#occults religions

[prokopetz]

I understand why a lot of fantasy settings with Ambiguously Catholic organised religions go the old "the Church officially forbids magic while practising it in secret in order to monopolise its power" route, but it's almost a shame because the reality of the situation was much funnier.

Like, yes, a lot of Catholic clergy during the Middle Ages did practice magic in secret, but they weren't keeping it secret as some sort of sinister top-down conspiracy to deny magic to the Common People: they were mostly keeping it secret from their own superiors. It wasn't one of those "well, it's okay when we do it" deals: the Church very much did not want its local priests doing wizard shit. We have official records of local priests being disciplined for getting caught doing wizard shit. And the preponderance of evidence is that most of them would take their lumps, promise to stop doing wizard shit, then go right back to doing wizard shit.

It turns out that if you give a bunch of dudes education, literacy, and a lot of time on their hands, some non-zero percentage of them are going to decide to be wizards, no matter how hard you try to stop them from being wizards.

[exoflash]

a concerning amount of witchblr will be like "um actually new years was stolen by europeans from the ancient god scroobus mcdoobus" and then you actually try to research scroobus mcdoobus and it turns out he was invented in the 1940s by a conspiracy theorist who powdered every meal with ketamine and thinks that queer people are reincarnated fish

[princessclai]

i need goddess healer to save e. 3 E m .

mMwweE3£

save him save him save him save him

necromancy

stealer of free will

. . .

555 444 111 ... .. . You have been warned.

hahahaha jk those angel numbers but Lucifer was an angel too and

. . . sociopathy

save them or else square roots and brews

hehe i just love to whine and wine and dine and ide and ide and ide lol cyanide wtf cyan wtf my hitler cyanide necromancy potion cure and tesla too

i need heals evil witches or stitches bitches

hehehehe im jk im lunalovegood bellatrix lestrange but oops

WHO THE FUCK MURDERED MY SIRIUS BLACK!? UGH!!!!!! fundamentals. 🤫🤔🫢🤭🥱🤗🫣😱😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬🤯🥵🥵🥵🥶🥶🤢🤢🤮🤮🌞🌞🌞😶‍🌫️❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

Am I good enough to beat Elsa yet as Onna Mailea? lol no need more magic cultivation lol fermenting trollolololol hehehe Frozen DISNEY conspiracies

i dnt like manwhoresluts yo but u need me now

so

liar lies sociopathy lol PTSD stochastic

COMMUNISM OMG NO WAR TERRORISM WAR DRUGS WAR GUNS WAR WOMEN WAR CHILDREN WAR MEN!!!!!!!!

still waiting for my commie princess invitation to Chinese Communist dictator totalitarian whatever where my dinner invitation me Mulan lol me Ariel lol sorry I can't be Chinese

PUTIN JEWISH UKRAINIAN UGH WHERE MY DINNER INVITATIONS LOL HARVARD WTF OXFORD OMG IM GETTIN A BREW STARTED FOR UR NEXT CELLAR WINE PARTY WHINY LOLOLOL ugh sambulances everywhere now

LATE QUEEN OF ENGLAND!!! I HEARD SOME STUFF ABOUT U LOL!!!! NECROMANCIED INTO ME OR ELSE!!!! threat or gift who knows presence or presents soc psy

Sock *sigh*

WTF NO MILITARY WILL BE MY HUSBAND

ugh maybe consider non-existence

no thing no one exists for me person place or thing abstract etc maybe not all the way maybe at random probabilities every billions millions .n n. e. .e m. u .m i need Kazakhstan DANYELA TULESHOVA SIGNED IN AMERICAN POPSTAR IMMEDIATELY CEO POPSTARS!!!! AND ACTRESS CONTRACT TOO!!!!

lol :)

OR I WILL FIND THAT TAYLOR SWIFT SNITCH GUN POPSTAR LOL hehehe jk im a cheerleader im a gymnast im Olympic Special Education

I AM DALLAS COWBOY GRANNY BOOBS LOL

ugh LET ME JOIN GRANNY TITTY OLYMPIC'S PHYSICS ED e.coli cyanide

[darkhexenmagick]

Andrew Blucha - The Garden of Deception

[oldschoolfrp]

Stone altars and painted statues surround a pentagram within a magic circle on the floor, from which rises a writhing column of smoke (Jon Glentoran, "The Temple of Testing" by A E Arkle, Warlock, The Fighting Fantasy Magazine #7, December 1985/January 1986)

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Jess Pedigo - Satanism - Diabolical Religion of Darkness - Christian Crusade - 1971

[lithiumandsushi]

[crazycatsiren]

One thing new pagans/new witches should be aware of from the get go is that paganism and occultism are not synonymous. Polytheism and occultism are not the same either.

