Do you practice any religions or faiths?

[Hu96ie]

I was born and raised a Christian, but I soon abandoned that religion. For a long time, I remained faithful to the psychological interpretation of magic (it's all in our heads), but something didn't add up.
In my mind, it wasn't possible that we "humans" were the only sentient beings in the entire universe and that everything depended on our minds—or, more precisely, my mind.
A few years ago, I was enlightened by a simple and basic concept, but it popped into my head at just the right time: listen to the spirits (I think I read it on a blog by Frather Acher).
Since then, I've followed the calls, intuitions, and synchronicities, and everything seems to be working exactly as it should.
I'd like to be part of a faith, a lineage, or a movement, but in my opinion, these are human and mental constraints on something that is neither human nor mental.
Now I just think I have to find my way to meet, converse and honor these "other" entities that live around me, perhaps in different planes of existence or frequencies.

 

[Konsciencia]

I was born and raised a Christian, but I soon abandoned that religion. For a long time, I remained faithful to the psychological interpretation of magic (it's all in our heads), but something didn't add up.
In my mind, it wasn't possible that we "humans" were the only sentient beings in the entire universe and that everything depended on our minds—or, more precisely, my mind.
A few years ago, I was enlightened by a simple and basic concept, but it popped into my head at just the right time: listen to the spirits (I think I read it on a blog by Frather Acher).
Since then, I've followed the calls, intuitions, and synchronicities, and everything seems to be working exactly as it should.
I'd like to be part of a faith, a lineage, or a movement, but in my opinion, these are human and mental constraints on something that is neither human nor mental.
Now I just think I have to find my way to meet, converse and honor these "other" entities that live around me, perhaps in different planes of existence or frequencies.

You are Powerful enough as it is. Remember, that you are God. I recommend not to give your Power away to any other entities. You are your own God. Take it or leave it. Your choice.

 

[hollowglasd]

Roman Catholic but a bad one.
I try though .it’s tough

 

[dcwilson]

I was raised Christian but left. Looked into Buddhism but wasn't for me. I've tried being a pagan, a Heathen, and a Satanist.

I've learned from these religions, but I can't seem to fit in entirety with a single tradition. I'm a lot happier beimg a freelance occultist and doing my own thing in private.

What about the rest of you?

I was also raised Christian but I became disenchanted by many of their beliefs, like burning books and speaking in tongues, so I picked up a few Circle Network Newspapers and found an advertisement for" Green Egg Magazine", and I decided I'd try Neo-Paganism, and I did a cartoon for them. The first step was to read "Stranger in a Strange Land" which somewhat influenced a "New" religion created around that Sci Fi book. It lets its members believe or not believe in gods, or dogmas. Most of the members are Wiccan, but there's also Gaia. But there's belief in the gods or belief in a strict dogma you have to believe in. But somethings were badly in need of changing, so I "helped" those changes along. A Priesthood that wanted a cozy, but small church instead of an international one, a priestess that came up with a conflict resolution procedure, but decided not to use her own creation when she tried to ruin 2 Scions (I am one of them!) They hadn't read some of the things in SISL they should have which became my defense which resulted in some major changes. One was the creation of the church in another country, how to release secrets that had to be revealed without it sounding like bragging, a fast track to priesthood for one young lady and her husband, ministers, an ombudsman, etc. Most would consider it to be moon-battery, but it wasn't as totalitarian as even Wicca can be at times. There are 3 churches that come out of Sci Fi: CAW, Scientology and the Jedis.

 

[MorganBlack]

Gen-X and raised a very liberal very secular nerd in the hyper-materialist 1980's.

I was raised a mild Unitarian, with a Mexican Catholic mom and Jewish dad. Zen Buddhist as a teenager. Now I view reality mostly through a Neoplatonic-Hermetic syncretism meets Daimonic-Animist lens. About 50 / 50.

Mystically, I'm a Pantheist and Neoplatonist who sees the Divine as expressed in different names and cultures. Neoplatonism in the Hermetic, Catholic, and Greek pagan Western school forms the perennial philosophy where most of my thinking-work sits, while I work-work mostly in a sacramental Folk Catholic ritual framework.

