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LuciferianismLuciferianism can be understood best as a belief system that venerates the essential characterizes that are affixed to Lucifer. It incorporates traditional Luciferianism (belief in Lucifer as a spiritual being) and modern Luciferianism (belief in Lucifer as the embodiment of wisdom, light and self-overcoming. Luciferianism is often identified as a auxiliary of Satanism, due to the canonical identification of Lucifer with Satan. Some Luciferians accept this identification, and thus could properly be called Satanists. Others reject it, arguing that Lucifer is a more positive ideal that Satan, and more worthy of worship. They are inspired by the ancient myths of Rome and Greece, Gnosticism and traditional western occultism. Modern Satanism and Luciferianism share many primary aspects. In both, practitioners self-identify with a super-personal essence that they view as embodying desirable characteristics. Both work toward employing these characteristics as a means of bettering the Self. However, they differ in that Modern Satanists, particularly younger ones, actively engage in the sinister (left hand) or diabolical aspects traditionally associated with the biblical Satan. Structured systems that are fundamentally Luciferian are exceedingly rare. The Children of the Black Rose are a long-time Luciferian order who view Lucifer as a Supreme being encompassing all, "everything and nothing" http://www.spiralnature.com/spirituality/satanism/luciferianism.html. This can be compared to the Gnostic deity Abraxas, which is thought to contain both Absolute Good and Evil. A more modern structure inspired by gnosticism, French occultism and the works of Danish Luciferian author Carl William Hansen (Ben Kadosh) is The Neo-Luciferian Church. It works within a seven grade church system. External links *What is Luciferianism, Specifically?
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