Not afraid of the dark. Inspired by many things. Night comes every 24 hours or so. I am inspired by the first humans who observed cycles in what happened in the sky, and developed astronomy and calendar making. Hail to the Sky Watchers!
Neither.
Neither. I don't use words like "initation" for...
Gollum! (JK) :D
The stuff in LOTR about honor, duty, and the hero are just standard Indo-European concepts. The LHP can be found in all cultures, not just IE.
There is a lot more involved with possessing power that you get to keep and pass on to your heirs (either appointed or descendants)...
I agree that if you focus on the two proselytizing religions based in part on the Old Testament and Buddhism, religion can seem like it is about what happens after death. It's the contrast James C. Russell makes between world-accepting and world-rejecting religions in THE GERMANIZATION OF EARLY...
You commented on my reply to ScottySatan's post:
"I think the bedrock of it is an ancient distinction of the functions of religion. One is to achieve perfect personal integration with the universe (right), the other is to achieve perfect personal segregation from the universe (left). I agree...
Thanks. I'll file that one in the same category as the number of, and names for, the choirs of angels. In other words, an example of a religious doctrine, which says nothing universal about the function of religion among humans, LHP or RHP or any other path.
The function of religion is to bind a community together by means of shared cultural experiences. These include shared history, legends and myths about the origin of the group and their environment (creation myths), stories about founders and culture heroes, laws and social customs, and...
To be honest, I have never heard anything about "on earth as it is in heaven" being a reference to witchcraft! I went to Catholic schools for 12 years, and have read the whole Bible several times -- although not lately. My impression is that the deity addressed in the prayer made both the...
In my own view, the phrase as above, so below is a statement about the princple of RITA-RTA-ARTA, the Indo-European all-embracing principle of cosmic truth. We, the Gods, and all the exists are made according to the same cosmic principle. That says nothing about us lacking individuality, or...
If ghosts are real, I'm not afraid of them.
When I was in college I lived for one semester in a building that had been a hospital during the American Civil War. The campus was in the city, and for obvious reasons, we were all supposed to keep our rooms locked at night.
One time, very early...
I recommend you read THE OLD ENEMY Satan & the Combat Myth by Neil Forsyth for lots of comparisons among myths and religious traditions from the Near East and the Middle East. Specifically there is a chapter about Satan in the Old Testament, and how this character is not a fallen angel.
There...
Yes, Satan functions as the Prosecuting Attorney for the Old Testament god in the Bible. The name means "advesary", and Satan is the adversary of man, and tempts men to break the laws of the OT God as a test. A nasty business all around.
The God of the 3 major monotheisms -- Christianity...
As far as I know, no one following either the LHP or the RHP has ever become a God in any literal sense.
Many cultures from all over the planet have legends about members of their communities who thought and acted outside the box, so to speak, in a way that changed the lives of the community's...
I am 5 (similar to ONA) + 8 (p.o.ed Pagan), I guess. There was no option for LHP in the non-Satanist, non-Occultist, pre 20th Century influences (COS and TOS) tradition.
Back in the day when I worked for a huge corporation, my 'traditional' method was simply to get them fired. By having their behavior or incompetence (or both) come to the attention of managers who would not want this person working for the company. I was willing to have the person in question...
It would not be LHP to rip someone's face off :eek: for expressing their opinion.
I know what you mean about some statements posted here that seem dogmatic (maybe I'd say doctrinal, though, rather than dogmatic) about concepts which are really best left to be defined by the individual. I...
Beliefs cannot destroy a species. Unreasoned actions based on beliefs alone can result in harm to individuals, unfortunately. The type of belief does not matter.
Aquino's Commentary on the Seal of the Nine Angles from the OTR's website:
Commentary on the Seal of the Nine Angles
Check out the TOS website for more info.
Aquino's Ceremony of the Nine Angles that was published as part of the SATANIC RITUALS:
CEREMONY OF THE NINE ANGLES `The Satanic...