I had the pleasure of appearing on the Infernal Legion podcast to celebrate this Memorial Day. I shared an excerpt of john Milton’s Paradise Lost and connected it to the fallen soldiers, and us Satanists. You can find the Infernal Legion on RadioFreeSatan here: https://radiofreesatan.com/blog/category/infernallegion/.
Enjoy the episode:
Paradise Lost Excerpt:
All is not lost; the unconquerable Will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield:
And what is else not to be overcome?
Paradise Lost, Book One
John Milton
My Thoughts
- Its talking about lucifers fall but it could easily be talking about fallen soldiers
- Revenge and hate would be the state sending them to battle
- Courage never submitting being the soldiers role
- What else not to be overcome? Meaning it is not teh soldiers will or choice to do anything but follow orders
- Put themselves in harm for their brothers in arms and civilians at home
- Soldiers gave up rights to serve, in order to secure those rights
- Satanists are fallen
- Memorial day is meant to honor the fallen in service
- As we know what it means to be outcast for our beliefs, we too understand sacrifice, perhaps more than most
- Veterans are doubly sentient to sacrifice, as it was ever present
- So we honor those who have fallen, not farther than us yet still beyond our mortal reach