posted February 28, 2016 05:03 PM            

His website, forum. http://www.integrativemysticism.com/forum.html#/magick-and-witchcraft/

(I haven't participated, but I knew about his forum.)

posted February 28, 2016 06:08 PM            

Interesting enough, I believe the forum owner there is also named Randall, though he seems different from our Randall here at LL.

I joined for awhile to bounce some ideas off of them for my far future scifi (where many neopagan religions of today have become major religions), but it was different from 10 years ago and longer. Back then it really was a lot more about the magic and paranormal, and there was a lot of humor. It's different these days, and I don't find myself attracted to such forums anymore, mainly because the humor is about gone.

That aside, if you want to read some witchy topics, here's a good one:
http://www.witchvox.com/

posted March 02, 2016 10:37 AM            

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Originally posted by Astro keen:
Thank you, both.
This area is indeed rich and complex, in keeping with the subject. Will enjoy browsing thru these links .

PJ, I like the notion of atheist witches - believing only what can be tested or worked with.
I am sometimes inclined to believe in the existence of paranormal, even angelic beings but not a single creator.
Of course it leaves many questions unanswered.

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I heard a kind-of-joke the other day-- that one of the things satan does is to go around convincing people that he does NOT exist. And I guess there are others who go around saying that GOD doesn't exist, either.

'Available-power' maybe can be compared to having little lakes and streams. There's 'something' feeding them, or else they wouldn't exist. The power available is like stored-energy in batteries. There was Something that made the power... power comes from Power (or, a Source).

{Just being philosophical today.} Glad you enjoyed the refs. They have forums if you look around their websites a bit.

PJ, I used to read posts in VOX. I'm not into the devilish, but I knew some of the persons involved on that site, and I cared about what happened to them.

posted March 03, 2016 03:14 PM            

We talked about this in another thread - how does a prayer differ from a spell - and the difference seems to be in the belief of your personal power, so one asks and the other decrees. The Christian (Catholic?) lights a candle in church while the witch lights one at home. Prayers to the god, the holy spirit, angels, or the universal soul are involved in both.

The term 'witchcraft' has become derogatory and marginal to main religious practices when actually that is all it is - another way of communicating with the paranormal (a term that includes God).

posted March 06, 2016 03:35 PM            

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Originally posted by Astro keen:
Mirage, I agreed with all you said in your post (why delete?). There is a real danger of the ritual becoming an end in itself rather than a tool to help us focus better, or a reminder of various stages that need to be observed, such as grounding and protection when healing. Rituals, just as you pointed out, can encourage superstitions and fear.

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