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[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

Yes

Yes

Today while astral projecting I summoned Allah to try and weaken him so our hexing spells would work better.

He is so fucking powerful. I'm not at a power level to do this alone. I barely escaped with my life and I'm spiritually injured to a great amount, but I think I'll make it.

I can't imagine what he would do to a new, unsuspecting witch. I'm scared that I will have to face him again soon if I ever want to continue astral projecting. I'm currently burning healing incense and drawing spiritual energy from my crystals to try and heal as quickly as possible.

Please be safe everyone. Allah is much stronger than I first imagined and we will have to do this together if we want to slay a god.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago (26 children)

yes, yes, absolutely not

It's both tiresome and kind of concerning how people are talking about magic so much here. If you actually believe it's real, you have an obvious responsibility to demonstrate it to the scientific community because it has humanitarian implications. If not, then save it for roleplaying games or whatever.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

Agree. Woo shit is bad for society.

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[–] BabyTurtles@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought this was c/badposting for a second

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
  1. yes
  2. no
  3. no

1 - Hallucinogens are a fun time with my partner and close friend(s) and sometimes they can make me very introspective in a way that alters how I live my life.

2 - I've attempted meditation but it always feels like a waste of time to me. I could just be reading instead tbh.

3 - esotericism and occultism are really cool from a detached perspective. I adore their aesthetics and especially their history (all glory to Dr. Sledge) but I don't believe in them.

[–] The_Grinch@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A good meditation session can be super productive. You can work through some issues that have been burdening you, and put yourself in a noticeably altered mental state that can last days. It only really "works" like 1/3rd of the time for me.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

I've just never been able to make it there (not for lack of trying) and it gets frustrating. I'll keep trying and I'll get it one day but its a slow progression

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[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  1. yes
  2. a little
  3. no, i'm a marxist
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[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Gonna dodge the question here because the answer was yes to all of them at one point.

BUT I RAN INTO A SMALL PROBLEM

Magic is not compatible with a materialist scientific understanding of the world and is thus counter-revolutionary. get-out

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[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't need hallucinogens to see the wonder and beauty of the world tho

[–] Arahnya@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

its true, only the most powerful magicians draw upon nothing but the power of beanis beanis

[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

All things possible thru beanis beanis

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago
  1. Yes.
  2. Yes.
  3. No.

I think the process of deep introspection and working with hallucinogens can result in deeply personal metaphors or mystical experiences that don't really fit in with the quotidian experience, but it's important to remember that these are just ways of altering your perception of reality, everything outside your skull continues to operate as it always has.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (15 children)

For a bit in my early 20s and then I stopped doing 2 and 3 cause they were silly

[–] Arahnya@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

stop being galaxybrain and become voidbrain

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I was a Discordian for a couple years. Im good.

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[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

Yes No No

Psychedelics are helpful to people on an individual level, but I've interacted with too many people who took acid a few times, determined their meaning of life is the truth, and then still act like entitled POS lol

[–] ColombianLenin@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago
  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. Kinda but not really? Being open to the weird and misunderstood instead of fearing the unkown is good in general
[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yes, hallucinogens can be fun and maybe therapeutic. I don't ascribe higher meaning from the thoughts and feelings though.

No.

No.

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[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)
  1. Yes

  2. Yes, but it was prior to 1

  3. Yes, likely as a result of 1.

Magic is real. It's just very, very small.

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