"The Chicken Qabalah" Highlights pt. 1 Deconstructing and Reconstructing
"...It is perhaps inevitable that the format of this book will chafe the sensibilities of those who have forgotten that spiritual discovery can be a joyous experience and that great truths can be transmitted through the medium of laughter."
"Now, the first thing you need to learn is that everyone's Qabalah is uniquely their own. Your Qabalah is not my Qabalah or anyone else's. A personal Qabalah is placed in your hands the moment you take up the study. It's alive, and grows upon what you feed it. The more you learn, the more you use. No two students study or work the same."
Coming from evangelical Christianity, this was like a breath of fresh air for me. I've come to learn that most occultists are respectful of differing beliefs, and they're not particularly interested in converting others to follow their specific path.
Everyone is unique. Everyone's path will look different. No two people will agree 100% on matters of religion and spirituality. So long as their beliefs aren't harming anyone, why don't we try to get along?
"If the Bible leaves a bad taste in your mouth, welcome to the club. But before you throw old King James out the window, I'd like to point out that the Bible is holy—but so are the phonebook, Webster's Dictionary, Robert's Rules of Order and the menu at McDonalds."
"We are Qabalists not to prove the Bible is holy— we are Qabalists because everything is holy."
"...Everything is holy and anything is capable of being the vehicle of divine revelation."
When I first began deconstructing, I became very bitter at Christianity. These parts from this book helped me get over the bitterness I was feeling towards the religion I was raised in.
Just like occultism is the correct path for some, Christianity will be the correct path for others. As the Aeon of Horus marches on, it will inevitably become the correct path for less and less people. But seeing as this Aeon has only just begun, there are many people who will still greatly benefit from a Christian worldview.
Maybe they need an angry father figure threatening eternal damnation in order to keep their self control in check. Maybe they need the comfort of a promised paradise in order to accept the suffering of this world and move on from the grief they've experienced? These things are a net-positive for humanity.
Christianity itself isn't harmful, but it becomes harmful when Christians start to push their beliefs onto others. To that, I'd like to remind myself that their Aeon is coming to an end and they are lashing out as they feel the control they once had in the world slipping from their grasp.
