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Exorcism as a multiparadigm phenomenon
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This world belongs to humans. Every human that is master of a place, or themselves, and so on... can express their authority. Religions only offer structure to express that authority but are not that authority. This kind of authority is kind of basic human right.
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Now there is the question isn’t it.
Short/clunky/woefully inadequate (quickly typed on a phone) answer incoming:
There is a source of everything (think about that however you want). From that everything that is (in this world or in that one) comes from it. Creation of everything came about as part of a process/system, that creation setup different authorities/hierarchies/powers/rights/functions. Humans are INTERESTINGLY positioned between this world and everything else. That gives us significant authority where this world and that one interact. A lot of magic can be accomplished through our authority alone. We can also utilize the traits of other things to strengthen that further. But that isn’t necessary with enough practice/experience/will (correspondences for an example). We can also contact/interact/use other things from the other side (with their own authorities/traits/functions/etc) to further strengthen our attempt.
Magicians/occultists/priests/etc…….. utilize how those connections/relationships/rules/laws/whatever interact to bring about our goals.
Religions/paradigms/magical frameworks are very simplified models/pieces of that whole that we use to understand those relationships/interactions based on our background/experiences. And in our case to conceptualize them in a way that we can work with. So more than one thing can be “true” (i would replace that word with “useful”) since it all only explains part of it.
So in short, a person can do a good bit with a little knowledge/understanding/discipline/determination. And once we can get results then we generally stop looking deeper and so our tradition/religion/framework is born/solidified.
-Eld
Short/clunky/woefully inadequate (quickly typed on a phone) answer incoming:
There is a source of everything (think about that however you want). From that everything that is (in this world or in that one) comes from it. Creation of everything came about as part of a process/system, that creation setup different authorities/hierarchies/powers/rights/functions. Humans are INTERESTINGLY positioned between this world and everything else. That gives us significant authority where this world and that one interact. A lot of magic can be accomplished through our authority alone. We can also utilize the traits of other things to strengthen that further. But that isn’t necessary with enough practice/experience/will (correspondences for an example). We can also contact/interact/use other things from the other side (with their own authorities/traits/functions/etc) to further strengthen our attempt.
Magicians/occultists/priests/etc…….. utilize how those connections/relationships/rules/laws/whatever interact to bring about our goals.
Religions/paradigms/magical frameworks are very simplified models/pieces of that whole that we use to understand those relationships/interactions based on our background/experiences. And in our case to conceptualize them in a way that we can work with. So more than one thing can be “true” (i would replace that word with “useful”) since it all only explains part of it.
So in short, a person can do a good bit with a little knowledge/understanding/discipline/determination. And once we can get results then we generally stop looking deeper and so our tradition/religion/framework is born/solidified.
-Eld