The Sun and the Great Mother are probably the oldest representation of gods we know. These are represented in neo-luciferianism by Lucifer and the Goddess, and of these, only Lucifer is manifested in a percieveable way, so therefore we describe man's "voyage to the Sun". Neo-Luciferianism is a road to the god with the light, the spiritual enlightment (Lux). Beyond that enlightment is a still deeper knowlegde, the Goddess, darkness (Nox). It is only the road from "the earth to the sun" which may be desbribed through an initiatory system. To attain unto the last step, towards the Goddess, may only be attained by the help of the God. To pretend to be able to initiate unto that step is humbug.

The God is the outer, manifested part of the Goddess, like the Goddess is the hidden inner core of the God. In this way we may say that the Goddess is Lucifer and Lucifer is the Goddess.

 The first goal in true initiation is to attain unto contact with the Daimon. This is a complicated proces because the ordinary man is under continuous influence from different forces. In other words, there are so much noise in the life of most people, that we're unable to hear that inner voice that will guide us to our goal.

By balancing these forces we strive towards a mental peace where the noise is stilled, so the Daimon may speak. With The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn this proces was described in the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram and with the symbols The Sun over The Moon, weighted against Venus opposite to Mercury - or the cross consistens of Tiphareth, Yesod, Netzach and Hod on the Cabbalistic Tree of Life. 

The solution to the problem, that is, the balancing of the forces, was a central theme in classic occultism. But the classic occultism work according to an obsolete episteme, that in order to attain balance, the magician must be an expert in - and able to rule - each and everyone of these forces. This is the reainnesance man's comprehension of being learned, that he should know a little about everything. This episteme is no longer valid. You must find what you're best at and then perfect it! This is the only way towards an elite. As a magical method, this is not insignificant. It is not nescessary that you master all the different forces, as long as you're well-informed and conscious about their influence. If only you make your spiritual fire - your pure aspiration towards insight - hot enough, all the small parts will melt together to one consistent mass.

The neo-luciferian road to initiation is described by use of the astroligical symbols. We are initiated from the Earth, via the Moon, Venus, Mercury and finally the Sun. This is the straight path between earth and the sun. In the Neo-Luciferian Church we follow a structure with Seven Grades, but only five grades have any real importance. The two last grades are administrative only. 

Goddess, negative existance, highest umanifested deity. She reflect herself in the God, the positive existant, highest manifested deity.

Ruder Es - Hermes som Samael
Tarotkort tegnet af  Ben Kadosh

Lucifer is the planet Venus, or more correctly, the spiritual energies attributed to the astrological Venus, not the astronomical. Aleister Crowley saw the importance of the Venus symbol when he wrote: "There is furthermore the alchemical symbol of Venus, the only one of the planetary symbols which comprises all the Sephiroth of the Tree of Life. The doctrine implied is that the fundamental formula of the Universe is Love. [The circle touches the Sephiroth 1, 2, 4, 6, 5, 3; the Cross is formed by 6, 9, 10 and 7, 8.]"[1] What he may have overlooked is, that Lucifer in this way becomes a universal image of God.