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>>11456605
>That said, I'm not too sure occultism is a positive way to direct our energies.

there's really no other way to go, the progress of science has made it more and more impossible to seriously subscribe to more organized, well-defined religions and spiritualities, because the more well-defined something is, the more open it is to the teeth and claws of skepticism. definite claims can be definitely challenged. occultism and mysticism are harder for those claws to rip into because they're less well-defined, make much softer claims and can often hide behind a rationalization; "i don't literally believe in the tarot, i just see it as a _______." this makes it the best refuge against the ever-stronger beast of rationality for those who wish to see magic in the world.