Alt-Left Insanity: Sciency Liberals Actually Believe In Witchcraft, Occult
Are you a good witch or a bad witch?
Answer yes either way and that might make you an alt-leftie. Marketwatch just ran an interesting piece headlined, “Why millennials are ditching religion for witchcraft and astrology.” It didn’t really tell me anything I didn’t know. Young people are embracing the occult faster than you can spell it.
This shouldn’t be surprising. They’ve been getting bombarded with witches, spells, demons, vampires and more for decades – from “Harry Potter” to “Twilight.” It only makes sense that they want to join in. Or, in the words of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” witch Willow, they are all “wanna-blessed-bes.” That term even has its own Urban Dictionary mention. Modern feminism especially embraces the occult and witchcraft over the “patriarchy” of traditional faiths.
The Marketwatch story includes all sorts of depressing information, including how, “more than half of young adults in the U.S. believe astrology is a science, compared to less than 8% of the Chinese public.” Reporter Kari Paul also noted, “The psychic services industry — which includes astrology, aura reading, mediumship, tarot-card reading and palmistry, among other metaphysical services … is now worth $2 billion annually, according to industry analysis firm IBIS World.” Cue P.T. Barnum.
The alt-left are some of the major beneficiaries of this insanity. Top liberal sites like Vice, Buzzfeed, Bustle and even Cosmo push the occult on their young readers. Countless internet sites run horoscopes, as newspapers did before them. But some outlets go a lot farther. Cosmo interviews “certified astrologer John Marchesella,” who claims that Aries folks, “don't hold grudges. When you think about it, it takes a lot of patience to hold on to resentments." This is how you know it’s garbage. I’m an Aries. (Other famous Aries are Lady Gaga and Kourtney Kardashian. So I got that goin’ for me.)
Over at BuzzFeed, which pretends to be a news organization but is a listicle sweat shop, they do a ton of clickbaity astrology stories. There’s, “66 Taurus Celebrities That Prove They're The Astrologically Superior Sign.” The list includes The Rock, Adele and George Clooney and I got Gaga and a lesser Kardashian, ugh. BuzzFeed did have a cute quiz: “What Your Star Sign Actually Says About You, According To Science.” Click any of the 12 results and it takes you to an answer stating: “You got: Sorry, the stars do not have any bearing on your daily life.” Why then do sites run this garbage? Because it’s web traffic. Not news or integrity.
There’s a cauldron full of witchcraft on these sites. Bustle tells us, “What Witches Can Teach Us About Fighting Back Against Trump,” or “How I Found Out My Grandma Was A Witch.” There’s a sitcom feel to some of these stories.
Broadly advertises its occult ties in promo copy. Here are two ads that run next to each other on the site. “Never miss a Mercury retrograde again. GET YOUR HOROSCOPE IN YOUR INBOX, EVERY DAY.” And my favorite is “Sex, drugs, culture, politics, witchcraft.” I think the Ian Drury version of “sex and drugs and rock ’n’ roll” was better and less soul-destroying.
All of that double, double, toil and trouble takes us to this week’s bewitching column, beginning with the resistance:
Red Witches Fighting Capitalism: My brother used to say that you could nail two things together that had never been nailed together before and someone would buy it. Broadly, witch is part of Vice, brewed up this story: “How the Socialist Feminists of WITCH Use Magic to Fight Capitalism.”
Apparently, witchy women have been fighting the power for decades. “The first incarnation of WITCH performed their inaugural action on Halloween in 1968 in New York. Dressed in witch costumes, the activists flocked to the Financial District and chanted "Wall Street, Wall Street, up against the Wall Street" to hex the engine of capitalism,” according to Broadly.
It sure worked. The Dow was around 6,500 in Fall 1968, and it’s now about 23,000. That’s three-and-a-half times what it was. So maybe they didn’t learn to spell correctly. Eventually, the group broke up and went every witch way. Now they’ve gotten the coven back together. “But now a new generation of witches is taking up the mantle from the infamous protestors and carrying on their blend of activism, occult, and theater.”
