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Secret History of Lucifer : Evil Angel or the Secret of Life Itself? by Lynn Picknett (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHachette Books

ISBN-10078671560X

ISBN-139780786715602

eBay Product ID (ePID)22038752336

Product Key Features

Book TitleSecret History of Lucifer : Evil Angel or the Secret of Life Itself?

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicDemonology & Satanism, Christianity / History

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion

AuthorLynn Picknett

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight21.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal235.47

SynopsisWho is Lucifer? For many of us Lucifer and Satan are alternative names for the embodiment of pure evil. The orthodox Christian view tells us that Prince Lucifer challenged God, fell from Heaven, tempted Eve, and created death and suffering. Then he became Satan, horned king of Hell, whose hatred for God's creation motivated his mission to drag the rest of us down with him. In this highly readable and well-researched account, Lynn Picknett explains that the horned Devil is merely a new incarnation of the old woodland deity Pan, while Lucifer was once a personification of the Morning Star, the planet Venus and its goddess. "He" was therefore originally "she," and a divine representation of love, beauty, and human warmth. Indeed, many ancient goddesses were known as Lucifera, or "Light-bringer." While thousands follow Lucifer in order to achieve earthly wealth and power, Picknett explains that such misguided behavior is far from true Luciferan principles. Picknett draws together ancient heretical Christian and Egyptological texts, the implications of abnormal psychology, and the "extreme possibilities" of certain barely understood human attributes to ask if humans actually created God and Lucifer, not merely as icons or metaphors but in a terrifying, literal way.