I will first present some knowledge from the Ethiopian text of The Investiture of Michael the Archangel, then I will give commentary. The Text In the Ethiopian text of The Investiture of Michael the Archangel, we learn that Lucifer was the first created Angel. The text does not say “Lucifer”, but says “ArchePlasma”. The translator says that this word never appeared in any other text he knew of, so he was loathe to just translate it as “Lucifer.” I think we can appreciate both terms,
Hi Michael, since I, too, share the the Archangel's name (and often feel as if I must be an extraterrestrial entity only just visiting this peculiar plane[t] of experience), not to mention I've been known to dabble in paint (mostly oil, but I have experimented with egg tempera) I've taken it upon myself to try and adjust the photograph of your painting so we can see it a bit better. It can be downloaded from my public DropBox, here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aivg3n1rkk6yfau/Michael-and-Plasma.jpg?dl=0 It may look a bit over saturated against the black background, but I tried my best to get the light more evenly distributed over the surface and eliminate the blue sky spilling over the top edge. I hope it is satisfactory!
Michael, thank you for taking us on this journey. It makes sense that God created ADAM as all possible humans who will ever be born, and that we are all living out some of those infinite possibilities. And that Lucifer gave us polarity, or something to choose between in every moment. Always a pleasure to read your thoughts.
What you said about the painting spurred me to think all day about the ways the polarity of life is represented by the figures of Michael and Lucifer. Could Lucifer represent the repulsive force in nature while Michael is the attractive force? Where would these ideas have originated from?
Nicely woven mythologies . . into a glimpse of an electric universe. Perhaps ? Anyway, I like the way you got me to look at that possibility. As you say - it's a pretty big choice to recognise.
Hi Michael, since I, too, share the the Archangel's name (and often feel as if I must be an extraterrestrial entity only just visiting this peculiar plane[t] of experience), not to mention I've been known to dabble in paint (mostly oil, but I have experimented with egg tempera) I've taken it upon myself to try and adjust the photograph of your painting so we can see it a bit better. It can be downloaded from my public DropBox, here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aivg3n1rkk6yfau/Michael-and-Plasma.jpg?dl=0 It may look a bit over saturated against the black background, but I tried my best to get the light more evenly distributed over the surface and eliminate the blue sky spilling over the top edge. I hope it is satisfactory!
Thanks
I showed the photo to an artist friend of mine who also immediately started adjusting the image.
Michael, thank you for taking us on this journey. It makes sense that God created ADAM as all possible humans who will ever be born, and that we are all living out some of those infinite possibilities. And that Lucifer gave us polarity, or something to choose between in every moment. Always a pleasure to read your thoughts.
What you said about the painting spurred me to think all day about the ways the polarity of life is represented by the figures of Michael and Lucifer. Could Lucifer represent the repulsive force in nature while Michael is the attractive force? Where would these ideas have originated from?
Nicely woven mythologies . . into a glimpse of an electric universe. Perhaps ? Anyway, I like the way you got me to look at that possibility. As you say - it's a pretty big choice to recognise.