Religions Options

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.

It is my vain and arrogant opinion that the last two posts were excellent, and combined should help anyone come up with a simple answer to the question raised here: well done guys!!!

Yeah its interestin what you said here faustopheles. Pondering on that and the ramifications of it made me aware of some prejudices i have within myself wich are kind of crap. I realised that i dislike it in others when they make magick a part of their religion, or at least present it in a way that they cannot be seperated, as if each relies on the other (i often have this complaint about satanists and pagans to name a few). But then i realised that really, i am just as guilty as anyone else of allowing my magick to become a religious experience, and i despite my best efforts to rationalise my denials, am also just as guilty of allowing the two (religion and magick) to become co-dependant. I then noticed that in reality, despite my attempts to publicly give the impression of being able to separate religion from any other part of my life, lets use mathematics as an example, i cant help but allow my experience of anything "mental" become intertwined with spirituality. At the same time though i complain when courts make decisions seemingly based on their spiritual beliefs, rather than the intellect of the law. Now i am left with the most important question, for me anyway, that has come out of this. That is, is it ok for all my intellectual endeavours and workings to be influenced by and intertwined with my spiritual beliefs, and also just as importantly vice versa; is it ok for my spiritual life to be influenced by my intellect (these arent worded correctly and they seem a little minute in comparison to how they feel, but i cant be bothered trying to figure out now how exactly the questions should be phrased). These are questions which i think need a fair bit of contemplation and consideration, it would be to easy and silly to jump to a quick conclusion here. Thanks for helping me to get to this point faustopheles and enochian especially. It feels like for me this is a bit of a personal pandoras box, which i cant wait to go and begin to open!!!!

This post has been edited by extinctionspasm: Dec 6 2006, 07:59 PM