Greetings to New Friends

I can hardly believe it has been over three years since my last post here. I actually forgot I had a blog, and was lucky to be able to access it once again. In thinking of ways to engage a slowly growing audience in the wake of releasing my first book, I thought it best to use this avenue to reach out, and share a few things about myself, and give a bit of background and insight into the book. The book is a sort of auto-biography detailing my slow evolution from a mindless, spiritual zombie to a fiery phoenix and avid occultist. While I recount many personal hurdles, trials, abandoning the Christian faith of my childhood, and even finding the love of a lifetime-I have also mixed in a bit of humour, cynicism, occult instruction, theory and philosophy. If you have ever doubted your Christian faith or even wished to glimpse the "other side", this book is for you. I have also gone to great lengths to discuss evil, and how our perceptions and fears shape what many would call our "Weltanschauung", or world view. Ditching my Christian faith in favour of a seemingly rebellious path has in many ways become a badge of honour. By doing so I came to face my fears of the unknown, and immediately began to understand that much of what we fear in the world is simply the product of indoctrination and of our own conscious creation. Many are unwilling to simply walk away from lifelong views and perceptions simply because another person says its ok. I was a prisoner of that trap once. Galatians 6:7-9 states: "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." As a former Christian I understand the numerous scriptures warning against false prophets, being misled by the wicked, bearing false witness, etc. It is enough to make even those who have sat on the fence their entire life choose the easy way out. Yet, one would have to wonder at the numerous paradoxes found in everyday life; the ability of "unsaved" heathens to bestow acts of love and kindness upon others, seemingly heathen people who are happy and blessed, or even the witch or shaman who could heal another in a selfless act of charity. As the verse states " whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life." We simply take for granted the scriptures tell us the one and only spirit we should please is God himself. Yet, if we look much deeper into the allegorical and hidden possibilities by placing our own spirit within the context of the scriptures, the meaning takes on an entirely new light. If we are created in the "image of God", could it not mean the spiritual image and not the physical? This would constitute our birthrights as creative and highly energetic, spiritual beings. While thoughts of evil and Satan would keep many locked into the status-quo of indoctrinated thinking, how then could many of the religious right justify acts of love, charity, and kindness on the part of the lost, heathen, so called diabolical or unsaved? Are the influences of Satan so limited in this world as to allow the unsaved and lost the ability to love and be selfless? This would equate to the influences of Satan himself being at least partially responsible for acts of charity among the countless lost souls in the world. A conundrum for the faithful for which they may be hard pressed to find answers. It is a situation that befits the descriptive phrase " all is not as it seems in this world", and that which challenges our conscious perceptions of reality. Perhaps it was the cryptic words of Christ which eluded to the deeper mysteries which he intended us to see and lie just below the surface of our perceptions; "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace--but now it is hidden from your eyes." ( Luke 19:42) It has become my journey and cause to share these mysteries to those who have questions, doubts, and concerns. There will be no retribution, no hell, no judgement, and no separation from God or Spirit by questioning the world around you, or your faith. We were taught that God turned his back on us because of sin, causing a divide between God and mankind. As children of the Light we have that very Light within us; it never left. Our perceptions were divided by those who sought to control the masses through manipulating the scriptures, and feeding us lie upon lie. Within the darkness there is a light to be sought which hold the depths of understanding and wisdom. For without this darkness, there would be no Light, or the journey to behold it.