Secret History Of Lucifer: And The Meaning Of The True Da Vinci Code (Q)

Lynn Picknett explains in this highly readable and well-researched account that the horned Devil — now posited as an antithesis of God — is merely a new, and admittedly more evil, incarnation of the old woodland deity Pan; while Lucifer was once a personification of the Morning Star, the planet Venus, and its goddess. "He" was therefore originally "she," and a divine representation of love, beauty, and human warmth. Indeed, many ancient goddesses were known as Lucifera, or "Light-bringer" — an honor extended to Mary Magdalene in her true role as goddess-worshipping priestess and Christ's successor.