STAGS

my non-private spirituality and witchy blog

[stagsspirituality]

Introduction

I'm Stags, I use they/them pronouns. I'm 16 and this is my religous/spiritualy blog. I am currently an omnist, animist, demonolater and one day wish to be a death wish. I seriously do not care if you think I am "too young" for this, just scroll. I have been practicing for about 8 years now. I currently work with Prince Stolas(yes the goetia no nothing like helluva boss) and one other. I do not identify with the term pagan but since a lot of our stuff is similar I still use the tags. I also use the term magic instead of the other spellings.

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Those who do not believe in decolonizing practices

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This post is constantly being added to and edited

[mamaangiwine]

I saw an anon somewhere on here say something along the lines that no one should work with demons, and that "people have always feared them for a reason". Others have said this anon is clearly apart of a larger harrrasment effort- but none the less, it made me realize that just because I feel the history of demons is common knowledge, it doesn't mean that there aren't people who are unaware of that history.

No. People weren't always afraid of "demons". Especially not in ancient Greece where 'daemons', or 'daimons' (the spelling varies), were considered "lesser beings". This wasn't to imply that they were 'evil' or 'lowly', but rather they were a less powerful spirit than that of a god. They were formidable entities who could either do great harm or help. In fact, some daemons could be a positive force; attached to an individual from birth they, ironically, could act as a kind of "guardian angel". Socrates at one point even suggested, with credit to the priestess Diotima, that love, Eros, might be a "a great daemon...for everything daemonic is between god and mortal".

So, no. People were not always afraid of d(a)emons.

[czortofbaldmountain-deactivated]

People will use Mesopotamian paganisms as an argument why Lilith is not closed and then conceptualize her in a way that appropriates specifically Jewish lore (and mostly one specific midrash that isn't even that old).

Lilth (supposedly!) being a part of Mesopotamian demonology is just an excuse here.

Like. Idk how to tell you that none of the Mesopotamian demons historically associated with Lilith was ever a rebellious wife of Adam and then in relationship with Asmodeus or Samael (nor Lucifer when people choose to apply culturally Christian lenses and bring him into it...).

The only common Mesopotamian element of modern Lilith worship is the Burney Relief and the idea that it depicts Lilith is an old debunked theory.