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Blavatsky speaks of the work of Satan to raise man from an animal-like condition to a sublime state
in her book The Secret Doctrine.

And now it stands proven that Satan, or the Red Fiery Dragon, “The Lord of Phosphorous”
(brimstone was a theological improvement), and Lucifer, or “Light Bearer,” is in us: it is our Mind
(our tempter and Redeemer), our intelligent liberator and Savior from pure animalism. Without this
principle - the emanation of the very essence of the pure divine principle Mahat (Intelligence), which
radiates direct from the Divine mind - we would be surely no better than animals.

The “pure divine principle” to which Blavatsky refers is the prima materia of the Alchemists. The
movie producer Stanley Kubrick, a profound esotericist, created the film 2001, A Space Odyssey, to
present to mankind the very teaching which Madame Blavatsky was expressing. Throughout the
movie mankind encounters a black stone obelisk. This obelisk is the Philosopher’s Stone, the prima
materia of Alchemy. It is also Lucifer. The first encounter shows man as being ape-like, “no better
than animals.”

2001 - Man’s First Encounter with the Prima Materia

As a result of this encounter, these human forebears suddenly learn how to use tools. Four million
years later mankind has his second encounter with the black monolith as they discover one hidden
beneath the surface of the moon.

Man’s Second Encounter with the Philosopher’s Stone

Upon this encounter, the monolith begins emitting an intense signal, directing mankind to a location
near the planet Jupiter. To use the words of Blavatsky, the signal is “the emanation of the very
essence of the pure divine principle Mahat (Intelligence), which radiates direct from the Divine
mind.” People involved with the movie state that Stanley Kubrick initially planned to have the
destination to be near the planet Saturn, but he was thwarted by the technicians inability to construct
a realistic image of Saturn and its rings, opting for the easier image of the planet Jupiter. If this