Actually, bewitching quote: “The requirements to join WITCH are simple: You must stand for anti-racism, anti-fascism, anti-patriarchy, indigenous rights, gender self-determination, women's liberation, trans liberation, anti-rape culture, reproductive rights, sex worker support, LGBTQIA rights, environmental protection, religious freedom, immigrant rights, anti-war, anti-capitalism, disability justice, privacy rights, and workers rights. You must also have ample free time to devote to hexing, ritual ceremonies, calling your representatives, and attending marches.” The alt-left is 100 percent aligned with the coven next door.
Yes, the whole article reads like this. I recommend reading it, even if they do turn you into a frog for laughing at them.
I Put A Spell On You: Witchcraft seems inextricably tied to love as desperate people will do almost anything to win the hearts of those they desire – even relying on dark arts. But for Cosmo to promote this nuttiness seems unusually crafty for the pro-sex publication.
The story is hilariously headlined: “I Gave a Witch $500 to Stop My Boyfriend From Cheating.” When author Jules McClean (“Names have been changed,” and who can blame her?) discovered her boyfriend Jeff was a cheating scumbag, she decided to … rely on witchcraft to change him.
Not to defend Jeff, because cheating is awful, but it could be he also realized his girlfriend was certifiable. Her sisters told her, “to visit a witch” to see into her future. Apparently, counseling was out of the question. She started consulting dial-a-witch. Soon she paid the witch $80 for a bottle of perfume. Here’s a spellbinding actual quote: “The perfume didn't have a smell to it, and it was pee-colored, with a variety of tiny plastic penises floating in it.” I guess the penises are why Cosmo liked this story.
Then her crystal ball crashes to the floor. “After a few of months of penis perfume spraying, sitting in magic baths, and sending Carmela a total of about $500,” she discovered it was a scam and the witch was quizzing her own sister for info, not predicting the future.
You would think Cosmo would learn its lesson from that story, but they were out promoting singer Lana Del Rey and the witchcraft against Trump earlier this year. Actual headline: “Good Witch Lana Del Rey Participated in Casting a Spell Against Trump.”
‘Witchcraft: 10 Common Myths Debunked’: Leave it to the loons at Teen Vogue to give what amounts to a how-to guide to witchcraft. It even turns to “practicing witch,” Sarah Lyons to set us all straight on practical magic. Here’s thesis statement: “But popular as witchcraft is, it’s hard to know where to start.” (The story even includes a handy link to, “What It Means to Be a Witch.”)
According to Lyons, witchcraft “can be an empowering one for many women.” She added, “there are plenty of different magical paths and traditions out there.” Yes, they believe this. Maybe we are doomed. She adds, “It’s good to support local occult businesses, artists, and authors, but you don’t need to go out and buy a bunch of incense, wands, or crystals to get started.” So the fair trade and localism movements have even taken over the occult.
Next she gives the killer actual quote: “Print out a picture of the god you want to work with from the internet, find what herbs you need in the pantry, or better yet outside.” Yes, pro-science, anti-Christian libs think you can find a random deity on the Internet simply by Googling or maybe looking up options in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Deities & Demigods book.
Another actual quote that should get you running to your local occult store: “You won’t get pregnant or catch an STI every time you have sex, and you won't get possessed every time you use a Ouija board, but you should always be careful.” Good to know that you won’t get possessed “every time” you use a Ouija board. So what are the chances? 90 percent? 10?
Just remember, the future, your future is in the hands of people who believe in this garbage. https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/dan-gainor/alt-left-insanity-sciency-liberals-actually-believe-witchcraft-occult
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Pagans get to sleep in on Sunday morning and it doesn't cost them 10% of their yearly salary to be a member, so that is a plus. I've met a lot of Pagans and they are almost always good people, unlike religious conservatives.
Well epistte you are entitled to your opinion!
(But why bring politics into it?)
Well, lets just put it this way. The Westboro Baptist Church is not left leaning and they believe a whole lot of fake bullshit...
