I can't speak to Bon -- which is not Buddhist, by the way -- but in the Western occult tradition it's quite possible to work with some classes of tricky or dangerous spirits. Demons in the strict sense, however, are another matter, because -- ahem -- they're smarter than we are, and any attempt to manipulate them quickly turns into an opportunity for them to mess with the silly little human. (They can be banished and exorcised with the help of deities and angels, who are smarter and stronger than they are.)
As for people who get into Satanism, they're messing themselves over in a big way. It's not permanent, but they're going to spend a lot of lives clawing their way out of the karmic pit they dig for themselves.
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Re: An oddity and a problem.
Date: 2022-11-28 06:26 pm (UTC)As for people who get into Satanism, they're messing themselves over in a big way. It's not permanent, but they're going to spend a lot of lives clawing their way out of the karmic pit they dig for themselves.