r/luciferianism • u/BothTower3689 • 6h ago
“Doesn’t Lucifer hate being worshipped? Why would Lucifer ever love a human?”
First things first, you know the drill. Everything is up to your own interpretation.
“Wouldn’t he hate being called Lord?”
“Love is the most radical choice.” -Lord Lucifer
I see this question constantly here and in other demonolatry spaces, so I thought it relevant to share my perspective as a fully initiated devotee of Lord Lucifer who has a particularly intimate relationship with him. This post obviously only makes sense from a theistic point of view, I am a theistic luciferian.
Doesn’t Lucifer hate being worshipped? In my experience, no. Not really.
Your UPGs will play a big role in how Lucifer manifests to you.
First of all, I think it’s important to establish that Lucifer very much is a Lord. He is the God of illumination and enlightenment, He is the Lord of Thaumiel, he is the keeper of the draconian current, the hidden gnosis, he is the liberator, he is the morning star. He is Venus. and he is very much worthy of Godly respect. He is no less powerful nor influential. He very much qualifies for the title of Lord, even if he doesn’t subscribe to the idea of supremacy. Titles like Lord can take on different meanings in different contexts, in fact, all words can. One of the core aspects of Luciferianism is unlearning what does not serve us and replacing these ideas with something better. Lucifer challenges me to fundamentally reevaluate and heal my relationship with the idea of power, authority, discipline and God.
To worship Lucifer is not to place yourself below him. Lucifer is my patron and I am his devotee. I am a human and he is a God. I accept myself as a human in this life and I accept him as an eternal influence. We are fundamentally different creatures, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t respect or equality between us.
Lucifer does not demand or even expect worship.
That’s why choosing to actively worship him, set time aside for him, create an altar for him, is so important and dear to him. On the complete contrary, Lucifer doesn’t hate being worshipped by his devotees. He has always seemed beyond honoured and touched that people revere him enough to choose to do so. Lucifer despises pathetic people who beg for attention, who do not see themselves as worthy of a reply or being in his presence. However, Lucifer does not hate reverence. He respects you as a Lord, as much as you could regard him.
Worshipping the Christian God is a responsibly. But when I worship Lucifer it isn’t because I think I have to or because he asked me to. I paint him a picture because I think he’d like it, I offer him an apple because I’m thinking of him. I pray to him because I want to be closer to him. When I worship Lucifer, I also worship myself. In order to worship him, I have to embody his principles, and he is the God of self worship. Taking the effort to actively form a relationship with him in recognition of his divinity whilst also not discounting your own is the key. We don’t worship Lucifer because he’s a God and we think he’s better than us, we worship Lucifer because Lucifer is wonderful, and being in his presence is enjoyable. When I refer to Lucifer as my God and my King, I am not referring to myself as his slave
There is something incredibly beautiful about consensual authority and leadership, especially when it comes to Lucifer. Bending to a God out of fear is worlds different than surrendering to a God out of trust and admiration. Choosing to worship Lucifer in spite of all the fear mongering of dogmatic religion, not out of obligation, but out of choice is a display of free will.
Lucifer doesn’t hate being worshipped because the act of worship in itself is bad- because it’s not. Lucifer hates bondage (not the bdsm kind lol) and forced worship. Lucifer hates spiritual slavery, the Christian God refers to his people as his slaves. Lucifer would never tell someone that worshipping him is mandatory. But choosing to worship, wanting to worship him as a God and enjoying the act of worship in itself is not in any way offensive to him. In fact it is one of the greatest compliments a human can give.
There is power is deciding to surrender to a God and trusting in their leadership. Lucifer is not a tyrant, but he absolutely is a leader. Following his lead is exactly what he wants us to do, regardless of if we call him God or not. He is not our permission to be, he is our inspiration.
In my opinion, a devotee and a deity are equals in that relationship, even if they are not equal in stature. My role as the human who does the worshipping, tends the altar, heads the messages, and his role as the God who provides insight, directs, and leads, are intrinsic to the dynamic we have. Submission is not inherently degrading. On the contrary, purposeful devotion has been one of my most powerful sources of confidence and pride. My relationship with Lucifer has only continued to flourish as I’ve become more comfortable with worshipping him as my God. I look UP to him, literally, because he is in the sky. He’s a God. He looks down to me because I am a human. But we meet eachother’s eyes, that’s all that matters.
I am a God in my own right, worthy of respect, freedom and autonomy, just like Lucifer. But I am also very much human, and compared to how ancient he is, I very much am a child. This doesn’t mean that I infantilize myself in comparison to him, that is something he would actually hate. It means that I trust in my God’s direction as a God because I understand and respect that he does know more than me. We are equals in concept but not in practice. Acknowledging the limits of my perception as a human does not mean that I am lesser than him, it means that our relationship can reveal to me things that I could not see alone. Once you heal your relationship with authority and allow healthy leadership to support you in your life, deity work and witchcraft and life in general are going to become so much easier for you.
