Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 105
"When I came to this place I retained the
impress of my early faith, but have long
since abandoned all expectation of intervention
from Heaven. I have listened to tales
of war and subjugation; to stories of mighty
deeds accomplished by the Star-spirits; I
have seen the unsparing cruelty and undisturbed
domination of their giant sons, till I
am convinced that faith in God is a fiction
of the imagination. The weak minds of the
common herd crave a religion, and Satanas
has supplied it in the worship of his Symbol
--the serpent.
"The kingdoms of earthly princes have
passed away. God, if there be one, cares not
for men, nor takes notice of their affairs. He
leaves the earth to my Lords Satanas, Zaradis,
Hesperus, Ramidas, Saranzia, Owadu
and many others, who reign in distant regions.
But all pay allegiance to Satanas, the
Light-bearer, who seduced them from Heaven1
and placed them in subordinate power.
1 See Appendix, Note 15.
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