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[Opinion] "Demons"/"Goetia" as ancient deities vs JCI and "fallen angels" - a dilemma for sure

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Proposition zero:
Man always was, is, and shall be tribal. Their cultures vary but are similar, only in proportion to being contemporary civilizations.

Proposition one:
JCI is true. Goetia descriptions are true. The idea of space bodies as "angels" or "demons" is true.
Example: Belial is said to be created after Lucifer. Per Goetia. Nothing says either are a god, rather as fallen angels. This implicates Lucifer as well. The creator? The only "creator" that uses these terms is obviously Yahovah/Jehovah. I am not using "Yahweh" here, as they are not the same (Yahweh is a Canaanite storm and weather god). "
"Outer darkness" is the concept known as the icy cold vastness of space, stars/clusters/nebulas are actually embodiments of angels/demons.
As there are seven heavens, this is technically the third or fourth heavens. If you compare certain star systems to ancient drawings of demons, you will see vast similarities, for example the "Tarantula nebula" and "Baal".
When they fell, and created nephelim, they became known to humans and became their gods, idols, false gods. For this the first attempt was to flood the earth, which killed the physical bodies while their spirits remained free.
This does NOT change proposition zero.

Proposition two:
The "demons" and "goetia" are real deities, ancient deities that seemed to vanish after being "demonized" by a series of naturally occurring phenomena.
Floods. Volcanic aftermaths. Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Proposition zero remains true.
Due to this, the spirits of the gods live on. They are still worshipped to this day, by practitioners of the arte.
The magicians are the new shamans/medicine men/witchdoctors/gurus.
As proposition zero remains true, and as magicians are the new witchdoctors, the old ones have been demonized by propaganda and fear of the state.
The old gods are open to followers, but they are no means safer than others.
Example:
Astaroth/Astarte was an old/ancient goddess, of phonecian origin.

Which of these seems most true?
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Problem: No egyptian/celtic/norse gods or goddesses are found in the goetia.
 
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The 16th century German(s) who wrote the Ars Goetia would have probably known nothing about Celtic religion, very little about Egyptian religion, and, since this is Solomonic pseudepigrapha, of course they won’t mention the Nordic gods.

“The gods of the nations are devils” is just polemics, not something to take seriously. The subjects of Christian and non-Christian theology are the same, just understood differently. Hence Christian and Islamic theologians were able to regurgitate Aristotle, Porphyry, and Proclus without missing a beat. Don’t take the polemics so seriously.
 

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Reading grimoires is like reading resumes and letters of reference. You get an idea of the candidate at second hand. Only way to know is interview and probationary period. (Which, yeah, could be bad did you literally sign on "the hire from Hell.")
 
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