I predict Angela Puca's anthropological analysis will one day be widely recognized (beyond just youtube and academia) for its insight into modern culture . Angela, do you recognize that many people would buy your books if you choose to write them?
@@drangelapuca Excellent. I will read them. Serious question: Are you deconstructing monotheism? I think your future detractors will accuse you of that so be prepared. In my opinion, monotheism should be deconstructed for culture to evolve.
@@huangpopupcam Interesting. Is that to imply that you favor polytheism, atheism, agnosticism, and/or atheism as more culturally copacetic constructs? What particular misgivings do you have with monotheism (just as an idea, specific religious traditions notwithstanding) in society?
The lecture was fascinating, Angela! The emphasis on the tv show Lucifer, among other pop culture manifestations, I thought was so poignant. You nailed it there. The show, I think, really captured well most of what you're talking about here. I'd like add one more particularly endearing quality of Lucifer Morningstar, the character...he never lies, which is actually quite faithful to the source material, despite the Christian tradition of the character assassination by calling him the prince of lies. What an irony! 😉
@@alexlarsen6413 Yahweh also doesn't answer prayers or care for his followers. Lucifer actually does answer prayers and care about his people. Yahweh always felt distant to me when I was a Christian, Lucifer on the other hand is my best friend, he's with me everyday guiding me and and shows true love and compassion to his people.
I would like to see the Lucifer as the pagan Roman consort of Diana and version of the Greek Prometheus, the bringer of fire, light and knowledge to mankind.
I have a total crush on you... In any case, this reminds me of an experience I had with the occult... I combined Sacred Geometric Sigils, Solfeggio Frequencies and Meditation with Fasting to induce a spiritual experience... It was years ago, but I felt as though I channeled Lucifer and spoke to Metatron as Lucifer... I felt so misunderstood in the moment, like the misunderstood and outcast hero... During the experience I saw a UFO light orb and even received warnings about division within society and oncoming troubled times. I was asked by the Voice I heard what I wanted and I said, "Knowledge" and I saw a flash like a spiritual download that I couldn't even understand all of at the time... And then I became an avid researcher of the occult and esotericism in an attempt to further understand such experiences... During that experience I wondered how I would ever be able to convey Lucifer as a hero but felt as though it was a charge of sorts, that I needed to bring understanding to the subject and all of that lead me into reseraching with a specific focus on the entire history of that figure... I relate him to Prometheus and even older deities such as Ea Enki of Sumerian... It's a major inspiration and I appreciate your presentations a lot...
Geometric Sigils and Solfeggio Frequencies sounds like an interesting combination. I love both the visual aspects of the occult as well as magic through music. Your experience sounds intense!
Imo, the Christian concept that a All-Know Supreme Being created some entities called Angels, and then some of them rebelled and turned against Him/Her, not only makes no sense but is emotionally and psychologically alien. Del Toro’s masterpiece ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ portrays the true role of the Devil/Satan/Lucifer/Pan as the ultimate Tester.
This makes me think of how West African crossroads spirits like Eshu, Eleggua and Legba were seen as Satanic by Christian missionaries. Practioners, however, syncretized them with St. Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child of Atocha. The idea of chaos, crossroads and mischief were assumed to be evil, but in their own cultural context they meant choices that tested one's character and opened up possibilities for transformation and redemption.
@@nickgangadis8679 the point is if these Angels are young children of God, then a rebellion sounds about right. As someone who never had a great relationship with my own father, I empathize. I'm 38. One day I might grow out of it myself lol
@@nox-apsirk Well, we have a common point, and that’s our relationship with our father. And due to that experience I can say it’s not the same. God is a Father (or maybe Mother) but we’re just human beings and although we raise our teenagers the ‘proper’ way according to our standards we see them rebelling, disagreeing and finally going away. It’s part of the individuation process where the son or daughter becomes an independent man or woman, and that’s to be expected, acknowledged and understood, even though it’s confusing, disappointing and sometimes frustrating when we first witness it. With the Angels it’s different. They were created (we may even say programmed) by a Omniscient, Omnipotent Entity for a specific purpose, to act as messengers and completing tasks set by their Creator. To me they were (maybe are) some no free will automata. That’s why I say it makes no sense. Imagine being a Perfect Programmer writing the perfect program which works fine at first, but after some time it stops working and then states it doesn’t recognise you. Now, add up the fact that you’re omniscient and you knew this would happen before you created it…LOL, can you see my point now? So, unless there is some other process in play, like free will or some kind of evolution, that specific Angel rebellion is a non sequitur to me. However, if there’s a point I missed I’d love to know about it. I always encourage positive, constructive criticism. 🙂
I'm glad that you emphasize the importance of pop-culture references in your papers. Many people have these as their first point of reference to Paganism. That's not in itself a bad thing if it lights the spark.
