When It Comes To Management - There Is No Better Teacher Than Satan
In Paradise Lost Milton deals with the story not merely one of individual God or man, not merely one incident, a Nativity (birth) or a Crucifixion (death), but with a whole host of characters and an immense cycle of events. There is a war in Heaven; angels without number are defeated hurled through space, falling for nine days before reaching Hell. They are giants in stature, heroes by nature. A diabolical plan is evolved for the continuance of the war by other means: God’s purposes are to be frustrated on every hand; in particular his new creation, Earth, peopled with near-angelic creatures living in Paradise, is to be possessed and corrupted. Sin and Death are to stalk the Earth until God’s son shall come to buy back Man from his inevitable destiny in Hell. If Paradise Lost has one outstanding feature, it is that of dimension; everything, especially the power of evil, is vast beyond human belief. It is innate, it is instinctive, it is inborn. That is why the problem too (the 'problem’ of salvation – mind’s creation? Or it real). Open opinions invited.
Why? Please read on…
At the newly-created Pandemonium in Hell, Satan opens the great council of the fallen angels. He first asserts his own right to leadership on three counts: appointment by heavenly law and title; free choice; his own merit. He stresses his unenviable position as a leader, for he will be the first to suffer from God’s greater vengeance if they fail. He calls for expressions of opinion.
Moloch, a warmonger (meaning fiery spirit), proposes an immediate renewal of hostilities. They are immortal, and no pain can be greater than those they now suffer. And if they can be and are utterly destroyed, oblivion is better than their present state. And they can inflict a lot of damage before they are beaten.
Next speaks Belial, the appeaser (Hebrew, for worthlessness – signifying sloth), who proposes peace and ease at any cost. Even though they suffer pain, they exist and they can think, and such privileges should not be thrown away by renewal of the war. By adopting a submissive attitude, the fallen angels may persuade God to commute their sentence and ease their torments.
Mammon the materialist (wealth regarded as a god or evil influence) follows, dismissing arms resistance as futile, and passive acceptance of their fate as alien to their convictions. He proposes that the fallen angels should henceforward accept Hell as their natural environment, develop its resources, and build an independent, orderly and fiery empire. His proposal is greeted with loud acclaim.
Mammon’s plan does not suit Satan and Beelzebub, who have already decided what is best to be done. Making full use of his powers of oratory Beelzebub, a schemer (using scorn, the sting of pride, the hope of a practical and painless solution and the wonder of new information about “another world”), points out that God would never permit the establishment of a rival empire. Attack he favours, but not direct attack. A new world God has created and the new race of man is destined to inhabit it. This new world will be less strongly guarded than Heaven. He proposes subversion or even its occupation and it would be pleasanter than Hell. Beelzebub cunningly prepares the way for Satan by suggesting that a reconnaissance should be undertaken to test the validity of his plan. This is accepted with enthusiasm.
Commending the wisdom of this decision, Satan the clever manipulator, calls for a volunteer to undertake the hazardous spy mission to the earth. None being forthcoming as Satan had anticipated – he offers to go himself. Satan shows courage here, but the courage is motivated by malice and spite and the desire for power and glory. The united devils rejoice in their “matchless chief”. Satan instructs them while he is away to make the most of Hell’s resources and amenities. Having achieved his purpose, Satan brings the deliberations of the council to an end.
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