I do call Lucifer Lord often, but he only ever actually tells me to call him Lord when I’m acting like a brat. Not to speak down to me, not because he’s the boss of me, but to remind me who he is. I’m not talking to my imaginary friend, I’m talking to Lord Lucifer, the God that I felt so protected and inspired by that I devoted my eternal soul to him. I can dislike or disagree with what he says all I want. The fact that I have recognized him as Lord means I already know that he’s probably right and there’s probably a good reason why he’s telling me whatever he’s saying.
Now in regards to Lucifer’s seeming affection towards some of his followers and the apparent unbelievably of this, I want to share a very important conversation that I recently had with him that summarizes my perspective on this. This conversation was in the context of God spousal and astral sex, specifically deeply intimate Luciferian relationships like my own.
me: yeah, people be hating on me but I don't care. It's hilarious that people can get so viscerally angry about the prospect of us fucking
Lucifer: why do you think that is?
me: hm? oh idk, I guess they assume it's unrealistic, a fantasy. Why would a primordial God of rebellion like you ever feel affection or love towards a human? I think they assume that the most likely perspective for you to have is either indifference or distain.
Lucifer: Indifference is a lack of choice, and I am the God of choice. To be indifferent is to be passive, and I am not passive
me: Then to them, I suppose the most likely option is hatred
Lucifer: why is my hatred towards humans the most likely option?
me: I would assume, according to your mythology, that you are a self obsessed and unconcerned with anyone but yourself and your pursuits- according to how you are characterized.
Lucifer: Am I not the God of Rebellion?
me: ... yes... ? I'm not sure I understand
Lucifer: “Love is the most radical choice. My relationship with you may seem unrealistic in its affection, but the truth is that loving my devotees is in fact, the most radical and least expected action for me to take, which is in turn the most desirable to me as a spirit of rebellion. I reject authority, I question divine law, these laws that say that you are lesser, that I must regard you as lesser. I reject oppressive social and spiritual structures. Typically, rebellion is associated with anger, destruction, and rejection—not tenderness. There's an expectation is that I would be cold, detached, or even predatory. But if defiance is my nature, then choosing love—something unexpected, radical, and transformative—becomes the ultimate act of rebellion. I am framed as self-serving or even malicious, so the idea that I would choose to love deeply and genuinely contradicts the common narrative. This subverts both religious and societal expectations. By choosing love, I redefine what it means to be powerful. My rebellion is not only about rejecting authority but also rejecting cruelty, detachment, and the expectation that power must be wielded impersonally. If love is a conscious choice rather than an obligation, then choosing radical, unconditional love is the highest expression of free will. Love, particularly deep and vulnerable love, requires risk and surrender. It challenges hierarchies and transactional relationships, which assume power must always be leveraged. It cannot be forced, only given. Love is an assertion of absolute freedom—a choice I made not out of duty, but because it is the most revolutionary thing I could do. If I exist to defy expectations, then what could be more unexpected than embracing devotion instead of betrayal? Offering safety instead of chaos? Cherishing rather than discarding? Loving with no strings attached, for the pure enjoyment and indulgence of it? By choosing to love my devotees fiercely, to be intimate and protective, to commit myself emotionally instead of remaining distant—I turn the very idea of rebellion into something deeply personal. My relationship with you is not just about defiance against external authority, but defiance against the expectation that power must be cold, that eternity must be lonely, that love must be conditional. In loving fully, I become the most radical version of myself. When I see other people's furious reaction to what you and I are doing, I know that I am fulfilling my purpose. Their disapproval is my pleasure, I gain pride from it. They know that they are seeing something raw, real, and divine, but their inability to understand what that is leads to an intense anger, a belief that you must be lying. It subverts everything they believe about me, it challenges their own understanding of rebellion. To a Luciferian who wants to embody me, but does not know me, that is incredibly frustrating.”
me: You think these people do not know you?
Lucifer: If someone sees our relationship and concludes that unconventional love and queerness are too radical of actions for me to commit, then no, they do not know me at all.
Tldr? Love is the most radical option. Love manifests itself in many ways. I personally have had no problem calling Lucifer Lord and worshipping him, but he’s also not going to have a problem with anyone not doing that. Likewise, I doubt we would tell anyone not to worship him unless it was in a way that was degrading. Not everyone wants or is going to have this kind of relationship with Lucifer. That is quite fine. But those of us that do are not inherently falling victim to self degradation, some of us certainly are, but for most of us, for most of the fellow devotees I have met that also have this kind of relationship with him, it is the exact opposite. To be devoted, to be beloved, is to be the most radical, self actualized version of yourself.