No. I was just trying to highlight the point. Sarcasm is hard to pull off in text.
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Guiding Principles of the LHP
- Thread starter Adramelek
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No. I was just trying to highlight the point. Sarcasm is hard to pull off in text.
That's why you use sarcasm tags, yo.
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really? damn it. they are only kinda real, but not code real...wonder what functioning sarcasm tags would look like.That's why you use sarcasm tags, yo.
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They'd have a dripping animation to them, I imagine.
The Heathen
Member
Yeah me too. I guess we both missed the sarcasm boat then. Damn I hate to use emoticons, but I may have to after all!
By the way. Welcome to the forum and dir
We speak often here of the practice of Magic or what some of us call Ritual Magic or Greater Black Magic. I've always found it interesting how different we become during ritual magic, both solo and in group workings. How our actions and posture, without thinking about it, become more precise, more deliberate. How our voices might change during the reciting of an invocation, and our pronounciation of certain words or phrases become more precise and deliberate than they might be during a regular conversation. Some might define this as the magical self or "Ka" coming into being. No matter what you call it, during ritual the Self and the Universe transforms into something different, something much more than it is perceived in every day life. What is the electricity and energy that enfolds you during a ritual working? Could it be a combination between the magical link and the sense of what some of us call the "Powers of Darkness"?
It is also my opinion that the more wordy or elaborate a rite is is a way for Black Magicians to communicate more clearly their commands upon the forces of the Universe of what they desire to come into being. Either way a Greater Black Magical Working is a way for the Black Magician to manifest his/her Will upon the equilibrium of both the SU and the OU.
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
It is also my opinion that the more wordy or elaborate a rite is is a way for Black Magicians to communicate more clearly their commands upon the forces of the Universe of what they desire to come into being. Either way a Greater Black Magical Working is a way for the Black Magician to manifest his/her Will upon the equilibrium of both the SU and the OU.
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
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The Heathen
Member
I experience words differently: too many distract me. I prefer a minimalist approach. More than that tempts me to mistake the experience of words for the experience I use words to create.
Ah, excellent point Heathen. I also usually prefer the minimalist approach during solo rites, depending on the intent of the working. It is usually group workings that are more elaborate as everyone in attendance is expected to participate and add their own Magic to the subjective environment being created.
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The Heathen
Member
In terms of the principles guiding the physical environment of a ritual working, how do you arrange your environment? I don't have great interior decorating skills, so I stick with three elements: quiet, darkness, and a candle. I don't have a shrine or altar per se. Not sure if one would enhance my experiences. I just use a sturdy wooden desk at the moment, and usually stay seated.
Use what you have, that's all you need. One of the most powerful solo workings I've done was an outdoor working with the trees surrounding me and a clear night sky as my "ritual chamber".
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
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BlackAce
Satanist
This above quote sums up my beliefs that LaVeyan Satanism is not a true left hand path because it has rules, laws and the religion I was raised in says only to do that which benefits me at all times, There is nothing that is forbidden or restricted as long as I am willing to take responsibility if it backfires on me.
This is what I meant by my own thread--True left hand Path--
BlackAce
Satanist
The only one I dont agree with is to treat people as I want to be treated.
I certainly do not wish to be lied to, conned, stolen from, manipulated.
Yet I do each of these things on a regular basis to those who are not in my Inner Circle because (drumroll) it benefits me long term :clap
The way people treat people is always an interesting subject. Generally, it's lies with a healthy dose of deception, butt kissing, put downs, maneuvering, and the like. There are few completely honest people and those that appear that way often are just masters of deception. So should I treat them that way or what?
I manipulate every situation in every interest to suit my fancy. I'm not ashamed to admit it... I'll go even further and say I refuse to help anyone for any reason unless I see a value. That value may be stock to be cashed in later, but it must be there or I don't give a damn. I even post here for the most selfish of reasons... mental masturbation. What the people in my life can know is strictly controlled. I present a completely false facade because it suits me. Believe me if it is between you getting a real improvement in your quality of life or survival every friend in your life will do their best to sabotage it if they are in the know. Lurking in the background planting whispers of your failure, etc... Yep, people really do suck. But, being mad at them for doing that is silly. It's the nature of survival... A pre-programmed response to a threat..
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As a general rule I don't trust people. I have been lied to, stolen from, taken advantage of, basically been screwed so many times by people I thought of as friends. Even my own brother one time inserted his **** in my *** by stealing my identity. It's unfortunate, but, yes generally I consider most people to be untrustworthy. I can say though that there are four people in this world that I do trust - my self, my mother and father, and one other special person who I first met on this very forum.
However, I do tend to treat people how I would want to be treated, but if you screw me, don't be surprised to (metaphorically) find my fist firmly inserted up your *** one very dark and dismal day.Xeper.
/Adramelek\
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As a general rule I don't trust people. I have been lied to, stolen from, taken advantage of, basically been screwed so many times by people I thought of as friends. Even my own brother one time inserted his **** in my *** by stealing my identity. It's unfortunate, but, yes generally I considered most people to be untrustworthy. I can say though that there are four people in this world that I do trust - my self, my mother and father, and one other special person who I first met on this very forum.
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
We--people--have a prominent cognitive tool we always use called the negativity bias; hard to notice by the way. Have you considered that in connection to your ideas of other people?
From the article "negative bias":
"Negativity bias is the psychological phenomenon by which humans have a greater recall of unpleasant memories compared with positive memories. People are seen to be much more biased to the avoidance of negative experiences. They seem to behave in ways that will help them avoid these events. With this, humans are much more likely to recall and be influenced by the negative experiences of the past."
Well, Kemble, I must say that even though we might be of like mind, I cannot honestly say I "trust" you absolutely unless I actually enteract with you personally, face to face, for a period of time. I know you can understand that.
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
"Negativity bias is the psychological phenomenon by which humans have a greater recall of unpleasant memories compared with positive memories. People are seen to be much more biased to the avoidance of negative experiences. They seem to behave in ways that will help them avoid these events. With this, humans are much more likely to recall and be influenced by the negative experiences of the past."
Well, Kemble, I must say that even though we might be of like mind, I cannot honestly say I "trust" you absolutely unless I actually enteract with you personally, face to face, for a period of time. I know you can understand that.
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
The Heathen
Member
I should add to my own rules of thumb "It depends." For the behaviors you describe, I tolerate them in myself and others in the market and workaday world, for example. In a romantic relationship (in my Inner Circle), not so much. It depends.
