*SATAN - also see EVIL, DEVIL
Satan (Hebrew for "the adversary") or devil (Greek) is the Cosmic Magician who produces multilicity of forms to hide the One Formless. In God's plan the sole function of Satan is to attempt to divert man from Spirit to matter, from Reality to unreality. Christ Consciousness, within man's own being, effortlessly destroys the illusions or works of the devil. (Yogi, p284)
The unseen, heavenly forces have greater power and will overcome the world’s darkness and selfishness, breaking through with a light that will transform this realm for a thousand years, when all evil and temptation will be bound and a golden age will reign. The biblical book of the Revelation conveys this prophecy: “I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years.” (Rev. 20:2) Of course, souls in the world must help lift humanity to higher levels of understanding, love, and spirituality. (http://www.edgarcayce.org/2012.asp)
There is no uncreated being except God, and as a consequence, no opposite to God. The devils are fallen angels and Satan, the leader or dictator of devils who was once an archangel, is not the opposite of God, but of the Archangel Michael. (The Screwtape Letters, p9)
The Devil and father of all liers. ( )