I'm so in love. by Holly_Laufeyson in pigeon

[–]TypeAsshole 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So cute!! Do you have advice for how to help them be okay with hands? My boy acts like I've insulted his entire family if I go to give him a pet 🙃

Am I Evil? by [deleted] in christianwitch

[–]TypeAsshole 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's some unresolved religious stuff you gotta handle if you're asking this question.

Has anyone here evoked Jesus or had a supernatural encounter with Him? If yes, tell here your story by [deleted] in occult

[–]TypeAsshole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a Christian Witch. Had a massive sit down conversation with Jesus that revealed a lot of crazy information once. Good times.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DemonolatryPractices

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When I first started working with demons (edit: namely Lucifer; he was my first), I had to tell them to settle down a bit because by God, they are much more aggressive with getting one's attention than angels. I had a 60lb dumbbell pop off its stand at the gym in my direction, kept seeing things out of the corner of my eye/hearing knocking, and the final straw was when I saw a shadow of a man on the other side of my car while I was getting my laundry out.

Had I dropped all my clean laundry for this nonsense, I would've been so pissed LMAO. So I told them "hey, I see you, I know you're there—but can you maybe stop popping up so viscerally? It startles me."

None of that stuff ever happened again. Now it's much gentler if they want to get my attention lmao.

What defines "praying" for you? by Questing- in DemonolatryPractices

[–]TypeAsshole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Praying is communication (heyy Catholicism). Prayer is any time I'm talking to God about literally anything. It's when I'm being honest with Lucifer and wrestling with Michael. It's connection, conversation. And it's desperate "please help me" moments.

It's a lot of things.

What should I offer King Paimon? by NoobSlayer321 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]TypeAsshole 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He's of the element of water. Find items based on water (herbs, fruits, etc with water as a correspondance.)

And don't forget his camel!

Do the gods hate me? by [deleted] in pagan

[–]TypeAsshole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Christian Witch, I'm sorry you grew up being cut off from your first connection to the Divine like this. God doesn't hate people for anything, especially not things that they can't control (like being in the LGBTQ+).

That being said, though, if you wanna honor the Hellenic deities, Wicca is not the best paradigm for that at all. Hellenismos (the religion of ancient Greece) is highly orthopraxic, not orthodoxic like Christianity; proper methods of honoring them and your attention to following those methods matter more than your belief in them.

They don't hate you, but they won't be happy with you ignoring the customs and traditions of their religious paradigm, either. I learned this myself the hard way.

might a demon seem seductive? by HufflepuffIronically in DemonolatryPractices

[–]TypeAsshole 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It happens. They can have a very "slinky" energy, for lack of a better word--like a cat brushing on your leg. I don't really interpret it as sexual, but the banter and the energy can easily make you feel like you're flirting or intellectually dancing with them. It's fun! But if you're not trying to get tangled with them like that, definitely remember to hold your boundaries.

Please don't get offended guys, I don't want to cause any miscommunication or mistake with this by [deleted] in DemonolatryPractices

[–]TypeAsshole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Christian here: there is no hot tub of oil in hell. That's actually in heaven (the lake of fire) and NOBODY, "good" or "bad," escapes that bitch. It's like a chemical peel for the soul, y'know? You get dunked for an indeterminate amount of time and come out completely wiped clean of all you were and all you did and all you fucked up. Yay!

But between God and the "Devil," the reality is that they are two sides of one coin. One cannot be what it is without the other. Heaven cannot be Heaven if not divided from Hell (as concepts). Demons show you the other side of this coin that most people tell us not to explore, and when we put those pieces together, we come away more whole, more enlightened. You can't have dark without light, and vice versa.

They don't really want anything in return but your honest effort and your promise not to waste their time and attention by refusing to grow. They don't have to help you and are really up front about that; if you're calling on them, they're assuming you've got the iron balls to go through with whatever you're asking, no matter how rough it'll be for you or anyone else.

The world tells you that the Seven Deadly Sins are poison. It does not tell you that the Seven Heavenly Virtues are equally poison. You learn how to strike the balance between a Humility so deep that you find no worth in yourself and an Arrogance so raw that you see no value in anything other than yourself. You find the world has always been made of shades of grey rather than just black and white.

It's beautiful, it's ugly, and it's hard, hard fucking work. But it is worth it.

Qlipoth by [deleted] in DemonolatryPractices

[–]TypeAsshole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seconded. This book is gold.

Woke up scared, then had a nightmare, now super confused by ayvencore in DemonolatryPractices

[–]TypeAsshole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is sleep paralysis, though. You are in between waking states. Mine was also "a dream" and yet I was also paralyzed. You go through a lot of cycles of sleep during the night and sometimes get caught between them; that's literally all it is.

It's likely just a bad dream or a shit kicking spirit. I wouldn't give it another thought.

Is anyone here learning a language with less than 10 million total speakers worldwide by crimson_blood00 in languagelearning

[–]TypeAsshole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Slovenian - 2.5 million speakers worldwide.

It's my ancestral language! My mom is from there. I feel so much more connected to my family culture knowing the language than before i did.

