>>1580992

Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. For it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer. (1 Timothy 4:1-5 NET)

I'm pretty sure you fit this to a T

and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth. (Titus 1:14 NET)

and I'm pretty sure the Essenes fit this to a T

BTFO

>>1586954

I've resisted reading his works for a long time, but when you see so much of his influence in the new-age belief system and culture it's tough not to find yourself drawn in. From what I can gather he was one of the first to take the esoteric secrets and rituals of the mystery schools and make them exoteric so that a new generation of "priests" could carry the torch to the greater public. His influence is staggering and he's never more than one or two degrees of separation from any given system of the occult. He genuinely thought he was coming to reveal the mysteries of the occult magickal system as an anti-Christ in the same way that Christ revealed the mysteries of God the Father.

I still feel like his work, though pervasive, is still child's play in the greater scheme of things, much like LaVeyan Satanism. He reveals just enough to hook wayward people in and open them up to malignant demonic influence, but not enough for them to fully understand spiritual concepts they are playing with. I feel like any form of ritual magick has the sole purpose of simply fooling the practitioners.

As someone who is interested in reading AC what would you recommend as a starting point? His books of summoning and spells seem kind of pointless to me, I'd rather start with something in which he explains his philosophy.