Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost gives an answer to the question I just had: “If Satan was the serpent in Genesis and Lucifer is Satan, how can he be a serpent if he hadn’t fallen yet?” John Milton was nice enough to write about how it happened.

Paradise Lost talks about the fall and demise of Lucifer. The epic starts in the middle of the action where Lucifer and his band of rebels decide to overthrow God. Why? Because the once charming and powerful angel’s head got too big. His head got so big that he was blinded by his ego to seek higher power and rule Heaven. Well, he was sadly mistaken when God threw him out like an irresponsible slacker kid in their twenties by their patience-challenged parents. That drop from Heaven was a long fall! I hate to be Lucifer and his confused cult of followers. Lucifer finds himself in a wasteland. Jealousy and hate are all that surround him. Even though he makes a kingdom out of it, Lucifer still wants more. Eventually, he becomes a serpent and then a toad.

Judging by Book I of this epic, this looks close to something we would write. In fact, Jasper wrote about how Lucifer fell for a myth on our web site. I really like this story.