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Gypsy Lantern: I take all of my relationships incredibly seriously...
apologies. i meant you talk about them casually. for example, you compare your ritual intercourse to hanging out with mates at the bar. mates at the bar is serious, sure, but i would be willing to partake with a lot less forethought than if i was voking, if only because i am more used to it. i have extensive skills interacting with entities in the form of human bodies, far more sketchy skills with others. perhaps your equal treatment is meant to minimize such a weakness? my offensive remark wasnt meant to offend, but this is: there must be some good reason why you are so touchy and defensive about it.
i know what you mean by mates. i was trying to establish a dichotomy in relationships illustrated by the difference in meaning of the word 'mate' in north america versus britain and australia--a dichotomy that i think is important to your relationships as well as mine. perhaps if i hadnt offended you, you would have looked for meaning rather than stupidity.
now i only wish that you will answer my questions. i ask because you have previously delivered valuable insight on related matters.
wolfangel: if the soul is cosindered as that which is of the absolute and the absolute is considered to be all things manifested in a variety of different forms that are a unity. since there is no seperation, no matter how hard you try, wether you be demon, angel, god, goddess or human you are dealing in different shades of the absolute, each bit bought and sold is the undifferentiated unity nothing lost nothing gained.
obviously, the personal soul becomes obsolete after crucifiction of the ego. but in this life, one of my goals is to learn the appropriate level of possessiveness with regard to my (temporary) share of the absolute. the absolute doesnt care what i do with my soul. but i am the one asking the question.
its a bit like material property. nobody really 'owns' the earth or the objects and abstractions therin. but it is powerful on many levels to protect a share for my personal use. if i pay some money for, say, a hot 22-year-old whore, i dont really lose the money, since money is just a ridiculous social idea rather than a part of me. but my choice to use that money for sex instead of food or a nifty purple cape is an irrevocable leap into a future of diminished control. in the same way, if i keep my soul to myself, my potential power never diminishes. if i put my soul to use, i no longer have the option of putting it to a different use. do i have to 'use it up' to use it? once i die and/or ascend, it might not matter, but im not dead yet so it sure as shit matters to me.
regarding hashmals burroughs, perhaps it is wiser to give away the soul freely.
regarding LykeXs business plan, is a soul still untainted once its been exchanged for quantitative merchandise? |
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