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Then Lucifer set forth to conquer the earth, using as his pawn a
fresh godly invention, an innocent pair Jehovah had planted in a
garden--Adam and Eve. The Great Seducer tempted Eve with the apple
of knowledge. She could not resist the Luciferian fruit. Eve's sin against
God corrupted all mankind. Ever since that time, man has aspired to the
Lord, but found himself a victim of the devil.
Marcion the heretic said God was responsible for evil. Mainstream
Christians absolved the Almighty of responsibility by blaming all that's
wrong on the Prince of Darkness and on man. But, in a strange way,
Marcion had a better handle on the situation than the more conventional
followers of the church, for Lucifer is merely one of the faces of a larger
force. "Evil" is a by-product, a component of creation. In a world
evolving into ever higher forms, hatred, violence, aggression and war
are a part of the evolutionary plan. But where do they fit? Why do they
exist? What possible positive purpose could they serve? These are some
of the questions behind The Lucifer Principle.
The Lucifer Principle is a complex of natural rules each working
together to weave a fabric that sometimes frightens and appalls us.
Every one of the threads in that tapestry is fascinating. But the big
picture is more astonishing still.
At its heart, The Lucifer Principle looks something like this. The
nature scientists uncover has crafted our viler impulses into us--in fact,
they are a part of the process she uses to create. Lucifer is the dark side
of cosmic fecundity, the cutting blade of the sculptor's knife. Nature
does not abhor evil; she embraces it. She uses it to build. With it she
moves the human world to greater heights of organization, intricacy and
power.
Death, destruction and fury do not disturb the mother of our
world. They are merely parts of her plan. Only we are outraged by the
Lucifer Principle's consequences. And we have every right to be. For
we are casualties of nature's callous indifference to life, pawns who
suffer and die to live out her schemes.
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Then Lucifer set forth to conquer the earth, using as his pawn a
fresh godly invention, an innocent pair Jehovah had planted in a
garden--Adam and Eve. The Great Seducer tempted Eve with the apple
of knowledge. She could not resist the Luciferian fruit. Eve's sin against
God corrupted all mankind. Ever since that time, man has aspired to the
Lord, but found himself a victim of the devil.
Marcion the heretic said God was responsible for evil. Mainstream
Christians absolved the Almighty of responsibility by blaming all that's
wrong on the Prince of Darkness and on man. But, in a strange way,
Marcion had a better handle on the situation than the more conventional
followers of the church, for Lucifer is merely one of the faces of a larger
force. "Evil" is a by-product, a component of creation. In a world
evolving into ever higher forms, hatred, violence, aggression and war
are a part of the evolutionary plan. But where do they fit? Why do they
exist? What possible positive purpose could they serve? These are some
of the questions behind The Lucifer Principle.
The Lucifer Principle is a complex of natural rules each working
together to weave a fabric that sometimes frightens and appalls us.
Every one of the threads in that tapestry is fascinating. But the big
picture is more astonishing still.
At its heart, The Lucifer Principle looks something like this. The
nature scientists uncover has crafted our viler impulses into us--in fact,
they are a part of the process she uses to create. Lucifer is the dark side
of cosmic fecundity, the cutting blade of the sculptor's knife. Nature
does not abhor evil; she embraces it. She uses it to build. With it she
moves the human world to greater heights of organization, intricacy and
power.
Death, destruction and fury do not disturb the mother of our
world. They are merely parts of her plan. Only we are outraged by the
Lucifer Principle's consequences. And we have every right to be. For
we are casualties of nature's callous indifference to life, pawns who
suffer and die to live out her schemes.
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