Those people are just plain nuts!!!
27 years ago a witch put a spell on me, it was a strong one.
LOL..... Don't let her see this article.
How did that work out for you?
27 years, 3 kids later.....
Still going, energizer bunny.
Those are the best kinds of spells!
27 years ago a witch put a spell on me, it was a strong one.
If you don't mind sharing: what type of spell was it?
I found the one true statement in this haystack of mental diarrhea:
“millennials are ditching religion“
And that's a good thing.
Its better than the TEAparty, the religious right, and the alt-right/Klan. You need to spend Samhain with a pagan and you'll change your mind. They usually drink microbrews and like their weed. Samhain is Halloween combined with Thanksgiving over a 3 day period. You'll have a good time.
What makes them any better or worse than your brand of religious nonsense? And who are you to say they're counterfeit? They're just as valid as yours!
You've been watching too many movies.
Says who? You? HA! But that's merely your opinion. You still haven't answered the question.
The concept of Satan is central to the Christian religion. Don't blame pagans for your religious mythology.
Me too!!!
So witch I mean which one do you practice Gordy?
Nope.
I wonder if you know anything about them-- for instance-- how many years have you studied any of them? Did you study with someone who knew the system? Or were you self educated (for example, by reading valid books?)
Or is what you merely said the first thing that came to your mind? (Granted, that's a very popular practice now-a-days...particularly on the Internet. Heck, we even have some prominent politicians who serve as role models for that-- shootin' off their mouths on a topic they know next to nothing about-- and/or shootin' off their mouth without thinking.)
I know a lot about the latter two disciplines you mentioned, particularly Astrology. (I've studied it off and on for well over 30 years... and have had several friends who really knew the field-- one was widely knownand somewhat "famous".).
I don't know a lot about Witchcraft, but I do something about it-- probably much more than the average person.
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You think witchcraft, the occult, and astrology are good things? They actually are a form of counterfeit religion.
OK, for starters-- Astrology is not a form of religion-- neither a "counterfeit" religion nor a "real" religion.
Yes, there are many Astrologers who are indeed religious (many in very conventional religions) and not surprisingly, they attempt to use Astrology to attempt to "prove" the existence of God. But (and this may surprise some folks who are pretty uninformed about Astrology), I have known many Astrologers who don't believe in God or any other deities-- in fact some Astrologers are rather militant Atheists!
(Someone could be an excellent Astrologer and still be a committed Atheists).
You can talk until you're blue in the face. Many Christians associate any religion other than theirs with Satanism. I had a discussion once where I tried to explain that Wiccans aren't Satanic, as Wicca doesn't recognize Satan. "Oh, yes it is. If it's not worshipping god, it's just worshipping Satan in disguise" was the response. No matter what a religion says about itself, some will hold their own uninformed declaration about it to be the truth.
Well, as I said, I don't know all that much about Witchcraft...and as I do have this obnoxious habit of pontificating (pun intended) about something I know little about, I'll pass on that one.'
But Astrology? As I mentioned it is not inherently a religious system. Many excellent Astrologers don't believe in God-- or for that matter any other "supernatural" force-- so they don't believe in Satan.
As far as the "Occult", that's such a broad term...there are so many, many forms of occult practices-- some people feel you can't really draw the line between some occult practices-- and conventional religions. For example-- in Catholicism-- do the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ? (PBUH). Maybe, maybe not-- but IMO that certainly that sort of ritual seems pretty occult to me! (Not that I necessarily think that a bad thing
In fact, iit would appear that in your opinion, religion is different than the occult-- but I'm sure there are many people who feel that all religion is an occult practice!!!
