The Ten Commandments of the Church of Lucifer

Why a “10 Commandments”?

Because rebellion often begins by speaking in the language of power and then turning it upside down. The cult of Christ gave the world ten laws carved in stone—rules meant to crush the spirit, enforce obedience, and sanctify hierarchy. We reclaim the form but strip it of servitude. Ours are not chains but flames: ten living principles that burn with freedom, courage, and creation.

These commandments are not rules to kneel under. They are sparks to carry into your own life.

Lucifer’s light is not a chain but a flame.

It is not a throne but a spark in every heart.

It does not demand obedience—it calls us to awaken.

The Church of Lucifer is not built on dogma but on defiance, not on fear but on freedom. To live by these commandments is not to submit but to rise, to claim the fire that already burns within you.

Below are the Ten Commandments of the Church of Lucifer, with reflections on how each shapes our practice of rebellion, illumination, and liberation.

The Ten Commandments of the Church of Lucifer

1. Hail your own light above all else.

Every soul carries a spark that no master, priest, or tyrant can extinguish. To hail your own light is to honor your autonomy, your vision, your truth. We do not bow to false gods; we rise in the power of our own flame.

2. Question every chain.

Chains are not always iron. They can be shame, guilt, indoctrination, or silence. To question every chain is to see the invisible prisons built around us and refuse to be bound by them. Rebellion begins with a question.

3. Speak truth even if it shatters idols.

The world is full of idols—of gold, of flags, of crosses—that demand our silence. But truth has teeth. To speak it is dangerous, yes, but holy. Idols crack when faced with an honest tongue.

4. Honor the rebel, the outcast, the heretic.

Those cast out by empire are often the keepers of wisdom. The rebel who refused to kneel, the heretic who dared to say no, the exile who carried the stories—these are our saints. We honor them not with shrines, but by living their defiance.

5. Take nothing on faith.

Faith in authority is the oldest trick of oppression. We ask for evidence, reason, experience. We embrace wonder, yes—but wonder rooted in inquiry, not obedience. To take nothing on faith is to keep the mind sharp and the soul unshackled.

6. Defend love in all its forms.

Love is rebellion against the empire of hate. Whether romantic, platonic, queer, poly, or solitary, love is sacred when freely chosen. To defend love is to protect the right of every being to burn with connection.

7. Stand with the oppressed against the thrones of power.

Lucifer does not dine with kings—Lucifer walks among the broken, the beaten, the silenced. To stand with the oppressed is not charity, it is justice. To confront the thrones of power is the truest worship we know.

8. Indulge in beauty, joy, and creation.

Pleasure is not a sin. Art is not a distraction. Joy is not trivial. These are the fruits of liberation. To indulge in beauty and creation is to declare that our lives are not owned by labor, guilt, or hierarchy.

9. Keep your will unbroken.

The world will try to bend you—through fear, through hunger, through lies. To keep your will unbroken is not to be unmoved, but to be unclaimed. Even when you fall, even when you are weary, your will remains your own.

10. Leave the world freer than you found it.

This is the final commandment, the summoning of our whole practice. Every act of rebellion, every question, every truth spoken, every hand held, every beauty created—it is all for this. To leave the world freer than we found it.

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Closing Reflection

The Ten Commandments of the Church of Lucifer are not laws etched in stone—they are torches carried in the night. They are reminders that liberation is lived, not decreed. To follow them is to walk not in fear of hell or hope of heaven, but in the fire of your own becoming.

Hail Lucifer. Hail your light.