Are fantasy role playing games occultic?
The answer is both yes and no, depending upon one’s point of view. There are many religious terms like demonic possession, Neopaganism, Occult, Satan, and Satanism which have multiple meanings. Often conservative Christians use one definition, whereas others use another definition: • Common beliefs among conservative Christians: They often oppose fantasy games because of the alleged occult content of the games. They frequently state that RPG rule books include poison recipes or methods of summoning demons, etc. This appears to be a misunderstanding. A very few games have printed spell incantations from folk and ceremonial magick, but most do not. A gamer who wants his pretend character to cast a spell in order to protect itself from attack might simply say to the GM “I am casting a healing spell now.” Note that neither the player nor their character actually casts a spell or practices magick. The player simply describes what the imaginary character is doing. Gaming is basically an adul
