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me: The Gods probably don’t even have much of a concept of time, they probably don’t hold much significance to things like birthdays
Lucifer and Aphrodite: ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!!!! HAAAPPPPYYYY BIRTHDAY TO YOOUU!!!
Yesterday was Venus day! ✴️ I meant to do a post about it but I was too busy. As a birthday gift Lucifer gave me some insight into the meaning of his enn. I plan on doing a big post breaking it down along with a spell making system that he taught me recently :)
Inanna and Aphrodite really liked my tattoo 🥹 I presented them to her in the bath after doing some incantations with the method that Lucifer taught me, and I got some pretty powerful visuals of her giving me a smooch on my wrist :) It felt very much like she was blessing it and giving it a fraction of her energy. She seemed very excited about it :)
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it’s my birthday!!! As a gift to myself I got this tattoo done :) I’m extremely excited to present it to Inanna for venus day.
Its actually a touch up of a tattoo I did on myself a few months back. I’ve been wanting to get it redone for some time and today was a good opportunity. It still feels very special to me that the original was inked into me by my own hands, but I’m happy to have it cleaned up.
It’s my first real devotional tattoo, it’s a very simple symbol that won’t be immediately clocked as a pagan devotional mark, but is also very meaningful to me. It’s basically a constant reminder that love is always with me, that love is eternal and trumps all pain. Search for love whenever you can, see the beauty in all things.
And of course it’s the star of Ishtar and the mark of Venus. It also represents the morning star, which was my way of honouring Lucifer without having his sigil in such a noticeable place. I still plan on getting his sigil tattooed somewhere, but definitely in a place where I won’t get hate crimed for it lol.
Anyway, I love it! :)
It’s still kinda gross under the saniderm right now but i’m super excited for it to heal.
update: a less swollen pic
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hey there, would you mind telling me a bit about Lilith and your practice with her? I’ve been trying to do some research on her modern worship, offerings, and signs, but it can be really difficult to find anything that’s serious when there are so many references to her in pop culture :/
Okay so Lilith is extremely, and I mean extremely complicated.
Contrary to popular belief, “Lucifer” isn’t actually a name, but a title. The name Lucifer means “light bringer” in reference to Venus as she appears in the morning, but any “light bringer” can be considered a Lucifer. Prometheus for example, the man who stole fire from the Gods to give light to humanity, is a Lucifer. And so, there are actually many different entities that have taken the role of a Lucifer throughout history and in various different retellings. Eosphorus is the name of the deity that was revered by the Greeks as Venus, but Lucifer is a title that many different figures have taken on depending on the context.
Why do I bring up Lucifer? Because he and Lilith are very similar in that regard. Our earliest mentions of Lilith throughout history paint her not as an individual but as a species of night demon that frequently takes the form of an owl, she was known to bring crib death and miscarriage.
In the myth, Inanna and the Huluppu tree, a huluppu tree (a type of willow) is planted by the banks of the Euphrates River. The tree is tended and nurtured by the goddess Inanna, who plans to use its wood to craft a throne and a bed for herself. However, as the tree grows, it becomes infested with three troublesome creatures:
A serpent that makes its home at the roots of the tree. (What troublesome serpents have been portrayed in another mythology having to do with magical trees? HMM!)
The Anzu bird (sometimes described as a mythical lion-headed eagle) that builds its nest in the branches.
The Lilitu (a female demon or spirit) that makes her lair in the trunk.
Inanna, distressed by these creatures occupying her tree, calls for help from her brother, the sun god Utu (or Shamash). When Utu does not assist her, she turns to the hero Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh comes to her aid and, with his great strength, drives away the serpent, the Anzu bird, and the Lilitu. He uproots the huluppu tree and uses its wood to craft a throne and a bed for Inanna, fulfilling her original intention. Consider that it is a human, not the God of the sun, who helps Inanna with this problem. Interesting.
The inclusion of these three very specific creatures occupying this important tree tended to by the Goddess of love, to her dismay, are very important. Especially when he consider how Inanna’s visual depictions have been syncretized with Lilith. The idea of a serpent (perhaps a Lucifer) , an Anzu bird (described quite similarly to some depictions of abrahamic angels, specifically those like the cherubim) and a Lilith being “driven away” from this mythical tree are notable, especially because these are all symbols associated with Inanna herself.
Inanna, one of the most complex deities in Mesopotamian mythology, embodies aspects of fertility, love, war, and the underworld. Inanna's association with snakes can be seen in her connection to the underworld and her transformative journeys. In her descent into the underworld, Inanna removes one magical garment as she continues into the deathly realm. Just as the snake sheds its skin, Inanna sheds her power and identity as she descends, only to be reborn and restored.
