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Embodiments of Pure Emotion
We are talking about Asteroth. Asteroth is a demon. Is this safe territory to go into? What would you, my friends, say that “gods” are? Any answer is a legitimate answer. Beings more powerful than humans who wish to be worshipped? Benevolent comes to mind but the Old Testament counters that. Omni-powerful? Beings outside our reality.…
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Asteroth Corruption
In human conscious- ness there has been some serious ambiguity. Humanity has been maturing very slowly as seen from a human point of view. One of the inner conflicts is the issue of who is actually the bearer of the gift of life. In older pagan cultures, females were widely regarded as the source of…
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Source in Astarte
Asteroth has his source in Astarte. Astarte was Asheras more aggressive twin, a goddess of fertility and war. Female? Yes. Astarte was seen as the protective sister of the earth mother as well as a mother figure herself to a lesser degree, and the two were seen to rule the divine kingdom with Astarte as…
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Secret Cicero
Now what could we know of the gods directly? How could we understand a being of pure, absolute love? We need contrast? If we are part of god, then it’s just self-love. Ah, self-love sounds a bit demonic doesn’t it? What happens when entropy gets a hold of energy? Dissipates it? Actually, just slows it…
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Not Useful but Valuable
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Using Asteroth as Patron
Category: Asteroth
Asteroth is a male demon, and generally one of the less passionate demons. More cerebral in his overall temperament, his presence and influence are never the less typically seen as threatening and toxic, and his advice as corrupting. Care to guess what he advises people to do? What he teaches?
Sex? Lie? No. Crafts and the humanities, invention. It’s thought that if one is inspired by Asteroth, they will not place adequate faith in divine authority.
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