Thanks once again for hosting and generously answering all of these questions.
1. Is it possible for a person to progress along their path, eventually passing beyond human incarnation, without deliberately pursuing spiritual practice? In other words, is every atheist stalling at best, and going the wrong direction at worst, or can atheism be a necessary spiritual step somehow?
2. I recently read you mention that if someone monetizes some teaching they got for free on your blog, you should be paid for that. I’ve taught monetized classes where I shared things you’ve posted for free on your blogs. I figured that taking bits and pieces of things I’ve learned, whether for free or that I paid for, and sharing a mix of that combined with my own experience (monetized), is basically what every teacher and book I’ve learned from has also done, and thus, is normal and ok to do. But if the occult has taught me anything, it’s to be open to being wrong and owning up to it. What are your thoughts?
3. I noticed you mentioned on your other blog that John Gilbert had dealings with - and steered his students away from - 22 Teachings. Do you know what happened between he and them to leave such a bad taste or why he would ultimately decide to dissuade students from them?
4. I know you respect Duquette but what do you make of his belief that Goetic spirits are only portions of the human brain (parroting Crowley) rather than objective, independent beings? My experience with working magic is that I started from the former and experience led me to the latter, which is also your position, if I’m not mistaken. Is it the case that he’s simply wrong about this aspect of magic but he has other useful teachings to offer? To me, getting something that wrong makes me question everything coming from the source.
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A few Qs
Date: 2022-07-18 05:07 am (UTC)Thanks once again for hosting and generously answering all of these questions.
1. Is it possible for a person to progress along their path, eventually passing beyond human incarnation, without deliberately pursuing spiritual practice? In other words, is every atheist stalling at best, and going the wrong direction at worst, or can atheism be a necessary spiritual step somehow?
2. I recently read you mention that if someone monetizes some teaching they got for free on your blog, you should be paid for that. I’ve taught monetized classes where I shared things you’ve posted for free on your blogs. I figured that taking bits and pieces of things I’ve learned, whether for free or that I paid for, and sharing a mix of that combined with my own experience (monetized), is basically what every teacher and book I’ve learned from has also done, and thus, is normal and ok to do. But if the occult has taught me anything, it’s to be open to being wrong and owning up to it. What are your thoughts?
3. I noticed you mentioned on your other blog that John Gilbert had dealings with - and steered his students away from - 22 Teachings. Do you know what happened between he and them to leave such a bad taste or why he would ultimately decide to dissuade students from them?
4. I know you respect Duquette but what do you make of his belief that Goetic spirits are only portions of the human brain (parroting Crowley) rather than objective, independent beings? My experience with working magic is that I started from the former and experience led me to the latter, which is also your position, if I’m not mistaken. Is it the case that he’s simply wrong about this aspect of magic but he has other useful teachings to offer? To me, getting something that wrong makes me question everything coming from the source.
Thanks again,
Mauve Atomic Lorax