a lot of them are the alt-right mirror images of our tankie edgelord teens, and a lot of people there are broken, toxic people and their parasites who exploit and humiliate them for sociopathic fun
So, r/occult and r/wicca have pretty sizable sub counts alongside r/witchcraft. Any master warlock want to clue me in why there are three separate communities?
Wicca is its own specific religious movement (subject to debate) with a more defined set of Pagan-esque beliefs. So it'd make sense to have its own specific sub.
"Occult" is a far more broad definition. It's a broad umbrella term for things as wide as Satanism, astrology, chaos magic, divination, etc. Even to things as mundane as messing around with Ouija boards and tarot cards.
I believe occult stems more from the time of the kabbalah. It was used as a term to describe those who did not follow the "true path" of God.
But through time the term has then been used to encompass ALL things not considered 'canon' in the eyes of the big 3.
Every single occult themed sub on Reddit is like this. I enjoy reading about the subject just out of interest but they're ALWAYS about some basic bitch retarded shit. No one actually has an in-depth knowledge of anything, it really sucks.
Yep would be interesting to read up on that stuff and see some discussion on it that’s more than, “oh my god, isn’t this a Hecate? I’ll place it on my altar!”
Lol no it isn't, they have even less of an idea of what's going on than reddit. Reddit thinks that a book written by an entrepreneur is the end all of ancient wisdom, when half of them couldn't even get through the Old Testament which like 70% of what they're trying to do is based on
The Jewish God being the evil Demiurge, as well as the general theme of an evil unseen power controlling the world, fits in well with the mindset of many conspiracy theorists. The rest is butchered.
My mom took us to LA when I turned 18, and we went to a fortune teller just because. She, of course, was an old white lady with exotic spiritual paraphernalia from Hinduism, ancient Egypt, Taoism, etc. My brother and I took particular notice of this frog statue in some Hindu or Buddhist meditation position.
Fast forward a few weeks later, and not only did my fortunes not come true (shocker!), but we saw half her studio, including that exact frog, at Pier 1. (Not specifically witches, but similar nonsense.)
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1 SnapshillBot 2018-09-23
leave that place it isn't worth it
a lot of them are the alt-right mirror images of our tankie edgelord teens, and a lot of people there are broken, toxic people and their parasites who exploit and humiliate them for sociopathic fun
just a really bad community all around
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1 CulturalYogurt 2018-09-23
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1 HungerArtistatlunch 2018-09-23
So, r/occult and r/wicca have pretty sizable sub counts alongside r/witchcraft. Any master warlock want to clue me in why there are three separate communities?
1 TheEquimanthorn 2018-09-23
Wicca is its own specific religious movement (subject to debate) with a more defined set of Pagan-esque beliefs. So it'd make sense to have its own specific sub.
"Occult" is a far more broad definition. It's a broad umbrella term for things as wide as Satanism, astrology, chaos magic, divination, etc. Even to things as mundane as messing around with Ouija boards and tarot cards.
1 HungerArtistatlunch 2018-09-23
I need to pray a rosary after reading this comment.
1 razzmataz 2018-09-23
Only after you've made a burnt offering. The smell is pleasing to your LORD, GOD.
1 HungerArtistatlunch 2018-09-23
What am I, beholden to the old law?
1 mrlarryanders 2018-09-23
I believe occult stems more from the time of the kabbalah. It was used as a term to describe those who did not follow the "true path" of God. But through time the term has then been used to encompass ALL things not considered 'canon' in the eyes of the big 3.
1 loli_esports 2018-09-23
Occult is where you ask home to summon succubi (male)
1 PM_ME_UR_NIPPLES_BAE 2018-09-23
that would be an incubus
1 TheEquimanthorn 2018-09-23
Every single occult themed sub on Reddit is like this. I enjoy reading about the subject just out of interest but they're ALWAYS about some basic bitch retarded shit. No one actually has an in-depth knowledge of anything, it really sucks.
1 rationalhuckleberry 2018-09-23
Yep would be interesting to read up on that stuff and see some discussion on it that’s more than, “oh my god, isn’t this a Hecate? I’ll place it on my altar!”
1 -Kite-Man- 2018-09-23
So check out Alistair Crowley, Terrence McKenna, the Lesser Keys of Solomon and listen to Grant Morrison talk about Sigil Magic.
Always some amount of reducing it to basic bitch of the day, though.
1 gumble212 2018-09-23
8chan fringr is decent, at least not swamped with tumblr white girl "occultism" like this shit hole
1 AsukaRyou 2018-09-23
Lol no it isn't, they have even less of an idea of what's going on than reddit. Reddit thinks that a book written by an entrepreneur is the end all of ancient wisdom, when half of them couldn't even get through the Old Testament which like 70% of what they're trying to do is based on
1 gumble212 2018-09-23
What are they wrong about then, I'm not an occult expert
1 AsukaRyou 2018-09-23
Their Alex Jones-influenced Christian "Gnosticism" is probably the most egregious
1 Phantom_Engineer 2018-09-23
The Jewish God being the evil Demiurge, as well as the general theme of an evil unseen power controlling the world, fits in well with the mindset of many conspiracy theorists. The rest is butchered.
1 EasySchmitty 2018-09-23
It’s better than /x/ where it’s just people asking how to summon a succubus and larpers pretending to have close ties to demons and aliens.
1 SuperElf 2018-09-23
It's the closest thing they have for female interaction other than their mothers
1 churm92 2018-09-23
Man I remember /x/ when I was in highschool. Yeah there were tulpa threads but there was still other actual shit still.
Went back a year or 2 ago and it's just a snooze job now.
1 CulturalYogurt 2018-09-23
What is there to have an in depth knowledge of? 🤔 How would you have in depth knowledge of crystal healing if it doesn't work?
1 bareballzthebitch 2018-09-23
That statue is god awful ugly.
1 bunnysuitfrank 2018-09-23
My mom took us to LA when I turned 18, and we went to a fortune teller just because. She, of course, was an old white lady with exotic spiritual paraphernalia from Hinduism, ancient Egypt, Taoism, etc. My brother and I took particular notice of this frog statue in some Hindu or Buddhist meditation position.
Fast forward a few weeks later, and not only did my fortunes not come true (shocker!), but we saw half her studio, including that exact frog, at Pier 1. (Not specifically witches, but similar nonsense.)
1 loli_esports 2018-09-23
Shadilay fellow magapede
1 CulturalYogurt 2018-09-23
The ninth gate was a pretty cool movie, but I never got why Johnny Depp wanted to go to hell anyway.
1 fsdgfhk 2018-09-23
https://twitter.com/CWCSonichu/status/1043912478470672384
1 Eric_Style 2018-09-23
Did anyone else notice how many of those people used the phrase "[blank] was my first thought" the exact same way? It's like they're in a cult
1 Ultrashitposter 2018-09-23
If you don't kill the animals yourself, then Satan will never accept your offerings.