Recently I've been doing a deep dive into red flags that one may run into while in occult spaces. It's best to be educated so that in the instance you come across one of these red flags, you know when take the information you're receiving with a grain of salt. The following is a list of some red flags I've come across in my time as a Pagan. Some are pretty obvious, others not so much.
• Claiming St. Peter's cross is Satanic, or that Ankh is Christian
• Thelema, Aleister Crowley, or Magic with a K
• "Qabala" rather than actual Kabbalah
• Talking about Atlantis as if it's real
• Saying "real Satanists" don't believe in Satan or refusing to acknowledge the difference between theist and non-theist Satanists
•Claiming a crystal, incense, oil, herb or whatever else can be used in place of medicine
• The use of lightning bolt symbols, the Black Sun, etc
• Saying aliens built the Egyptian pyramids or that humans bred with aliens
• Saying the Illuminati controls everything or talks of a "New World Order"
• Weird fear-mongering or out-there conspiracies about Freemasonry
• Vaguely alluding to an all-powerful group that's only ever referred to as "the elites" or "they"
• Doing closed practices they aren't apart of
• Refusing to cite sources, or if they do cite sources, it's a TikTok or something
• Referring to ANYTHING the Nazis did
• Tribal tattoos from a tribe one isn't apart of
• Claiming they'll provide you forbidden knowledge or that if you follow their way of life you'll reach God or whatever
• Any mention of Aryans or some superior race in a non-critical/historical explanatory context
• Joy of Satan or The Order of Nine Angels
• Claiming "you were meant to see this video!" when it's a video that is showed to hundreds (or thousands) of people based on an algorithm
• Gatekeeping practices, worship, tools, etc, from a sex. IE, "only women can do this spell!"
• Recommending any work from scammers (ex: Joe Dispenza)
• Discouraging learning the history of a practice
• Claiming deities from different pantheons are the exact same. (Ex: Aphrodite and Venus)
• Using AI in place of real art, imagery, people, etc. (Seriously, I've seen shops on Etsy try to sell me tarot readings with a photo of an AI generated old lady claiming to do the readings, marketing it as if it's a real person.)
If you have ANYTHING else to add, please feel free to do so.
* I'd also like to add that these bullet points are not ranked at all and in no way am I comparing any of the things on this list. It is just a list. + Many of the things on this list are nuanced. And everything has exceptions.
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