Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail From: nagasiva@luckymojo.com (nagasiva yronwode) Newsgroups: alt.christnet,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic Subject: Christian Magic (was How to become a Mage / Spellcaster??) Organization: Sonoma Interconnect,Santa Rosa,CA(us),http://www.sonic.net Lines: 38 Sender: yronwode@sonic.net Message-ID: <882t3v$msa@bolt.sonic.net> References: <87e2gp$ae3@bolt.sonic.net> <15692-38A0B660-73@storefull-121.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Reply-To: spam@luckymojo.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.4 (NOV) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 06:03:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.201.224.36 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 950335415 208.201.224.36 (Fri, 11 Feb 2000 22:03:35 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 22:03:35 PST Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.christnet:500018 alt.magick.tyagi:21198 alt.magick:179059 alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic:18759 50000211 IVom Will486@webtv.net (William Harris): >i was woundering if there was any thing like a christain mage...because >i have heard about one and was woundering if there is if.... yes, there are many Christian mages. some of these utilize Hermetic (i.e. Golden Dawn) rituals and tools, some focus more strongly on Roman Catholic, some on Protestant folk magic tools and techniques. there are many different kinds of Christianity and many different kinds of Christian magic. many hoodoo root workers are Christian, for example. there is an entire book on the subject of "Ancient Christian Magic", by Meyer and Smith. in fact I created a self-initiation into Christian magic using the New Testament as a key, which I experienced as I created it. you can find it in these files: http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostic/xtianmgk.rite.1 http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostic/xtianmgk.rite.2 http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostic/xtianmgk.rite.3 http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostic/xtianmgk.txt1 http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostic/xtianmgk.txt2 http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostic/xtianmgk.txt3 http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostic/xtianmgk.txt4 at some point I'll arrange these into a web page for ease of access, but until then check them out as an expression of Christian magic which I'd love to discuss with anyone and I encourage others to create their own initiatic rites based on Christian scripture. blessed beast! nagasiva -- mailto:nagasiva@luckymojo.com; mailto:yronwode@luckymojo.com TOKUS: mailto:boboroshi@satanservice.org; http://www.satanservice.org/ notification: I may post any email replies; cc me if some response desired.