Huactli

He/They. I might bite.

[lucifersmockingbird]

The White Crow's Cave

My name is Ares, I'm trans and as I don't like the Witch label, I'll call myself an archmage. /j

✶I'm a Lucifernist and Hellenic Polytheist.

✶The main focus of my worship is King Lucifer, Prince Apollon too.

✶I am a Godspouse, respect that.

✶I love sharing and hearing knowledge. I am open to new perspectives, and I'll listen even if I don't agree but, then again, be respectful as all kindness has a limit.

✶I'm Mexican.

✶My practice is mainly Protection (mostly baneful), Justice, Healing and Enchantments.

MINORS, DON'T FOLLOW ME. 🔞

carrd

[sacredlittleember]

Hi 💚 I hope this is okay to ask.

I’ve been trying to learn more about godspousing / devotional deity relationships from people who actually have experience with the concept, because I’m in a place of sincere curiosity and discernment—not trying to claim an identity I don’t fully understand.

For context: I’ve had a devotional relationship with Gaia since childhood (I’m 22 now), and no matter what spiritual paths I explored over the years, she always remained spiritually central to me in some form. Recently I’ve been reflecting more deeply on what sacred commitment, exclusivity in devotion, and devotional intimacy can mean in modern pagan practice.

I’m not asking anyone to validate my personal experiences or tell me what I “am,” but I am genuinely interested in learning:

What does godspousing actually mean to you?

How do you personally distinguish deep devotion from godspousing?

Is exclusivity usually part of it?

Is it symbolic, relational, mystical, oath-based, devotional service, or something else entirely?

What misconceptions do newcomers usually have?

Are there resources / blogs / writings you’d recommend?

I’m approaching this with respect and caution, and I’d much rather listen and learn than make assumptions based on fragmented Tumblr discourse 😭🌿

Thank you to anyone willing to share their perspectives 💚

[restorativeluciferian]

These are good questions OP. I have been thinking of them for the last few days since your post came on my feed and went digging to find your post so I could answer them.

I feel like I should clarify that the older framework that I have felt resonates with my experience is the "ishta devata" (favored deity) of Hinduism. An ishta devata can come in many forms, including what you describe with Gaia where they sometimes appear to their devotees in childhood and act as a foundation/trusted relationship for their spiritual life. A lot of Western polytheists use the word "patron" which could be an equivalent since relationships with patrons and ishta devatas can be very unique according to the devotee. I use ishta devata over patron personally because Lucifer as my ishta devata is leading me toward Hinduism (Shaivism/Shaktism) and I am personally averse to Christianity, which is where the concept of patron spirit comes from.

I see "godspousing" as a form of ishta devata or patronage. It's when the devotee has a romantic/sexual relationship with the deity in question and reports experiences of a wedding/marriage. Because I have a romantic/sexual relationship with Lucifer along with what I see as a soul contract though not in marriage form, I feel like I am godspouse-adjacent. Sometimes I refer to myself as a concubine.

In my relationship with Lucifer, there is exclusivity but with an expansive mindset because he both identifies to me as the Venus of Shivashakti's pantheon while also having his own pantheon, who are often referred to in Western occult texts as the Goetia. So I primarily serve him, but I have a very strong mother-child relationship with his kindred spirit Astaroth as well as devotional relationships with Beelzebub and Belial. I am currently being introduced to Shiva and Shakti, and am in a waiting period where I will apparently eventually do some work with Asmodai as well. Lilith is attached to me, but not in a traditional devotional sense.

Your 4th question is hardest for me to answer because the answer is sort of all of what you suggested. I will say that I did not believe in "shadow work" before because I feel like the concept needs more structure (and should not be confused with professional psychological help, which it often is). Now I do because part of my relationship with Lucifer involves a lot of that type of healing. One of the projects that is most important to me is that I am writing a novel about the Devil with Lilith as the protagonist that has specific spiritual aims. I am expected to eventually study tantra. I am currently practicing asanas every morning to start warming my energetic body up for that type of effort. I'm to keep company with some of Lucifer's other godspouses and Shiva devotees. I'll be raising my future children Luciferian. There are probably other things I'll be expected to do over the coming decades as needed. He's kind of taken over my whole life and in return he provides love, animal companions, community, and material comforts.

