DrippingMoonstone

me to Lucifer: O dark one, O devil! Tempt me!

I love the image of Lucifer as a divine scapegoat, its so calming. That for speaking the truth and desiring freedom he was laden with all the sins and evils that god himself was too much of a coward to take. and even in god’s egotistical attempt to ‘shoulder’ the sins he cast upon humanity, he is still a lamb, a sheep. Someone who was accepted from the start and knew their place and safety.

so my super religious and republican family member finally unfriended me on fb and i was trying to figure out which post really put her over the edge and i think i figured out which one it might be...

“In the earlier lore about Lucifer he is associated with the sun in terms of being a herald. In this case he preceds the rising sun. Like all beings in ancient thought, Lucifer was believed to possess a dual nature, or what the Greeks called good and evil. He was given two names: Lucifero and Noctifero. The former pointed to him in the celestial realm while the latter placed him in the Underworld. Here, Noctifero holds the dark sacred night in which light is at home in the darkness. This relates to the ancient idea that the stars, moon, and sun only visit the mortal world (passing above us) but always return to the Underworld from which they rise. With the establishment of Christianity, Lucifer was eventually transformed into a demon called Lucifuge (he who flees or shuns the light). This placed him permanently in the realm below, denied Lucifer his higher celestial nature, and instilled enmity between light and darkness. Here he was depicted as one of the spirits of the stars in the ‘nether parts of the world’ who passed influence into the roots of certain plants. These plants featured prominently in the practices of Witchcraft and Sorcery. In some later magical systems Lucifuge was made a distinct demon, separate from Lucifer, who administrated Hell on the orders of Satan.”

“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”