The Sphere of Redemption Part I

Part I: Lucifer's Creation of Hand, Tempera, 4' x 9'

Before the creation of man, Lucifer becomes initially concscious through a drop from the celestial oceans, which enlivens his eye when the Divine injunction "Let Us make Man in Our Image" is uttered. He strives to gain for himself the power of individual will with which he forsees man will be endowed. The symbol of this power is the right hand, which he conceives through his wing's union with the Spirit Fire. When the hand is delivered he uses it, first to destroy that wing, and then to create his own left hand. Once it is formed, Lucifer uses the might of the left hand perversely and allows the right hand to wither. This brings about his fall to the under regions of the universe, and the loss of the seed of redemption from the withered palm of his right hand, where, by virtue of his angel origin, it was seeded.