Religion, Politics, Virtue

We know that people are inherently religious, whether it is to proclaim for a religion, to deny a religious affiliation, or to do their best to seek their perfect religion or to attempt to live a purely secular life.

Attempting to separate religion from politics has been the stated ideal for poly-religious societies. Even America's Founding Fathers wanted religion to be kept personal and private and out of politics.

This is because religion harnessed to politics becomes an oppressive force, tyrannical and bloody. Violence is the tool of choice when a single religion joins with politics to rule over everyone.

( And thinking that way, it does indeed make sense for religion and politics to be kept as separate as possible. )

Real Magic

Not all acts of magic are done with oogity boogity stuff. In Numenism, we study and work with patterns, and the acts of magic don’t have to be surrounded by ritual or hedged with safeguards. Some of the most powerful acts of magic have been done by people who didn’t know they were working magic at all. Let’s take a look at some of the more publicly accessible acts of magic. By studying them, you will better see how Numenist patternworking is done.

( The following example is not performed by Numenists - that’s one of the points I want to make. )