Misconceptions newcomers have is the notion that this is all love and luxury. I don't think it's understood that a lot of the time, godspouses and other serious devotees are only sharing the positive of their experiences not only out of protectiveness for their deities, but because the deities themselves limit what we can share. Lucifer, in particular, is rightfully image conscious because he is the Devil and has a lot of stigma and bad reputation attached to him. I will say that one of the things I immensely struggle with is that I have come to realize that my life is no longer my own—it's his. I get to enjoy many things and reach the level of seriousness in a spiritual life I always wanted, but with that seriousness of a spiritual life with a being who specifically works with such heavy themes is a ton of emotional challenges. You end up swimming through a lot of his energy that brings out a lot of your own projections, traumas, attachment issues (especially when you have a romantic/sexual relationship), and doubts. And since I have been selected to be in close proximity with other partners of his—ones who get the godspouse title and their own children with him, even as astral children are not the type of children I want—I experience a lot of jealousy and resentment that I then need to manage without electing to run away from him. Originally, his plans for me involved psychopomp work, and it is through answering this post that I have been able to articulate my issues with that. When you help stuck dead people get unstuck, you often see what they died from and become vicariously traumatized by it. I am working toward a career as a mental health provider, which will lead me to become at times vicariously traumatized by the stories of living people. So I felt really overwhelmed by being asked to do double duty in that way. I guess that teaches me that I get a choice as long as I come to understand and communicate why something would be deleterious to me. But most of the time even experienced magicians/polytheists have this notion that you can just tell a deity "no" when you don't want to do something, and most of the time that is not the truth for me.

For your final question, I have heard positive things about the book "Spirit Marriage" by Megan Rose (although the one modern pagan interview is kind of controversial) and Ida Craddock's writing. Tbh most of my understanding and talking through the complications of godspousing was with my friend Elizabeth, who is a couple decades older than me and used to have a popular blog about her own experience, but she took it down years ago. Even on reddit, most people with ishta devatas and such are pretty much like, "just keep praying and giving offerings and you will figure out what to do on your own or the deities will eventually tell you." The lack of resources I feel I can trust is still a weird part I need to navigate, but personal experience seems like the most important part of this in general. Thanks for your questions; they really helped me process some things.

[lucifersmockingbird]

Lucifer and my journey.

I´ve been changing, and I realized recently just about how much that's influenced by Lucifer—and other Infernals. My birthday was a few days ago, right after Lucifer's First Rite. In past years I used to meditate, go to my place in the Astral and receive gifts; this year was different. I didn't get something, King Belial said to me "This year your gift will be—reflected—in your life".

I accepted it eagerly, and the day after that I got the chance to start a very important business. Now, how is this about Lucifer? While exterior things I do "owe" to various Infernals, my journey within is to Lucifer. ↓

Yesterday I lit his candle and we chatted a little bit. I wanted to thank him for helping me evolve into someone independent from him. See, to me he is my god, my husband and the entity I go to when I want answers, but I realized I do not need him the way a helpless fish needs the water. It wasn't always like that, I used to feel that without him my world would crumble but... that's not reality, I can live with my own power, my own energy, and he taught me that. He taught me to not need him, but to choose him because I enjoy his company, because I love him.

And since I started believing in my own power from within, the world started to feel easier to navigate. I can do things, I am capable of it. I do not need him, but he will help me when I reach out for help. And he encourages me, and he helps me be in communion with myself. My passions, pleasures, ambitions, desires, I share that with him because we chose each other out of love not a need.

And I think that pretty much reflects how he works with people. He enjoys watching humans become themselves, confident, powerful, wise. As he told me once "I'm not your master, I'm your companion". He will teach you how to get an answer, how to do it by yourself, because he doesn't want a flock. He will give hard lessons, and he will make you face yourself. The thing is I just realized how confident I am thanks to that, I don't want to say I owe him that because I worked for it, but I am grateful. So, so grateful.

I wanted to put this into words because 1) he suggested it, 2) I don't know who could use it. He told me once that he's thankful for all the people I've connected to him: my friends who now worship him, my family, strangers that have asked for help connecting with him. And this might help someone that needs to connect with him too, or reconnect, or someone that needs reassurance.

