Astaroth Forgiveness As the Way to Liberation Disclaimer: The following blog post details emotional abuse, including transphobia. "I want to forgive my parents," I told Astaroth. I blocked my mother's and father's phone numbers two weeks ago. I blocked my mother because she stopped calling me, while guilt tripping me about
Buddhism Today, I Became a Buddhist When the local sangha I started to attend a couple of months ago announced that Venerated Lama Tsang Tsing would be visiting from India and offering the opportunity for three different empowerments, I was very excited. One such empowerment was for Chenrezi, a yidam who is the Tibetan version of
Buddhism Lucifer as Guru: A Mokșa-Centered Path One year ago, I had started spending a lot of time with Lucifer in a way not dissimilar to how you gradually spend more time with a person in the lead up to entering a committed relationship. In this last year, I have been exposed to so many fellow Luciferians/
Lucifer Why Cultivate Wisdom in Luciferianism? a: ability to discern inner qualities and relationships : insight b: good sense : judgment c: generally accepted belief d: accumulated philosophical or scientific learning : knowledge 2: a wise attitude, belief, or course of action 3: the teachings of the ancient wise men - Merriam Webster Wisdom is a concept or quality associated
Luciferian meditation The Most Phenomenal Luciferian Meditation I ended up at this Luciferian samatha meditation in a fairly unanticipated way. Although I have read and heard some about Tibetan Buddhism, I noticed I have been experiencing a lot of confusion about what I was learning. This confusion, and a grasping impulse to define myself within Buddhist frameworks
goetia I'm No Longer Calling Myself an Occultist As a trans person and a Jew, I recognize that identifiers can be really important. They are terms of which we use to describe ourselves or others in order to better communicate what we value. But sometimes, we pick a label for ourselves based on something once felt in alignment
Lucifer Discussing the 2nd Grave Bodhisattva Precept With My Demons I'm not a person who posts my altars super often, but I will on this post because it's basically all of us hanging out. Beelzebub is on the left, Astaroth in the center, the cuneiform mug is Lucifer's, and on the right is Belial.
Amtrak Working Through the Illusion of Separation All the images above were taken from windows of an Amtrak train, which I rode all the way from southern California to Seattle, Washington over the course of a day and a half. While I'm not the best photographer, I think the coastline does well in extolling its
ancestor veneration Mixing Eastern Religions With Polytheism https://serpentandtree.com/2024/11/14/some-thoughts-on-buddhism-and-my-polytheism/?page_id=1839 I thought I'd share my friend Ariana's post on her Buddhist journey and how it compliments her polytheism. I particularly found Buddhism's view on polytheist deities and Herakles&
