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(''c'') The ''Zohar ''speaks of “ Black Fire,” which is ''Absolute ''Light-Wisdom. To those who, prompted by old theological prejudice, may say : “ But the ''Asuras ''are the rebel Devas, the ''opponents of the Gods — ''hence devils, and the spirits of Evil,” it is answered : Esoteric philosophy admits neither good nor evil ''per se'', as existing independently in nature. The cause for both is found, as regards the Kosmos, in the necessity of contraries or contrasts, and with respect to man, in his human nature, his ignorance and passions. There is no ''devil ''or the utterly depraved, as there are no Angels absolutely perfect, though there may be spirits of Light and of Darkness ; thus Lucifer — the spirit of Intellectual Enlightenment and Freedom of Thought — is metaphorically the guiding beacon, which helps man to find his way through the rocks and sand-banks of Life, for Lucifer is the Logos in his highest, and the “ Adversary ” in his lowest aspect — both of which are reflected in our ''Ego. ''Lactantius, speaking of the Nature of Christ, makes the Logos, the ''Word'', ''the first-born brother of Satan'', the “ ''first of all creatures.''” (''Inst. div''. Book II., c. viii., “ Qabbalah,” 116.)