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River Crow 1d ago

@tiefling the line between "witchcraft" and "religion" has always been drawn by the people in power.

It goes further back too.

The 'other'(jewish) story of Yeheshua (Jesus) of Nazareth, was that he illicitly spied on the head priest's Jewish magic.

When Yeheshua copied the magics he saw, amounted to heresy. Once he had a following, that was a schism. He was not crucified - the proper punishment in Jewish law for a schism is to be thrown from a cliff and stoned till dead.

But yeah, Jewish magics do include divination, bibliomancy (vowels arent there and must be divined), and other types of workings. Thats the Qaballah.

As for me, I follow Bridgid and Loki. But I know a lot of others' stories and beliefs.

Katzedecimal 1d ago

@crankylinuxuser
Okay that actually makes sense. One of the fragments of the Gospel of Mary has Mary describing Jesus teaching her about the multiple parts of the soul, something that is taught in Kabbalah, but Kabbalah was not taught to Jewish men until they were over 40, so how'd 30-ish Jesus know about it? So that makes sense of that
@tiefling

Yet another Josh

1d ago

@Katzedecimal @tiefling

Yep. I'm ex-catholic, from long ago. Was more just lay catholic until I started digging in to the whole faith, and its rotten to the core and based on lies.

I looked at all the abrahamic faiths, and the one that was most truthful and consistent was Judaism. It alone seemed to be based on their own stories, and not what amounts of a fanfic.

And naturally, christian theology was based on looting another's religion. The worst part is, after looting the magics, then calls them 'Satanic' and 'evil', or decries that they dont even exist.

Diotima 1d ago

@crankylinuxuser

Hn. Probably most consistent but there seems to be a lot a lot borrowed from older faiths? By hard for me to say for sure bc I camg read the texts.

@tiefling because ofc. it's not magic if a Christian hedge witch does it, they're not capable of magic! Only nice, and valid divine intervention that requires specific rituals prayers..

Diotima 1d ago

Lol right? I'm diving into the exorcism stuffs now, and tbh I am headed to spend the night in an abandoned haunted place this wknd so... maybe I can get some answers?

23h ago

@tiefling oh exiting - but be safe please! And share the outcome please :)

Diotima 22h ago

If I vanish then maybe I was eaten by demons!

22h ago

@tiefling but then we’d need to have @therivercrow try to summon you back!!

River Crow 21h ago

@tiefling no getting eaten by demons, you! Do demons even eat tieflings? Best not to try that experiment.

Am I going to have to tear open realities to summon you back? I've a busy weekend, you know! XD

Seriously tho that sounds very cool. Let us know how you get on!

Uhm. I think I will not ask that of a demon. But 100% probs.

I mean maybe? I am not sure summoning would work tho. I have questions on whether that WOULD work on me, hn.

River Crow 13h ago

@tiefling *gets my summoning kit ready to go, just in case*

Diotima 13h ago

@heals but what if the demon realm is all parties and spicy times? Leave me in my afterlife thx!@therivercrow

13h ago

@tiefling then I’m sure me and @therivercrow would at least like to know about it!

Diotima 13h ago

@heals @therivercrow so tbh and fr, no jokes, there is always a chance I actually vanish for a long time. It's okay, I'm prob fine... just if it happens, know it was not like... entirely unexpected.

(no I am not going to prison, ppl, stop that, my partner is the murdery one)

13h ago

@tiefling noted, I shall try to not worry for at least half of a long time!

@therivercrow

River Crow 13h ago

@tiefling that's fair, and if you do, ppl will be here for when you get back. 💜