Should a Christian practise illusions and sleight of hand if it imitates real magic?
Magic is real, witchcraft is a current religion, and none of us is going to hell. Unless we are shamans, in which case we probably would opt for Hel (Norse land of the dead, a place of cool mists and forgetting) or Hades (a place of forgetting in the alyssian fields). Hell (Christian) is a bit warm for my taste, and too violent. I am a ceremonial magician, not a stage magician. I am not evil. I am not Christian either, and the Bible of the Jews has much wisdom, as does the Christian “New Testament”. So do the Sutras, so does the Qaran, and the Book of the Law. But none are (for me) infallible, nor the rule of my life. I am no satanist, as I do not work with that particular god. Demons are not part of my practices. I work on being a connection between Spirit and Matter, to uprase matter toward Spirit, and to draw Spirit down into matter.
