Transcendence & Trangression
Read a thought provoking post on Alchemical BrainDamage about Initiation & Counter-Initiation
The upshot seemed to be that initiatory organizations have become degraded such that people who participate in certain types of practices that could be broadly categorized as “shamanic” are surrendering their souls in the quest for power
False spirituality gives people certain powers drawn from the subhuman realm. Once they realize what they can do, they forget about God, or talk themselves into thinking that God wants what they want, and so gives themselves permission to do all sorts of terrible things.
There is a current running through the gnostic blogosphere right now where there is a lot of interest in analyzing and exposing not only the archontic control systems (e., language, sexuality, etc.) but also the activities of various mind control cults (e.g.. Scientology) and behind-the-scenes conspiracies of rich & powerful sadists who kidnap children, sacrifice people, etc.
I’ve always been interested in exposing the the archontic control systems (natch) but have always avoided the second topic, maybe for the same reason I don’t think about aliens much. Maybe I’m naive, but I have a hard time believeing that such things exist - that there are sadistic occult organizations. I always used to attribute that stuff to “Satanic Panic” - the modern day version of the blood libel. And also, like the aliens, even if they do exist there’s not much I can do about it, except for obsess and become paranoid, and that way lies madness. I’ve flirted with insanity too much in my life already.
But the whole topic really touches on an ethical struggle I have been having myself for the last 5 years or so too.
What are the ethics of practicing magic, or of practicing certain types of magic?
When you have the ability to manipulate spirits you really do become a law unto yourself in certain regards
You have the power to help or to harm. If you don’t already have a strong sense of interpersonal ethincs then I suppose you would have no reason NOT to do things that most people would rightfully regard as heinous
I still do see myself as gnostic - my agenda is one of questioning and liberation
But I also know that I have the ability to do the opposite, to enslave people or to close their minds.
Why don’t I do that? Why don’t I do that when I can?
I don’t know. The only reason really is because the thought of it makes me sad. Unspeakably sad.
I guess I do believe that some occultists are sadistic, and that they form small circles of people to dominate or enslave others. Nothing is out of the realm of possibility, human nature being what it is I do know that we are capable of some pretty terrible things.
The only part I can’t understand is why people would want to do that. Even evil occultists know that God exists, so what is the point? You can’t lie to God. You can’t deceive God. Even the evil spirits recognize God and are creatures of God - yes, even the archons do too. They know that their power is impermanent, that their kingdom will be destroyed someday.
We aren’t animals. The reason Satanists suck as magicians is because they don’t recognize the spirit - they’ve been conned by La Vey into thinking that humans are animals, flesh only with no spirit. All they can do is petty manipulation of the social matrix, “Winning through initimidation” kinda crap, that isn’t even magic its just applied Machivellianism. BFD!
They’re not the ones who worry me. Amoral magicians are the ones who do worry me. Perhaps I ownder why I haven’t become one myself.
I don’t expect this post will make sense to anyone but myself though. It probably even smacks of megalomania. Certain types of pratice really do make you feel quite lonely.
LOL, I waited forever for gnosticism to “hit the big time” in American culture and on the internet and now that it has I am no longer in the place where I started. My journey has taken to me to a place most of my peers haven’t been. Bitter irony!
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