[heavnfire]

Hi, I’m Logan. I’m going to post about my faith and findings on theology here. I would consider myself a Perrenialist and am currently exploring different practices and faiths. I am particularly interested in Christian mysticism.

This is a progressive blog and does not conform to hatred of any kind.

[heavnfire]

I quite adore both Jesus and Buddha, although if I’m wanting to do some reading I usually reach for Buddhist books because it is easier to understand and retain.

[heavnfire]

Time and our strict perception of it only exists on the material realm. as kids we could weave between time easier and therefore realms, this is why short amounts of time felt much longer.

[heavnfire]

Painted this today. On the coins are sigils for different angels!

[heavnfire]

If you are a Christian for the sole reason that you are suicidal and want to be with the Lord, you need to get help and distance yourself from religion.

Religion is not “what happens after death” it’s what helps you live your life. If you are using religion as a way to romanticize or entertain suicidal thoughts, you will find yourself in a lack of appreciation for the material world. God wants you to live, the world wants you to stay here. Please seek professional and medical help if you find yourself in this state as it affects your perceptions of life.

You are not a bad person for feeling sad and depressed, God has not abandoned you for feeling sad and depressed. There comes a point in life where you have to save yourself whether you like it or not, that is the hardest thing to do.

[heavnfire]

This excerpt from the Gnostic Gospels kinda shook me. the idea that Jesus didn’t blink is something I’ve never thought of, and it’s kind of offputting. What do you guys think of this?

I mean, it makes perfect sense that if he was a spiritual being he would adapt to the human perception - I think essentially every spiritual being does that - but to read a recollection of how it would feel to notice these things about him as they happen with no explanation would be quite scary to me.

[heavnfire]

Super long post explaining my thoughts on how each of the 12 tormentors found in the Corpus Hermeticum affect people.

My personal idea of sin below:

- Sin is found in the imprisonment of matter, where you are trapped by worldly desires and bodily sensations rather than nurturing the divine mind within.

Okay now here are the 12 tormentors:

1. Ignorance

To purposely lack awareness and not seek out information. For ignorance to be an obstacle in your growth, it is deliberate and damaging. If you simply don’t know something, that is naivety, which shouldn’t be confused.

2. Sorrow

Sadness affects your interpretation of reality. Whether it is a temporary state or chemical imbalance, it is necessary to understand that you are not your thoughts or environment. When we are sad, we know things are beautiful, we just can’t see the beauty. To be caught in sorrow is to believe that this is a permanent state. To be caught in sorrow causes you to struggle, and also blocks good opportunities since you are too stuck in your head to acknowledge them. It’s not sadness or the chemical imbalance itself that is bad, it is the negative ideas that you have built yourself around.

3. Intemperance

Impulsivity, succumbing to the material struggles of addiction. We know this is bad. Again, similar to sadness, in order to recover we must not associate with our impulsivities. To recognize and control them is extremely powerful, especially since in many cases- bad things have happened that lead up to this cause. It does not make you a bad person to struggle with addiction, but addiction can make you do bad things. Relying on material substances to cope is not the way to live, no matter how good it feels. It affects you, your body, and those you love.

4. Lust

To place one’s conciousness and desires fully on only the body of another. To use somebody solely for their body. Rape and sexual assault is one of the most mentally damaging things you could do to another person. To rape is to blatantly reject someone’s free will, to view them in a dehumanizing manner, and to prioritize your ignorance and immediate temporary satisfaction over someone’s else’s livelihood.

Excessive consumption of explicit materials or lustful thoughts that interfere with daily functioning can be damaging to oneself and future partners. Refer to Intemperance above.

5. Injustice

To reinforce inequalities in order to serve one’s material desires. People often get away with injustice when in positions of power because they do not see themselves as touchable. To fail to love is to fail to be human and godlike. By associating yourself with the the hatred and rejection of minorities, or any fellow human or thing for that matter, and to reinforce systemic punishment is to stray from God as every individual has a spark and to reject that spark is to reject God. Injustice torments the will of those around you due to perceived feelings of superiority. This feeling of superiority is nothing but a perceptive flaw. At the end of the day, you are as breakable as the people you break.

6. Greed

To insatiably desire or obsess over wealth and material possessions. This is the most obvious form of material torment, you let money and belongings control you. To desire money or materials is not bad in itself, but to hoard money, spend it in excessive amounts, and be ignorant about it will torment you. Especially if you own fortunes without working for it, or not using it. It’s important to notice when you are becoming fixated on your next investment and practice patience. If you find that money or objects rule your life and do not give you meaning, you should reconsider your spending habits.

7. Deceit

To intentionally lie, mislead, or manipulate someone else in order to gain an advantage. Often for a material or superficial advantage. This deceit betrays the trust of others, and messes with their free will if they do not know or are tricked by the extent of your actions. You will find that suffering occurs when you cannot trust yourself either.

8. Envy

To resent someone for their qualities, advantages, or looks. Often to place oneself into the body of another due to feelings of unworthiness and misfortune in their own life. Excessive envy is damaging to yourself and those you love. It is important to embrace your body, mind and what it does for you even if it is different. Wishing to be someone else will never give you peace. But if you recognize the characteristics you are envious of, and work towards improving yourself out of self love and not hate, you can slowly begin to accept yourself. Growing closer to God.

