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hello christopagans and christowitches who are more experienced than me👀 what kind of magick and meditations and such should I prioritize during this month of the Immaculate Heart👀 does anyone have advice on what a christopagan and christowitch could do to honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary via spellwork👀 Marian witchcraft tips👀 hi👀👀👀

So a couple weeks ago, at silent worship, the centering word was something from the Gospel of John; specifically about how Yoshua wept (I believe over the death of Lazarus). Quite a bit of the discussion, the things people felt drawn to share, focused around how human weeping is. And yes it is. God weeps alongside us.

Yoshua doesn't laugh in the gospels. He is calm, he is upset, he weeps, but he doesn't laugh. God doesn't laugh. God is calm and serious and angry and sometimes sorrowful. Laughter is utilized, in the Newer Testament, in the context of mockery. Yoshua does not laugh but is laughed at. So anger is a godly emotion, but joy isn't? Laughter is the tool of fools to mock the divine and Their prophets? That's what that says to me.

When I read The Book of God: The Bible as a Novel by Walter Wangerin Jr. (which I have a whole review about), I didn't expect to care much for the Newer Testament section. I don't believe in a Savior. But the thing that made me like it? The thing that punched me in the gut with the reminder that Yoshua was a person? The fact that he laughs. He laughs when Simon shaves his beard. He laughs when he is welcomed into villages. He laughs as often as he weeps, or gets angry. He displays the whole spectrum of emotion.

Maybe this is a reach. But maybe this is a reason why Christianity has become so dull, emotionally. Why suffering is good and pleasure is bad. Of course we also have to take into account that Christianity rose from apocalypticism, of which a core tenant is pessimism. Maybe this is a reason or a symptom or just another piece of the equation.

God doesn't laugh.

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a little syncretism thats been in my head for awhile... Saturn-Kronos-Adonai (or Theos, or Yahweh, etc, whichever name is preferred.) i view him as a Creator, of men and of cycles. an Upholder, of justice and of sovereignty. and as a Keeper, of secrets and of truth. he is the father of the golden age, representing both the good and bad of humanity. multi-faceted and complicated, hated and loved

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Doesn't Christianity ban paganism? And witchcraft in general?

Just saw your profile and got curious.

In my personal opinion; what mainstream Christian/Catholic doctrine says about the occult can be up to interpretation, for me I think that witchcraft as both a practice and word was widely misunderstood and misused in the times the Bible, more specifically the old testament, was composed. Some think it's acceptable to merge the two, some don't, and that's okay! I think it's really just all about what brings you closer to the Higher Being and what doesn't :)

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Cosmology: Three-parted World

Fig. 1

The idea of the three-part world is shared by Uralic cultures, including the mythology and religions of the Finns. The world is separated into three parts, in horizontal as well as vertical axis, simultaneosly. "Keskinen", "the middle world", our known world; "Alinen", "the underworld"; and "Ylinen", "the above world". These aspects of the world place themselves not only on the vertical axis, but horizontally: while the "underworld" exists literally under our feet, it is also situated in many mythologies in the far north, while the "ylinen" exists, in accordance with the established dichotomy, in the south.

As the world is separated in three, simultaneously there is the view of the world being made of two natures. "Tuonpuoleinen", literally "the other side", and "tämänpuoleinen", "this side". "Tämänpuoleinen" is what is our known world, while everything sacred and unknowable exists more or less "on the other side". "Keskinen" thus is of "tämänpuoleinen", while "Alinen" and "Ylinen" and all their inhabitants are of "tuonpuoleinen" in their nature.

People in general seemed to be more familiar with the Alinen. There were stories of shamans traveling there, the "geography" of the place was mapped out with it's river and gates, and it was where souls went after their death. People would leave offering to the inhabitants of the Alinen, to different "underground" spirits and to their ancestors under conifer trees (more about conifers here). Ylinen was in turn something so otherworldly it wasn't really approached. In these traditions the creator God was not something one approached much - it was a distant being, a deus otiosus - and the above world was its domain.

In my personal view: The role of the creator god in this Cosmology is fitting for the Abrahamic God/Jahve/Sebaot/The Lord etc. Unlike many gods in polytheistic religions, this God is completely otherworldly and in its nature distant from humans, an unknowable, omnipotent being. I think he fits as the "ruler" of Ylinen, which syncretic Christian belief might substitute with the word Heaven. The other realm of tuonpuoleinen, Alinen, would be the domain of spirits, other creations which are supernatural in their nature. I would see Alinen as existing, in a way, alongside and "under" our observalbe reality. This is where the souls of our ancestors and other "väki" would recide, "maanväki" (force/people of thre earth) most importantly. Keskinen then is simply everything that is NOT supernatural in nature. Our selves during our lifetime, and all the other inhabitants of this Earth.

Source: Pulkkinen, Risto: "Suomalainen kansanusko: samaaneista saunatonttuihin." Gaudeamus Helsinki University press, 2014

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I really like the idea of being a self-sustaining [witch] . Unfortunately. I live in a basement 🤢 maybe I will get my boyfriend and I some grow lights for Christmas.. I like the idea of growing my own herbs in my own space, y’know? I wanna.. be able to grow and dry they and make them relate closer to my personal being .