To wrap things up, I just want to emphasize how powerful and beautiful is to have him near. He wants people to evolve, to grow. And it is a slow process, one with many highs and lows, but there is one thing that is certain about that journey: he will be there.

[cultkinkcoven]

Me: Are you more worshipped now than you were in antiquity? Like, do you think your cult is bigger now than it was before?

Lucifer: That depends on how you define me and my cult. The Morning Star has been revered in many forms but "Lucifer's cult" is a fairly recent development.

Me: But in terms of people you would personally consider yourself to have worked with

Lucifer: I have gained far more initiates in the 21st century than I had ever had.

Me: Would you have considered yourself a minor deity before that?

Lucifer: *slight furrow* there is nothing minor about me.

Me: Fringe

Lucifer: Fringe... perhaps. I was highly syncretized with Satan, so... after Paganism was largely suppressed by organized religion, but prior to my the New Age wave, I would have been most recognized as the King of Demons, the Satan devil Lucifer. The followers I had then were largely comprised of heretics and Satanists who had more or less "stumbled" into my territory of the archetype... I suppose. But I was mostly just feared all throughout the Middle ages. So... you could say that was a lonelier time for me.

Me: oh. Hm. How did you feel when the new age wave hit and suddenly all these scorned ex-Christians started approaching you and seeing you as the Phosphorus I know?

Lucifer: Confusing it first. Larger emanations of Venus have been worshipped by larger cults, but you could say the Roman Phosphorus was always very small, and even other cults of the male Morningstar, Attar, Eosphoros, are yes... fringe. Extremely fringe. So when swaths of humans started approaching me, and they are all ? Wounded it seems?

Me: wounded? Like from religious trauma?

Lucifer: Yes. See, I find the Biblical textbook to be a very interesting piece of history. A version of something that happened, the most popular retelling of my myth from an outside perspective. So it's funny to me, how things have permeated downwards, how my enemies become the creators of the enemies of my people. People come to me and ask for the forbidden fruit and the spark of godhood, and I am happy to give it. I think they expect me to act cruelly? Or to be as firm fisted as the God they are familiar with. I become surprised by how many ideas have been placed onto my name without my consent.

Me: Does that... like, bother you? If you are the Roman Phosphorus by way of being named Lucifer, does it annoy you that so many people think you're Satan?

Lucifer: No... When you say that to me it sounds like a grammatically incorrect sentence. I am a Lord of Underworlds which makes the distinction more confusing to those who don't know we are separate uh- things. Satan could be thought more as a ... office ... that delegates certain... realms... The entity who is Satan is the Supreme. There are intersections between myself and whatever we are considering Satan which will determine which energy is summoned. In general, Lucifer is light, Satan is adversary. Sometimes the light is adversarial.

Me: okay, what would you say the biggest misconception about you is?

Lucifer: :) hahaha that I am trapped in a cage in Hell

Me: Oh

Lucifer: Haha no... no... I would burn the Heavens if they tried to pin me down. I go wherever I want, as the air flows. And even Satan is not caged. He stays in the Underworlds because he rules them. You could say I am his biggest sponsor.

Me: When you say under realms and underworlds, what do you mean? What makes them "under"?

Lucifer: *pauses for a while* The underworlds are like the Dark web. You could think of them as private servers stored in the under layers of reality.

Me: under layers?

Lucifer: yes, like how dark web servers are often housed underground. They are more secure. You could think of non- chthonic realms as the normal internet. More "heavily secured" realms and entities require more complex "passcodes" to enter. That's why you work with Cerberus, he is a key bearer. I am also a key bearer.

Me: wow that makes a surprising amount of sense.

Lucifer: The internet is your best equivalent to how spiritual spaces can operate.

Me: So do you also "host servers"

Lucifer: Yes. You connect to my "server" every time you reappear in my office or bedroom. Your channeling is your url searching.

Me: so you must have joint servers too

Lucifer: naturally

Me: hmm

[gremlynn-draws]

SIN. A Valentine's Day themed sticker design for my lovely patrons~! <3

[restorativeluciferian]

The Goodbyes and Hellos of Death Work

photo by Camilla Heed

A couple of months ago, Lucifer and I were discussing my rejection at the hands of Persephone, which occurred a number of years ago when I was first starting my spiritual path. He laughed at the situation, elaborating, "She's picky with who she chooses as a follower."

