Then that's your opinion. Just make sure you aren't just stereotyping their religion.. I'm sure there's people on here who can tell you more about Satanism, and show you that it's not evil.
Either way, if you don't like it, then stay clear of it. Nobody's forcing you or telling you that you have to practice it - that's your decision.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but does anyone else feel that magick is what you make it to be and I mean is it not fueled many times but what we feel? Anger, resentment, hate, love
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but it's against my beliefs so i'll stay away from it,or you can say that i'm too afraid to try it..not really feelings but in some black magic spells feelings are connected to the spell. Mainly all the ones that I have seen are feelings of hate, anger, retribution for things ppl have done to them.
"The past is a dark figure that haunts you so you remember the mistakes you have made and you live with them.... forgetting is impossible"
Goth-kid, I know there's a bunch of blocks in your area for what sites you can actually look into (at least I think you've mentioned that before) but if you are able you should spend some more time researching all three of those religions, and steer clear of Silver Ravenwolf. She'll muddy your waters.
Good vs Evil is all in the person. Magick requires intent, focus, and will. All three of those things come from you. Every person on this planet is capable of magick, it's just that most don't understand what it is... No, almost nobody actually understands it. But you absolutely do not need a demon to cast it, or an angel (or faerie, elemental, djinn, Goddess etc). Though they can (and usually will) help if you need them to. Magick is simply tapping into the energy that weaves through and surrounds each and every one of us. Think of your energy, your soul, as a drop of water in an ocean. All connected, all part of one huge thing, but still an individual drop.
Satanism comes in two major forms from what I understand, and neither is inherently 'evil'. The main point of both is pleasure and consideration of self. This doesn't mean killing puppies or actively harming others. This doesn't mean selling your soul to hell or trafficking with demons. However this does happen, and demons aren't always the bad guy.
Wicca is also neither good nor evil, we normally don't actually put either label on anything. It's more about does it help or harm? And again, that's all perspective as well. The rule says (in one of many wording variations) "And it harm none, do what thou will." All this means is that you have to think about the consequences of your actions. Most Wiccans will choose not to harm others because it doesn't normally benefit them. But if they do harm someone they are aware that it'll come back to them.
I don't know crap about Egyption religions, Sobek's the ruler there. But Again, the religion itself is neither good nor evil. No religion is good or evil. Islam is neither good nor evil. But what are YOUR intentions? What do YOU value? I imagine that you consider Islam to be a good religion, you were, after all, raised in and around it. But I'm sure you can think of quite a few Muslims (as everyone in the world can) that do NOT have good intentions. Yet they usually believe that they are doing the best that can be done.
Does that help at all?
Also, I agree with Elem. Don't be lazy, please type properly. IM speak is turning into an epidemic, it's gross.
Good vs Evil is all in the person. Magick requires intent, focus, and will. All three of those things come from you. Every person on this planet is capable of magick, it's just that most don't understand what it is... No, almost nobody actually understands it. But you absolutely do not need a demon to cast it, or an angel (or faerie, elemental, djinn, Goddess etc). Though they can (and usually will) help if you need them to. Magick is simply tapping into the energy that weaves through and surrounds each and every one of us. Think of your energy, your soul, as a drop of water in an ocean. All connected, all part of one huge thing, but still an individual drop.
Satanism comes in two major forms from what I understand, and neither is inherently 'evil'. The main point of both is pleasure and consideration of self. This doesn't mean killing puppies or actively harming others. This doesn't mean selling your soul to hell or trafficking with demons. However this does happen, and demons aren't always the bad guy.
Wicca is also neither good nor evil, we normally don't actually put either label on anything. It's more about does it help or harm? And again, that's all perspective as well. The rule says (in one of many wording variations) "And it harm none, do what thou will." All this means is that you have to think about the consequences of your actions. Most Wiccans will choose not to harm others because it doesn't normally benefit them. But if they do harm someone they are aware that it'll come back to them.
I don't know crap about Egyption religions, Sobek's the ruler there. But Again, the religion itself is neither good nor evil. No religion is good or evil. Islam is neither good nor evil. But what are YOUR intentions? What do YOU value? I imagine that you consider Islam to be a good religion, you were, after all, raised in and around it. But I'm sure you can think of quite a few Muslims (as everyone in the world can) that do NOT have good intentions. Yet they usually believe that they are doing the best that can be done.
Does that help at all?
Also, I agree with Elem. Don't be lazy, please type properly. IM speak is turning into an epidemic, it's gross.
