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the mass formula is turned to a Luciferian end. The purpose of the rite is to celebrate and to commune with Lucifer as the Light of Reason. In this ritual the participants are supposed to be able to experience the transcendence of the Luciferian Light directly. This is said to be experienced through the actual emanation of the Light as it is manifested in each individual. As the self of the individual is transformed, he or she is able to experience this inherent and primeval dark light within. The chant heard during the rite is: "Luxe tenebris lucet et luceatl" ("The Light shines out of the darkness and let it shine on!"). It should be clear that the Lucifer of the FS is not identical to the medieval Christian notion of the Devil, although it must also be realized that the medieval image is seen as a largely misunderstood vision of the truth. The myth contained in the Book of Genesis is considered to be basically true in the cosmic events it recounts. However, the Serpent is seen as the bringer of knowledge [gnosis), and hence a force for true good, while the Creator-God is seen as a force of ignorance and fear. The FS consciously tries to think of this entity in pre-Christian or Gnostic terms, and tries to follow the concepts outlined by what they consider "Luciferian Freemasons" such as Albert Pike or Giosuè Carducci. 19 The Saturnian concept of the eucharist is one that holds that absolute Divinity (which is bipolar in nature) is constantly "sacrificing itself into matter" in order to vivify matter. This act of sacrifice of self is what brought Divinity itself to a state of self-consciousness. Divinity continuously pours itself out to a state of