Post #4024294

2026-07-23 01:57 UTC

Blaming EVERYTHING on evil magicks is very simple and Judaism is the oldest and thus the most reliable target for blame. Because Christianity has become so thoroughly secularized and withered, shrivelled up into a mere formula for manipulating people and getting ahead in business and such, all ceremonial religions outside of Christianity (and even ceremonial Christianity itself, i.e. Catholicism and Orthodox churches) have come to be seen as weird and wrong and barbaric. Christian bigots in the United States tend to act as if English is the official language of their religion (I mean...the Bible is in English!) thus they tend to have very unfortunate and infuriating ideas about the speaking of Hebrew and Latin and other languages of ritual. (cont'd)

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@mxchara@seattle.pink 2026-07-23 02:02

I say that the solution to this terrible problem, which is about as old as Christianity itself, must involve normalizing #magic. It's not good for magic to be seen as forbidden. It's not just awful and evil for practitioners of magic who find themselves in the crosshairs (see what I did there) of Christian extremists. It's also easy pickings for swindlers, not to mention an encouragement to those whose interest in magic comes chiefly from a desire to kick off all possible social restraints. Crowley's "do what thou wilt" credo, while not necessarily untrue, is intoxicating stuff when combined with the sort of resolve that only comes from rebellion against intense social repression and authoritarian rule. Magic must be democratized, brought into congruence with the general public understanding. (cont'd)

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