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Re: magick
You should always take care when practicing magic. Wicca uses the power of self, nature, deity and spirit in the working of magic. Every book you read most likely made clear that there is no Devil in Wicca. So, the working of magic itself is not evil. It is what you do with it. Egyptian is a different religion as well as Satanism and practicing magical techniques from a religion you don’t understand is foolish at best. I understand that you grew up with a different set of beliefs, but you will need to shed them if you want to effectively practice Wicca and the magic of Wicca.i'v been wondering...wut's the difference between wiccan ,egyptian and satanic magick?wicca's for good people,satanic's for the bad and egyptian is a mix !but the thing is...wut casts magick?mother nature,demons or spirits?in islamic beliefs we know that magick can only be cast by demons..so i always take care in casting circles and spells
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Goth-kid... one can get the sense that Egyptian magick is mixed because there are a number of paths that take from the Ancient Egyptian theology and graft their own slant to it.
Some Satanists, for example, like using Set or Sutekh as their representation of Satan. This isn't strictly speaking accurate, since Set isn't the Devil and nor did the people who worshiped him think he was evil. He just has a reputation of being evil because the dominant cult for many of the power centers of Ancient Egypt worshiped Osiris. They (the people who worshiped Osiris) and the people of Abydos (who worshiped Set in the early days) were political and religious rivals for so long that they demonized Set to the point he became evil in the minds of many Egyptians. There are many myths to back this up, because the people of the upper kingdom had the upper hand since the unification of the two lands.
Also, Satanists like to use Sekhmet, too. She gets her "evil" reputation from almost having destroyed humanity in a fury after humans continuously displayed bad behavior and didn't properly respect the Gods.
It is thought by some that this story is where the story of the Flood came from in the Hebrew Bible. However, one of the other Gods (depending on the story, it could be Thoth, Amon, Isis, Re or a combination) flooded the world with Pommegranite spiked beer, and she drank it all, thinking it was blood. She got seriously toasted and never went through with killing humanity. She's also a warrior goddess of the desert. However, she doesn't hate humanity today, from what I've seen.
As to the nature of Magic(k), it can vary based on your intentions. Beings can help you, or you can use your own energy or energy of the earth or from one of the other directions, or star energy or many other kinds to fuel your magic. You don't have to be pagan to use magic, in fact there's a grand old history of monotheists using magic as well.
Much of the magic that you learn from Cunningham, for example, is natural magic and while he writes from a Wiccan perspective, his is mostly folk magic and can be used by anyone. Much of herbal magic, for example, the belief is that much of the power comes from the specific herbs you use, as well as blending it with your own power. God or the Gods (depending on how you look at it) gave us power to use. Whether you use it that way is up to you. How you use it reflects on you.
Some Satanists, for example, like using Set or Sutekh as their representation of Satan. This isn't strictly speaking accurate, since Set isn't the Devil and nor did the people who worshiped him think he was evil. He just has a reputation of being evil because the dominant cult for many of the power centers of Ancient Egypt worshiped Osiris. They (the people who worshiped Osiris) and the people of Abydos (who worshiped Set in the early days) were political and religious rivals for so long that they demonized Set to the point he became evil in the minds of many Egyptians. There are many myths to back this up, because the people of the upper kingdom had the upper hand since the unification of the two lands.
Also, Satanists like to use Sekhmet, too. She gets her "evil" reputation from almost having destroyed humanity in a fury after humans continuously displayed bad behavior and didn't properly respect the Gods.
It is thought by some that this story is where the story of the Flood came from in the Hebrew Bible. However, one of the other Gods (depending on the story, it could be Thoth, Amon, Isis, Re or a combination) flooded the world with Pommegranite spiked beer, and she drank it all, thinking it was blood. She got seriously toasted and never went through with killing humanity. She's also a warrior goddess of the desert. However, she doesn't hate humanity today, from what I've seen.
As to the nature of Magic(k), it can vary based on your intentions. Beings can help you, or you can use your own energy or energy of the earth or from one of the other directions, or star energy or many other kinds to fuel your magic. You don't have to be pagan to use magic, in fact there's a grand old history of monotheists using magic as well.
Much of the magic that you learn from Cunningham, for example, is natural magic and while he writes from a Wiccan perspective, his is mostly folk magic and can be used by anyone. Much of herbal magic, for example, the belief is that much of the power comes from the specific herbs you use, as well as blending it with your own power. God or the Gods (depending on how you look at it) gave us power to use. Whether you use it that way is up to you. How you use it reflects on you.
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