I don’t "do" religion much. I do myth and engagement. I take some of my myths so seriously they are pretty much a religion, but I keep a part of my intellectual brain reserved for where I slot them. My left-brain thinking is separate, a bit, from my right-brained mythic thinking. It lets me just be a regular person hanging out enjoying the world, and not get lost in an always-on mythic "depth-charge." That drives folk's totally insane, I've noticed. And not in the good-insane (inspired) ways.

To me, there is just Reality and our limited ways of trying to understand it. I am more than happy to use the names of any religion because they all attempt to speak to Reality, at some level. I still have a hierarchy, based on Western myth, but I see that as mostly being for me to make sense of it. So I'm happy to engage with Jewish, Catholic, pagan, Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu, and indigenous stories and myths from many cultures because I see us all in the same place, making space for the Numinous, the Mystery, as best we can.

I have a soft spot for Catholicism because of the theophanic manifestation in that myth-stream. You dance with the ones who brought you, and I owe them a lot. Most of my personal spiritual/theurgic work is Folk Catholic and entails using its stories and myths as theurgic practice, to not be such an asshole, forgo Wrath, and have compassion.

I make ontological concessions for other people's theophanies and their own visions. I'm not omnipresent nor onmiscient. So while I do not venerate or honor, say "Thor", I have to acknowledge the deep mystical sense when pagans use that name. It does not matter if they are made-up stories from scraps left in books written by Christians. As a Pantheist, I feel there is probably some aspect of the Mystery they are reaching, even if I have not taken the time to engage with it.

Magic, as sorcery , I view as a tool, , and it is no more spiritual than a lawnmower or a box of watercolors. Magic is a mirror and you make of it what you are. So become something less ugly and horrible. The "religion and Neoplatonic prerennial western philosophy part of this thing called "Western Magic " is about this being a better, bigger , person part.

 

[fungus77]

I was raised Christian but it didn't really "feel" like anything. I was just praying because my dad told me to. I went to Catholic middle + high school, but at that point I was self-aware enough that I realized what I was being taught (or indoctrinated into) didn't really click with me, I had no connection to it. I dabbled (read about) a good mix of stuff like Buddhism, Satanism, Luciferianism, Wicca, paganism in general, etc. I'm still finding my way around.

 

[saitori]

I like to keep my options open but for some reason people (online and IRL) are quick to call me a fundamentalist christian because I don't hate on Jesus.
In my own view I am Luciferian.

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

 

[Zydrate]

I was raised protestant but don't really follow a denomination now. I follow aspects of different religions like Heathenism, Discordianism, and if it counts some existentialist philosophy. Discordianism is more to spread around the Principia Discordia. I thought it was entertaining. I mainly take bits of what fits my own moral values. There is some irony in being an ordained minister, but at the end of the day I still primarily follow Christianity. I'm always trying to expand my views with religious study though.

 

[Jumi]

I perform some Catholic practices on and off, mainly to request help for others who have faith in that religion through the Saints. Other times it's to petition a Saint for something for myself, too.

 

[קווין]

I was raised Christian but left. Looked into Buddhism but wasn't for me. I've tried being a pagan, a Heathen, and a Satanist.

I've learned from these religions, but I can't seem to fit in entirety with a single tradition. I'm a lot happier beimg a freelance occultist and doing my own thing in private.

What about the rest of you?

In my opinion, all these religions are just pieces of a puzzle that you have to combine to get the full image of… well, I can’t tell you with certainty what that image will show because I am still piecing it together to find my answer. However, you can find answers within Sacred Geometry and by understanding the importance of metaphors; Sacred Geometry is a metaphor in itself, which is why there are so many metaphors in the holy books of every religion. Even the unholy (the devil) plays an important role in these puzzles if you want to understand what religion actually means.

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I was raised Christian but left. Looked into Buddhism but wasn't for me. I've tried being a pagan, a Heathen, and a Satanist.

I've learned from these religions, but I can't seem to fit in entirety with a single tradition. I'm a lot happier beimg a freelance occultist and doing my own thing in private.

What about the rest of you?

In my opinion, all these religions are just pieces of a puzzle that you have to combine to get the full image of… well, I can’t tell you with certainty what that image will show because I am still piecing it together to find my answer. However, you can find answers within Sacred Geometry and by understanding the importance of metaphors; Sacred Geometry is a metaphor in itself, which is why there are so many metaphors in the holy books of every religion. Even the unholy (the devil) plays an important role in these puzzles if you want to understand what religion actually means.

