The fall of the damned

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) The Fall of the Damned, ca. 1620

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Rubens - Fall of the Damned (detail) (1620)

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O Lord of darkness and infernal flames, Your gaze scorches the souls of those who kneel before you, With every skull, with every fall, your shadow grows, You rise above the damned, who offer their fear in trembling, Let the flames you ignite consume all deceit, And may your power shatter the walls of human delusion. HAIL SATAN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #HailSatan #InfernalMajesty #SatanicHymn #DarkArts #LuciferianArt #DiabolicalWorship #SatanicRitual #HellishGlory #InfernalPower #Blasphemy #DarkLord…

Gustave Dore Illustration for the Divine Comedy (Paradiso, c. XIV, vv. 82-83) color

Clintel Steed, “Rubens, Fall of the Damned” (2016), oil on canvas, 80 x 67 inches

Let heaven seal its gates, let the angelic choir fall silent in scandal — my stride weighs more than their hymn. I am not obedient, nor am I damned. I am fire that needs no sacred flame. I am shadow that begs for no light. Behind me, doctrines burn. Before me, the unnamed holds its breath. And that which you call demon is merely my truth — too wild to be spoken in prayer. I do not enter the darkness — it rises within me, embraces me like a brother, and together we carry the burden of…

“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.” Dante Alighieri

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