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Dark paganism
Feb. 20th, 2003 10:31 pmSome interesting stuff I found in a post in the archives of the darkpaganforum list at Yahoo:
Dark paganism has nothing to do with satanism or demonology. Yes, we are LHPish, but not like satanism or demonology. That which makes us LHP is that we will do what needs to be done, without stopping to consider nonsense like "karmic retribution" or anything like that. We don't sacrifice animals or people. We don't go out of our way to take things from others. We don't even particularily care about others, except in certain circumstances.
Another way we are different from light paths is that we don't trust easily. Most of us have had our trust completely destroyed by "light pagans" lying to us and using us. We don't do "perfect love and perfect trust" unless someone proves to us over and over that they
earn it. We don't just give ourselves.
Now, I have some issues with the statement "dark paganism has nothing to do with satanism or demonology." It's true these things are not equivalent to one another, but to state (or at least imply) that there is no connection is a bit silly, I think. But overall I found it an interesting passage.
Dark paganism has nothing to do with satanism or demonology. Yes, we are LHPish, but not like satanism or demonology. That which makes us LHP is that we will do what needs to be done, without stopping to consider nonsense like "karmic retribution" or anything like that. We don't sacrifice animals or people. We don't go out of our way to take things from others. We don't even particularily care about others, except in certain circumstances.
Another way we are different from light paths is that we don't trust easily. Most of us have had our trust completely destroyed by "light pagans" lying to us and using us. We don't do "perfect love and perfect trust" unless someone proves to us over and over that they
earn it. We don't just give ourselves.
Now, I have some issues with the statement "dark paganism has nothing to do with satanism or demonology." It's true these things are not equivalent to one another, but to state (or at least imply) that there is no connection is a bit silly, I think. But overall I found it an interesting passage.