luciferianism
Etymology
From Luciferian + -ism.
luciferianism means A belief system that venerates the essential characteristics identified with Lucifer. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
LUCIFERIANISM — [Noun] A system of belief venerating the archetypal characteristics—enlightenment, sovereign independence, and the pursuit of forbidden knowledge—attributed to Lucifer, the light-bearer. From Luciferian (pertaining to Lucifer) + -ism (denoting a system of belief or practice). Unlike Satanism, which often traffics in adversarial rebellion or materialistic atheism, or Theistic Satanism, which involves literal worship of a dark deity, Luciferianism is a philosophy of luminous intellect, treating its namesake as a symbol of the mind’s defiant dawn. It is the clandestine study in a tower at midnight, the defiant cultivation of a garden in a wasteland, the deliberate kindling of a lamp against an immense and uncaring dark—a dignified heresy of preferring a world lit by the cold, clear stars of understanding to one warmed by the unquestioned sun.
noun
- A belief system that venerates the essential characteristics identified with Lucifer.“He also teaches Rite and Ritual based on innumerous paths from Solomonic Rite and Ritual (the basis for Ordo Templ Orientis [OTO], the Golden Dawn, etc., etc., etc.) to Wicca to Paganism to Dragonism/Vamprism/Therianism/Lycanthropy to Satanism to Luciferianism to Necromancy to Saneria and the Yezidi Tibe Paths of Risen and Fallen Angelic Worship.”