Very pleased with your talk about the Devil, Satan, Lucifer- From Evil to Hero. I understood everything you said. I should of taken notes. I can watch the video again. You always explain clearly and you do encourage to delve deeper into the topic.
You have delivered previously unrecognized seeds of hope and then exceeded previous nonexistent hope of the course changing lanes for the best outcome and liberation and I love and thank you so much
As a practitioner i came to the point you mentioned, i see Lucifer as the God and Hekate and Lilith as different aspects of the Goddess but it came to me as my practice developed.
I feel that one of the reasons Satan is seen as promoting science and reason is that the figure of Satan is often equated with the serpent in the Garden of Eden, convincing Eve and through her Adam, to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Good lecture Dr Puca, I enjoyed it thank you.
The serpent getting them to eat from the tree of knowledge enlightened mankind, which is why the serpent was the good guy on that story. Or at least that's how I always viewed it, even before I discovered Gnosticism
In fin de siècle Western Europe this image was strongly connected with occult practice i.e. Crowley et al.. as you know, and almost exclusively externalized. but in the first two decades of the 20th century, Jung explicated this as an internal condition of the psyche, and particularly in his writing about the union of the opposites, the mysterium coniunctionis, his last major compilation of writing. And non-binary is a good way to “spread the good news” so to speak, that we contain both the light and the dark within each of us. You have a very effective way of elucidating very complex material. Myth making indeed! I’m reminded of the Rollo May book The Cry for Myth. The Puca Paradigm 🤓
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Excellent! I was hoping you talk about why Hollywood or movies tend to portrait Lucifer by an english actor/actress. And Lucifer Morningstar from Sabrina the teen witch series would've been nice to see him in pic when you talk about the sexual aspect 🙂
When I first started watching Lucifer the series my first thought was how does someone literally named Lucifer Morningstar fly under the radar from the common person?
@@EwMatias well still, it’s like hmm…what name can I go by that won’t give me away? I know, how about Lucifer Morningstar! It’s genius cause it’s so obvious that it can’t possibly be true
83rd to like! Thank you for the illuminating discussion! I was constantly called satanic growing up b/c i hated western society and capitalism. Anything anti-hierarchical was deemed satanic in my "chrisitan" community. What an abusive method for controlling reasonable dissent and scrutiny! My favourite take on the Satan is as the Power of Self-Doubt especially prevalent in the prelude to the Book of Job. I think i am not the only who feels like self-doubt appears to us as autonomous and in the right conditions and timing, as medicine [and like all medicine, in the wrong conditions and timing as Toxin]. When given permission to be that medicine, Self-Doubt can save us from grievous error. Much love!
I just learned that people were attracted to the Devil as a form of rebellion from Kings and Queens. I knew in the 1800s people were more attracted to the Devil, but didn't nske the connection. As for pop culture, I thought the depiction of God and the Devil in the comic Precher was interesting. God doesn't care anymore and the Devil is a business/conman, while hell is relieving your worst day over and over.
Angela, have you looked into Ghosts lyrics? There is lots of hints about left hand path and encounters with forces that come along with it. Tobias is a mason and I think also he has been a member of amorc. But when Ghost happened he must have left those diciplines behind.
In Supernatural TV show Lucifer is interesting figure too, and how will be bring back to earth and what happens after. It's more classical version of him I think.
And it's interesting to look at that particular religion through that lens. In reflection, it does seem that the Christan viewpoint is just a major case of daddy issues.
I needed this video for a paper. Can I cite it or wherever it is written? My paper is about consciousness and visual creativity, surreal art, and a law of cognition a demon of the mind broke.
