It's funny how things work out....Recently, I was writing an essay called "The Metaphysical Jesus" with the main purpose of defending my practices and beliefs against my heavily-conservative Christian father. Guess now, it will serve another purpose.
First of all, everything is a matter of perception; hence the infamous goal of magick "to make your own reality." The Christian says that he was the "Son of God" and that he performed miracles and died on the cross for our sins. The Jew says he was just a prophet not the Messiah. The Muslim says he is a prophet. The Demonic Bible by Tsirk Susej claims that Jesus in his "missing" years practiced the Magickal arts. Jesus seems to be a paradox; akin to looking at a 3-D image from different angles and seeing one side and claiming that your side is the true side. Not a very good analogy but I'm writing this at school.
Jesus is everything and none of these. Yes, he could be the Son of God in the sense that the Universe is God(since it creates and encompasses everything) and that he was made from the Universe (the microcosm being a minute copy of the macrocosm); OR man in his "glorious" wisdom deifed Jesus in some Council in Rome before the first millenia AD. In essence, we can all be like Jesus since we all have a copy of the universe(GOD) within us.
As for dying for our sins, I'm going to bring some Gnostic Luciferianism into play by opening your eyes to what Genesis says. It says that "the serpent tempted Eve into eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" Why would we wish to stay ignorant of such an essential knowledge? Could the "Devil" really have brought us enlightenment? If you read between the lines, it most certainly says so. With such a knowledge, man realized that he had sin; so that knowledge gave us to ability to build up on our faults.
YES! There is a missing portion of Jesus' life that the Bible has no record of. Jesus was found by Three Magi, who obviously had some knowledge of astrology to know that Jesus would be born under a star, and it is recorded that he was wise enough to challenge the scholars and rabbis and Jesus was a Jew. Well, why wouldn't he study the Qaballah? Those 20 something years that we don't hear about Jesus could've very well been his honing of the Magickal Arts.
Jesus was able to bend physics to his will, or as the old Crow says "Do what thou wilt." And Jesus had immense passion for the human race or "Love shall be the fullest extent of the law."
And what is Jesus' symbol? The fish. What is the symbol of the last Astrological House, the one that is couple with wisdom? The fish. I'll late you make the connection.
Jesus is who you want him to be. But I'll be a little biased and say "Yes, he definitely could've been a practicer of the Magickal Arts."
~Magus Artemis Thoth, the virgin scribe
2006-11-27 08:01:34
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answered by Magus Artemis Thoth 1
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I like to watch the Discovery channel and the History channel about stuff like this.
There was this real interesting one about The Davinci Code, where they talk about Mary being at The Last Supper. There are those who believe he valued Mary above all apostles, that he signified this by kissing her on her.....forehead? No one knows WHAT he kissed, but they're sure he kissed her. This is similar from to the Lord/Lady dynamic, no?
Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and also called the Son of Mary, and would have had a psychic awareness and spiritual power never encountered in ordinary men. If that's what you call magick, then sure. Miracle, magick, to-may-to, to-mah-to.
We do know that the Church either lost, misplaced or destroyed information about Jesus Christ. Whether or not this was intentional is suspect.
2006-11-23 17:30:04
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answered by mithril 6
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Most of what Jesus is accredited with was magick, but the Christians call it miracles or proof of his divinity. He healed the sick and the crippled. He calmed the seas so fishermen could fish. He turned water into wine at a wedding. There are tons of examples according to their black book. They just refuse to call it magick because that would diminish him in their view. If you are against them as much as it sounds you might still benefit from reading their book so you know what you are up against.
Blessed Be )O(
p.s. If you do decide to read it, you might want to keep a salt shaker nearby for all the pinches of salt you will need to take it with.
2006-11-23 17:20:02
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answered by Stephen 6
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Depends on where you think "power" comes from. Most people have a hard time saying a Christian can do magic. If it is looked on as a physical prayer, you might justify it. Magic focuses on POWER. The magician believes that he/she either has the power or controls the power. The source of the power may be described as emanating from a divine source, or from natural forces, or from evil forces-in order of progression then we refer to white, neutral, or, black magic. edit. When you say the power comes from nature you are now worshiping nature and have a problem.
2016-05-22 21:41:29
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answered by Anonymous
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Water to Wine, food for all there, walking on water, healing the sick
I think it was all magick and that Christians would not see it as so since they have fought so long and hard to keep us from the old ways. Luckily they failed.
But I think you are right I think it was magick. That's why I always say that it he was a healer and a good man. More than that I don't know.
2006-11-23 19:41:36
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answered by April O 1
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Jesus never practiced "magic." If you actually read the Bible and stopped believing all that you hear, maybe you'd get a clue. Despite your unexplicable anger, I have already applied your valuble information. That would be the Bible. We don't condemn you either. And I dont care if you call Christianity "stupid." It's mearly anger.
2006-11-30 23:40:34
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answered by Super Saucy 5
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In this sort of context you may want to give some careful thought to the difference between miracle and magik. There's a big difference between *asking* a sovereign God to *choose* to act on your behalf, and seekign to impose your own sovereign will on the universe.
Jesus' own portrayal of His miracles follows: "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but as the Father taught Me, I speak these things. And He who sent Me is with Me; My Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things which please Him."
Based on His own testimony ("I do nothing on My own authority") there is a substantial difference between what Jesus did and what your average magik user is seeking to accomplish. Jesus is submitting His own will to the will of the Father; a magik user is seeking to impose his own will on the universe.
I would respectfully suggest that there's quite a difference there.
2006-11-23 18:19:37
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answered by Nick jr 3
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there's just no real evidence (by my standards) of anything jesus did besides die by the romans. i think there's some record of that, but can't remember. the writings of the bible have been altered to suit agendas. modern scholars cannot verify much of what is in the bible:
"The Seminar concluded that of the various statements in the "five gospels" attributed to Jesus, only about 18% of them were likely uttered by Jesus himself"
so, in conclusion, if you want to believe he practiced magic, nobody can confirm of deny that, so it's just a personal choice.
2006-11-23 17:25:21
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answered by Anonymous
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13 is the number of people in a coven, and jesus had himself and 12 deciples, he created food out of nowhere, he cured illnesses, which are called magick. as for you, why would anyone care if you go to hell or not? sheesh, ive been wiccan longer than you have likely been alive.
2006-11-23 18:12:36
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answered by Anonymous
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