Lucifer: Princeps is a seminal study on the origins of the Lucifer
mythos by Peter Grey. It is the first in a two volume work; the
companion volume, Praxis, being an exposition of ritual actions,
will be published in 2021. The fall of Lucifer, and that of the
rebel angels who descended upon the daughters of men, comprise the
foundation myth of the Western occult tradition. Lucifer: Princeps
is a study of origins, a portrait of the first ancestor of
witchcraft and magic. In tracing the genealogy of our patron and
prince, the principles that underlie the ritual forms that have
come down to us, through the grimoires and folk practices, are
elucidated. The study draws on the extensive literature of history,
religion and archaeology, engaging with the vital discoveries and
advances of recent scholarship, which render previous works on
Lucifer, however well intentioned, out of date. A concomitant
exegesis of the core texts conjures the terrain and koine of the
Ancient Near East, the cradle cultures and language of his
nascence. Of critical importance are the effaced cultures and cults
that lie behind the Old Testament polemics, viz. those of Assyria,
Ugarit and Canaan, as well as Sumeria, Egypt and Greece; they
provide the context that give meaning to what would otherwise be an
isolated brooding figure, one who makes no sense without being
encountered in the landscape. Intended to be the definitive text on
Lucifer for the witch, magician and student of the grimoires,
Princeps spans wingtip to wingtip from the original flood myth and
legends of divine teachers to the Church Fathers, notably
Augustine, Origen and Tertullian. The tales of the Garden of Eden,
the Nephilim, of the fall of Helel ben Sahar and the Prince of
Tyre, the nature of Azazel, and the creation of the Satan are drawn
beneath the shadow of these wings into a narrative that binds
Genesis and Revelation via the Enochian tradition. The story of the
Serpent in the Garden and that of Lucifer are revealed to be a
singular myth whose true significance had been lost and can now be
restored. It illuminates the path to apotheosis, and the role of
the goddess as the transforming initiatrix who bestows the crown.
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