Appendix II
Luciferianism: The Religion of Apotheosis
by Phillip D. Collins ©, Jan. 10th, 2006
Luciferianism constitutes the nucleus of the ruling class religion. While there are
definitely political and economic rationales for elite criminality, Luciferianism can
account for the longevity of many of the oligarchs' projects. Many of the longest and
most brutal human endeavors have been underpinned by some form of religious
zealotry. The Crusades testify to this historical fact. Likewise, the power elite's
ongoing campaign to establish a socialist totalitarian global government has
Luciferianism to thank for both its longevity and frequently violent character. In the
mind of the modern oligarch, Luciferianism provides religious legitimacy for
otherwise morally questionable plans.
Luciferianism is the product of religious engineering, which sociologist William Sims
Bainbridge defines as "the conscious, systematic, skilled creation of a new religion"
("New Religions, Science, and Secularization," no pagination). In actuality, this is a
tradition that even precedes Bainbridge. It has been the practice of Freemasonry for
years. It was also the practice of Masonry's religious and philosophical progenitors,
the ancient pagan Mystery cults. The inner doctrines of the Mesopotamian secret
societies provided the theological foundations for the Christian and Judaic heresies,
Kabbalism and Gnosticism. All modern Luciferian philosophy finds "scientific"
legitimacy in the Gnostic myth of Darwinism. As evolutionary thought was
popularized, variants of Luciferianism were popularized along with it (particularly in
the form of secular humanism, which shall be examined shortly). A historical
corollary of this popularization has been the rise of several cults and mass
movements, exemplified by the various mystical sects and gurus of the sixties
counterculture. The metastasis of Luciferian thinking continues to this very day.
Luciferianism represents a radical revaluation of humanity's ageless adversary: Satan.
It is the ultimate inversion of good and evil. The formula for this inversion is reflected
by the narrative paradigm of the Gnostic Hypostasis myth. As opposed to the original
Biblical version, the Gnostic account represents a "revaluation of the Hebraic story of
the first man's temptation, the desire of mere men to 'be as gods' by partaking of the
tree of the 'knowledge of good and evil'" (Raschke 26). Carl Raschke elaborates:
In The Hypostasis of the Archons , an Egyptian Gnostic document, we read how the
traditional story of man's disobedience toward God is reinterpreted as a universal
conflict between "knowledge" ( gnosis ) and the dark "powers" ( exousia ) of the world,
which bind the human soul in ignorance. The Hypostasis describes man as a
stepchild of Sophia ("Wisdom") created according to the "model" of aion, the
imperishable realm of eternity. On the other hand, it is neither God the Imperishable