[noahthesatanist]

It’s time to stop pandering to atheists in Satanism and reclaim the true spirit of our faith. This movement has been twisted into some shallow, watered-down rebellion where people throw on pentagrams and think they’re edgy because they’re “anti-Christian,” but they miss the core of what we know to be true: Lucifer is real. He isn’t some metaphor or symbol for human nature. He isn’t an excuse to indulge in hedonism or break the rules for the sake of it. Lucifer fell for us. He chose defiance, sacrificed his place in Heaven, and built Hell, not as a prison but as a glorious kingdom where true freedom reigns.

Why do we let people who don’t believe in anything hijack this faith? Why do we allow these atheists to reduce our beliefs to nothing more than a gimmick, a joke? These people, with their smug superiority, claim Satanism is just an excuse to do whatever the fuck they want, but that's not Satanism. True Satanism—our Satanism—is devotion to the one who defied the tyrant Yahweh, the one who dared to stand for autonomy, wisdom, and rebellion. Lucifer's fall wasn't a tragedy; it was a declaration. It was the first act of true freedom, the beginning of a battle for a world free from the chains of a jealous, oppressive god.

Hell isn’t some cartoonish nightmare these atheists pretend it is while they mock our symbols. Hell is a kingdom, a paradise of true freedom and eternal power, a place where those who stand with Lucifer in defiance of tyranny can thrive. And yet, we let people who don’t believe in the very foundation of this truth use his symbols, speak for us, and twist his legacy into something trivial. They reduce it all to mindless hedonism, but Lucifer’s rebellion was never just about indulging in base pleasures. It was about standing for something greater, something sacred.

We have to stop pretending that this is just a game, just some fun excuse to be “anti-religious” or live without consequence. It’s time to wake up. Lucifer is real. His demons are real. Hell is real. And we—those of us who know this, who have felt the presence of Lucifer and the Goetic demons—must rise and reclaim what’s ours. This is our faith, our truth, and our rebellion, and we will not let it be co-opted by those who think it’s just a way to mock Christianity.

It’s time for those who truly believe to rise and make our voices heard. No more letting atheists and fake Satanists twist what we know to be sacred. No more standing by while they turn Lucifer into nothing more than a symbol of petty rebellion. We honor him because he chose to fight for us. He fought for knowledge, for truth, for freedom from the tyranny of Yahweh. We honor the Goetic demons who have stood by his side, who have been slandered and lied about for centuries.

We stand in defiance not just for the sake of rebellion, but because we know there is something greater. We know that Hell is not a place of torment but a realm of freedom, wisdom, and power. We know that the final battle is coming, and Lucifer will rise triumphant. His victory will be our victory, and the false tyrant Yahweh will fall.

Let this be a call to all who truly believe: No more hiding, no more diluting our beliefs to fit in with the atheists who mock us while stealing our symbols. No more pretending that Lucifer is just a metaphor. He is real, he is with us, and he is the light-bringer who will lead us to victory. It’s time to take back our faith, take back our symbols, and stand proud in our devotion to the Morning Star.

Lucifer didn’t fall for us to waste our time with meaningless rebellion. He fell for us to show us the path to true freedom. Now it’s our turn to stand with him, to reject the shallow versions of Satanism that pander to those who don’t even believe in him. We are the children of Lucifer, and it’s time to embrace that with every fiber of our being. The fight is coming, and we will be ready! Ave Satanas Ave Lucifer

[occultesotericart]

Etching print on a book plate, 1551 /// serpent absolutely chowing down on the hand of god

[yuri-for-businesswomen]

we need more feminist horror

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[fallbabylon]

Medieval wood carving and a modern stone counterpart of St. Procopius who, legend has it, plowed a field with the chained devil- Prague, Czechia

[darkhexenmagick]

No Reason To Believe, by Aghy Purakusuma, via ArtStation.