9.Treachery

Treachery takes someone’s trust in you and abuses it for your own self interest. This is damaging for others and you long term. Prioritizing self interest is an immediate satisfaction and a long term damage. It also causes you to be shallowly caught up in life as a game rather than an experience.

10. Anger

To harbour excessive rage at someone else which may lead to violent thoughts or actions. When your thoughts revolve around the actions of another person, you become less of yourself and hold grudges. Of course, anger directly correlates to violence. It is okay to have anger, but holding it causes you to suffer, and releasing it on others interrupts their will.

11. Recklessness

To have a disregard for the consequences of one’s actions. This is a difficult place to be since there are risks involved, but many don’t actually learn the consequences until it catches up to them. Recklessness is the result of ignorance, avoidance, and malice.

12. Malice

The intention to hurt someone. dwelling on feelings of malice desensitizes a person to violent acts. One’s perspective changes to seeing a person as a target, Which alters their worldly perceptions. When you have a violent thought, you are not thinking about the person or thing you want to hurt, you are thinking about hurting it. As in an object.

Malice can also stem from self hatred and the urge to hurt oneself. Viewing one’s body as an obstacle to be overcome in order to feel better. Again, this is a material urge. It is important to ground oneself and address feelings of sorrow and addiction mentioned above.

[magdaleneconvert]

heaven is on Earth when you fellow the teachings of Christ and achieve inner peace from divine love but some of ya’ll ain’t ready for that convo

[episcopaldailyrosary]

It is our duty as Christians to protect the marginalized. Standing with ICE is standing against Christ.

Protect your neighbors. Learn how to protest and how to de-escalate. Learn first aid and CPR. Be prepared to step in as a witness and protector.

We should embody the same self-sacrificial love of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Loving your neighbors is and always has been a political act.

[andyetheloves]

Whenever someone says something like "what is this unbiblical nonsense?," on posts about deep thinking, I realize more and more why "Christianity" has so many problems. Christianity is not about just flipping through pages and calling it a day. Do people really think an omnipresent being would be limited to a book? Yes, the Bible is very important in Christianity, but it doesn't mean that things outside of the Bible don't count.

The definition given to mysticism is as states, "In philosophy, Mysticism is either a religious tendency and desire of the human soul towards an intimate union with the Divinity, or a system growing out of such a tendency and desire." What is crazy to me is that there are Christians who fear this. They believe a relationship with God needs to be a copy and paste of every verse. It's not even a religion at that point, it's some performative system. They don't want union, they want to put on a show. They freak out about their "flesh," but don't realize that they are abandoning the very soul that God created.

So when they see that Christianity doesn't have to be people pleasing and limited, that it can be soul searching instead of total abandonment, full of symbolism, and connecting with the world around them they get scared. They call it "unbiblical" or "demonic."

Mystics are the ones who become saints. They find God in and beyond the pages.

[heavnfire]

I’ve noticed that I instinctively reject associating my beliefs with Catholicism despite resonating with many practices (mostly early Catholicism) due to the negative effects that the churches and members have imposed upon people. It’s hard to seperate harm of the church and bible with the religion itself, which is why I take the mysticism approach. For me, direct experience with God will provide more gnosis than any bible could.

Frankly, I don’t want to join a Church that hates me. The religion does not care what I identify as, but the church sure does. I have been too scared to enter a Catholic Church or purchase a rosary because I am afraid of their judgement, or people thinking I need to be saved. I am saving myself without you. God knows it’s the best thing I can do.

[holyhearthwitch]

I love you Christopagans.

I love you Christian Witches.

I love you Catholic Pagans.

I love you Catholic Witches.

I love you Folk Christians.

I love you Folk Catholics.

I love you Gnostic Christians.

I love you who are undefined but still love Jesus.

I love you if you're queer.

I love you if you're disabled.

I love you if you're straight.

I love you if you're able bodied.

I love you if you're black, white, asian, native, hispanic,

I love you all.

MWAH

[heavnfire]

I agree with Gnostics on a lot of their views on the bible, but I disagree that the material world is evil or flawed. The earth is beautiful we can reach divinity through connecting with it. Connecting with ourselves, and seeing the beauty and glory of embracing existence here.

“Sin” (or whatever else you prefer to call it) is found in the imprisonment of matter, where you are trapped by worldly desires and bodily sensations rather than nurturing the divine mind within or your higher good. To do evil is to stray from God and lose oneself to the desires and torments of the material world.

Many people lose themselves to the material world in search of total power and control over the will of others. That’s a one way ticket to Hell (or as far from God as possible)

[petaltexturedskies]

Emily Dickinson, Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson

[heavnfire]

Transitioning has made me closer to God than I’ve ever been. It’s a very difficult journey. I don’t love or hate myself, it is not good nor evil, it just is. I think that’s what being human is sometimes

[darrengrave]

Being into the occult is really hard when you've done actual research because 99% of it in any western tradition is "white guy made it up/stole that from a different complicated system of occult philosophy (from a closed or semi closed culture of course) without any key context"

[kundalini33-deactivated20260510]

To reject your darkness is to reject half of your existence. True mastery is found in integration, not denial.