What I meant to say is that there is a difference between Lucifer and Satan or the "Chief Commander" (of the dark forces). The Chief Commander is at the head of the hierarchy of darkness, who orchestrates all kinds of mischief, and the one you sell your soul to - "I sold my to the Chief Commander, the one in the invisible world" - Bob Dylan (nice move Dylan).
This one I see as being at the fountain of darkness, and the one who distributes it throughout Creation as he sees fit and makes out all the plans for the dark side. While Lucifer I see more as the one who limits its activity and make sure it doesn't get out or hand or go aganst God's will (as much as possible) or more as a passive observer. Basically, I think he manages not to get his hands dirty despite of working in the middle of it all, and that's why he was chosen for the job.
As for the name, what's in a name? Anyone can call themselves Lucifer. I think he's been a deliberate confusion with Satan. Also all those Satanists who call themselves "Luciferians", it's kind of a cover that doesn't sound as bad as people don't know much about Lucifer. Kind of the ones who call themselves Christian (they like switching things up and hiding themselves behind something more respectable sounding and DECEPTION in itself).
Also, the way people refer to him as "God" and say "Lucifer is the real God of this world". Well, he WOULD be God to them, as he limits their activity and puts a stop to many of their bad plans. So they probably view him as a detested despotic kind of God (like the one in the Old Testament).
Anyway, it would be nice to think he'll soon, or already be back in his luminous form, the one who has performed the ultimate sacrifice, and has grown even greater and brighter through it. If he has /will come back after all that time, or after spending a whole eternity chained into darkness out of will for self-sacrifice, he has probably changed to something different or climbed a rank in the angelic hierarchy.
Although that takes forever, but then Lucifer wasn't an angel, he was a Cherub, the second highest in the angelic hierarchy and close to becoming a Seraphim, who only guard the thrown of God. I think Cherubs are the lowset who get involved with humanity or Creation in any way. So in that sense I guess it would be right to say he was the highest angel that mattered to us as the Seraphim are far beyound all our comprehension..
By the way, I wonder if Lucifer was ever embodied in physical incarnations? That would have been something to have seen. How he went about things as he became such a legend. Maybe something close to Jesus, although Jesus has a human soul (the first-born of God?), so his development would be slower but more stable.
Angels evolve more quickly, but more fleeting, and with many setbacks, as many don't ever properly land on Earth and don't quite realise they're not still in heaven (Marilyn Monroe, Pete Doherty, etc. many in the drug scene).
There's a purity and innocence and kind of perfected friendliness about them. But they tend to lack realism and normal grounding (Marilyn Monroe aww). They like drugs because it makes them feel closer to home or enables them to linger inbetween Heaven and Earth.
(Lucifer would probably hate drugs with a "Holy Anger")
P.S Thom Yorke should also be added to one of the incarnated angels in the public eye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk
He has an obvious angelic essence underneath...and I'd say he's aware of it by the way he sings "You're just like an angel". He just prefers to keep it a secret and work for the good.
He's very different from Pete Doherty, however. Much more reasonable and has much more self-control and realism built into him, and understands how this world works. Also much, much stronger. "I don't care if it hurts". The heart of a lion.
Wouldn't say one is that much greater than the other. Have a feeling PD has done great things for this world in the past, but was mislead in this lifetime, as it happens. But thanks to both for the sacrifice.