What is a "devil" or a "satan"? An evil ideology or a being in charge of all of hell? I read, from a particular writer, that a "devil" and a "satan" are classified as being different types of evil spirits: A devil being described as a hostile spirit, and a satan as being a deceptive spirit. He would describe his spiritual encounters with both types: the ones who were devils would appose him face-to-face, and the satans would always try to sneak around and attack from behind. The same writer made the assertion that there is no one overall devil or satan since the hellish realms do not work together to support one overall entity, and since all of the powers of heaven do come together in God that he really has no evil being who could be an equal rival. And I suspect that any being who could contain all of hell would be seen as the devil but is actually not, and the term "Lucifer" is more of a King James invention.
Non bible thumper.... yet using bible as an ancient source one can see the word was used in specific context. Even angels could "act as a satan" to someone. Satan = adversary.
Satan literally translates a adversary, from Hebrew. It also translated as Opposition and Both Accuser and Accused. Truth is Satan, in the Old Testament, was only mentioned a few times, either as "Ho Satan" (The Satan) or "Ha Satan" (A Satan). Keeping this in mind, when applied to the context of the books of the OT, it was in regards to whoever was the adversarial roll in that particular story. Satan wasn't One Particular Entity in those stories. There could be a number of different "satans". Even in the New Testament Jesus called Peter, his own Apostle, Satan (Matthew 16:23). He said "get behind me Satan" because Peter began to rebuke him, i.e. he was becoming an Adversary to Jesus. It wasn't until the early Christian church fathers that they decided to create an Arch Nemesis to "God", because Judaism is monotheistic, meaning God was both equally Love and Feared. But with the advent of Christianity, they had to reboot the image of God as being "All Good" so they personified, and literally Demonized, "SATAN" as "The Devil", which morphed a bunch of Pagan gods together. This 2-fold was a Fear-based approach to gaining converts while tricking pagans into think that their gods were actually demons and devils. Satan is much like the Azazel Goat of Yum Kippur; Society's Scapegoat.
I'm trying to look into the history of neo-paginism and the occult and I was wondering how scholars view Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler and The Black Arts by Richard Cavendish.
Excellent presentation! And: Pessoa! :) He is also someone who has dealt with one of my favorite topics in his poetry...can you guess what that is? (If not, let me know, and I'll tell you quite happily!)
Team Lucifer all the way... still need to fire the PR team because still have a bad reputation, apocalypses and all that. I mean, seriously, I'm only an Archangel. The best of them, to be sure, but still only an Archangel. That phenomenal cosmic powers, "act of God" thing, still a little beyond my pay grade. (But working on it 😈 )
I enjoyed this lecture. However and I hope you don’t take this the wrong way. But I’ve noticed that you’ve made three videos discussing Satanism and haven’t mentioned Anton LaVey. Is there a particular reason for this ?
Great presentation. Only critique would be the dancing. Pacing is always ok lecturing, but when in one spot it is hard to be still. My trick was to move my foot only, like tapping my toe or lifting my heal. It allowed me to move but still gave the impression of stillness. But you spoke clearly, looked very nice, kept excellent eye contact and engaged with the entire audience, so perfect 👍 For the content, I think spot on. You could go deeper into the shift in human understanding and acceptance of their nature. That the humanizing of the devil gives people the ok to have a “dark side” because it’s in their nature. I see it as a YinYang type thing. Two halves to make a whole. And to grow spiritually you have to take accountability for all aspects of self. You know; blaming the bad guy & begging the good guy VS crap I screwed that up and now I am going to fix it. I think this is a part of the shift. The enlightenment of self to allow pure devotion to beliefs. I could be very wrong. 💚😊🍀
Surely, Shaitan (Satan) is an enemy to you, so take (treat) him as an enemy. He only invites his Hizb (followers) that they may become the dwellers of the blazing Fire. Quran
Check out. Mark Passio video. De- Mystifying The Occult part 2 Satanism and The Dark Occult. Then look at our world. I can see the nightmare can you? Just the tip of what is.
Since I don't subscribe to the latest social mores or politically correct behavior and honest appreciation anywhere spoken or thought aloud improves future experience - I couldn't much focus on the talk or audience response since I couldn't get over how lovely your strong feminine physique and hands emphasizing of points being made along with the slow dance no podium could constrain captured my attention and might have mesmerized a lesser man ;-) I gave up on pop-culture and televison and movies decades ago. Prefer to think feel and act from within when it's possible. Be smart. Make art.
