Do you feel that a Christian can incorporate magick into their worship?
2006-08-12 13:55:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
a christian is somebody who accept Jesus Christ as son of God.....you can be a christian without being a part of a christian group(ex. catholic, orthodox, protestant etc.).... so you can even practice the Occult and be a christian in the same time...they don't contradict each other unless you're a fundamentalist
2006-08-12 14:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by Sir Alex 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots do, its up to you. Some Pagan and Christians will say this is a big no-no because of Christian teaching against such a thing. But, I have many friends who are Celtic Christian or Wiccan Christians or are strictly Christian but practice (white) magick. So long as you feel its right eh?
2006-08-12 14:02:00 · answer #2 · answered by Juniper C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, to some extent. Some people combine the two by worshipping Jesus as the God and Mary as the Goddess. When you look at the two religions, there are actually a lot of similarities, as many Christian practices and holidays were taken or changed slightly from earlier pagan practices.
2006-08-12 14:59:20 · answer #3 · answered by peaceful_sorceress 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a great teacher if the bible is an indication of what the man did. He seemed to stand for the good in us all, following those "teachings" makes one a Christan. I have many of the same ideals and believe that we can all choose good in our lives, I learnt these simple practises from going to church. Now I am a Druid and still some of the greatest lessons came from the desire to choose good, much of my faith incorporates what Jesus stood for and taught about. I do not follow / worship / love / or even believe in a devil / satan. The main aggressor on the planet is hate born solely of ignorance.
So yes they can.
2006-08-13 04:36:58 · answer #4 · answered by vethor 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. In a sense, prayer is a form of magick. Since Christians pray, it can be said that they technically practice it.
Also, in order to be a Christian, one must accept Jesus Christ as the son of God and their savior. It's possible to do just that and practice magick at the same time.
2006-08-12 14:47:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Prayer is a form of magical spell. It's not the words that you use, or the tools (crosses, wands, etc) that make magick or prayers work. It's the focus of the energy within yourself. If Christian words work for you to focus your inner energy, use them. If the Christian rituals help to expand your energies. More power to you.
2006-08-12 16:35:16 · answer #6 · answered by ptnopt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have seen a few people with demonic possesion - if you mess with the occult you open doors and give permission to demons to interfere with your life. Sure the witches here and pagans will say how new age and lovely it is etc. And I believe many are nice people - but even nice people can make mistakes and even nice people can get possesed or molested by dabbling with the occult and witch craft regardless if it is white magik or black magick. While it may not be as bad as those who directly invoke demons or the devil himself it still has elements of invoking the powers of nature and elementeral spirits and such. Trust me from personal experience be wary.
Only Jesus Christ is the Way the Truth and the Life. Try a good Catholic Church with a holy priest - look around they are still about! And yes as a number of good protestants have mentioned it is very clearly written in the bible it is dangerous to mess with the occult!
As for Christians killing witches etc. unfortunately some christians did go over the top yet at the same time if you look at the ancient aztecs, mayas and many other ancient religions and ancients witches and druids they had no problem about sacrificing not hundreds but thousands of people in honor of their spirits and gods and effigies and sacrifices - And I am sure most of them would not consider themselves as Satanist either.
I have met witches in the past and some of them as people come across as nice and pleasant but they are often very anti-established religion and often anti-Jesus unless Jesus is depicted as a Andy Pandy new age enlightened prophet man...
I hope this helps a little.
Jesus Loves you ask him to show you!
For a book on the subject and a former witch who was very high up check:
Title: FROM WITCHCRAFT TO CHRIST - IRVINE DOREEN
Code/ISBN: 0854765077
Publisher: KINGSWAY BOOKS
Description: The sensational true story of a woman rescued from Satan's grasp by the power of God
From prostitution, heroin and witchcraft to a life of joy and release in Christ, this classic Christian testimony is as relevant today as when it was first published. Doreen's experience may be extreme, yet it still offers hope… especially to those who consider purity to be a lost ideal, or who believe themselves to be beyond forgiveness and hope.
Totus Tous Maria!
2006-08-13 12:14:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. With this there is no regime that one has to follow. Catholics use frankincense and myrrh for the "temple" incense. These two resins represent power, authority, regeneration, rebirth, and reincarnation.
Some one mentioned Christ as the God and Mary as the Goddess. This may be better- Yahweh as the God and Shekinah as the Goddess as they are already counter parts.
2006-08-14 00:18:41 · answer #8 · answered by celtic_majik_21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. They already do.
They have been using Occult knowledge since their religion began. It is not well known of though,as the names have been changed in most cases, to aid in seperation from what christian leaders feel are "undesirable" ideas that could undermine certain 'ideals'.
It's ironic that the vast majority of christians loathe the thought of The Occult, yet use it's ways daily, in some cases.
2006-08-12 15:01:36 · answer #9 · answered by googlywotsit 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Turning water into wine is magic. Eating bread and believing it to be the flesh of Christ is the same, as is drinking wine and believing it to be the blood of Christ. What woud be more magical than the binding of two souls as in a Christian wedding?
2006-08-12 15:45:29 · answer #10 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