 

[tool]

I've read recently that religious in the context of the Catholic church's catechism refers to people who are practicing particular lifestyles associated with chastity, poverty, and some other tenets I don't remember atm. Like a nun or a Benedictine monk.

So, I've learned I'm not religious.

I do have faith in God though, and am learning more about Jesus and his ministry as I read more of the bible.

 

[MerlinLeGrande]

I am not very religious but i follow a kind of self made buddhism.

 

[Morell]

I am not very religious but i follow a kind of self made buddhism.

Sounds interesting. Can you elaborate on that?

 

[Beyond Everything]

I like something Gurdjieff wrote (although he himself was partially infected by religious energies)

If there is 'I' in ones presence, then God and Devil are of no accoount

Be awake, tap inner power, and develop a higher energy body and religion is a mass-marketed joke.

 

[Firetree]

I am not very religious but i follow a kind of self made buddhism.

Hmmmm .... I 'follow' a kind of self made Zoroastrianism that is similar to Buddhism ( ie I see it as a type of mind science... ways to cultivate healthy psychology and 'mood' . )

 

[Antoninus]

My parents identified as protestant christians. I never have identified as such. Also never felt anything in church services. I was athiest for a while and in a very dark place. Met my wife and began to dabble in neopaganism, then tantra, then western magick.

 

[Akairyuu]

My family wasn't religious at all. I practice shinto loosely but I'm not heavily into it but enough to have a kamidana and ofuda. I've explored other religions and pantheons, and have an interest in Norse and Eastern arts but practice mostly golden dawn-style ceremonial magick. I'm very eclectic

 

[ArchonLynx]

I'm particularly atheist in a sense I believe in no higher powers only archetypes u can embody & become to manipulate your psyche to produce a outcome outside your normal loop/cycle.

Kinda like self possession & allowing that archetype to take you over.

I personally think we are all the fallen gods trapped in a prison planet with amnesia 95% of people are out of touch with the capabilities we possess & are potential is limitless but in this day & age people can't even use their physical bodies correctly never mind the other spheres of existence.

So if your gonna worship something worship yourself & release you are a god.

Humans are gods we can create new life forms & create new plants its odd people don't realize these things. & Get trapped in believing in gods as mystical beings who created earth or the universe.

This place has always existed this universe is likely within a black hole in a different quantum state.

I'm innately Reptilian the word means harsh.

As far as alien life goes majority are plasmoids & exist everywhere those ships & orbs are actually entities that can take any form at will organic or inorganic this is far beyond human understanding & most can't fathom beyond the human level.

 

[Cartae]

I was raised without any religious upbringing; my parents left me free to believe or not... My first, unoriginal encounters with the divine were Abrahamic; I was drawn to Christianity (more for its overall nature and its connection to liturgical art than for Christ himself, incidentally). But around the age of 20, having faced major complications on my spiritual journey, I left to convert to Islam, as my mother is North African. I was devout in my relationship with the Abrahamic God, but it was a relationship marked by suffering... I even practiced asceticism in my own way—not my entire life, but in certain areas and at certain times. Unable to bear it any longer, I gradually deconstructed my worldview. Seeking to affirm my wholeness and my personality—not in a sexual sense, but in a profound one (completely free of boundaries, open to the world and to ideas)—I accepted the idea and the reality, for myself, that many gods exist… Perhaps a primordial source exists; I do not question the idea—in fact, through certain experiences, I have been able to sense it... But I no longer accept the belief in the God of the three books, for to me, while He is indeed the same—that is, the primal source—He is only one among perhaps an immensity of others. Today, as in my very early childhood, I am interested in the pagan gods, with the greatest affinity for the Greek ones. I’ve built a very modest altar; I turn especially to the goddess Aphrodite because I’m struggling in love and am seeking her help in this matter.. But my primary gods—at least those I consider to be my patrons (as in relation to Christian saints)—are Hermes and Dionysus... my passions being play and (ecstatic) intoxication. However, I could also name Apollo, since divination is my primary art, even though I am a student of it rather than a master.

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As for what I wrote earlier, I didn't express myself clearly. The common belief is that the God of the three books is the source of everything, but I no longer believe that... If the source exists, it is too distant and too vast to be represented by just one voice.