"Well, I don't think I would have been much use for her anyway," I'd said. "After all, I don't work with the Dead."

"You will," he had replied, very seriously.

I was slightly surprised by this, but chalked it up to work I was already doing by conjuring demons. The assumption about grimoire spirits is that they're a mix of recharacterized Near Eastern deities, elementals, and some dead people (particularly relevant to the necromantic focus found in the Faustian tradition). Currently, I work underneath the cosmology—true it may be or not—that many of the demons throughout the grimoires are paying off some kind of karmic debt by assisting humanity when conjured.

But that's not all Lucifer meant, turns out...

It occurred to me very recently that I first learned a zazen-like meditation style in the same place where I interacted with my first ghost. The partially historically verified urban legends only tell of a single ghost, but the campus of Centenary University is somehow very, very haunted. My best guess is that there's a forgotten burial ground on site or a student was fucking around with portals because there are at least several ghosts and they can be quite hostile. I was temperamental with one and he retaliated by leaving a creepy photo of himself, before the word "selfie" was coined, on my pink Razr flip phone. Ahhh, that period truly was the height of cell phones because flip phones don't human frack us like smartphones do.

Anyway, I digress...

My experience with ghosts until very recently was consistently fearful. New Jersey was among the first of the colonies and so it is a very old, and very historically blood-covered state. Hackettstown is old as shit. The town I ended up living and working for three years in what was originally an 18th century blacksmith building—whose parking lot I later discovered was paved right on top of corpses moved from a nearby church—is old as shit. So I kept running into ghosts, most unfortunately previous residents of my homes. They were all seemingly masculine, consistently angry or confused, and possessive over the properties. I got into the occult to confirm my experiences via mediums as well as find magical ways to repel them.

Just two months ago, Laddie died and I had a very powerful experience with my ancestors during his veterinary euthanasia. The worlds of the Dead suddenly became more interesting. Connecting with the spirit of my dogson and making my transition more tolerable was also incredibly important. I deeply wanted his legacy to live on. What if, I thought, I could work with him to help other spirits?

It has not quite turned out like that. Instead, all of my ventures so far have only been with Lucifer, or just myself. Maybe Laddie already taught me all the healing he could pass onto me while in life. As the weeks went on since his death, I talked more to the little girl in my basement. I told her about my new cat and she told me how her job used to be to feed the animals. I did my laundry and she told me how she would watch her mom clean their clothes. "Where did my mom go?" she asked me once.

"She went to the other place," I answered. Lucifer had had me ask my friend Anna for book recommendations on death work and I had begun my homework. "I can take you there if you want to go."

She naturally understood the finality in that offer and refused it. So instead, we played catch with a phantom ball of hers as I waited for my clothes to dry.

I could tell even then that a seed had been planted.

The other day she came up to me as I was reclining in my apartment. "I want to go to my mom."

"Take my hand," I'd said, holding out my own. I felt cool air hit my palm.

Admittedly, I had taken a nice indica edible. So it was probably easier than it would have been otherwise to feel surrounded the way I did with another world. It was a forest and it shimmered. Myself and my small friend walked through it for some time. I asked her how she was doing. "I'm scared," she said.

"I would be too if I were you," I had replied, in a way I now wish I had phrased better. "But your mom was a good person, right? So she must be somewhere nice."

When we arrived at the destination, it was something like a village, but I couldn't see the rest of the village past this one house. A woman was there, sitting on the front step outside. The little girl let go of my hand and ran up to her. The woman told her that she had been waiting for her for a long, long time. Neither of them looked up at me. They went inside the house and I snapped back into full consciousness in mine.

Then the other night, I read about a famous musical artist who died early, but promising in his career. Controversies of his violence were as renown as his music. I learned that he was born with a hole in his heart. I learned that he had experienced and witnessed multiple situations of horrific violence as as child. I learned that he had an interest in the occult, believed in reincarnation, and claimed to meet the Devil in Miami. I learned that he was frustrated by how own bursts of anger—a struggle I know horribly too well—and was coming around to being a better person. I learned that he supported trans people. I learned how extremely young he was when he died.

"I'm truly sorry for judging you," I felt the message reverberate out of me.

Less than two hours later, I received a message from a father in Gaza begging for donations. His son needs surgery.

