Glimpses of the Left..

from limitations imposed by the material world and the
ego gives us unlimited possibility of creating. Ludferic initiation is dose to
the Left Hand Path. The of contrasts material world
with alternative realities. Steiner calls the VIII - Luciferic alternative
Universe - "illusionary". Lucifer himself in anthroposophical texts
as a liar and a creator of illusions. Here a comes to my - to
what extent the so-called "real world" is more real than a world created by
our
The way Rudolf Steiner describes Lucifer is full of contradictions. The
creator of anthroposophy describes the of as the patron of
changes and relentless pursuit of perfection. On the other hand, he calls
him the of the Past". I find the last while
pagan (according to - religions before Christ)
were but not always, very close to Luciferic paradigm. In
anthroposophy Lucifer often as a dangerous being that threatens
spiritual development and he is often called FI a liar". However, the tone
that Steiner uses while Lucifer is often sometimes even
There is no doubt that the founder of the
Society felt much stronger affinity towards Lucifer than towards Ahriman.
Some even that as a form of many
Luciferic threads and inspirations.
Luciferic Light differs from Christian and Ahrimanic
Darkness. It is a hidden shining, full of mysticism and mystery. It can be
rrl!"rIrI",..".rI to star or candle .. As Ahriman is identified with
in demonological tradition Diabolos and Antichrist are Lucifer's
Indian lord of dance and and
Odin, the father of of wisdom and of the runes, are
Luciferic beings. Lucifer is closely connected with values traditionally
referred to as Steiner wrote that Luciferic assume
shapes of beautiful women when they appear in dreams and imagination.
The triadic division of demonic proposed Steiner is rooted in the
tradition of demonology. The medieval Cathars distinguished three
demonic - Lucibel (whose equivalent is Lucifer), Satan (Ahriman)
and Nihil (nothingness - the Asuras).
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