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  • Your idea of faith seems to be mostly guided by the abrahamic faiths. They claim to be the literal truth, on the other hand most other religions are a lot less categorical.

    In the introduction to one of his books, Aleister Crowley says :

    “In this book it is spoken of the sephiroth & the paths, of spirits & conjurations, or gods, spheres, planes & many other things which may or may not exist. It is immaterial whether they exist or not. By doing certain things certain results follow: students are most earnestly warned against attributing objective reality or philosophical validity to any of them.”

    I don’t know the position of Wiccans, but Thelema (where the term “Magick” originates) literally says “we actually don’t give a fuck whether these things are true. Actually, scratch that, if you believe in them you’re an idiot”

    I don’t think Wiccans are under any illusion their religion isn’t constructed. I believe it’s even part of their practice to actively construct new things within it, establish their own spells and whatnot.


  • This is why I usually self-describe as “Christian” : I believe (for the most part) in the philosophy of Jesus Christ.

    Do I think he was a real guy ? Probably not. Historical evidence seems to suggest he was at least two guys, plus a story about an angel, plus a few other things on top. That’s kinda irrelevant to me, though.

    Do I believe in god ? Only in the deistic sense, even then I’m not sure.

    Jesus is like Frodo or Heracles to me, a character that we can learn from. I really like the whole “love your neighbor as yourself” “give to the poor and help the needy” which I see as his main message.

    I’m a Christian in the same sense that I’m a Pragmatist, but Christianity has the edge in that it has a story and a character to relate to. The guy preaching love and getting trampled by the world for it, is sadly still a relevant image today.


  • Magick is demonstrably not bullshit. It works, just like prayer works, just like meditation works. Partly because you believe in it, partly because rituals have inherent effects on human minds and emotions.

    Spirituality serves the purpose of using those parts of your brain and mind that are not strictly rational, and/or inaccessible through rational thought alone.

    Just thinking real hard about it can’t help you get over a breakup, for example. Or get closure over someone’s death. Spirituality is there for those sorts of times.