One of the things you cannot escape with occultism is religion. Most magical systems are hardwired into religion in some way. It is possible to change systems of magic, such as flipping the Key of Solomon or Abramelin to a pagan magical system, but religion has to be a factor. This is because occultism has […]
When I was a born-again Christian, there was a movie which was dragged around the Youth Camps I attended, which was based on the concept that the rapture was a real thing. The film A Thief in the Night had a song by Larry Norman, I Wish We Had All Been Ready, which every young Christian […]
While many neo-pagans have a problem with Jesus and Christian symbolism they need to start applying the same rules that they do with the other religions they use. Ancient magicians tended to see all faiths as something they could use. It didn’t matter what the followers of that religious thought, rather than what that […]
There are a few interesting posts around at the moment about the importance of the Christian religion within the Golden Dawn and much collective agreement that this particular religion was vital, particularly of the Second Order. The evidence appears fairly conclusive with the 5=6 being a Rosicrucian ritual and this equals being a Christian. There […]