I can't personally get behind any of these ideas because of what happened to me. I was far from liberated or enlightened, any more than a child is in the hands of any licentious stranger. I know him better than I ever wanted to. I have memories and flashbacks that caused me nightmares for decades. But these are not in history books or arcane grimoires. Thanks for the talk!
@@dexocube Thank you.I am recovering. I will only say this: in the spirit world, there is also safe and unsafe. That applies to them as well as to people.
@Deerheart Yes, I concur with you- it was memories from early childhood... of awful things I could not explain. There were some memories, equally horrible ones of earthly abuse... but some of the abuse I recalled was not of this realm. And I feared for years that I was loosing my sanity. But I was not, and have survived. Thank you.
As an academic, disappointed you didn't throw out term Lucifer from start. The passage has 0 to do with Christian Devil. Here's Percy Shelley "The Devil and his Angels are called the Powers of the Air, and the Devil himself Lucifer. I cannot discover why he is called Lucifer, except from a misinterpreted passage in Isaiah, where that poet exults over the fall of an Assyrian king, the oppressor of his country:-"How art thou fallen, Lucifer, king of Morning!" Lucifer= Light bearer i.e. Venus AKA Morning Star here in a purely metaphorical description. A rather late mistranslation that then gets late embellishments. Luciferian Witchcraft needs a rebranding! 😃 👹
I think that misses the point of this talk. This was meant to be descriptive of pop culture portrayals of the Devil, not prescriptive. It's like having a talk on Santa Claus that acknowledges that he is also called Father Christmas and St. Nick. The Saint Nick comes from how St. Nicholas of Myra influenced the character and Father Christmas has ties to Yule and ultimately to Wodan. Saying, "we should just throw out the Father Christmas part because it's not connected to St. Nicholas of Myra" is irrelevant, because the public domain creature created from these disparate myths has both names, and many others.
@@LaneMaxfield Yes this was about popular culture usage and Angela stated it would bunch them together but it's such a fundamental issue to equate them as if they didn't have different histories is misleading. Jewish Satan ≠ Genesis snake ≠ Christian Devil ≠ Isaiah metaphor. These alone are 4 distinct concepts just as the folkloric Saint Nicholas is different to 19thC Father Christmas, again different to 21stC Father Christmas.
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"I am going to deliver a paper on the Devil."
Y'know, as you do.
I predict Angela Puca's anthropological analysis will one day be widely recognized (beyond just youtube and academia) for its insight into modern culture . Angela, do you recognize that many people would buy your books if you choose to write them?
I will definitely publish a few books in the future
@@drangelapuca Excellent. I will read them. Serious question: Are you deconstructing monotheism? I think your future detractors will accuse you of that so be prepared. In my opinion, monotheism should be deconstructed for culture to evolve.
@@drangelapuca One more thing. Thanks for mentioning Fernando Pessoa. I had not heard of him. Researching him now. Very interesting.
@@huangpopupcam Interesting. Is that to imply that you favor polytheism, atheism, agnosticism, and/or atheism as more culturally copacetic constructs? What particular misgivings do you have with monotheism (just as an idea, specific religious traditions notwithstanding) in society?
I agree with you John H.
The lecture was fascinating, Angela!
The emphasis on the tv show Lucifer, among other pop culture manifestations, I thought was so poignant. You nailed it there.
The show, I think, really captured well most of what you're talking about here.
I'd like add one more particularly endearing quality of Lucifer Morningstar, the character...he never lies, which is actually quite faithful to the source material, despite the Christian tradition of the character assassination by calling him the prince of lies. What an irony! 😉
@@je-freenorman7787 No pun intended and no pun achieved
@@je-freenorman7787 I get you're triggered but calm down. And perhaps look up what a pun means.
I'm an occultist who's met him, he's definitely not a liar, if anything he's blunt and brutally honest.
@@cultofthevoid5677 👍 The liar is the other one - Yahweh
@@alexlarsen6413 Yahweh also doesn't answer prayers or care for his followers. Lucifer actually does answer prayers and care about his people. Yahweh always felt distant to me when I was a Christian, Lucifer on the other hand is my best friend, he's with me everyday guiding me and and shows true love and compassion to his people.
We should create a special fund for Angela to get a Lavaliere microphone for when she records live.
