I have been thinking of doing a dedication ceremony or baptism…but putting a limit. Like…a year and a day type deal. That way it is up to me to renew but I am not sure.
But I am not sure if it would have enough meaning. I do not make a permanent oath because I feel that it is more powerful that I continue to choose to be Luciferian, without blood, water, or mark.
I am still on the fence about it.
I didn’t make an oath on purpose, but I did get Lucifer’s sigil tattooed on me, and I keep doing things that express all-in dedication, and at this point I am pretty sure I am Luciferian for life and have always been and will always be and am just stuck with it in the way I am stuck with certain other parts of my own identity and personality. I am OK with this.
If it helps any, I feel like a continually renewed dedication made with open eyes is more authentically Luciferian than a blind devotion. For me at least, I associate Lucifer with my strong anti organised religion stance, and the feeling of being trapped in a faith community or faith, and how controlling faiths can be, is part of what I hate. Therefore, I’ve always seen the idea of someone “selling their soul to the devil” to be rather odd. I feel like the devil as I see him embodies freedom of thought and deed, and would therefore prefer people who doubt and say “perhaps”, and keep making their choices based on evidence and experience.
This is more based on an intellectual process of my associations however, rather than gnosis gained from experience; and Lucifer is not my only focus, and not exactly the face I approach a Devil figure with either.
(I guess there’s an equivalent payoff where the divinity would likewise only make a short term commitment to you, and evaluate how it went)
@brightestandbest I feel the same way that I will be a Luciferian for life.
I have specifically avoided anything that would be marked as permanent for the exact reason as I think it is powerful that it is a choice. I am not shall I say afraid? I feel confident on this Luciferian path that I am walking. My own feelings of dedication is that even if God was to you know, banish me to ‘hell’ I would not regret it. Why? Because if God would banish me because of some silly reason like not worshipping him, listening to his word, even though I have strived to be the best person I can be…is not worth following. I strive towards Buddhahood, strive to honor the Bodhisattva vow because I want to be a living bodhisattva. So I am not afraid.
My own feelings bind me, my love, my own sense of loyalty, my faith…I am not afraid to question or argue with Lucifer either. I will bot allow myself to be blind if I can help it. In some ways, I already feel marked without any ceremony. I am one Lucifer’s people though no oath has been spoken.
So why can’t I bring myself to a dedication ceremony? I wonder if it is because of sunyata (emptiness) that I see that emptiness in the ceremony itself. I repeat the Bodhisattva Vow a lot, but that is not the same as dedicating yourself to a deity. I wonder if I do it for a year and a day if it would be helpful…? Would it be a powerful experience especially considering I have been on this path for over some 5 years? Would it be inspiring? Would it make me resentful?
I am not sure. I am not sure if I even need it considering my feelings but at the same time I wonder if doing it, even for a simple contractual date…would be a powerful experience.
Yeah I wasn’t arguing “pro” dedication. What I did with the tattoo was frankly an accident! (And I don’t recommend getting a sigil tattooed on you without thoughts like ‘what if this activates though.’) I know Lucifer would release me if I ever wanted to move away from him. I just feel like dedication to him is something deep inside of me that I have no power to change.
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