tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post1942394121991928479..comments2024-02-20T09:54:37.105-06:00Comments on Talking About Ritual Magick: Peregrin’s Reply to Christian MagiciansFrater.Barrabbashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11689013897789072360noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-71651289218401564892014-04-12T15:41:20.906-05:002014-04-12T15:41:20.906-05:00Consider yourself lucky that you get some good res...Consider yourself lucky that you get some good response to your blog and a Peregrin now and then on the rampage! Some of us bloggers are still trying to get any kind of response to our blogs. LOL. You should be able to give your opinion. The rest of us think you've still saying some good things. That's why we are still reading.Nectanebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462430940680234727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-55912070335475030282014-03-31T22:56:18.368-05:002014-03-31T22:56:18.368-05:00@DCUboy - Thanks for your comment - it is a comple...@DCUboy - Thanks for your comment - it is a complex subject. However, magic performed by the priests is not really considered as magic, where magic performed by the laity or foreigners is. An obvious double standard to be sure, but still, scriptures and cannon law are against all forms of magic, but not the liturgy practiced by authorized prelates. Even when (in my opinion) rites of the church are obviously magical. So, there really isn't any disdain for Christianity, just the belief that Christian make better magicians. I think a better phrase would be that magicians make better magicians than other religionists. Frater.Barrabbashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689013897789072360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-7649853634709312642014-03-31T20:08:21.213-05:002014-03-31T20:08:21.213-05:00It is funny because I am getting ready to turn in ...It is funny because I am getting ready to turn in my master's thesis at a Christian Seminary addressing this topic exactly. I have been reading your blog along time and I am a fan but I think you are completely wrong in your thinking about Christianity. Christian Theology, and dare I say even the Bible, are not anti magic as you think. It is a very complex religion. In fact, Ritual Magic has historically been a practice of the Christian Clergy.<br /><br />I think your argument is based on your own disdain for Christianity because of the American Bible Belt perhaps? Christianity is so much more then that. But like I said I have great respect for your work and Paganism as well.<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484504030374363836noreply@blogger.com