I would like to see the Lucifer as the pagan Roman consort of Diana and version of the Greek Prometheus, the bringer of fire, light and knowledge to mankind.
YAYYYYY, Dr. PUCA!! LOVE to hear about the Esoterica/Occult meaning's of LUCIFER. He is on his own Hero's journey 🌛👽🌜
I have a total crush on you... In any case, this reminds me of an experience I had with the occult... I combined Sacred Geometric Sigils, Solfeggio Frequencies and Meditation with Fasting to induce a spiritual experience... It was years ago, but I felt as though I channeled Lucifer and spoke to Metatron as Lucifer... I felt so misunderstood in the moment, like the misunderstood and outcast hero... During the experience I saw a UFO light orb and even received warnings about division within society and oncoming troubled times. I was asked by the Voice I heard what I wanted and I said, "Knowledge" and I saw a flash like a spiritual download that I couldn't even understand all of at the time... And then I became an avid researcher of the occult and esotericism in an attempt to further understand such experiences... During that experience I wondered how I would ever be able to convey Lucifer as a hero but felt as though it was a charge of sorts, that I needed to bring understanding to the subject and all of that lead me into reseraching with a specific focus on the entire history of that figure... I relate him to Prometheus and even older deities such as Ea Enki of Sumerian... It's a major inspiration and I appreciate your presentations a lot...
Geometric Sigils and Solfeggio Frequencies sounds like an interesting combination. I love both the visual aspects of the occult as well as magic through music. Your experience sounds intense!
Interesting to equate Lucifer to Enki, I can see how you arrived there, I don't disagree
Imo, the Christian concept that a All-Know Supreme Being created some entities called Angels, and then some of them rebelled and turned against Him/Her, not only makes no sense but is emotionally and psychologically alien. Del Toro’s masterpiece ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ portrays the true role of the Devil/Satan/Lucifer/Pan as the ultimate Tester.
This makes me think of how West African crossroads spirits like Eshu, Eleggua and Legba were seen as Satanic by Christian missionaries. Practioners, however, syncretized them with St. Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child of Atocha. The idea of chaos, crossroads and mischief were assumed to be evil, but in their own cultural context they meant choices that tested one's character and opened up possibilities for transformation and redemption.
..I assume you've never had a teenager before
@@nox-apsirk Teenage rebellion is just a phase
@@nickgangadis8679 the point is if these Angels are young children of God, then a rebellion sounds about right. As someone who never had a great relationship with my own father, I empathize.
I'm 38. One day I might grow out of it myself lol
@@nox-apsirk Well, we have a common point, and that’s our relationship with our father. And due to that experience I can say it’s not the same. God is a Father (or maybe Mother) but we’re just human beings and although we raise our teenagers the ‘proper’ way according to our standards we see them rebelling, disagreeing and finally going away. It’s part of the individuation process where the son or daughter becomes an independent man or woman, and that’s to be expected, acknowledged and understood, even though it’s confusing, disappointing and sometimes frustrating when we first witness it. With the Angels it’s different. They were created (we may even say programmed) by a Omniscient, Omnipotent Entity for a specific purpose, to act as messengers and completing tasks set by their Creator. To me they were (maybe are) some no free will automata. That’s why I say it makes no sense. Imagine being a Perfect Programmer writing the perfect program which works fine at first, but after some time it stops working and then states it doesn’t recognise you. Now, add up the fact that you’re omniscient and you knew this would happen before you created it…LOL, can you see my point now? So, unless there is some other process in play, like free will or some kind of evolution, that specific Angel rebellion is a non sequitur to me. However, if there’s a point I missed I’d love to know about it. I always encourage positive, constructive criticism. 🙂
I'm glad that you emphasize the importance of pop-culture references in your papers. Many people have these as their first point of reference to Paganism. That's not in itself a bad thing if it lights the spark.
If he resigns from his position, who's gonna play the bad guy now? Chronos? Neoplatonists? The British Empire?
No way... it's the French.
Role reversal, the abrahamic god is the bad guy now
God.
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@@shadowdragon3521 gnosticism time 😎
Such beauty and style!
Thanks!
Very nicely done. Thank you, Dr Puca for sharing this with us.
Very pleased with your talk about the Devil, Satan, Lucifer- From Evil to Hero. I understood everything you said. I should of taken notes. I can watch the video again. You always explain clearly and you do encourage to delve deeper into the topic.
