tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29469552.post1066826454839098464..comments2023-12-15T12:31:38.281-08:00Comments on Spiritual Science is Practical: Redeemed LuciferUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29469552.post-41586245470424740532018-04-23T14:33:13.941-07:002018-04-23T14:33:13.941-07:00"Lucifer" can refer to many beings- bein..."Lucifer" can refer to many beings- beings of the laggard kind - but at their head is an adversary of humankind, cause of evil, of error, now and in the past. Some occultists confuse what has been redeemed by Christ with the unredeemed aspects, making Lucifer a benefactor of mankind. <br /><br />Christ is the true Light bringer. Christ has mingled His Being with those gifts from Lucifer, (the Arts) making them suitable for us. He has vouchsafed our freedom- He has given us the substance not just the possibility of.<br /><br />I found a quote by Adolf Arenson, which puts into words this idea better than I was able to do:<br /><br />"We had to have the possibility of evil, in order to have the possibility of spiritual freedom; the two concepts are mutually inclusive. Lucifer gave us the possibility of spiritual freedom, Christ gave us the reality, the actual substance. Hence the esoteric saying in the early days of Christianity: Christus verus Luciferus, i.e., Christ is the true Lucifer, the true Light-bringer."Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407139577098233830noreply@blogger.com