Inanna is frequently depicted with wings, highlighting her divine nature and authority. The Anzu bird in the Huluppu Tree myth, while initially a source of trouble, also connects to the theme of overcoming chaos, which aligns with Inanna's role as a powerful deity who brings order.
Lilith, often depicted as a demoness, represents untamed feminine power, independence, and sometimes chaos. In later Jewish mythology, she is considered a night demon, but her roots trace back to earlier Mesopotamian beliefs. Her inclusion in Jewish mythology is summed up in the verse Isaiah 34:14: "Wildcats shall meet with hyenas, goat-demons shall call to each other; there too Lilith shall repose, and find a place to rest." (Hm… I wonder WHERE she will find a place to rest? Perhaps in a… magical tree?)
In Jewish mysticism, the feminine side of the tree of life is what creates the potential for evil. Even though it is the lightest, brightest, goodest form of feminine energy, for some reason, every time, disobedience pops up no matter what we do. It is an aspect of the feminine itself.
In the Huluppu Tree myth, Lilith (or a Lilitu) makes her home in the tree that Inanna nurtures. This connection reflects Inanna's association with both nurturing and taming wild, untamed aspects of the feminine. Lilith's presence in the tree also highlights the tension between order and chaos, which Inanna must navigate and control.
So what does this all mean?
Each creature in the tree draw direct parallels to the Goddess of Love herself. These can be interpreted as perversions of her divine nature, that she herself cannot be-rid of on her own. Inanna the Goddess of WAR couldn’t get an owl, a big bird, and a snake out of a tree??? Why? Likewise, why did the divinities refuse to help her? Why did she have to seek out a human specifically, to get those unwelcome guests out of her tree? And if it is so that Inanna just doesn’t really like owls and snakes, why is she represented with them (and generally just hanging out with them) so often?
Lilith, the serpent, and the Anzu bird reflect aspects of the divine mother that she herself cannot even tame. Lilith as the night owl also reflects an aspect of knowledge and wisdom, as owls can see in the dark and hunt strategically. Even though she is portrayed as an enemy of Inanna, Inanna never once can or even tries to harm her. Inanna being the Goddess of fertility, and Lilith being the demon that causes miscarriage, show that they are natural opposites, yet still derived from the same divine source, and never combative towards each other.
Similarly, Lucifer’s first ever depiction was as his role as Venus, the same astrological planet as what is associated with Inanna. In Christianity, Lucifer played the role of the serpent who convinced Eve, another archetype of divine femininity, to eat the forbidden fruit of knowledge. Interestingly enough, Lilith is never actually portrayed eating the fruit. Does she posses a divine knowledge that is inherent to her qualities as a night owl, to the point where she didn’t need to eat the fruit to have the wisdom to disobey Adam? Does she possess a knowledge that is inherent to the divine feminine force from which she was created? Is this because she was created from the divine forces of femininity itself and not derived from man, as Eve was? If this is the case, that even though Eve ate the apple, she did not become a Lilith, that stands to imply that there is an inherent quality about being derived from a human man, that repels or deflects that inherent feminine rebellious quality. Instead, being replaced with the the ability to submit.
Knowledge applied with the associations of night and mystery, create a feminine energy that cannot submit, and this is likely Inanna’s fault herself, as she very notably has a big issue with respecting any authority higher than herself, even death herself (as her big sister)
From a symbolic standpoint this tells us a couple things about Venusian energy in general.
1.) Regardless of how hard it tries to behave, it is inherently chaotic
2.) It has many faces, some of which do not jive with eachother, but even so, they continue to coexist, even if not in the same places
3.) It is a creator and a destroyer.
4.) It has a very rough time with the concept of submission.
Okay YAP fest, what’s the point?
Lilith is a great example of how the dark feminine exists within the light feminine as an inevitability. Lilith is not so much associated with war, the strategic enactment of violence., but rather the inherent unpredictability of femininity. Women both create life and snuff it, women can decide to procreate or to have an abortion. Lamashtu and Lilith respectively were invoked for abortive purposes.
And of course, Lilith’s adoption by feminist spaces as a self actualized protector of individuality and feminine rage also invoke heavy associations with Inanna as the Goddess of war. So in my interpretation, Lilith is that part of Inanna that went a little unchecked for a little too long. That combined with the themes of Lucifer’s liberation, paint a very interesting narrative about how femininity as a divine force shows up in obscure ways, perhaps even negative ways, whilst still being just as divine and inherent. To recognize Lilith as the antithesis of all of these things, is to see her as the unwavering aspect of femininity that cannot be tamed, even by femininity herself. The snake, the reborn, will always cause chaos at the root of the feminine energy. The Anzu bird, the angels, are susceptible to that same corruption. And the Lilith herself will always find a home within that feminine energy, unless of course, she is snuffed by the will of a man who doesn’t respect her. Still, she does not die, just searches for another place to rest.
