KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money

by J.M.R. Higgs

To Steiner, Lucifer and Mephistopheles are opposite principals. At their simplest, they can be thought of as energy and matter. Lucifer is the light-bringer. He represents thought, creativity and spiritual desire. Mephistopheles, meanwhile, represents the physical world. He is matter, solidification, boundaries and limitations. They are both considered to be necessary, for without Lucifer there is no motion, and without Mephistopheles there is no form. Yet they are both considered to be dangerous, and negative. It is necessary to avoid lusting after Lucifer's promise of spiritual bliss, or Mephistopheles' gift of worldly desires. To Steiner, the Christ figure was the mid-point between these two extremes, and this was the state to aspire to. Beyond that mid-point the world would alternate between the negative influences of one or the other.