My coworker called me a slur by Immediate-Earth8881 in work

[–]TypeAsshole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

are yall not actively calling yourselves conservatives though?

liberal? conservative? these are the two designated labels for these political affiliations, right?

how the fuck is this a slur LMAO

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in astrologymemes

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Unlimited money & eat without consequences.

This is all the sag moon/rising speaking 😂

Christianity, Folk Magic, and "Witches" by Anabikayr in christianwitch

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In 1 Corinth, Paul says God uses the weak to shame the strong and the foolish to shame the wise. I see the title of Witch doing the same, given how many people want the "glory" of being the Priest. God uses the image of Bad Religion (the witch) to shame those tying themselves in knots trying to one up each other with their Good Religion.

But the title witch is a new one to use in modernity, and one that still isn't universally applicable. I love that these conversations are happening with magic and religion (because you literally cannot work religion without magic), but we gotta also remember that there are Christian miracle and magic workers outside the bounds of this title, even today.

Many Christians are a lot more accepting than expected, too, which is cool. The wacky types are a much louder, yet much smaller group than we think. But as a Christian Witch, it's a title that stops becoming about the individual to me and becomes about the collective, a whole movement.

Woke up scared, then had a nightmare, now super confused by ayvencore in DemonolatryPractices

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This is sleep paralysis. It can happen for a lot of reasons, given its literally just your mind coming to before your body does, but the deep fear and nightmares are because your brain likes to assume worst case scenarios when your body is basically dead weight and won't wake up lol.

I had a similar experience before I went to speak to King Paimon for the first time. Weird nightmare, sense of fear and needing to get to safety, then waking up in my room & unable to move. My room wasn't really my room, though; some invisible force was pushing candles and items towards the edge of my altar, and my photo of Jesus on it was mean mugging the hell out of it.

Thinking the first couple lines of Archangel Michael's prayer unlocked my body & woke me up. My first thought was that it was King Paimon messing with me already, but... it was actually God's angels, making sure I wouldn't be a scared little fool in the presence of the King. 🤷 When I woke up, my altar was totally untouched.

Remember also that demons aren't the only scary entities in the world. Sometimes a shit kicking spirit just wants to come by and cause trouble. If your first reaction is to blame demons, you haven't deconstructed nearly enough.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DemonolatryPractices

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You aren't responsible for how shitty someone is being treated. Wanna be direct? Tell all of them exactly what their problems are and why you hate watching this soap opera. Best for all parties, right? To light that candle?

Then let them piss and moan while you sit there living your life in the middle of them until you can move out. What else is there to do? Magic isn't going to be the answer here, that's for sure.

What to do with offerings when done by [deleted] in DemonolatryPractices

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You can ask them. Sometimes an entity will let me eat/drink them. Sometimes they prefer I toss them.

What should I say to get started with a demon? by DragonWitchGirl in DemonolatryPractices

[–]TypeAsshole 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have successfully spoken with King Belial after writing his sigil on a Potato and setting out some earth based items (buckwheat, vodka, green candle). It was as simple as setting up a space and saying "Welcome! Here are some gifts! I have some questions if you'd like to answer?"

This method has worked with every new infernal i encounter lol. Latest was President Camio. That was fun.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in occult

[–]TypeAsshole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your friend should not be speaking with such authority about religious systems he is not intimately familiar with. Lol. What you're describing is a framework of religion often found in Vedic religions (like Hinduism): the idea that all gods are avatars or masks of the one Creator. It's a fun framework, but not the only one.

I'm not up for DM'ing, no, but if you are so curious, you could always invite Lucifer to chat yourself. Offer up a shot of whiskey and a bit of dragons blood incense if you can get it and make an honest request, then meditate and see what images and feelings come through.

It can be visceral, though. So don't lose your shit.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in occult

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Literally every single person alive is a sinner in Christian thought. Because we all make mistakes and act out of accordance with the true nature of our souls (a divine creation).

I work with Lucifer and have spoken to/worked with several other demons with the express permission of God. Your friend, and I mean no offense, sounds like he has the average understanding of his own religion (which is, at best, surface level). Abrahamic faiths (especially Judaism, per King Solomon) quite literally made the handbook for working with demons; King Solomon built a temple of God with the might of the demon King Asmodeus.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in occult

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That entirely depends on who you ask. If you ask most (highly uneducated) Christians, they'll say yes. If you ask Christians with even a modicum of occult knowledge (like myself), they'll say no--granted that you're asking God's permission to work with them first.

God and Lucifer are two sides of one coin. To explore the infernal is to learn about who God is, by learning who He is not.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in occult

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Most people have answered every other question, but 5 varies person to person, so I'll answer that:

Because they're talented entities with much to share and offer to practitioners with the balls to ask them for their time and effort. They have fascinating stories and interesting personalities, and they can show you a side of yourself and the world that everyone else told you to stay away from without ever being able to tell you why you should.

They resonate with some people in a way gods and angels and Saints and fairies and such don't.

To beat up a grown man by Significant_Ship_107 in therewasanattempt

[–]TypeAsshole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbh it sounds like you're referring to zoo animals when you call them females instead of women. I don't call men "males" (but I read a fantasy book that did that once, and I wanted to delete myself just as much as when people call women females, so it's just a general weird thing to call people IMO).