Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting toward midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. With certain exceptions, any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. Please note:  Any question or comment received after then will not get an answer, and in fact will just be deleted. (I've been getting an increasing number of people trying to post after these are closed, so will have to draw a harder line than before.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here. Also: I will not be putting through or answering any more questions about practicing magic around children. I've answered those in simple declarative sentences in the FAQ. If you read the FAQ and don't think your question has been answered, read it again. If that doesn't help, consider remedial reading classes; yes, it really is as simple and straightforward as the FAQ says. 

The picture?  I'm working my way through photos of my lineage, focusing on the teachers whose work has influenced me and the teachers who influenced them in turn. I'm currently tracing my Martinist lineage.  That's rendered complex by the Martinist tradition that one does not name one's initiator, so we'll have to go back through less evasive routes. Both of the last two honorees, and most of the other Martinist lineages in existence, were also taught and influenced by this man, Robert Ambelain, a prolific writer and occult scholar whose work extended from astrology and Freemasonry to Druidry and Martinism. Ambelain was born in 1907; he became an astrologer in the 1920s, proceeded to become a major figure in the Martinist scene and a bishop in one of the French Gnostic churches, played a central role in reviving several defunct occult orders, published 42 books, and earned the Croix de Guerre for his service to France during the Second World War. He died in 1997.

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***This Magic Monday is now closed. See you next week!***

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I never claimed to be a god. I'm not at all sure where you got the idea I think I was; nor did I say I feel I have the right or duty to judge how other people choose to live as a matter of morality. So, to get this out of the way: I don't think I have the right, duty, or obligation to unilaterally decide what is or is not allowed; no human being ever does. However, I live in a society in which I have some degree of influence over the poltical process; and so I have the right, and arguably the duty, to grapple with the issues of what is and is not permissible in my society. Further, given that religious liberty is likely to become a political issue in the near future due to the antics of people like Michael Hughes, this is not an abstract question: I may very well need to decide who to vote for, who to support for office, or the like, in elections where questions of religious liberty are at stake.

My question was about actual harms; and I've always understood liberty to end at the point where someone commits actions which clearly cause harm to other human beings (At least, ideally; I'm well aware that "liberty" and "freedom" are also used as cover for horrific abuses). If this is wrong, then there's also the question of the stability of society. Occultists have discussed the role that malevolent magic may have played in a number of catastrophes in recent history; and in at least the case of World War II, I think it's convincing.

It strikes me as absurd to accept a principle that requires people who belong to the affected categories refuse to take action when faced with something like the public workings for mass death of Trump supporters the Magic Resistance did; or the invocation of Satan and demons to call for the deaths of Christians; or for that matter Christians praying to smite their enemies; and my concern is that under these kinds of situations religious liberty may not be compatible with other values I hold, such as a right to self defence when being attacked.

However, given I am a worshipper of the planetary gods in an area where most people are culturally Chrisitan, and witnessing the rise of Christian movements that would see me killed for my religion, I don't need to read about the Salem witch trials to get a sense of how ugly things can get once society rejects religious liberty. It seems to me that the anything goes attitude is a dangerous one, and cannot be squared with my other value judgements; but at the same time, I cannot accept, as a matter of principle, that it is necessary to allow anyone to summon any powers they want for whatever purposes they see fit, given how many malevolent beings are out there, and how destructive this sort of thing can become.

[ecosophia]

You asked for my opinion, and you got it. If you don't like it, why, by all means choose your own path -- after all, I'm not a god either.

[(Anonymous)]

Fair enough. Thank you for answering my questions.