@DrFell @nanook@friendica.eskimo.com

The main problems with it stem from the fact that it's deliberately marketed as a historical fact when in reality it's a pseudohistorical fantasy novel that belongs in the fiction section of the library. Being a work of fiction need not detract from whatever wisdom is present, but misrepresenting it as factual renders all that wisdom moot, as evidenced by the 2,000 year track record of violent bigotry stemming from it's application.

@DrFell

It's kinda annoying to see responses in the thread to comments from an account on a server which apparently has SPW instance blocked. Fucking fedi snowflakes...

@DrFell

*nods*

The various so-called `Gnostic` sects are interesting, but personally if I had to choose a comparable tradition from that era it would likely be Hermeticism. Unlike Christian Gnostics, Hermetic Gnostics don't regard the demiurge, creation, nor the body to be evil/corrupt, but simply a lower manifestation of the divine totality and a necessary stepping stone in the process of theurgy.

@DrFell

Personally I'm not the slightest bit fixated on historical Paganisms/mysticism. I like to know about them because I find it interesting, but when it comes to practice of religion for it's own sake, I've invented my own. It has features in common with some systems like Hermeticism (eg. harmony of complementary opposites, etc), but isn't tied to nor dependent on any other historical system.

@DrFell

Not yet, but I'll add that to my playlist for later in the day. Thanks! I'm a fan of (but by no means an expert on) Jung's occult investigations.

@KingOfWhiteAmerica @Humpleupagus @DrFell @porkcow

Well you can believe that if you like, but you're not arguing against me. You're arguing against the primary evidence and mainstream assessment of scholars on the topic.

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@Xenophon

Then you have no place in this discussion. Fuck off somewhere else with your retard bullshit.

@Xenophon

Then you better get lost ya little bitch.