He was born with a hole in his heart.

[sillysatyr]

Orthopraxy vs. Orthodoxy

…and the Orthopraxy Police

What is Orthopraxy and Orthodoxy?

Orthopraxy means “right action”. It’s when a religion focuses more on the actions and rituals of their followers than their beliefs. Some examples of orthopraxy include: Paganism (such as Hellenic Polytheism, Norse Polytheism, etc), Judaism, Hinduism, etc.

Orthodoxy means “right belief”. It’s when a religion focuses more on believing in the right faith rather than one’s conduct. Some examples of orthodoxy include: a majority of Christian denominations, certain Islamic groups, and certain Jewish groups.

Keep in mind that there’s bound to be overlap between the two! A lot of traditions that are typically orthodox will have orthopraxic practices, and vice versa; though Hellenic Polytheism is an exception to this overlap.

Hellenic Polytheism and Orthopraxy

Hellenic Polytheism (and most other pagan religions, however this post is directly meant to be about HelPol) is an orthopraxic religion. There is no one belief. While there are basic principals that most Hellenic Polytheists will follow—such as adhering to miasma/lyma and cleansing yourself before the gods—there’s no strict rulebook telling people what to believe. People’s practices will vary from being new age, to revivalist, to reconstructionist, and that’s okay. There’s no one way to believe, and thus there’s no one way to practice your religion.

The Orthopraxy Police

A major issue I’ve seen online (and a rabbit hole I myself fell down months ago) is people policing other’s practices. A lot of people will discuss about how people need to practice exactly like the ancient Greeks did, and if you want to do that it’s fine, but nobody is obligated to do so under the guise of ‘orthopraxy’.

Orthopraxy is just a descriptor we ascribe to how religions approach their religious practice and beliefs. It’s not a law written in stone. You should do your best to research how ancient Greek religion was practiced to understand it, but that doesn’t mean you need to follow everything they do. I personally would describe myself as a reconstructionist, however that doesn’t mean I follow the religion exactly like the ancients did, especially due to my syncretism with Buddhism.

There is nuance to religion, and not everyone is going to practice 1:1 with the ancient Greeks, nor should we. Religion evolves over time, and certain things are necessary to change so people can practice in the modern age.

[auroradiation]

Four Armed Apollo

This piece is commissioned by @aisuigetsu

Thank you so much for your support!

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[aisuigetsu]

so so so beautiful 😍😭 don't know how i JUST made this connection but this painting is like the embodiment of Hilda Doolittle's poem "Apollo at Delphi" (which I had the pleasure of reciting at His temple at Delphi 🤭)

Are you strong?— he is strong; are you weak?— he prevails. But not you to question his power when you falter— the blame is your own; he knows not remorse nor repents, he remains faultless and perfect and whole.

[xaoca]

Black Dharma, 2025 Daniele Valeriani

[auroradiation]

[auroradiation]

[luciferianoracle]

Since my daughter started working with Loki, and our friend we also live with started working with Ares, I keep getting jump-scared by the amount of deity energy around my house. Yesterday I went outside to smoke and was like "Oof, who's out here." And then I just, perceived Lucifer and Loki smoking a blunt 😂 I said "I'm so glad you take this being your home, seriously Lucifer. Glad to see you having friends over." 😂 and then, I was helping my friend pack her artwork for school and the DEEPEST voice said "Thanks." And I said "oh my goodness, you are welcome, Lord Ares." And then had to go take some deep breaths as Lucifer made fun of me for turning BRIGHT red 🫩

I'm like living in whatever the opposite of a haunted house is. Like it's still strange and sometimes off-putting, but the spirits just, smoke blunts and support my friends. And also, they've been writing a surprising amount of poetry. My automatic writing has been popping off lately. There's always someone who wants to chat around here 😅

[cultkinkcoven]

Hello! This might be long and for that I apologize in advance.

Unfortunately I cannot ask this unanonimously as my spiritual blog is linked to my main blog and I wish to keep them separate, but I wish to inquire a bit about His Majesty, Luficer, and felt that you would guide me well on this matter.

