Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
SOURCE : Paradox: Why are so manyWestern practitioners of yoga (yogis) so arrogant? The following are some habits to avoid. Avoid practicing Yoga for material gain or to acquire psychic powers. Anything of value should be used to help those you can. There is nothing wrong with earning a living or bettering yourself, but you [...]
SOURCE : “Spiritual” devotee condemns tribal shamanism and sorcery (interesting argument) Sure, there are worthless “Pagans” who are more interested in money, sex and power than in [using] religion to transform the individual. Magic is a neutral tool – not inherently religious, spiritual or “good”. Mastery over transitory phenomena… plays on those who are too [...]
SOURCE : Boycott Llewellyn Publications I practice Brujeria… in a close group we call Los Brujos del Cuervo … One night a few of us were together browsing online bookstores. We came upon books on Brujeria, or with Brujeria in the title, published by Llewellyn in Spanish. We couldn’t believe it! Someone had actually written [...]
SOURCE : Laveyan Satanism : A Puerile Philosophy of Stagnation On the surface, this idea of doing what you want and not getting caught might sound attractive, but in the longer term it only results in a way of living that provides short-term gains for long-term loss. It’s the old junkie syndrome… of needing ever [...]
SOURCE : Daniel Pellizzari refutes Madison’s claims The recent postings about NYC Voudu, Pomba Gira Botanica and Madison caught my attention. This woman claims familiarity with brazilian african-syncretic religions, but doesn’t seem to have a minimal notion about Candomble, Quimbanda or any of the branches. Let’s choose a Madison’s text. Here it goes: > Sat. [...]
SOURCE : The Three-fold Law of Return, Exposing This Lie and its Origins This three-fold teaching was taken from the eastern concept of “karma” after it merged with Western Christianity. After the eastern teachings of karma picked up the Judeo/Christian overtones of divine punishment, the product evolved into yet another system of control with the [...]
SOURCE : greengalloway: Racism is not magick Suddenly the lights will go off. We will all be sitting in the darkness, wondering where our next meal will be coming from. At which point a magick reliant upon speculations about quantum physics will not be very useful. Magicks of survival are more likely’ to produce results. [...]
Llewellyn Worldwide is “the world’s oldest and largest New Age Publisher specializing in books, tarot decks, audio and video products.” A favorite source of information for the Wicca set, they are also (apparently) now dabbling in Afrophobic witchunt fiction: SOURCE : iCrew – Scratched Based on the non-fiction book “Scratched” due to hit the shelves [...]
Jason Louv is a copywriter and self-proclaimed “magician” who published the influential anthology Generation Hex,
SOURCE : absentmindedart: GENERATION HEX: HIGH ROAD ANAMNESIS 2005 In such a marketplace of belief, in which every world faith has been pureed into a homogenized feel-good power shake, it is often the options with a tad more grit to them that stick out. Voodoo, witchcraft, the abyss-transfixed “magick” of Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman [...]
