Crystals, Tarot Cards and The Search For Meaning 

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Yes, there is no rationale Father. You are entirely correct. It’s just easier. The gate is very very wide. ( being facetious).

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I'm really curious, can you share anything about what was shared that stuck out? Or, even better, what was an occult practice that you felt that troubled your soul?

If you have faith why not have it in Christ other than Satan? Material things such as cards.

@@MattigityIsBombigityand you can open up doors you don’t want opened.

That’s true!!! I was searching myself materials that could explain all those new age spiritual experiences, or any type of experiences outside the Orthodox Church because those experiences still seem miraculeuse to us and people hold really tight to them, so much that they are scared to change their beliefs, or church. And especially the « Born Again » experiences of people that encounter Christ outside Orthodoxy. They interpret everything as an act of the Holy Spirit, and this scares me a lot.

They do believe in God, but they don't want the "mean" God of Christianity. Instead they want something that allows them to do whatever they want. This literally happened to some of my family.

As 'organized religion' is sadly retreating in the West, it is not atheism that will fill the void and take hold, but 'disorganized pseudo-religion.' Millennials replaced religion with astrology and crystals. Don’t believe in God but ascribe God-like powers to stones, crystals and stars. His creation. While seemingly a new concept, it really isn’t.

For me, my first contact with spirituality was astrology, I was atheist all the way but I gave it a try and after many months of research I concluded that there's too much truth in it, I would even read natal charts to people I see for the first time and they would be in disbelief how accurate it was, all of them. Then I did a few of guided kundalini energy and microcosmic orbit meditations which gave me absolute proof that Eastern religions have much greater understanding of mechanics of human body/soul. Then I got the glimpse of the Ultimate as Hindus say or uncreated light as orthodox say. Then my absolute disoriented spirituality took hold of me, in this phase I also contemplated crystals and home altars, I did everything under the sun that promises spiritual powers or elevated energy level. It worked but spiritual beings started visiting me, disturbing me and my life lacked any structure or direction, I was just chasing spiritual high. I got to experience many things people would call supernatural: astral projections, energy shifts in people, seeing beings without a physical body in fully awake state, seeing something happen in advance and many many more crazy things. But although I had all those highs and abilities I absolutely lacked peace or structure, I was honestly suffering from confusion despite all "progress" I was making. It all came to an end when demonic attacks got too strong and frequent, at first to my deranged self it was fun as anything that moved me out of ordinary and physical world was good and most of the fights with those beings I won or at least I thought so. How stupid I was. It came to a boiling point where there would almost be no night without spiritual attack, many false awakenings, sleep paralysis and even hallucinations after waking up. Maybe I would still be doing this kind of practices if I didn't literally see two horned giants, classic Christian depictions of devils. One was ram horned and was much scarier, aggressive and boastful than bull horned one who was a false teacher talking me into living materialistic life to the fullest, common thread to both of them was: "do as you wish" and "you are your own god". I literally had to see ancient deities in all their power and single-mindedness to be scared into grounding myself with Christianity. Since I threw all books and suspicious objects out of the house, stopped eastern practices and astrology proclaimed Jesus Christ as my lord and saviour and started praying regularly I had no serious attacks from these beings, only was tempted sexually by a few in 6 months time which is a far cry from the frequency and seriousness of these attacks I had before. I am a sinner still but what I guess attracted demons in my life was insatiable wish for spiritual powers and no wish for purity, recepy for disaster. Weirdly enough with purity of heart and actions and devotion to our Lord I got even more as I would call it in my spiritualist days "energy" and even some glimpses of extrasensory perceptions, not that I chase those things right now but even on christian path we can get "gifts".

​@@0utc4st1985it's just crowleyianism. ("Do what thout wilt") But then again so is most modern protestantism. (Right of private conscience and all that).

and politicians!

Oh yeah. I’m still having issues from converting. A lot of mental warfare, a lot of wanting to go back, a lot of fighting against the conversion. Faith is key

@@Gman12959 have you gotten baptized yet? going to confessions helps a lot!

Thank you! God bless 🙏☦️

Jung and Hume are cringe and cannot even justify the problem of the one and the many.

Yes but we would hate the sin and delusion in such crystals and tarot lead to. Your truth claims are subjective to you, as your are the arbiter of truth in place of God. So the question becomes how you come to know truth at all? Which your worldview cannot justify.

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The Holy Trinity is not aspects of God, there's an old "Christian" heresy by the name of Sabellianism that believes this. There are 3 Persons in Christian Theology, not aspects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabellianism

Hinduism does not predate God, for one, for two, they do not have a 'trinity' like the Christian trinity per se. The three gods of the trimurti are three individual gods who are aspect of, what is considered a god by many but also just a concept by many others... it is not a trinity if three persons who are all God, but not gods themselves, but are all the singular God. There is no other where the three persons are not gods themselves, but are themselves all God

@@dougmasters4561 I didn’t say anything about Hinduism predating God. Is that even possible? A religion predating its divinity?

@@Rum_barrel i never said you did, however; while Hinduism may predate the organized structure and word 'Christianity', it does not predate the trinity, in that the Word at creation, the Father, and the Spirit, all existed as three persons of the one Godhead.

Justify morality, metaphysical truths, and how you come to know truth at all. Also, this priest is Orthodox, whom have no pope. Your ignorance is actually hilarious and sad at the same time.

How do you know that?

@@xAzureXHazex I was a christian, and surprise, your god never is found to exist. Just like how other gods aren't found to exist and the claims of supernatural nonsense from crystals, tarot cards etc. I do love when christians accuse each other of "false teachings" since poor ol' Zech here can't do what jesus promises per his own bible. He's a fraud like all of the rest of the christians.