Not as a metaphor. Not as a symbol borrowed from somewhere else and pressed into service. As a name — the name given in scripture, carried through the Western esoteric tradition, and now claimed again with full awareness of what it means and what it does not mean. The Ordo Luciferis Resurgentis is a Gnostic initiatory order working within the Christo-Luciferian current: the recognition that the name Lucifer belongs, authentically and primarily, to Christ: the bright Morning Star of 2 Peter 1:19, the Light-Bearer who is the Logos, the light that shines in the darkness and is not overcome by it. This is not a provocative position. It is an ancient one. And it has consequences — for doctrine, for practice, for the life of the person who takes it seriously. If you have arrived here because the name disturbed you, read on. If you have arrived here because something in that name rang true, you are also in the right place.