Of critical importance are the effaced cultures and cults that lie behind the Old Testament polemics, viz. A concomitant exegesis of the core texts conjures the terrain and koiné of the Ancient Near East, the cradle cultures and language of his nascence. The study draws on the extensive literature of history, religion and archaeology, engaging with the vital discoveries and advances of recent scholarship. In tracing the genealogy of our patron and prince, the principles that underlie the ritual forms that have come down to us, through the grimoires and folk practices, are elucidated. Princeps is a study of origins, a portrait of the first ancestor of witchcraft and magic. The fall of Lucifer, and that of the rebel angels who descended upon the daughters of men, comprise the foundation myth of the Western occult tradition. Lucifer: Princeps is a seminal study on the origins of the Lucifer mythos, the first in a two volume work, the companion volume Praxis being an exposition of ritual actions (forthcoming 2022).
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