"Closed Practices" are a human construct
I know I'm making bold statements here that will probably irritate some people but this is my UPG: Not all but many spirit entities and celestial beings being defined as "closed practice" on social media tend to disagree - just ask them...
I've had a few entities (shall not be named) contact me over the past few months. In doing my diligent research on one of these deities I found many vocal individuals on tumblr, tiktok, etc. claiming "closed practice". So to that deity who confronted me, I tried to do what I thought to be the right thing - I flat out asked:
"Why are you contacting me? Do you really want to work with me because... I don't practice that religion?"
The response surprised me: "I do not conform to the restrictions humans impose on me. I choose who I want to work with and right now I choose you.".
Then I asked: "If I agree to work with you, do you wish me to study ___ religion and initiate into said religion?"
The response: "I exist outside any religion. Do not think it necessary to put yourself through such things as I will show myself to whoever I wish regardless of their man-made religion. Such thinking is narrow minded and limited by human constructs."
When mystical practices bring you to a place where gods, goddesses, angels, and demons are speaking into your very soul, you start to understand that spirit exists outside any and every box humans have ever tried to fit them into - including religious texts and claims of them being "closed practices".
When we make these claims, we forget so many of these entities have existed for ages before man could even put together organized religion. If they don't want to work with you, you will surely know as they will flat out ignore your existence. But when they confront you, keep your mind open as they will teach you more about them through your experiences than you could possibly record or describe with any human language.
To celestial, there are no "closed practices" - only what they decide in terms of who they want to work with. They're sovereign and decide for themselves. If they choose to work with a specific group of people, than that's their choice. And just because they only showed up to a specific set of people hundreds or thousands of years ago, doesn't mean that they won't show up to you now - it all comes down to what they decide.
So I end with this: We should never condemn anyone for working with a spirit we think are "closed practice". Because we really don't know what that spirit or celestial being wants or why they chose to work with their devotee. It's not ours to decide and we need to hold back judgement on others - it limits the gods and it limits ourselves.
If you're one whose pushed claims about "closed practices" on deities, you may feel like you're being called out on it... The reality is, in making your claim, you may be right or you may be wrong... but most importantly it's not up to you to decide - it's up to the deity, angel, demon, or spirit.
Again, I'm only speaking from my personal experiences - it's UPG.
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