Wow this was really long. SO. Lilith is the entity that embodies our biggest fears about femininity and the inherent knowledge that women posses. Women know how to create life, and women have the ultimate authority in ending it. To honour Lilith as a Goddess rather than a troublesome demon, is to recognize that even the parts of femininity that femininity herself can’t control are divine in nature. The knowledge that she possesses makes women incapable of submission. And the Gods themselves are aware of this, and do not interfere with her, because she is a Goddess herself carrying out an important function, even if it doesn’t adhere to what they might like. Basically, rebellion is an inevitability to any feminine creature that possesses knowledge. It is unavoidable.
It’s incredibly difficult to find anything about the worship of Lilith because for a long time she wasn’t given her flowers as a divinity. Even Inanna herself tried to get her to fuck off. You can honour her quite similarly to the way Artemis and Athena were worshipped, alongside Inanna or Aphrodite of course. As the dark, mysterious, yet inexplicably wise mother of demons, she is the creative force behind destruction. She’s the aspect that exists in all of these Goddesses, that most of us would rather not think about. She is a woman who cannot be held in captivity, if you tell her to procreate, she will cause miscarriage. If you tell her to obey, she will become even more rebellious. The more you repress her, the stronger she becomes. No matter how oppressed women become, no matter how subservient, so long as they have any connection to the divine feminine, they will have a Lilith inside of them.
Lilith’s representation of a succubus expands upon her associations as a woman who does what women do, (men thought women were sex objects for a long time) but not for the sake of cooperation, but for her own means. Lilith is very much a woman, capable of doing what all women and feminine goddesses can do. She simply chooses not to, similarly to how Artemis simply chooses not to procreate. The element of choice, (hello again, Lucifer) always being an option to women is, from a patriarchal standpoint, really scary for men.
So how do you worship her? Worshipping Lilith, like Lucifer, is technically paradoxical. Lucifer wants us to worship ourselves. If he accepts worship it’s because you’re using him as a metaphor for yourself. Lucifer believes in no man submitting to no God, so he won’t take on the role of the usual “authority”. Lilith is quite similar, to worship her is to worship the wise and rebellious spirit that exists in the feminine- yourself. Self honouring acts honour Lilith, just as they honour Lucifer. It’s important to remember that Lilith isn’t just rebellion for the sake of arguing, she isn’t a contrarian. She is self actualization that just happens to not go with the status quo. She does what she wants, if that pisses you off: cope. She’s not inherently against men or procreation, or even women who are submissive. She is the constant exception. The random variable that always pops up whenever we deal with feminine deities. So for me, I honour her as an extension. of every existing goddess. Within Inanna, there is a Lilith, as there is within Aphrodite, Hera, Artemis, Athena, etc etc.
Wow this was long as fuck but I hope it provided a little bit of insight as to why Lilith is so fucking confusing. Regardless of which contexts you feel are the most true, Lilith, like all deities will continue to evolve with time. Just as the narrative around Medusa has gradually changed into her being a victim instead of a monster, Lilith has shifted from being a demon that just kills babies to the ultimate personification of feminine independence. All of these interpretations are correct in the right context, you just have to figure out which context best applies to you.
OKAY if you actually read this far here’s a flower 🌹
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hello, i am new at worshipping lucifer and i was wondering what you're specifically referencing when you mention "initiation"? i also am popping in to ask about any guidance you have. i love your blog :)
So in occult groups, satanic and luciferian cults they usually have complex initiation rituals to invite a new person into their coven, to introduce and bind them to their chosen deities.
On a more individual basis, goetic demons and deities (Hekate comes to mind) usually have a sort of vetting or trial period when they’re accepting a devotee. The initiation can be things like preforming devotional acts or offerings, or something more potent like blood rituals and offerings. During this stage, the limits and boundaries practitioners are willing to go to are usually established. Similar to say, a BDSM contract, all parties involved outline their expectations, desires, safe words, limits, etc.
