Previous Paths? Thelema? Chaos? Wicca? Etc., Just curious - regardless of current discipline, what have you explore Options

I'm just curious -- because all of my friends who practice tend to dabble and believe that all beliefs are legit -- what have been your path experiences. (I'm guessing many of you have "played the field" and still do?) Any "bonded for lifers" out there?

My past explorations (and I have affection for all of them -- as a Chaote I still tend to practice ALL of them) were, all of the above, but aside from Chaos, my biggest journey has been (and remains) Tantric Buddhist Magick and Taoism (Daoism).

Methodist Christianity> Darker Spiritualism(I'd consider it a personal form of daemonoltary(sp?) these days even thought I use to say I was a Satanist, granted I didn't really give two shits about that entity now I look in retrospect)>Paganism(Asataru)>Chaos(truely freeform with no absolute belief)>Minor Ceremonial>Daoism>Combination of the three

I was baptised when I was an infant to a methodist church where my parents went. I think things started going down hill one sunday when they had the children classes and the fucker there decided to go with the usual judgemental concept of everyone who isn't christian goes to hell(I didn't believe it then, I still don't believe in that now). Its funny with this since my parents are now thinking about switching churches because the "elders" are making rather vulgar and negative sermons(IE- They had one just for the sin of beastiality). Then my grandfather died when I was 11 and when I hit 12 I tried delving into a form of demon worship as those entitys always held curiosity to me and the world/God seemed like it abhorred me. Then I settled down and got into asataru/paganism with next to no results or experiences besides the initial knowledge(Lets just say Thor doesn't come a callin when you ask and pray to him). Then I slowly looking over Lovecraftian and other Chaos-magick based concepts granted I really didn't believe them though they opened the concepts of Chaos magick(I'm still grasping them) to me. I started delving into Ceremonial and found that very interesting even though I have yet to attempt Goetia or Enochian based magicks(though my first attempt at an evocation was a failure, just psychic trash floating around and getting candle wax in my eye....uggh), just the basics of LBRP, LBRH, Middle Pillar and the like. Daoism just feels right honestly, I started delving into that when I began training Kung Fu. I looked into Buddhism and even agree with some of it, its a bit too strict for me. Right now i've been pointed towards the whole K&C HGA(I know of 3-4 methods for this at the current moment) and reading over a beginner's book to Enochian Magick to try to contact and maybe get an understanding for the odditys that have been occuring for the past few months(IE- My ipod that has Aleister Crowley's 1st and 2nd call would start on the 2nd call for no reason, even when I go back and look over it, it should be a Strapping Young Lad song playing or nothing at all, my TV turning off and then on for no reason). A few things that have influenced me are the Warhammer 40,000 mythos, the Shin Megami Tensei game series and Evangelion (certain concepts of these works of fictions seem valid if not true.),

This post has been edited by GarageMage: Oct 23 2007, 10:36 AM