This is a reprint from www.fivedoves.com in their “Latterday Letters”

Ruth Torres (11  Oct)
"something I must say..."

I noticed this month that there were a few posts regarding  KJV/modern versions of the Holy Bible. I didn't want to get involved because I  was involved in the same discussion a while ago...BUT, I feel I need to say this regarding the subject of Lucifer: if I understand Brian's viewpoint correctly, the KJV is wrong in revealing Lucifer as Satan - that Lucifer is only referring  to a king of Babylon and that technically it should not be there at all?

Here is a quote from Brian's post expressing his viewpoint:

So, we learn that the name "Lucifer" (as a proper name) in the KJV is not an accurate word translation, but rather a word transliteration (a  new word derived from a foreign word). This transliteration is not even from the original Hebrew, but instead from the Latin Vulgate! If "Lucifer" refers to  Satan, that means the Bible has changed meaning! Thus, the term "Lucifer" in the KJV is more of a paraphrase and actually less accurate than the terms used in  other translations, especially when you consider the change in meaning since the KJV was first published. However, the use of the word "lucifer" is perfectly  acceptable if you understand what "lucifer" really means, and realize it is not  referring to Satan, but a king of Babylon, and comparing him to the morning  star, or Venus.

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so...according to this train of thought the explanation of whom Aleister Crowley worshipped - and the various Satanists and Luciferians - is that they are actually worshipping "a king of Babylon"? This is from Aleister Crowley:

Hymn to Lucifer

by Aleister Crowley

Ware, nor of good nor ill, what aim hath act?
Without its  climax, death, what savour hath
Life? an impeccable machine, exact
He paces an inane and pointless path
To glut brute appetites, his sole  content
How tedious were he fit to comprehend
Himself! More, this our  noble element
Of fire in nature, love in spirit, unkenned
Life hath no spring, no axle, and no end.


His body a blood-ruby radiant
With noble passion, sun-souled Lucifer
Swept through the dawn colossal, swift aslant
On Eden's imbecile perimeter.
He blessed nonentity with every  curse
And spiced with sorrow the dull soul of sense,
Breath life into the sterile universe,
With Love and Knowledge drove out innocence
The Key of Joy is disobedience.

(interesting, isn't it, that Satanists choose a star (inverted pentagram or hexagram) as an identification?)

For anyone who has never heard of Aleister Crowley, here is a  short background on him:

Aleister Crowley is the occultist and Satanist that is maybe  the most well known. His works "The Book of the Law", "Magick in Theory and  Practice" and "The Book of Thoth" are broadly used in occult circuits. Crowley  himself didn't take much credit for having written them, as he stated they were written by automatic handwriting, being channeled from a higher being called Aiwaz (or Aiwass). This being said he had lived in Caldea during the reign of  Hammurabis (around 1750 BC), but later, in his book "Magick in Theory and Practice", Crowley identified Aiwaz as his own genius. He was actually very proud of this book, which he used as a Bible for his own religion - Thelema. Crowley looked at man as a sleeping god who gradually started to understand what  powers he possesses. He also taught that Satan was identical with the Sumerian devil/god Shaitan, who he stated had been worshiped in the Egyptian deserts long  before the ages of the Pharaohs.

He was also a drug- and sex addict and was addicted both to  opium, hashish, cocaine, mescaline, amphetamines and heroin, in order to perceive higher states of beingness (drug abuse is very common to occultists in  general). When he discovered mescaline, he developed seven rituals, Rites of Eleusis, and rented Caxton Hall to demonstrate them. Later he opened up a Temple of Satan in London, where many high society ladies became his pupils. By that  time Crowley had shaved his head and filed his canine teeth so sharp that he could initiate every new woman with a "kiss of the snake", as he gave them a  bite either on the wrist or in the throat.

"Do what thou will shall be the whole of the Law" [The work of  the OTO ... is geared towards the achievement of a world-spanning empire ... The Law "Do what thou wilt" is the law of this new state - a One World Government]  was his motto for the OTO, which was the secret order he himself was the  Grandmaster of. He rejected traditional morality in favor of the life of a drug addict and brutal womanizer ("I rave; and I rape and I rip and I rend" is a line  from one of his poems). He even enjoyed being called the "wickedest man in the world". He was married twice, and both his wives went insane. Five of his  mistresses committed suicide.

People who met Crowley verified that he had occult powers, and  as an example William Seabrook tells the following story: Seabrook wanted a demonstration of Crowley's powers, so the latter chose a man by random out on the street and followed him, imitating his walk. Suddenly Crowley fell but was  rapidly on his feet again. At the same time the other man fell on the sidewalk. Crowley and his companion helped the man up, and he looked confused, trying to find the banana peel.

Crowley was also the man who came up with putting backwards  messages into musical recordings. Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin  used this on some of their albums. Jimmy Page put a backward satanic message on the mega hit "Stairway to Heaven" ("Here's to my sweet Satan"). Page also bought  Crowley's mansion in Scotland and was/is a true follower of his teaching, as was the late drummer John Bonham from the same group. Beatles also used backwards  messages like "Paul is dead" on their albums and Crowley's head is present on  the cover of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

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Aleister Crowley was born in Warwickshire where he revolted against a strict religious childhood. He left his studies and became initiated into the secret order of the Golden Dawn in 1898. After some time he came into  conflict with its leaders and went to Mexico. From there he traveled a lot, to  India and Ceylon, where he studied yoga and Buddhism. Buddhism replaced his occult interests for a while, until he got a strange experience in Cairo, Egypt in 1904. By curiosity his wife Rose asked him to do an occult ritual. She then went into a state of trance and brought down a message from some strange being. "He's waiting for you", she told Crowley. "Him", she said, was Horus, the God of  wars and the son of Osiris in the old Egyptian mythology.