That's very kind of you
@@drangelapuca Thank you , grazie mille, , occultum valet introspicere.
So excellent! Very insightful.
Glad it was helpful!
You have delivered previously unrecognized seeds of hope and then exceeded previous nonexistent hope of the course changing lanes for the best outcome and liberation and I love and thank you so much
As a practitioner i came to the point you mentioned, i see Lucifer as the God and Hekate and Lilith as different aspects of the Goddess but it came to me as my practice developed.
Also that dress is 🔥🔥🔥
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I feel that one of the reasons Satan is seen as promoting science and reason is that the figure of Satan is often equated with the serpent in the Garden of Eden, convincing Eve and through her Adam, to eat from the Tree of Knowledge.
Good lecture Dr Puca, I enjoyed it thank you.
The serpent getting them to eat from the tree of knowledge enlightened mankind, which is why the serpent was the good guy on that story. Or at least that's how I always viewed it, even before I discovered Gnosticism
Show more of these .. Thesis/Symposium..
I just remember my thesis .. on Wiccan in Z.C.
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Thank you 🤘🏿😎This was very helpful for my journey.
In fin de siècle Western Europe this image was strongly connected with occult practice i.e. Crowley et al.. as you know, and almost exclusively externalized. but in the first two decades of the 20th century, Jung explicated this as an internal condition of the psyche, and particularly in his writing about the union of the opposites, the mysterium coniunctionis, his last major compilation of writing. And non-binary is a good way to “spread the good news” so to speak, that we contain both the light and the dark within each of us. You have a very effective way of elucidating very complex material. Myth making indeed! I’m reminded of the Rollo May book The Cry for Myth. The Puca Paradigm 🤓
That's so interesting, Mark.
Thank you! I took notes! It was helpful to have CC on for this.
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@@Frithogar Thanks for this!
The name Beelzebub is (or was) also popularly synonymous with the Devil, as attested in Jacques Cazotte's 1772 novel Le Diable amoureux.
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Infernally Sublime work & I enjoyed it. The Devil is in the Details. Graci.
As always, great work Angela
Thanks!
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I was hoping you talk about why Hollywood or movies tend to portrait Lucifer by an english actor/actress.
And Lucifer Morningstar from Sabrina the teen witch series would've been nice to see him in pic when you talk about the sexual aspect 🙂
When I first started watching Lucifer the series my first thought was how does someone literally named Lucifer Morningstar fly under the radar from the common person?
That's the beauty of it! He doesn't.
@@EwMatias well still, it’s like hmm…what name can I go by that won’t give me away? I know, how about Lucifer Morningstar! It’s genius cause it’s so obvious that it can’t possibly be true
@@sleepyleaps8954 remember though, in the series he doesn't lie ever, I always figured that he would see using a fake name as lying.
I’m glad you. Dropped that thank you to. Justin sledge
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Informative as always.
83rd to like! Thank you for the illuminating discussion! I was constantly called satanic growing up b/c i hated western society and capitalism. Anything anti-hierarchical was deemed satanic in my "chrisitan" community. What an abusive method for controlling reasonable dissent and scrutiny! My favourite take on the Satan is as the Power of Self-Doubt especially prevalent in the prelude to the Book of Job. I think i am not the only who feels like self-doubt appears to us as autonomous and in the right conditions and timing, as medicine [and like all medicine, in the wrong conditions and timing as Toxin]. When given permission to be that medicine, Self-Doubt can save us from grievous error. Much love!
Ty Dr.
Excellent Angela!!! I think the past Angela before the lecture would be proud of the future Angela’s performance lol
Haha thanks, Paige!
Top of the mornin to you Angela Ma darlin….
Very good lecture, gives you alot to think about. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for this.
Wow! Excellent presentation, looks like fun, wish I could've studied this when I was at uni! Hope u go from strength to strength!!!
I just learned that people were attracted to the Devil as a form of rebellion from Kings and Queens. I knew in the 1800s people were more attracted to the Devil, but didn't nske the connection. As for pop culture, I thought the depiction of God and the Devil in the comic Precher was interesting. God doesn't care anymore and the Devil is a business/conman, while hell is relieving your worst day over and over.
