What follows is a personal definition of the phrase Abyssus`Luciferous, the writing of which was prompted by differing circumstances:

1.) The notion that there is no personal significance to the phrase as pertains to Me, use stemming from a cheesy attempt to be sinister, evil or scary.

2.) Other people's misinterpretations of the use and/or context of usage as put forth by MySelf.

Let Me say first, as regards circumstance number one, that there is indeed personal significance in the use of Abyssus`Luciferous, the phrase not being something simply culled from some odd or obscure source to sound spooky or cool. This will be plainly evidenced as I detail the history of the phrase's incorporation into My vocabulary...

My use of the word Abyssus originated in 7th grade (1988-'89), around the time I was becoming familiar with the Satanic Bible and its alignment with My already developed beliefs. My family and I made a visit to the Renaissance Festival where I became immediately obsessed with a necklace I happened to lay eyes on. I was moved to purchase the item and wore it everyday thereafter. The necklace depicted a bronze relief mould of a dragon's head mounted between two downward curving talons. I spent numerous hours studying its carved surface, likening it to the great serpent Leviathan, and numerous hours more scribbling out sketches of it on homework assignments, folders and whatever else I could get away with inscribing with its image.

Fast-forward to 9th grade, Christmas time: My Satanic inclinations are basically common knowledge among My peers by this point, and notoriety is prominent in My high school life with My beliefs incorporated into My artwork. One friend presented to Me what she thought to be particularly appropriate as a Christmas gift- a gold ring with the head of a ram. Although I was never a big fan of gold, I was smitten with the ring...however, it was too small and would not even fit on My pinkie finger. Undaunted, I simply ran the cord of My necklace through the ring and wore it pseudo-bangle.

One day, not long after, I was studying the ring and discovered that under the ram head was a deep recess into which the loop on the dragon ornament (through which the necklace cord was run) fit nicely. The fit was so perfect that it was as if the two pieces were intended to be joined. Inspired to unify the two permanently, I took a large metal file and over the next week worked to render the ring non-existent, leaving just the ram's head. Without the round obstruction all it took was some chemical reinforcement (super-glue) to produce what would become My personal symbol.

Over the next few months I was constantly pestered with questions as to what the necklace meant. Many (such as 'concerned' teachers and school counselors) inferred that it was some occult symbol (and, in a way, I suppose it was..though I did not at the time consider it such), while others were convinced that wearing it was My declaration that I was an Aries or Capricorn (neither of which are true, My being a Virgo). Owing no one any explanation, I still found MySelf trying to convince these people that there was no deeper meaning to My necklace than decorative function.

This was My first of many lessons that people do not want answers to their questions...in their minds they already have the answer: they just want what they believe to be confirmed, an affirmation of thier curiosities and fears. Any legitimate answer that I could give would conflict with their established notions, and would therefore be readily filed as a lie. I discovered that the mundane truth about My necklace was simply unfathomable to these guessers and would-be inquisitors, so I gave up on flat denials and valid explanations and gave them not just an un-answer to their queries, but also a name for them to ponder. I chose 'The Abyssus' as a suitable title for My jewelry, the core of the name an inside joke between MySelf and a very select few Friends (the punchline being that Abyssus is Greek for unfathomable, bottomless; ie, the ignorance factor of the fools in question).

Reflecting on the name I had chosen for the necklace, I soon realized that the newly monikered artifact was a mirror of many aspects of My life...primarily My belief system. Nobody (even among My Friends) really understood My fascination with Satanism or how I could so easily intertwine that dreaded philosophy so shamelessly into My everyday life. Almost flauntingly open about My stance, few were very receptive to My conviction. After all, it was "only a phase, stereotypical of boys that age". Again, with people's inability and/or refusal to understand, My Satanic enlightenment (acheived years previous) remained unfathomable to My adult and adolescent peers. And that line of Thinking was the origin of My use of the word Luciferous, Lucifer being the "Bringer of Light", and "Light" being a metaphor for Knowledge and Understanding. From that day My religio-philosophical views and standpoints were to be referred to as My Abyssus`Luciferous, Unfathomable Enlightenment, and The Abyssus was to be My Standard, My Symbol of Power.