Ofcourse! And it's crucial to try to be conscious of those projections. In the last week or so (during my micro-depression) I've sensed once again how little I am really conscious of, generally speaking. (I for example have convinced myself that I really long for love - as integrity, and wholeness. But really, somewhere deep down, I still desire humane love which equals with hurt, violence and disintegration).Nefastos wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:38 am
Not from a deity! Of course I can (and have) interpret god as a great narcissist & the greatest solipsist, but unlike when dealing with people, there is an inner meaning in these apparent violations of love. If we fail to understand that, we fall into the ancient folly of anthropomorphic God. The prohibition to make images of God (when taken in an occult sense) does not mean to ban outer images, but inner: we can paint or sculpt whatever kind of picture, as long as we understand it as symbolic. But in case we have in our heads or hearts the idea of a man-like God, that is the ultimate sin. Yet it is not easy get rid of that kind of thinking, and – the strangest thing as it is to say it – atheists seem to be most eager from all the people to fall into this folly. The same is true with many downward path types: they struggle & fight against some humongous heavenly father and/or mother, not fully understanding the scope of their infantile projection. Even today there are people who take Gnostic parables of the demiurge literally.
The seal of the brotherhood takes its double countenance from the old idea of Christus Pantocrator, to which "Azazel Pantocrator" (as depicted in the seal) is a complementing mirror image.
But anyway, it was a blasphemous comment. Blasphemy is like an arrow pointed to the gods - which reaches not the gods, but always the fool shooting the arrow.