QUOTE(BloodArchon @ Aug 14 2006, 09:53 AM)
Thank you for your opinions! (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/kicking.gif) I am not interested in selling my soul, I was just interested because I have been studying cult leaders and other people in history that have had a major influence in this world not because of themselves but because of their influence over people. When I see a mass of people have such a blind trust for one person it just makes me wonder if there is more to the leader than their charisima and ability to manipulate. I have a small magickal following I guess you could call it that I happen to be the leader of and I have sat down and asked each of them why they have trusted me enough to follow me and they havent given me very satisfying answers, they all basically said that it is because they like me and that I got them introduced into the occult. And in this day and age I am sad to say that it is hard to find people you can truly trust, so I posed this theory. I appologise because I believe my title was a bit misleading, I dont infact plan to steal anyones soul but rather to have people give it as a sign that I can trust them. Perhaps this is a bit extreme, but again its only a theory.
Did you consider getting to know a person, reading their aura, doing a tarot reading, etc., to see if you culd trust them? No offense to your abilities, as you seem a bit touchy about them, but there are easier ways to know if you can trust someone. Having people give you their souls - A. Is downright immoral, and is probably more karma than you're capable of working off in a lifetime, so i can't imagine where it'll land you next go-around - and B. Is way overkill just to know if you can trust someone.
The occult / cult leaders who have been in this world were either trusted because they could be trusted, or trusted because they were masters of psychological manipulation. You say there is a certain something else about those people, but just consider the idea that Mind/Body/Soul might all be inexplicably interconnected.
And I realize you're only pondering the theory. I've said before that magicians have a responsibility to push the boundaries (even if they've been pushed before and we just forgot) of what magick can do, what it is for, and how it can be used. But, also consider the idea of the Djinn in the stone - do you really want to let it out?
A soul is a substance of divine intention. It is your purpose, and your karma. it's the essence of all of your challenges in life. Allow someone to give that up, and you're doing wrong by them by taking away from them the only means of real growth they have, the only venue to excise their karma - you're also taking posession of their purpose, and their karma, and that makes it your responsibility to take care of. If you feel like you're up for the task of purifying souls, then maybe it's not such a terrible thing. On the other hand, if you yourself can, in fact, purge a soul of karma and lay in a couse for fullfillment of divine intention, i'll book the next flight to where you are, bud.
peace
This post has been edited by Vagrant Dreamer: Aug 14 2006, 12:22 PM
Stealing Souls, Satan can do it..can we?
BloodArchon Stealing Souls Aug 13 2006, 04:36 AM
Aug 13 2006, 04:36 AM
