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Archangel Lucifer

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"One fatal tree there stands of Knowledge called,
Forbidden them to taste: Knowledge forbidden?
Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord
Envy them that? Can it be sin to know,
Can it be death? And do they only stand
By ignorance, is that their happy state,
The proof of their obedience and their faith?"

-Satan, Paradise Lost by John Milton

"If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first schoolmaster, the first advocate of learning, the first enemy of ignorance, the first to whisper in human ears the sacred word liberty, the creator of ambition, the author of modesty, of inquiry, of doubt, of investigation, of progress and of civilization.

Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith! Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge!"

- Robert Green Ingersoll from The Gods

I was sure to try and stay close to the Greek Orthodox iconography style and use of symbolism. The only thing is I wasn't praying and fasting as is required when an icon is being created in Greek Orthodox. Then again this is an icon of Lucifer so it's already about as blasphemous as it can get.

This is number 1 of 5 in a series titled Unlikely Icons
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CsanikaInferna's avatar
I love this and I love Paradise Lost so much...But Lucifer was a cherub
Sorry, I couldn't help but to overhear you guys are talking about of my favorite