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I said i would make a list of my beliefs, and so here it is:
(I hope this is he right place for this, if not, WHOOPSIE! )

I said i would make a list of my beliefs, and so here it is:
(I hope this is he right place for this, if not, WHOOPSIE! )

Souls:
Everything on the spiritual planes of existence is made out of energy,  just as the physical planes are composed out of matter.
There is our core energy, our essence, our soul, our spirit, Our Self, which acts more or less like a solid, like a crystal, undying, yet it can grow.
It can also be harmed, cracked, and wounded, but it can also be healed of these afflictions.
But never consumed or broken down, at least not by anything on our plane of existence.
And even in these extreme cases the soul always reforms over time, with the core traits intact.
The soul is as i understand it, eternal, undying, immortal and indestructible.

Spirits:
Than there are spirits, who are likewise eternal, but do not have a physical form like us.
They are more like water, or fire, constantly in motion and filled with light and life.
Some are stronger than others, yet most have no need to feed on each other, and even those that do rarely do so unprovoked, and they are easy to fend of if you have the right amount of cunning.
And even if the spirit is consumed they always reform, allowing the spirit to move on, or take revenge upon the predator that devoured it/you.
Yet these things are so uncommon it is not something i should worry about.

Magic:
Than there is the energy that keeps us all going in both the physical and the astral planes.
Our auras, our astral forms are, and the blood of the spirits are all made out of this energy.
This energy acts more like a gas, or a vapor.
It can be divided, dissipated and dissolved.
It can act like fire, water, or lightning etc, depending on the type of energy.
There are many types of energy, more than any mortal can possibly remember.
Nature based (AKA Flora and fauna),  fire based, water based, but also darkness based, chaos based, angelic based, demonic based, cosmic based and so on.
Bending and controlling these forms of energy is what i call MAGIC.
It can be done through various means, such as circle laying, gem laying, spells, incantations, magical tools such as amulets, rings, symbols and runes.
Some seem to have been born with a talent for this while others are somewhat left behind so it seems(at least in  my experience), yet these things can be overcome with a healthy amount cunning and skill that one can develop to bend some of the rules so to speak.

Gods:
There are also stronger, more ancient spirits, that we call deities.
I know little about these cosmic beings, though some have a presence in our physical universe, like the moon, the sun, and the earth of course.
Stars are as i understand it, all the physical form of ancient fire spirits, and trees of somewhat younger offspring of the Gaia spirit and so on, though this is not really my area of expertise i must admit in all honesty.

So what would you call me? :]
What path do you think i am on? (If at all)

*Curious* :

I said i would make a list of my beliefs, and so here it is:
(I hope this is he right place for this, if not, WHOOPSIE! )

Souls:
Everything on the spiritual planes of existence is made out of energy,  just as the physical planes are composed out of matter.
There is our core energy, our essence, our soul, our spirit, Our Self, which acts more or less like a solid, like a crystal, undying, yet it can grow.
It can also be harmed, cracked, and wounded, but it can also be healed of these afflictions.
But never consumed or broken down, at least not by anything on our plane of existence.
And even in these extreme cases the soul always reforms over time, with the core traits intact.
The soul is as i understand it, eternal, undying, immortal and indestructible.

Spirits:
Than there are spirits, who are likewise eternal, but do not have a physical form like us.
They are more like water, or fire, constantly in motion and filled with light and life.
Some are stronger than others, yet most have no need to feed on each other, and even those that do rarely do so unprovoked, and they are easy to fend of if you have the right amount of cunning.
And even if the spirit is consumed they always reform, allowing the spirit to move on, or take revenge upon the predator that devoured it/you.
Yet these things are so uncommon it is not something i should worry about.

I have to admit that these first two points are remarkably familiar. The first one sounds like a description of Teotl. Though Teotl is perhaps more succinctly described as a force of spiritual animation.

The second appears to be a fairly general, but essentially accurate, description of spirits which would be familiar to most traditions.

As for the rest, well that is a little beyond me.

I merely mean that I have no knowledge of magic as I do not practice. Nothing more.

Yes, Thelema was Crowley's baby. I'm not sure I'd class it as non-religious considering it involves a pantheon of deities and has holidays and rituals and shit, though. (I mean, isn't the Gnostic Mass a pretty big deal with orders like the O.T.O...?)

Thelema the war Crowley designed it was very religious. What I've experienced personally with oto members though is that there's less emphasis on the religious aspect of Thelema, and more on personal freedom and discovering your True Will.

And I only have a vague sense from being online in the pagan sphere for so long.  It's apparent that my impression was based on incomplete information.  I'm probably also projecting aspects from Ceremonial Magic onto it.