Angela, have you looked into Ghosts lyrics? There is lots of hints about left hand path and encounters with forces that come along with it.
Tobias is a mason and I think also he has been a member of amorc.
But when Ghost happened he must have left those diciplines behind.
Thank you very much.
You are welcome!
In Supernatural TV show Lucifer is interesting figure too, and how will be bring back to earth and what happens after. It's more classical version of him I think.
And it's interesting to look at that particular religion through that lens. In reflection, it does seem that the Christan viewpoint is just a major case of daddy issues.
I needed this video for a paper. Can I cite it or wherever it is written? My paper is about consciousness and visual creativity, surreal art, and a law of cognition a demon of the mind broke.
What is a "devil" or a "satan"? An evil ideology or a being in charge of all of hell?
I read, from a particular writer, that a "devil" and a "satan" are classified as being different types of evil spirits: A devil being described as a hostile spirit, and a satan as being a deceptive spirit. He would describe his spiritual encounters with both types: the ones who were devils would appose him face-to-face, and the satans would always try to sneak around and attack from behind.
The same writer made the assertion that there is no one overall devil or satan since the hellish realms do not work together to support one overall entity, and since all of the powers of heaven do come together in God that he really has no evil being who could be an equal rival. And I suspect that any being who could contain all of hell would be seen as the devil but is actually not, and the term "Lucifer" is more of a King James invention.
Thanks for sharing, Nicholas
Non bible thumper.... yet using bible as an ancient source one can see the word was used in specific context. Even angels could "act as a satan" to someone. Satan = adversary.
@@wishpunk9188 "Non bible thumper", I like it!
A "devil" is just what christians would call Pagan Gods, since that was easier than denying their existence entirely back then.
Satan literally translates a adversary, from Hebrew. It also translated as Opposition and Both Accuser and Accused. Truth is Satan, in the Old Testament, was only mentioned a few times, either as "Ho Satan" (The Satan) or "Ha Satan" (A Satan). Keeping this in mind, when applied to the context of the books of the OT, it was in regards to whoever was the adversarial roll in that particular story. Satan wasn't One Particular Entity in those stories. There could be a number of different "satans".
Even in the New Testament Jesus called Peter, his own Apostle, Satan (Matthew 16:23). He said "get behind me Satan" because Peter began to rebuke him, i.e. he was becoming an Adversary to Jesus.
It wasn't until the early Christian church fathers that they decided to create an Arch Nemesis to "God", because Judaism is monotheistic, meaning God was both equally Love and Feared. But with the advent of Christianity, they had to reboot the image of God as being "All Good" so they personified, and literally Demonized, "SATAN" as "The Devil", which morphed a bunch of Pagan gods together. This 2-fold was a Fear-based approach to gaining converts while tricking pagans into think that their gods were actually demons and devils.
Satan is much like the Azazel Goat of Yum Kippur; Society's Scapegoat.
I love lucifer 🎉
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At death. I offer you the option to join me in the underworld. As not. Punishment but eternal. Home
I'm trying to look into the history of neo-paginism and the occult and I was wondering how scholars view Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler and The Black Arts by Richard Cavendish.
Excellent presentation!
And: Pessoa! :) He is also someone who has dealt with one of my favorite topics in his poetry...can you guess what that is? (If not, let me know, and I'll tell you quite happily!)
Never a hero
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to not only convince the world that he didn't exist but that he was the good guy
what evil has your devil did that deities haven't done
Humanity has done a fine job of Evil all by Itself.
You mean She?? Lol
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@@shawnhall3849 Whataboutism is not an argument
Team Lucifer all the way... still need to fire the PR team because still have a bad reputation, apocalypses and all that. I mean, seriously, I'm only an Archangel. The best of them, to be sure, but still only an Archangel. That phenomenal cosmic powers, "act of God" thing, still a little beyond my pay grade. (But working on it 😈 )
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I enjoyed this lecture. However and I hope you don’t take this the wrong way. But I’ve noticed that you’ve made three videos discussing Satanism and haven’t mentioned Anton LaVey. Is there a particular reason for this ?
