About Me - The Occult, Philosophy & Islam
Some of you who read this might know me under the name of "Judith Mageia" on tumblr/wordpress or "Abramelin" on Amino, which are the names under which I used to write about the occult - topics such as "solomonic" magic, various grimoire manuscripts, the Greek Magical Papyri, Agrippa and more.
If you have known any of my previous posts, it might shock you to learn that I have left the occult behind completely and reverted to Islam.
A few months ago I deleted all of my blogs and even discord account in order to get away from the internet. It made me focus on my worship - back then as a neoplatonic polytheist - and look within myself.
Through the recommendation of someone, I started to read the Quran and research Islam during the last Ramadan - while I also tried to fast during that Ramadan.
I found multiple truths I had already found through other means (mainly philosophy and reason) reflected and confirmed by the Quran - such as the divinity of the soul, the Oneness of God and the importance of ritual purity for prayer to name a few.
It wasn't long after this, that I accepted Islam officially. And with that, I have left the occult completely behind. No magic, no rituals, no targeted communication with spirits.
And my life is all the better for it, Alhamdulillah.
Having studied Christian theology at college, I am also well-read on Greek philosophers. Especially Plato and Plotinus had helped me tremendously on my path through the occult towards Islam. This does not mean that I put philosophy over Quran and Sunnah, on the contrary - it helped me become convinced of Islam by establishing certain truths before I even got in contact with the religion. Plotinus for instance helped me become convinced of the Oneness of God prior to having read anything about Islam.
So in my future posts, you might see some philosophers being mentioned. Again, this is not to put philosophy over Quran and Sunnah, rather to highlight universal truths.
"And We have certainly left of it a sign as clear evidence for a people who use reason." (29:35)
"We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness? Unquestionably, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. Unquestionably He is, of all things, encompassing." (41:53-54)