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   ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 01:36:11 JST ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡

   • •𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖟𝖊𝖉•⛨㉝⅓•
   @blitzed
   
   I thought it was about fleecing the sheep...
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     ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 01:36:09 JST ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡

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     When you say Satan, if you mean "adversary" or "opponent", then you're talking about Abrahamic religion, which positions itself as an intractable adversary and opponent of anyone who has a differing opinion or who wishes to be free of that bullshit. If you're talking about the mythological character, then mostly it's a fantasy fiction invented by folks like Dante, and which doesn't even appear in the BuyBull as such. Either way, a lot of gullible people are being conned out of their life's worth for the sake of imaginary real estate they'll never obtain. Meanwhile the rest of us have to put up with the likelihood of being stampeded to death by those idiots.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 01:36:09 JST iced depresso

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     @toiletpaper @blitzed then there's the fun gnosticism version where the church is a fraud meant to keep you in service to the archons and the fictional religion is a bunch of cool stories to keep you worshipping rogue gods
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     •𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖟𝖊𝖉•⛨㉝⅓• (blitzed@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 01:36:10 JST •𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖟𝖊𝖉•⛨㉝⅓•

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     That is Satan's job, with IRS & Federal Reserve fomenting infinite wars and other such human miseries.

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 02:03:40 JST iced depresso

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     @toiletpaper @blitzed kaybelion seems somewhat related to the gnostics but idk
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     ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 02:03:41 JST ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡

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     Then there's the Hermetic version, where the actual meat and potatoes of the spiritual tradition exists.
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     ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 02:39:42 JST ⚡Lord of Misrule⚡

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     Kybalion is more related to the New Thought movement than it is Hermeticism. It has some features in common, but also misrepresents the tradition.
     
     Really to get the proper sense of Hermetic thought, it's best to read the truly ancient Hermetica. A lot is online, including on gnosis.org, but for a really comprehensive scholarly deep dive, these two texts are the best currently available in English.
     
     https://books.ms/main/0D5359BD23979DDD7BE8ABCACFFF6702
     https://books.ms/main/915A45F5D8F71A3AAAF239CBCA1E6E76
     
     If you want some lectures to watch on the subject too, there are a number of good channels on YT, including Dr. M. David Litwa, Dr. Justin Sledge, and Dr. Dan Attrell for starters.
     
     https://youtube.com/channel/UCDmeuaHHwq9ssljFa4aN_Eg
     https://youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ
     https://youtube.com/channel/UCcluftdk1tuDU71ZdGNpHTA
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