Foolish reactionary post, I have posted about Luciferianism, symbolically I don't worship deities, that's how you give your power away. In many African cultures praying or "preying" was seen as giving away your power as opposed to meditation which is to build your power
Similarly, the other sects of Christianity the Gnostics believed the spirit of Christ is cultivated within through gnosis, that we must connect with that part of us that is divine, in order to reach the divine source, the pleroma. This is in opposition to faith and redemption from sin that is the default of all humankind in the institutionalized church. The gnostics had no need of a church or institution or a authoritative priest.
From the perspective of the gnostic tradition, the Bible and the Church are the greatest deception the western civilization has ever been dealt.
Yahweh, what they worship as God is Yaldabaoth, the Demiurge, the chief Archon a inferior God that is blind to the true divine source that is within us. He is the abomination, the unfortunate product of the fall of Sophia, the godless of wisdom (serpent spirit). He is a jealous, genocidal and vindictive being who's pride believes he is above all. This resembles the adversary, the Satan.
Lucifer is not Satan, Lucifer is the light bearer, The Christ is in fact Lucifer.
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I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."
This is symbol of venus, that of Lucifer. Lucifer is the equivalent of the Greek Prometheus, defying the God(s) by stealing the Fire (light) and giving it to human. The Christ was sent as the messenger, the serpent in the garden of Eden bringing the wisdom to Eve. Waking her from her slumber and subservience to the Demiurge so that they may be as Gods knowing of both Good and Evil by eating of the tree.
From the Nag Hammadi text...
Then came the wisest of all creatures, who was called Beast. And when he saw the likeness of their mother Eve he said to her, "What did God say to you? Was it 'Do not eat from the tree of knowledge'?" She said, "He said not only, 'Do not eat from it', but, 'Do not touch it, lest you die.'" He said to her, "Do not be afraid. In death you shall not die. For he knows that when you eat from it, your intellect will become sober and you will come to be like gods, recognizing the difference that obtains between evil men and good ones. Indeed, it was in jealousy that he said this to you, so that you would not eat from it."
The Fruit of the tree is actually a entheogenic mushroom. The word Entheogen originated from Greek and means to become one with god. Or that which generates the divine within.
Coincidentally enough this is how I came to discover and understand all of this. From my gnosis through the "flesh of the Gods" the psilocybe cubensis. The magic (holy) mushroom. The very same.
Christ represents the masculine of the serpent spirit as Sophia represents the feminine Serpent. The bible compares the serpent to Jesus.
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Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. "
The Serpent on the Cross - The Crucified Serpent, after an illustration in the notebook of Nicolas Flamel ( CC BY-SA 4.0 )
The Nag Hammadi texts describe Jesus as the one “called the Beast”. The interpretation of “the beast” is “the instructor.” For it was found to be the “wisest of all beings.”
The serpent is the symbol of wisdom, a symbol of fertility, a symbol of the creative life force, rebirth, transformation, divination, immortality and healing. Even the bible states with the words of Jesus "As wise as Serpents".
This is why we find Serpent symbolism across the globe in many ancient cultures and mystery schools. It is the true divine spirit. The oph in Sophia is a root word for serpent. Ophiuchus is the constellation of the snake bearer. The Ophites or Ophians were serpent worshipers and also a Gnostic sect. The Celtic Christians were also Gnostic and wore the tattoo of the serpent on their forearm, the semi divine Naga (Serpent in Sanskrit) in the Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, The rainbow serpent of the Australian aboriginals. It is spirit, It is the breath of paganism , Christians would call this the holy spirit, it is the coiled serpent kundalini of the yogis, it is the aether of the Greeks, the ond of the Norse etc...
It is accessible, it is real, it is with us and connects all life even in this very instant. It runs through the Earth as the Norse world Serpent or the Ouroboros from the Egyptians, through the Greek to Gnosticism, Hermeticism and most notably in alchemy.
This mythology is what the early catholic church tried to eradicate, it's proponents were slaughtered and it's texts were all but wiped out.
The God the Abrahamic religions worship is in fact the Satan, it is this ancient wisdom and spiritual path they have tried to hide to keep people ignorant and subservient to the Demiurge, so that we may not spiritually evolve and return to our true home in the pleroma. (Divine Unity).
The Bible is completely ass backwards, and it has had lasting impacts on our culture and in turn our psychology and spirituality. This has been intentional, it is of the Demiurge. So it is no wonder it is associated with evil. The Satan has tricked the world into believing he is God.
Forgive me for my long post Baccarat, it is not directed as a response to you, only in part as I agree with you. You are quite welcome to considering though.