When I first started working with Prince Cerberus my initiation involved basically being devoured by him. It was a test of my strength and bravery. Similarly, Hekate might introduce you to Death realms to test your bravery when confronted with death. Other things are more tame. Apollon might ask you to write him a prayer in the form of a song. Hermes might make you write an essay. Basically, the initiation is the effort that the practitioner goes to to establish their loyalty and willingness to preform acts for their deity. Some initiations won’t even feel like an initiation. When Lucifer told me to draw his sigil on my body and lay in a bath of warm water whilst saying his enn, I didn’t really think too much of it. Oftentimes you’ll become initiated without entirely noticing.
Within qliphothic spaces, initiations into each sphere are more formal and intense. The qliphoth in general is a very intense and severe form of self discovery that not everyone needs to explore. When you hear about qliphothic initiations, they might sound a little bit different.
For deities with mystery cults like Hekate and Dionysus, you probably won’t be able to find much online as to how they did their initiations, that information will usually come from the deity themselves.
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Your altar is beautiful!
Thank you!!! 🖤🖤🖤
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do you know anything about working with baphomet?
As far as I’m aware, the figure of Baphomet is more of an illustration that represents the balancing of animalistic and human qualities, male and female, etc. So he’s technically not a deity like Zeus for example, but that doesn’t mean to say he can’t be worked with or worshipped. In the same way that Lucifer technically wasn’t revered as a deity, but more so as a concept of light bringing and enlightenment. Baphomet draws clear inspirations from deities like the Greek Pan, and Pan is a very interesting character to work with. I myself have never prayed on Baphomet, so I’m not sure what his energy or personality is like if he has one, but if Lucifer can hold a persona then I don’t see why Baphomet couldn’t.
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How do I get the Goetia spirits around me to leave. I didn't summon them, they came to me. They said they would help me, its been 2 years and my life is still shit. I told them to leave, and they refuse.
The goetic demons directly correspond to the 72 angelic names of God. In general though, Archangel Michael is very good at cleaning unwanted things up. You could try calling out to him and asking for his assistance. Depending on their purpose he’ll either help you out or tell you why they’re bugging you. Michael doesn’t accept offerings per say, but he does accept general gratitude and effort. Dedicating a work out routine to him in exchange for his services could work for you.
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Hymn to Ra
To Ra, great god of the blessed sun, I offer my praise. O Ra who was born of the starry night sky, O Ra who was born as the world first emerged, I call to you, O sun-god; I call to you, O Ra.   Rider in the sun-boat, the boat of millions of years, in the day-boat and the night-boat you travel each day through the heavens above and the world below, with the souls of the dead and the words of the living; each day you do battle with chaos and evil, each day you defeat the foul eater of souls, each day you give strength to the power of Ma'at. O Ra who wears many faces, I pray to you, O god. O Ra who bears many names, I pray to you, O god. O Ra who is joined with many others, I pray to you, O god. For light and for life, I give you thanks, O Ra.
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'Morning Star' by Alphonse Mucha, 1902
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Are Pan and Hermes related?? And Dionysus???
I had a dream last night that I was trudging through the woods, and I saw Pan and he was flirting with some nymphs, and he asked me for my help in catching her, and I was like (okay first of all I was butt ass naked) “I don’t really know how to do that bro! Sorry! (also??? Don’t try to catch her dude… you creep…)
and I can’t remember entirely what he said, but it was something along the lines of “they’ll listen to you because you’re a devotee of Hesperus” or something like “they give good fortune to the worshippers of Hesperus” and I was like … Lucifer? I remember reading once that the Hesperides were the children of Hesperus but I never fully connected that they could be the daughters of Lucifer. So I was like oh shit, maybe they will listen to me. But before I could speak to any of them, one turned into a tree, one of them turned into a patch of wild flowers, and the last turned into a vine of grapes for some reason.
and Pan said something about me being stupid (wtf dude??) and that I shouldn’t be so dumb if I’m a follower of “his Hermes” and I was confused about the term “his Hermes” “my Hermes” (isn’t Hermes the son of Zeus??) and I made a joke about not all Hermes followers being smart, but rather cunning enough to appear smart. And then he said something about picking the Hesperide that turned into grapes and making her into wine so that he could drink her (dude). And I was like haha sorry I don’t know how to make wine! and he was like “Then ask my Dionysus and he will show you how to make the best wine”
and I was like “your Dionysus? Your Hermes?? Are you their father or something??” and Pan was kind of like “I am the father of lots of things. I have so many children that I often forget, so I think Dionysus could be my son, and why not Hermes too? ”
????? Bro just??? Forgets who his kids are???