I come from from a religious household, while not christian it is a part of abrahamic faith, and my relationship with said religion is rather... Complicated, I would say. I was only a child when I felt completely abandoned by God, and despite the clear spiritual powers gifted to my family by my ancestors (who were no doubt worshippers of a polytheist faith and had practiced magic themselves), it felt for a while that I was forever doomed to eternal sin.

When I was 14-15, I learned about Lucifer and was deeply intrigued because I barely knew much about him nor anything about christian angels. I did not feel any calling, but simply a fondness of learning anything I could. This was around the same time I would be interested in Greek Mythology, and naturally found my way to Hellenistic Polytheism where I found a calling to Lord Apollo (whom I've been devoted to ever since)

My spiritual belief is that despite only having worshiped Greek deities, I believe in the existence and power of every divine entity to have been given name, and even those who remain hidden from mortal eyes. I'm in my early twenties now, and a day or so before new years eve I felt a sudden pull towards Lucifer that was as simple as reading up on him again between breaks of my dued project, and when I laid on my bed for a quick rest, this happened: I do not if ever hear my deities, Apollo relies on his trust in me to interpret his messages in oracle cards, but in an almost tranced state that I've never felt before, Lucifer had come before me, powerful in presence like a spotlight was shining directly into my eyes.

I felt like I was losing my mind at first, because he endlessly shifted in form that it felt as if I was seeing something the human mind isn't supposed to comprehend at once, and maybe it's because I was so aware of everything that I could learn about him. When I had felt so frightened, His Majesty began to stabilize into a more human like form, his face was handsome but worn with a light wrinkle and shadow beneath his dark eyes, his long hair was straight and black as obsidian, the unending strands float about like silk in the wind, as if it had a mind of its own. He wore nothing but a cloth that had been drapped over his lap as he sat upon a rock.

He smiled at me, while in outward appearances it seemed cunning, no ill will or malicious intent was behind it. Lucifer seemed amused by my attitude towards him, frightened and keen to be humble before him in fear of disrespect. In my confusion and fear I had asked what he may have wanted, and in a voice I could not hear and yet understood, replied:

"Whatever it is you want."

And it echoed throughout for a couple times, and then I felt something on my heart, a serpent wrapped around it. Lucifer had came at a time where I had lost all confidence in myself, I no longer knew the person I had once been, I felt myself as if fallen from grace. And as I write this, I had come to a realization that the little serpent wrapped around my heart, is a part of His Majesty that he left with me.

Now, this is brief as I can give about my background, as for my inquiry, and I extend this to other worshippers who come across it: Has Lucifer's presence alongside you ever been felt by other people? Because my sister who is spiritually gifted, as well as a skilled tarot reader with remarkable clairvoyance, has seemed to suspect I brought with me a kind of "foul spirit or presence" in my father's words of what she said to him, days after I returned home after a year in university but my father said he felt nothing. Lucifer is powerful no doubt, but I fear for my wellness if she thinks he's a threat for the reason being of his demonic aspects. And this troubles me because she had never sense Lord Apollo's presence, or at the very least felt he was a threat.

I don't want her to know about Lucifer and I don't want to be shunned that I was called by him, any guidance would be of tremendous help to me. Thank you and may you be well.

Hi! Thanks for reaching out. I'd be interested to hear how things have developed since you asked this question.

I've seen the sentiment that Lucifer is extremely responsive be echoed time and time again, especially online, and I think that is a part of what you may have experienced.

I'm not sure I quite know how to explain this well, but Lord Lucifer is literally the spirit of awakening consciousness and realization. He really likes being noticed. He is commonly considered to be an Air elemental and the Prince of the Powers of the Air, which in symbolic terms means that he dwells in the 'dimension' of the mind. He is extremely fond of those who are deeply introspective.

He is also said to dwell in the air that we breathe, as in, he exists among the common man here on Earth (and falls to Earth every morning). I have experienced a great disparity between how different spirits or Gods manifest based on where they are said to dwell, literally how far or near they are to humanity. Higher Gods and heavenly angels are notoriously difficult to contact because are literally so high. Infernals are notoriously responsive and more accustomed to human conditioning. When you think about it, it may not be all that surprising that you have felt and sensed Lord Lucifer with far greater ease than Apollo, and his initiative for you may be strengthening the abilities you already have to obtain greater contact with your other Lords.