At first, Crowley didn't believe her, so he started asking her  a few questions to reveal her as a fraud. But Rose, who didn't know very much  about the occult, gave the correct answers ...

The message that was sent to Crowley, told him to sit down by  his desk a certain time three days in a row. He obeyed and in these three days he wrote "The Book of Law" with automatic writing. This means ones hand is moving by another force than ones own ...

Crowley's messenger taught that the old Age of Osiris soon would follow by the new Age of Horus. But first Earth must bathe in blood. There should be a World War(!). The Book of Law told about a race of Superhuman and condemned the old religions, the pacifism, democracy, compassion and humanity.  "Let my servants be few and secret, they shall reign over the many and the known", the Superhuman continued. The rest of the message goes in the same spirit. The lower races should be humiliated and condemned and even killed. It taught "no mercy". [Long before the Roswell incident, where a flying saucer  crashed in the desert and dead aliens were found, Crowley made a drawing of one  of his "messengers" called Lam - the drawing is identical with the Grey Aliens with the big black eyes, who nowadays are so well promoted in movies and among  abducted].

The messenger also declared that Crowley was the Beast 666 from the "Book of Revelations" (13:18) who had come to destroy Christianity. He tried to forget the whole thing, but from 1909 and forwards, he started taking the messages seriously.

Crowley then left his former occult teacher MacGregor Mathers, who by then was a broken man. Mathers started a psychic war against Crowley. They contacted "demons" with which they attacked each other, and Mathers lost.  Such demonic warfare is very common today among the Brotherhoods.

Long after his death, Crowley became a hero for many young  people within the flower-power movement. The irony in all this is, that these young people cried for peace and love. Crowley in his turn welcomed the First World War, as necessary to sweep away the old age and start the new one. Since he revealed his revelations, he became the head of the OTO (Ordo Templi  Orientis) in Germany, which gave him a great influence over similar people in  Germany. It's also well known that Hitler was influenced by him and that Crowley himself tried to contact Hitler during the 2:d World War.

Now...let's move on to the Theosophical Society...here is the  seal:

Let's see here...hmmm...a serpent (makes one think of Satan, doesn't it?), a swastika (Hitler), and a hexagram (it is an OCCULT symbol -  funny, it looks exactly like the Star of David!)...once again, this star theme  comes up quite often with the occult - but, according to Brian, it's nothing to  worry about because the KJV has it all wrong.

A quote from the New Age Dictionary regarding the Theosophical Society:

"Theosophy

A school of thought founded by Helena P. Blavatsky. The term literally means "divine wisdom." The goals of Theosophy are to (1) form a  universal brother-hood; (2) do comparative study of world religions, science,  and philosophy; and, (3) investigate the psychic and spir- itual powers latent  in man. Theosophy is the forerunner of much New Age thought."

Here is the link to Lucis Trust - browse around here to get an idea of what they believe.

http://www.arcaneschool.org/

A quote from the New Age Dictionary regarding Lucis  Trust:

"Lucis Trust

Originally incorporated as the Lucifer Publishing Company, the Lucis Trust oversees the Lucis Publishing Company, World Goodwill, and Arcane  School. Lucis Trust owns all the copyrights of the Alice Bailey books. Magic  Circle Ring drawn by occultists to protect them from the spirits and demons they call up by incantations and rituals."

...hmmmm! There's that strange name, Lucifer, popping up again!! Funny...I can only find it in one scripture of the Bible - and only one version, at that! Oh...they're probably just talking about that old "king of  Babylon" again, eh?

This is a quote from the Glossary section of Share International - Maitreya's website:

"Sanat Kumara -- The Lord of the World; the etheric-physical expression of our Planetary Logos who dwells on Shamballa. A great Being,  originally from Venus, who sacrificed himself to become the personality vehicle  for the ensouling deity of our planet 18.5 million years ago. The nearest aspect  of God that we can know. "

...hmmmm..."The Lord of the World" (doesn't the Bible call Satan "the Lord of this world?)comes from Venus! Makes me want to read a quote  from Brian's post again:

"However, the use of the word "lucifer" is perfectly acceptable if you understand what "lucifer" really means, and realize it is not referring to Satan, but a king of Babylon, and comparing him to the morning star, or  Venus."

Hey! If you change "SANAT" around a little bit, what do you  get? SATAN!!

A quote from Jim Bramlett's post "Modern Translations":
 

"I usually stay out of the many non-prophecy-related discussions on the 5 Doves Web site. However, I am often dismayed at what I read  there."

So, this issue is non-prophecy-related, Jim? Here's a dire warning from our Lord, Jesus Christ:

Revelation 22:19 - "And if any man shall take away from the  words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book  of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this  book."

"I love the KJV and use and quote it often. But I love the original manuscripts more, which really contain God's holy, inerrant and inspired Word, and I want to know what THEY say in MY language, not 1611 language."

Well, Jim and Brian - THEY say in YOUR language that Lucifer  doesn't exist and that he's not one and the same as our enemy - Satan! Looks to me like the enemy has gotten the wool pulled over alot of people's eyes - just like Jesus said he would! He's a liar and a murderer from way back and I think  it's rather important that we know his name is Lucifer, too - don't you? The people who worship him know his name and we should too so we won't be  deceived!

My point: We had better be careful whose side we're on. Are we a friend of God's or a friend of Satan's? Watch out for pride and arrogance in our own knowledge and the knowledge of so-called "theologians" and "scholars".