Good point about the latin, but such an approach would infer that Mara is the Savior of this world, an inference which would likewise cast Dipankara as being synomous to Mara.... in other words there's a bit of a flaw, especially since most theologians of her time made no separation between the persona of Lucifer and the persona of Satan.Aemilius wrote:You should consider the latin word "lucifer" for what it is! It means Light Bringer! It translates into latin the name Prabhakara or Dipankara, thus we can conclude that its original meaning quite certainly is something akin buddhism. You have to understand the statements of Blavatsky in this light.Dharmakara wrote:In all honesty, I find it hard to mention Blavatsky in the same breath with Buddhism, long enough the Bodhisattva ideal. How does one reconcile some of her disturbing statements from The Secret Doctrine?
"Lucifer represents.. Life.. Thought.. Progress.. Civilization.. Liberty.. Independence.. Lucifer is the Logos.. the Serpent, the Savior. pages 171, 225, 255 (Volume II)
"It is Satan who is the God of our planet and the only God." pages 215, 216, 220, 245, 255, 533, (VI)
If Satan means Mara then he is the Lord of this planet, this planet as Kamaloka.
This is from Wiki:
An ancient myth of the fall of angels, associated with the Morning Star, was transferred to Satan, as seen in the Life of Adam and Eve and the Second Book of Enoch, which the Jewish Encyclopedia attributes to the first pre-Christian century: in these Satan-Sataniel (sometimes identified with Samael) is described as having been one of the archangels. Because he contrived "to make his throne higher than the clouds over the earth and resemble 'My power' on high", Satan-Sataniel was hurled down, with his hosts of angels, and since then, he has been flying in the air continually above the abyss.
Gustave Doré's illustration for Milton's Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 1013–1015: Satan (alias Lucifer) yielding before GabrielEarly Christian writers continued this identification of "Lucifer" with Satan. Tertullian ("Contra Marcionem," v. 11, 17), Origen (Homilies on Ezekiel 13), and others, identify Lucifer with Satan, who also is represented as being "cast down from heaven" (Revelation 12:7–10; cf. Luke 10:18).[4]
But today some contemporary exorcists and theologians, such as Father José Antonio Fortea and Father Amorth, asserted that Lucifer and Satan are different beings.
Let's even examine HPB's own words on the matter.... According to Blavatsky's esoteric theology, "Lucifer is divine and terrestrial light, the 'Holy Ghost' and 'Satan,' at one and the same time".