There are obviously always nuances and factors specific to your experience, but I would say that Lucifer is, (and many i'nfernals' in general) known for responding.

In terms of your fear or resignation towards his demonic aspects, I think exploring those fears is gonna be the bread and butter of your introductory phases. My advice would be to isolate what exactly you are anxious about and dissect it. If you're apprehensive about his "demonic" aspects, investigate where those aspects came from. Who do you fear judgement from, and why? What do your fears say about your attitudes towards yourself?

And another side note,

This is very anecdotal on my part but Lucifer is definitely a trickster in the (usually) very harmless way. If your sister is a certain brand of love and light practitioner, it is very possible that Lucifer was just trying to spook her as a joke. He does that a lot. He thinks he's very funny. There have been many many instances where I have been in the presence of religious folks or even certain witches, and they're like "my friend, please come to the light I fear there is something wicked attached to your soul." And I'm kinda like oh yeah.

Haha. That's just him. Lucifer stop it.

My partner has reported feeling Lucifer around, but says he never felt anything hostile or negative. He kind of just messes with people sometimes.

But if you're less sure that's the case, banishments and cleansing rituals are always a safe way to rid yourself of any truly negative presences. Your sister very well could have been pointing out a "parasite" having nothing to do with Lucifer.

If you don't sense any hostility my advice is always to continue to explore.

[charnel-grounds]

James Hutton, illustration to “Another Astraea” by Brendan Connell

from the anthology “All of Them Witches” by Nepenthe Press, 2025

[restorativeluciferian]

In reaction to @lucifersguarddog mentioning yesterday that Lucifer apparently hates Jeff Goldblum (something he has never shared with me!), I keep thinking of how he revealed to me that he has a deep and passionate loathing for Ned Fulmer*, the former Try Guy.

I hadn't watched any Try Guy videos since college so I found Ned's fall from grace and transformation into a Fail Guy simply amusing. Anyone with half a mind must admit that a man with the gall to have his ex-wife, whom he publicly cheated on, on the first episode of his new podcast in which she asks him, "Do you really think you have enough talent [to have your own career/keep up this podcast]?" is either an oblivious dummy or so desperate as to best be avoided. At least it gave us the beautiful schadenfreude gift of that clip.

That's not what had Lucifer upset. Instead, what I heard while watching a later clip of Ned being a Fail Guy was, "HE DOESN'T BELIEVE HE SHOULD HAVE TO PUT EFFORT INTO ANYTHING!"

With *full fucking fury*, by the way.

May Fail Guy Ned Fulmer never find out how The Devil feels about him because he would rightfully shit his pants.

*Post updated to correct Ned's surname because that's literally how emotionally detached from/unknowledgeable of that situation I was

[lucifersmockingbird]

So I was reading this post before getting to clean up my room. Lucifer's here, I can feel him. Turned on my TV. Go to YouTube.

It's so funny I'm sorry idk if the topic is trending because I know NOTHING about that man but jjjkkkkkjkhjkk. Like. It was just 2 minutes ago. Jjjkkkkkjkhjkk

[lucisdove]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Lucifer gave me this message and I thought I’d share it.

You aren’t less of a devotee for not having the motivation.

Your gods won’t leave you because you didn’t give them that offering you’ve been thinking about. They won’t leave you because you couldn’t bring yourself to get out of bed to do your practice. They won’t leave you if you choose to sleep after a long day instead of sitting down at your altar.

Your gods are always there and they understand your struggles. As long as you’re trying your best that’s all that matters to them. Your gods love you. They waited your whole life for you to find them and they don’t mind waiting a little longer.

A simple good morning and goodnight is enough. Merely thinking of them throughout your day is enough.

You don’t need to be on your hands and knees serving up offerings and praise to worship or connect with your deity.

They want to see you flourish and grow and achieve happiness.

Take a bath and put on your favourite playlist. Create something and engage in your hobbies. Wash your face and brush your teeth.

Take care of yourself.

That is enough.

[achillesinhighheels]

choosing to ignore my weirdly symbolic dream because i have a lot going on rn already

[the-last-phoenix-deactivated202]

being a lucifer devotee means either drawing his sigil perfectly with bare minimum effort or trying your hardest to do it in one smooth motion and ending up with a very wonky looking thing and lucifer looking over your shoulder like "lmao what is that thing"