RE: On Occultism
September 17, 2019 at 8:43 am
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2019 at 8:45 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Christianity would be occultism, by definition, even if it were invented whole cloth with no cultural development or preceding traditions to lean on as source material (credited or not).
It's just that that the cultural development and preceding traditions (vehemently uncredited) are embarrassing to christians in much the same way that terms like pixies are fairies are. So, christianity as a tradition which is by definition an occult system...rejects that accurate classification as it does in so many other areas. Coming up with threadbare excuses as to why it can;t be what it is, what they strongly assert it to be.
Christians love the occult, they don't like the -word- occult. It's taken to mean the other guys supernatural influences, not theirs. One of the benefits of cultural hegemony is that you get to run the office of doublespeak.
It's just that that the cultural development and preceding traditions (vehemently uncredited) are embarrassing to christians in much the same way that terms like pixies are fairies are. So, christianity as a tradition which is by definition an occult system...rejects that accurate classification as it does in so many other areas. Coming up with threadbare excuses as to why it can;t be what it is, what they strongly assert it to be.
Christians love the occult, they don't like the -word- occult. It's taken to mean the other guys supernatural influences, not theirs. One of the benefits of cultural hegemony is that you get to run the office of doublespeak.
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