Great presentation. Only critique would be the dancing. Pacing is always ok lecturing, but when in one spot it is hard to be still. My trick was to move my foot only, like tapping my toe or lifting my heal. It allowed me to move but still gave the impression of stillness. But you spoke clearly, looked very nice, kept excellent eye contact and engaged with the entire audience, so perfect 👍
For the content, I think spot on. You could go deeper into the shift in human understanding and acceptance of their nature. That the humanizing of the devil gives people the ok to have a “dark side” because it’s in their nature. I see it as a YinYang type thing. Two halves to make a whole. And to grow spiritually you have to take accountability for all aspects of self. You know; blaming the bad guy & begging the good guy VS crap I screwed that up and now I am going to fix it. I think this is a part of the shift. The enlightenment of self to allow pure devotion to beliefs. I could be very wrong. 💚😊🍀
I do not wish to ever be around god. After judgement day. So
Surely, Shaitan (Satan) is an enemy to you, so take (treat) him as an enemy. He only invites his Hizb (followers) that they may become the dwellers of the blazing Fire.
Quran
Check out. Mark Passio video. De- Mystifying The Occult part 2 Satanism and The Dark Occult. Then look at our world. I can see the nightmare can you? Just the tip of what is.
Since I don't subscribe to the latest social mores or politically correct behavior and honest appreciation anywhere spoken or thought aloud improves future experience - I couldn't much focus on the talk or audience response since I couldn't get over how lovely your strong feminine physique and hands emphasizing of points being made along with the slow dance no podium could constrain captured my attention and might have mesmerized a lesser man ;-)
I gave up on pop-culture and televison and movies decades ago. Prefer to think feel and act from within when it's possible.
Be smart. Make art.
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I can't personally get behind any of these ideas because of what happened to me. I was far from liberated or enlightened, any more than a child is in the hands of any licentious stranger. I know him better than I ever wanted to. I have memories and flashbacks that caused me nightmares for decades. But these are not in history books or arcane grimoires. Thanks for the talk!
Sounds like you had a rough time. I hope things are better for you now.
@@dexocube Thank you.I am recovering. I will only say this: in the spirit world, there is also safe and unsafe. That applies to them as well as to people.
@@brightbite It's like boxing: Protect yourself at all times is a popular maxim. Take care.
@@dexocube I could not protect myself. God protected me when I got saved by Grace. But that is another story. Peace out
@Deerheart Yes, I concur with you- it was memories from early childhood... of awful things I could not explain. There were some memories, equally horrible ones of earthly abuse... but some of the abuse I recalled was not of this realm. And I feared for years that I was loosing my sanity. But I was not, and have survived. Thank you.
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As an academic, disappointed you didn't throw out term Lucifer from start. The passage has 0 to do with Christian Devil. Here's Percy Shelley "The Devil and his Angels are called the Powers of the Air, and the Devil himself Lucifer. I cannot discover why he is called Lucifer, except from a misinterpreted passage in Isaiah, where that poet exults over the fall of an Assyrian king, the oppressor of his country:-"How art thou fallen, Lucifer, king of Morning!" Lucifer= Light bearer i.e. Venus AKA Morning Star here in a purely metaphorical description. A rather late mistranslation that then gets late embellishments. Luciferian Witchcraft needs a rebranding! 😃 👹
I think that misses the point of this talk. This was meant to be descriptive of pop culture portrayals of the Devil, not prescriptive. It's like having a talk on Santa Claus that acknowledges that he is also called Father Christmas and St. Nick. The Saint Nick comes from how St. Nicholas of Myra influenced the character and Father Christmas has ties to Yule and ultimately to Wodan. Saying, "we should just throw out the Father Christmas part because it's not connected to St. Nicholas of Myra" is irrelevant, because the public domain creature created from these disparate myths has both names, and many others.
@@LaneMaxfield Yes this was about popular culture usage and Angela stated it would bunch them together but it's such a fundamental issue to equate them as if they didn't have different histories is misleading. Jewish Satan ≠ Genesis snake ≠ Christian Devil ≠ Isaiah metaphor. These alone are 4 distinct concepts just as the folkloric Saint Nicholas is different to 19thC Father Christmas, again different to 21stC Father Christmas.
The low-key disrespect by calling God a creature, which means a creation.
I think deity has other things to worry about.
A poor presentation. Just pop The exorcist of Madrid (Dr) Fr Fortea is far more more interesting and has personal experience.
The Bringer of light because in the beginning GOD said LET THERE BE LIGHT AND IT WAS GOOD