Mysticism

I grew up in an Evangelical Protestant Church.  We believed in speaking in tongues, and the Power of the Spirit.  I received instruction on The Armor of God.  Most of what someone may be reading in the blog doesn't came from them.  It came through the Spirit of God working to understand God and the Spiritual.  God may have shepherded me into somethings, and I received understanding about what was experienced.  Christians are not of The Dark, they are children of the Light. (Ephesians 5:8)  Given someone was given sight into the spiritual, they may have been able to see what was happening in The Dark.  I watched a video titled "The Author Who Tried to End The World," Wisecrak Edition, about "Watchmen" author Alan Moore the other day.  Alan Moore was a "Hermetic Wizard."  The Spiritual works in a particular way.  Anyone getting into the spiritual may have been doing particular things.  Not anythings.  Particular things.  Watching "The Author Who Tried to End The World," a short video, very particular concepts came up, and those concepts may also have been present in The Bible.  What would The Fruit of someone involved in Hermeticism have been?  Was their fruit that of the Prophets and the Saints?  No.  Someone involved in that type of mysticism seemed to be of a particular spirit with a particular character.  The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn helped produce an Aleister Crowley and Wicca, Wicca being known as modern day Witchcraft.  Given someone has God, The Holy Ghost is a teacher and a councilor, and we may be shedding some Light on the Dark through The Lord Jesus Christ towards God's Glory and Justice. 

Could I explain the "The Author Who Tried to End The World?"  I could.  Given you also have the Holy Ghost, and I helped open your eyes, I shouldn't have to.  Given someone doesn't understand, that may be a good thing.  They don't have The Holy Spirit yet, and there may have been temptation to think in Hermeticism instead of Christianity, and end up of a spirit that was not-God.  Various  concepts mentioned in the video, may be on this blog or on Reddit around /r/Conceptual_Biblestudy in a Christian context. 

In understanding "Other Mysticism" vs Christianity there are some major themes that have come up.  The Will, like Nietzsche, The Will, has been a major theme.  An occult mystic may have been an egotist.  He worked to force his will over something or someone towards changing how people perceived.  What does someone WANT?  Do you want money?  Do you want "mystical powers?"  Do you want attention?  Want may get into pride and ego, and the devil has played on these things.  If The Lord is your shepherd, you shall not WANT.  Desiring and needing something may have been different than WANTing.  Someone may need food, or they need shelter.  Someone may need relief from something.  Someone wants a new boat to show off to their friends?  Someone wants attention and popularity and to be hip?  Someone needs God. 

God is God you cannot control.  Pagans made gods to control something.  Someone saying "I am Woke in BLM Politics" was a Form of Pagan.  He stole something from Christianity towards egotistical purposes.  He was looking to use God for egotistical politics, or changing the character of God.  Having Eyes to See and Ears to Hear has been a major theme in the Bible. 

• Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people. (Ezekiel 12:2)  
•  2Ears that hear and eyes that see- the LORD has made them both.  (Proverbs 20:12)  
• ⁷to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.  (Isaiah 42:7)
• For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' ¹⁶But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. ¹⁷For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.  (Matthew 13:15-17)  

A Christian is a servant.  He is serving God Almighty, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, God who does not change.  (Malachi 3:6-7)  A pagan may have working to make gods to control something or change the character of God.  What is something?  There have been particular ways in which the spiritual works.  They may have been egotists working to control God and the Spiritual towards egotistical ends.   Some pagans like Pharaoh in Egypt, Roman Emperors, Persian Emperors, or Chinese and Japanese Emperors, wanted to be their own god.  They may have been doing some very particular things and playing on particular spiritual concepts.  Someone who was "Awake" may have been spiritually awake and had eyes to see and ears to hear like Prophet Ezekiel or John of Patmos. Someone saying he was "Woke" to some sort of politics may have been a "Form of Pagan" stealing things from Christianity, or trying to control something.     I am man.  I serve the Lord God Almighty. 

What is the basis of what someone may need here towards beginning to understand, and have a close relationship with God?  They need their Bible.  They need to understand The Character of God. 

God is love.  (John 4:8)  That is easy enough for most Christians.  God's love is fatherly.  God has good plans for someone.  Also, God chastises and rebukes those he loves.  (Hebrews 12:6)(Revelations 3:19)  To chastise and rebuke, there is a standard. A standard may be like a dress standard for work.  The standard was "Come to work in business attire, shirt tucked in."  Given someone comes to work looking ate up like bubble gum, he may have been chastised and rebuked.  God is love.  God is also a man of war.  (Exodus 15:3)(Isaiah 42:13)(Matthew 10:34-37)  We are looking to get the full picture of whom God is, and God's character towards having a relationship with him. 

If someone felt confused or overwhelmed, all you need is your Bible.  With a little bit of correction, someone's perspective may have been shifted, and suddenly they are in the spirit making connection to things quickly. They had some stumbling blocks or false perspectives, and with a few words, their thought is lined up more correctly. 

Most Important Things Here: 

• Understanding and Growing in Faith.
• Thumos and Holy Fire

A Christian is a servant.  They serve God.  God's plan is God's Kingdom.  As people grow in Faith, they tend to think more alike.  They may tend to see things more alike.  They may find they have things in common with the Prophets and the Saints.    God is love.  God has good plans.