#occultists — Public Fediverse posts

Scrolling through occult accounts on BlueSky, I saw someone mention King Paimon. Now, that would not be a problem if I had not seen him in 50 million horror movies, 50 billion horror games, and just about every ceremonial magician on social media has evoked them. Though I am satanic, I am tired of people using different instances of the same prototypical entities. Magical entities are abstractions for patterns of different aspects. Demons are a cultural and mnemonic way of modeling these patterns. But they don’t have to be demons at all. Or angels. Or anything that corresponds to an occult theme, trope, or motif even. I just find it funny. Magic is predicated on will and making something different. How can you summon the will to wield magic to alter reality, yet lack the will to innovate in your practice?

It’s really time to retire most of the occult genre. The Book of Black Magic was published originally in 1898 and widely distributed in 1910. When I take a look at the evocations and sigils people use for King Paimon, I notice it has elements from The Book of Black Magic. Can we please use something else?

#Animism #animistic #BlueSky #ceremonialMagic #ceremonialMagick #chaosMagic #chaosMagick #demon #Demonolatry #egregore #egregores #Goetia #magick #occult #occultism #occultists #pagan #paganism #paranormal #Satanism #Satanist #witch #witchcraft

Scrolling through occult accounts on BlueSky, I saw someone mention King Paimon. Now, that would not be a problem if I had not seen him in 50 million horror movies, 50 billion horror games, and just about every ceremonial magician on social media has evoked them. Though I am satanic, I am tired of people using different instances of the same prototypical entities. Magical entities are abstractions for patterns of different aspects. Demons are a cultural and mnemonic way of modeling these patterns. But they don’t have to be demons at all. Or angels. Or anything that corresponds to an occult theme, trope, or motif even. I just find it funny. Magic is predicated on will and making something different. How can you summon the will to wield magic to alter reality, yet lack the will to innovate in your practice?

It’s really time to retire most of the occult genre. The Book of Black Magic was published originally in 1898 and widely distributed in 1910. When I take a look at the evocations and sigils people use for King Paimon, I notice it has elements from The Book of Black Magic. Can we please use something else?

#Animism #animistic #BlueSky #ceremonialMagic #ceremonialMagick #chaosMagic #chaosMagick #demon #Demonolatry #egregore #egregores #Goetia #magick #occult #occultism #occultists #pagan #paganism #paranormal #Satanism #Satanist #witch #witchcraft

Harry Smith’s Myth:
On the life and work of the art world’s most enigmatic muse
✍🏽 🎥 🎞️ 🎶 🖼️ #Art #Cinema #Film #music #curating #drawing #painting #ethnomusicology #HarrySmith #collecting #collectors #occultists #AbstractArt #filmmakers #RecordProducers #CounterCulture #books #ArtWorld

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/harrys-myth-casper

I find it weird how many #occultists seem vaguely weirded out by animism. To me it's about as OG as you can get, and it doesn't negate any of the myriad possibilities of spiritual experience out there.

do not be surprised when #occultists act like occultists

#FollowFriday, looking for #occultists, #writers, #journalists, #PopCulture nerds, #artists, and other interesting folk.

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Miss my #occult community. Any #occultists, #magicians or #thelemites in the #fediverse? #noxp