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The MAGIC of Religion in only 6 easy steps

by Terry in

at the earliest stages of human history there were priests, shaman and magi (from which we get the word "magic") who were skilled performers.

they gained special status from their level of mastery in duping and thrilling the human mind with its pact of desiring the transcendent experience.

(make me believe the impossible!).

Magick

The magician helps the audience achieve a transcendant experience by showing them a seeming miracle.

your definition of magic & magic(k) [of late] seems to be based on "The exercise of sleight of hand for entertainment." However, a child's game of trickery cannot be confused with magic or magic(k) as the primordial essence of universal communion of atoms & electrical impulses. That being said, I must jump in to this hasty generalization based on biased evidence and say, that our "founding father" Charles T. was a practitioner of the "sleight" kind. His success at mass social "duping" & his interest in deeper magic(k) is an enlightening subject.

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The MAGIC of Religion in only 6 easy steps

by Terry in

at the earliest stages of human history there were priests, shaman and magi (from which we get the word "magic") who were skilled performers.

they gained special status from their level of mastery in duping and thrilling the human mind with its pact of desiring the transcendent experience.

(make me believe the impossible!).

Magick

Let me stir this magic-al pot a little more by adding a pinch of "illuminati" and a dash of "satanism."

Let us take for instance Joseph Smith & Charles Russell (if we must).

Both have been linked to Illuminati bloodlines & free masonry.

Both were 33rd degree Freemasons. Both were said to be Satanists. Both have links to the B'nai Brith. Both religions were funded into existence by the Rothschilds. Both promoted Zionism. Both practiced magic. Both claimed to have extra revelation (or secret information) from God beyond the Bible. Both claimed to be God's chosen. Both had to "re-translate" the Bible. Both were White men. Both predicted the "end of the world" Both got their "secret information" from "Angels."

I'm sure I could continue. There is reference to Enochian ceremonial magic, Pyramidology, winged sun disk, Egyptian gods, Luciferianism. A person who has studied the history of the Occult can see it's influence throughout the beginnings of both religions. A person not "studied" would do well to research.

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