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The Brightone - Lucifer In Disobedience became Satan/Devil is another name that show the activity see meaning of name
Satan was ably to take on physical Form as where all Angels before Noahs flood, their sexual unit with " Daughters of Man ": created the Nephilim, while the " Fallen angels " were ably to return to the " spiritual Realm " their Offsprings were not they Died in the flood, those angels/demons ( Satan/Devil as their leader was longer take on human form and later Banished from Heaven ) that returned to the " spiritual realm " were in turn imprisoned in the Abys "
Difference Between Lucifer and Satan
• Categorized under Miscellaneous,Religion | Difference Between Lucifer and Satan
Contrary to mass belief, Satan and Lucifer are two different names and are not the same exact entities. This is the current misconception that many Bible believers have come to know for many generations already.
Lucifer is actually the angel of God that He named in heaven as one of the most, or perhaps the most perfect angel ever created. It was only when Lucifer was cast down from heaven that his alternate entity was known as Satan. Lucifer was banished because of his pure egoism, not to mention his pride that was regarded as his greatest sin. Hence by theory, Lucifer is the first one to have committed sin.
Lucifer is the name of an angel whereas Satan is the name given to the devil. It is said that Satan has lived in the Spirit world for more than 6,000 years. In this regard he has not yet been visible to human beings. It is however foretold that he will make himself visible soon by appearing physically in the world and will call himself the Beast, a very remarkable being that will proclaim himself as God.
Lucifer is not the opposite of God because he was also a creature made by God. He can thus be more likened to Michael the Archangel, in terms of position. On the other hand, Satan connotes more on the idea of an opposing resistance.
The misconceptions between Lucifer and Satan, as the exact same entity or name, started with the misinterpretations of the Gospel by various sectors. Lucifer is a name that was mentioned only once in the KJV or King James Version of the Bible, specifically in Isaiah 14:12. But in Hebrew, the literal translation for his name would mean ‘to shine’ or ‘to bear light.’ In the said gospel, Lucifer was likened to the parable of the King of Babylon wherein he was seen as someone who wanted to rule over all making himself similar to God. This monarch would be depicted as a man who will see the collapse of his dominion. He will die like a man, eaten by worms and his grave being walked upon. This could not be Satan because Satan has no physical form. He is a spirit that lives in the dark Spirit world, postulated to be somewhere between heaven and earth (just below heaven).
Summary :
1.Lucifer is the highly favored angel created by God whereas Satan is his name when he was thrown away from heaven.
2.Lucifer is an angel of God whereas Satan is the name of the devil.
3.Lucifer is not the exact opposite of God whereas Satan is a name that pertains more to opposition.
4.Lucifer has a physical form whereas Satan does not have any.
E.A so any one that says that " Other religions do not have Satan/Devil " are clearly either ignorant or out and out liars
NB: Representations of the Evil One
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WICCA do have a representation of the " EVIL One " any one that says different will have a tree fold upon them!
And, in fact, I usually do!
Correct!
Wow-- what a brilliant insight! (How long did it take you to figure that out?)
How long have you studied these things?
Did you know that some Occult practices engage in the worship of various animals? They believe these animals bestow strong magic powers upon those who use them in their practices of magic.
For example, some magicians actually worship Rabbits, and use them in some very bizarre rituals:
None.
Funny how your supposedly omnipotent, omniscient god doesn't do anything about it.
Apparently not. If Satan is still around causing problems, then god didn't do anything at all. Or he was too incompetant to do it right. But that nonsense is nothing more than your personal belief.
Nope-- wrong again!
Might be-- there would be a lot of factors in that case.
#Witchcraft is becoming more popular!
And I believe I've read that #religion is becoming less popular.
Recently I've start to hang out with a new group of friends-- many of whom are Millennials. (Its a Meetup discussion group).
And most of their values really are extremely different than their parents. Among other things, what you say is true-- most of them don't believe in religion.
(Some of them are "spiritual" though-- but others neither religious not Atheists).
The only ones who practice a religion are Buddhists-- many of them are Chinese-Americans (Most people in the group are software engineers, which explains why so many are Chinese) and they have adapted the religion of their parents and their ancient ancestors...
Witchcraft???
Do we have any witches here?
I believe Veronica said she practices Witchcraft.
(Although if she does, she's definitely a good witch!)
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BTW, what's up with all this "Kraken" nonsense?
(#Kraken)