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Is magick ok for other religions because I am a very strong christian.
PS. to mods, if this is in the wrong place, I'm sorry, and please correct me.

Well im not a catholic, but i would call myself a christian. And catholics are christians, or are they? Are thelemites crowleyans? Anyway...

I think acid09 and joseph are bothing hitting good points. If you are a strict baptist lets say, and you have chosen to follow all the creeds of the baptist faith, and one of them is that magick is a big no no (i dont know if it is for baptists or not, i just uised the name as an example - no offence to baptists or thelemites, but i might just as well have said thelemites), then if you do practice magick then you are either no longer really a baptist, or you are no longer practicing magick. If you wish to satisfy the specific creeds of your church and therefore your faith, then it would be wise to consult your priest about what is and isnt allright with them.

If like many christians you are not bound by any other than your own interpretation of what youve read an heard, then it is solely up to you to make your own decisions. After all being a christian is about following the techings of jesus christ - not the teachings of father bob mcklintock from bumfuch idaho. There are many "christian" churches around the world who support their members in developing their own "personal" interpretation of jesus' teachings, and some even the use of esoteric practices, as long as they arent using it to justify stuff that is beyond the realms of common sense. I dont know what they are like anywhere else, but in australia the Unitarian Church is one that would count itself fundamentally as being christian, but welcomes and enjoys the regular attendance of people from every different faith imaginable, and are all their to support each others spiritual paths. The unitarian church in sydney australia is where the local Builders of the Adytum meet, hold classes, and it is also used as their temple for performing ceremonial magick and initiations (aren't us aussies creative).

So you see it really is dependent like joseph said on your own interpretation of what jesus taught if you are a "christian" and not a "mcklintockian", but if your interpretaion leads you to believe that you should act based on what the priest of your church says, and there is by no means anything wrong with this, as long as their isnt anything wrong with the priest, then you should probably like acid09 said ask his or her advice. You never know they might be Paul Foster Case reincarnated!!!!