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Liber Ego
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Date Posted: 15:29:26 07/31/00 Mon
Qia, I have noted you as a follower of Sun. I am happy to see that tolerance reigns in some religions and that you visit my temple with an open mind.
You ask whether I worship the individual to worship the gods.
In truth, I solely worship the individual. I have considerable powers of healing which would normally be devoted to divinity. But I do not acknowledge any god as my master. I see many possible explanations but the two most prominent are as follows:
1. There may be a god or goddess somewhere who enjoys my work. It is possible a deity agrees with my doings and activities. If there is such a being, I know not of their existence, for my worship is not done towards any deity but rather to the godliness in all of us. The Hero. The Ego.
2. Perhaps there is no God to give me power. I may be drawing my power from the "magickal weave" so many refer to. There is also the possibility that I am deriving this power from something inside me. The Ego that I claim. I am not certain but I believe the latter to be true.
Now, there is something important I wish to discuss. You have mindfully brought up whether or not I anger the gods and whether or not I believe in their existence.
The answer is, "I don't know." I do not preoccupy myself with the great pantheon of gods. I don't know if they are real. If they are just another race of people with powers we attribute to godliness. Certainly, if a meager rabbit was to chance upon a human or other sentient being, it would be surprised at the things we can do. A vulture soars over a battlefield. It sees men kill, cry, shout. Does it understand what goes on? We cannot know for certain but I assume that it does not comprehend completely. Maybe the gods are just different and we don't understand the glimpses we catch of their lives. The truth, as I see it :), is that it matters not whether these gods exist. I do not incur their wrath or vengeance because I am not insolent. I only claim they are unimportant in the sense that my goals and ideas and the gods are like two ships passing in the night. There is no conflict.
I do find problems in religion, but it is not concerning the gods. It is the institutions around these gods. I believe virtually all the churches and temples around this land have gone afoul somewhere along the line. There are still good people out there, but most religions have ceased giving explanations for what they claim. Well this is an entirely different subject that will be discussed later I'm sure.
I'd like to shortly recapitulate on the importance in what I've said. The gods may or may not exist. Their relation to me is uncertain in my eyes. But I am virtually certain that our agendas do not conflict. I mean no disrespect to the gods but I believe much of the clergy is corrupt. I am independent of the gods in that I worship the Godliness in man. Perhaps my worship of this Godliness is what spares me the gods wrath you speak of. But as for my personal opinions, while you may follow the word of Sun, I look into myself for guidance.
Liber Ego
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