The interaction kind of concluded with me being like “sorry dude… no thanks” and just kind of like…. leaving the area. But now I’m wondering if there’s any mythological or historical evidence that connects Hermes and Pan and Dionysus, because I’m pretty sure their most popular myths all state them coming from different parents. and I’m pretty sure Pan is said to be the son of Hermes, not visa versa so I’m really confused about that. Maybe Pan just showed up to confuse the fuck out of me.
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OKAY I was super excited about this when I saw it at the thrift store because it immediately reminded me of Horus and i was like fuck yeah I can put this on my Horus altar but I was like idk if this is a sign or just a good coincidence bc it didn’t FEEL like a sign ykwim so I was like “Horus if this is in fact you please send a sign” while mulling over if I wanted to make a post about it in the car and then I SWEAR TO GODSSS AS SOON AS I THOUGHT THAT I SEE A FUCKING HAWK SITTING ATOP A STREET LAMP WATCHING ME!! LITERALLY
BRO!!!!!!! I wish I had gotten a picture. LIKE DUDE
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I think I’ve seen that bird around town before but the timing of it was so perfect. The fact that it was fucking LOOKING!!! AT ME!!!! WHEN I SPOTTED IT. DUDE!!!!
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I love asking my deities for small signs, especially when they decide to be super blatant about it.
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Happened to spot this at the thrift after I found a couple really good books on mythology and charms. I asked Lucifer if he sent them because I felt his presence around me, only to turn to the next isle and see this. Thanks Lucifer :)
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when the sun falls down, we come out to play
children of pleasure, to dionysus we pray
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Dionysus was there when those two boys got too drunk at the party and sloppily kissed in the alley. What are they doing? What does it mean? What are they to each other? It doesn’t matter.
Dionysus was there when the girl who was sick of her hair went mad in the bathroom and buzzed it all off. In that moment, she was flying, and she truly felt free.
Dionysus was there when the girl was standing in front of the mirror, about to take a shower, putting lipstick on her eyebrows and eyeshadow on her cheeks, looking wild and partaking in the gentle joy of painting her face, knowing that before she is seen again, she can wash it all down the drain.
Dionysus was there the first time the 30 something man tried on a dress. As he poured himself a glass of wine and posed in the mirror. How elegant he was in the cramped confines of that dingy motel. For tonight, he can be his effeminate self, knowing that this secret is all his to indulge in.
Dionysus was there when the girls got together, removed their tight bras and danced in freedom as they burped and screamed and cried and howled. These women are insane! How mad they become when they’re free from the burden of society! They were laying on the floor with their stomachs out, breasts sagging, hair disheveled, saying crude words that women must not say. For a moment they were no longer trapped in suburbia. They were in the wild woods, far away from any rule or law. They were free! Free and mad!
Dionysus was there, and no matter how hard they try to deny it, he will always be.
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on this note, very special reminder: just because there aren’t many surviving texts mentioning a deity, that does not mean they weren’t important or influential, especially to the daily lives of their devotees. The dark ages were brutal. so so much has been lost. Oral tradition was far more prevalent than written word, and asides from that, the myths were used to tell stories about the Gods. The daily practices of devotees were not soully based on the myths, and the retelling of these stories by Homer or whomever are not the end all be all.
Hekate doesn’t appear in many myths at all (I think there are like 2 or 3) but she was still very important to some practitioners of the Greek religion. Eosphoros is hardly even mentioned, and other deities got nerfed over time in favour of others. Please don’t ever feel silly for worshipping a fringe deity. There may be very few of us worshipping them, but we’re still here. Keep their name on your tongue and keep their legacy alive!
me, trying desperately to do research on Lucifer/Eosphorus: Fuck man there’s so few descriptions of you in anything
Lucifer: you’d be surprised how much knowledge has been lost to time
Me: aw… now I’m sad. Your poems eroded didn’t they :(
Lucifer: my poems eroded, yes. And my cults were forgotten but that’s okay. You’re still here.
Me: I’m gonna cry dude
(I’m going to write him some new poems)
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Doing my hair beside my Aphrodite/ Lucifer altar feels so romantic. Looking in that mirror and seeing my mother surrounding me… oh my gods.
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Constantly hearing crows cawing and running outside to see them, but there’s no one there, what’s the deal? It sounds like there’s SO many of them
come to find THEHYRE ON THE ROOF! THEYRE NESTING ON MY ROOF!!! MY ROOF!!!!! THEY DECIDED TO MAKE MY ROOF A HOME!!!! AND THEY CAW RIGHT ABOVE MY WINDOW EVERY MORNING!!! I can’t see them all that well because they’re directly above me!!! Oh wow oh wow! Just watched like 5 crows come out from on top of my roof. Yippee yippee yippee
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