A reader asks, in relation to the post Coping with being different, if the difference I feel talking to other occultists is a result of Luciferianism. I replied that it is more due to the fact that many occultists I meet online are dogmatic. I want to elaborate on that. Of course, not all occultists I meet online are dogmatic. And most of the occultists I know in real life and who are my friends, although they belong to different traditions are not dogmatic against me, but they do not understand much about Luciferianism, maybe because Luciferians are not [supposed to] be dogmatic. I mean, someone who is Luciferian should be open and curious, and not cling to ideas like religion, like some people do. Even many persons I consider very enlightened, will be familiar to a dozen different esoteric systems, and they do not cling to any of them, but tend to be puzzled when confronted with something outside very known, familiar set of “rules”.
I know there are some authors (who shall remain un-mentioned) who tried to define Luciferianism but in my honest opinion failed at doing so (the less quoted the less famous).
The question arises then, among Occultists, whether Luciferianism is a legitimate path to discuss from the perspective of another occultist, since it is so similar to Chaos Magick in that there is no single authority over what defines Luciferianism?
I fully agree, most people show their own way of Luciferianism. Probably could not be a single model that works for everyone. So, for me, is just a special instance of Chaos Magick with some pre-stablish ideas on it.
I suspect however it is not that simple.
On one hand you could say it is Chaos Magick, while on the other hand there are the Luciferian nature itself, whatever that is. That is what I am trying to define with the help of this blog. I chose my archetype and build on it. But as Luciferian I am free to use ANY magickal system including Chaos Magick…
Two bronze statues: an archer and a horse. The essence that they share is the bronze they are made from, their difference is their form, the horse and archer. I could melt the two statues down into a huge bronze of Lucifer. Luciferianism has an essence equivalent to the bronze of the statues, but has many different forms, like the archer, horse and Lucifer.
Many outsiders including mundanes fail to appreciate that Luciferianism has many forms but one essence, which causes the misunderstandings that sometimes arise in occult circles on the subject of Luciferianism.