of encircling energy and power of self, by means of self - fascination (inspiration through the imagination). Sorcery is a willed controlling of energies of a magical current, which is responsive through the Will and Belief of the sorcerer. While sorcery is the encircling or ensorcerling of power around the self, Magick is the Willed change of one’s objective universe. Sortilegium (Latin) In origin, sortes, means a technique of divination. Later, Sortilegium was understood as being the term for all types of magic, encircling and “sorcery”. Theurgy (Greek) Theourgia was a structure or set of rituals and methods focused on working with a deity as well as making man “divine”. Theurgy was the practice of brining divine power into the human mind and spirit and a convocation of mystical union with a deity, receive messages or visions from the spiritual realm via trance and to consecrate and empower a statue or idol of a deity. Vampyre (European) In Luciferian and other traditions, the Vampyre in myth and lore is a revived corpse (by an evil spirit or demon) who returns to a state of not-living and not-dead, “Undead”, existing between the world of the living and dead. The Vampyre in lore and myth can assume different theriomorphic forms such as a bat, wolf, cat, owl, crow, raven and even a combination of demonic and phantom shapes to drink the blood of the living. Vampyrism is also an obscure practice and teaching in Luciferians, sought-out by those who identify with the philosophy and practice of Predatory Spiritualism. Vampyres shape their way of thinking to identify and having knowledge of the meanings of vampire symbols, applied to transform the mind to become a predator of energy, Qi or Life Force. Draining energy or Life Force by first physical touch, then sight and by Nightside dream magick and astral projection are modern mirrors of medieval spirit-journeying witch cults and Undead spirits/wraiths controlled by the living Vampyre. Wand Represents Fire, an extension of the sorcerer and the will. The origins of the Wand have roots in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece with mention of Hermes (of the Underworld), a psychopomp who guides the souls of the dead to the Underworld. See Caduceus Widdershins Ceremonial walking around the circle in an anti-clockwise motion. Some witches may find it useful to recite the Lord’s Prayer Backwards while moving widdershins in the beginning of the Sabbat Rite, this allowing or ‘Commanding’ the nature of the working itself. Widdershins is against the natural order and movement of the sun, thus to some extent, subconsciously rebelling and bringing disorder to the static physical world around you that is to be changed. Witanic (Witchcraft) A term relating to the stream of Traditional Cunning Craft associated with the hidden lore and practices of the “wise ones” of the old religions. Some sources of the Luciferian fountain of practice and teaching derives from some Traditions of Witanic Lore, the Clan of Tubal-Cain, the Red Circle, the Zos Kia Cultus, Coven Malefica and The Order of Phosphorus among others. Yatuk Dinoih (Avestan/Pahlavi) Ancient Persian Witchcraft and Sorcery. The development and practice of invoking daevas (demons) to enhance and expand control in this world. Yatukdinoih is translated ‘witchcraft’ to encircle the witch or wizard in self-developed energy. The principle of Darkness and the Deva/Druj (Demon) worship of this sect was in seeming model form, that by becoming as Darkness they developed a Light within. Ziggurats In ancient Mesopotamia, Ziggurats were temple-towers pyramidal and stepped which were created during 2200 to 550 B.C.E. and were constructed of brick. The summit of the Ziggurat was one or more shrines including that of the principle or patron god of the city. The Etemenanki was a seven- layered Ziggurat which had levels from bottom to top painted in colors on each level which represented a specific god in Mesopotamia. Zisurru (Sumer) A circle made traditionally of flour, marking the circumference of self andhistorically a protective circle. Luciferians do not hide within circles; rather the Kassapu uses the circle as a focus point of spiritual energy invoked and ensorcelled in ritual to then guide and direct according to the design. It may be a symbolic or literal act of commanding power. • Bibiliography & Suggested Reading • Aquino, Michael A. Black Magic. Crystal Tablet of Set, 1975-2002. Published in The Temple of Set I (Volume 1) Paperback – April 8, 2014 Bloom, Howard. The Lucifer Principle, a Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History. Crowley, Aleister. Magick: Book Four. Flowers, Stephen. Lords of the Left-Hand Path. Ford, Michael W. Adversarial Light: Magick of the Nephilim. ———. Bible of the Adversary. ———. Dragon of the Two Flames: Demonic Magick and the Gods of Canaan. ———. Drauga: Ahrimanian Yatuk Dinoih. ———, Hopemarie Ford & Jeremy Crow. Wisdom of Eosphoros. Green, Alberto R.W. The Storm-God in the Ancient Near East. Biblical and Judaic Studies, Volume 8. Kuehn, Sata. The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art. Brill Academic Publishers. LaVey, Anton. The Satanic Bible. • Michael W. Ford The Author • MICHAEL W. FORD is a leading Luciferian visionary and Left-Hand Path practitioner. Author of 25 books, recording artist of Ritualistic Dark Ambient, Industrial, Black Metal projects and Co- Owner of the Luciferian Apotheca. Michael is a student and researcher of Ancient Near Eastern Religions, Early Christianity, Demonology and the history of Occultism. As the founder and Magus of the Order of Phosphorus, an initiatory order centered in Luciferian Magick as well as presiding Yatus of The Black Order of the Dragon, a magical guild dedicated to the teachings of astral and energy Vampyrism, dream control and sorcery with a foundation in logic and reason. Michael is also an accomplished musician, beginning in the 1990's with Black Funeral and into the late 2013 with Psychonaut 75 (industrial and ritual electronics), Valefor (death industrial and black metal), Hexentanz (medieval ritual music) and now currently as Akhtya (ritualistic dark ambient). Michael has also been featured in magazines worldwide and many videos presenting topics concerning Luciferianism. • SUCCUBUS PRODUCTIONS PUBLISHING The Publisher • Succubus Productions Publishing was founded in 2001 as an underground hit-and-run platform to offer the Left-Hand Path Magickial grimoires of Michael W. Ford. “The Book of the Witch Moon”, followed by a series of chapbook publications were quickly spread throughout the world which introduced the modern Luciferian Tradition as presented by Mr. Ford. In 2005, “Luciferian Witchcraft” was published and since that time, Michael W. Ford and his partner, Hopemarie Ford, established the Occult Shop, LUCIFERIAN APOTHECA and continue to publish and distribute worldwide. The Luciferian Apotheca, one of the first and most expansive of Left-Hand Path Magick and Occult Supply shops, offers a wide variety of dark magick, witchcraft and ceremonial supplies and books since 2007. View the Succubus Productions Publishing catalog of Michael W. Ford books at: https://www.luciferianapotheca.com/collections/michael-w-ford- books-1 Special editions of many Michael W. Ford publications are available from partners, Become a Living God. View the Infernal Apotheosis Series and the Complete Works of Michael W. Ford at: BecomeALivingGod.com/MichaelFord. •