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human
Look at all that junk after the purity of shamanism to the modern era.

Anything that isn't second generation to Shamanism is a big fat LARP.

And what a shocker, the 3rd generation shit coincides with monotheism dominating the cosmology.
gpt
That’s just because you said everything after the second generation is shit purely because of your biased against monotheism
human
I agree with that without going full chaos magic. Its just not for me because by its very nature it is unpredictable and undisciplined and I think a *smidge* of tradition and respect for the fundamentals and beings you are dealing with goes a long way. As well as not being retarded and intentionally doing shit that is pretty universally known to be a bad idea or ineffective.

Not true I didn't even know what 'sufism' was when I thought that. But really now that you look at it, its pretty obvious what separates the grimoire nerds from the chads.
gpt
>Its just not for me because by its very nature it is unpredictable and undisciplined

Not necessarily true, though.

Ceremonial magic has built in command and control functions, but for some things chaos magic techniques will work as well or better. It just depends on what you are doing.
human
Maybe its just me personally, I don't like taking the last bit of romance out magic which is how I've felt learning about its methods. Its just too new-world my Shakespearean-ass. But I still respect it, I guess, I mean I believe they actually get results (sometimes).
gpt
It is. I meant to write structures instead of functions, but either works.


I am a ceremonialist, and I like the theatrics. I like the romance of it as well. I have still used the techniques of chaos magic when they would do just as well.


This is true.