And how do you know we are not already dead? What if we are the dead, and are reborn in real life as we die in this? 
(yes, that is a Wee-Free Men reference).
We can all play guess, but the most powerful model I’ve encountered is to deliberately chose a worldview that works for your purpose. In the end, no one of us can know for sure, so we might as well do what enables us the most, right? 
I recommend that you meditate on this. Really ask yourself what you should do here and trust yourself when you decide. I struggled with this myself when I started. I currently work with both angels and demons and any other spirits I choose to. It all boils down to you having to decide what is right for you.
I feel I should tell you that procrastinating on making this decision can put your spiritual path on standstill. I’m not trying to rush you to make a decision though just trying to help you be informed.
It is a important decision and whatever you decide will be the correct choice for you.
A note I should add: as far as being Christian and working magic in general, it is not a unique choice. My grandmother was a devote catholic and constantly would use folk magic up until the day she died, blessing many and cursing others. She would actually use scripture fueled by her faith as part of her working, as well as saints and angels. She was not into demons but she was one of the few not swayed by Satanic panic back when it was going on, as she liked to say. She believed there were many ways to God (however one choices to define it), not just ones described in the bible. I actually keep a cross on my altar in her memory.
I cannot say where she ended up in the afterlife per say, just that she died in peace. So, whatever you choose to do, be sure to be all in so there is no fear or regret in what you did in life when the end comes.
There’s been paths created Christian Wicca, Christian witchcraft which is calling on God and his angels or the holy trinity in your workings.
Not to mention countless others that were influenced by it, such as ceremonial magic and many forms of folk magic in both North and South America. At the end of the day, many devotees incorporate magic and ritual outside of the church to help fulfill individual needs
I appreciate your opinion but you sound like a lunatic.
“Maybe” you’re wrong? You know, it’s facinating to see people be this dismissive of something for which they have no reference. It’s a little pompous to say the least. Why bother entertaining the subject at all if it’s all just a “maybe”?
Even if I considered myself a Black magician, I’d resist the temptation to spread propaganda and just say I don’t know when it comes up; because nobody knows.
Can we not turn this thread into your what if’s and uncertain belief system? Lol
Lol no it’s okay, just probably should stay on topic about the OP.
You want to skip Hell (I don’t honestly believe it is so different from our world) just read the kemetic Book Of The Dead. When I talkedto Anubis about fear of death he showed me a specific part in it that is a spell to get past hell.
We are already in hell
You’re not going to hell for practicing magick. In fact, Hell and Heaven aren’t afterlives; they’re just places where demons and angels live respectively. The whole “eternal damnation” thing was made up by Christianity.
So take a breath and relax.
@Phoenix_Tears You won’t lose your God for practicing magick. There are many Christian magicians that work with demons.
Yesss 
Go to hell and then once you realuzes its not as bad as you thought youll be fine lol.
Thats what happened to me psychosis in hell last winter was a tripl
I can understand a lot of your Catholic fears and am coming to understand it more as just programming from the religion. I had my family threaten me with hell and punishment since I was a little kid, just to get me to behave. As time went on, I questioned everything for years until I just stopped identifying with religiosity. I still believe in God but it is more my own concept of God. At the end of the day it just matters what you think God is.
I have been having a hard time letting the fears go too, because I was taught this was wrong, but curiosity has got the best of me and I have since communicated with demons and other spirits. I don’t do hardly any rituals with demons but their influences have been helping me make changes in my perspectives about some situations and beliefs I have.
Maybe angel magick might be good to start off with. Archangels are very helpful and give really good energy and enthusiasm 
If you go at your own pace, you might feel comfortable communicating with a different spirit.
Hi Guys.I am new here and my name is Gerald.
I personally believe that one should attempt building relationships with the entities on the path they work with to mitigate these fears.
The mere fact you repeatedly refer to it as “messing around” tells me you don’t have the level of respect or maturity necessary.
And before anyone squawks at me about running off new members, I only say this for THEIR SAFETY.
So keep your squawks to yourself. 
Welcome @Gerald8. Please properly introduce yourself in your own thread in the NEW MAGICIAN AND INTRODUCTIONS area, and tell us about yourself and any experience you may have in magick. It is a rule of this forum.
So…first I would say this…if you have a fear of the deities/entities/demons, whatever you want to call them… the first thing you need to do is…not work with them until that fear is overcome…at least to a reasonable degree.
I say this for one simple reason…if you come to them with that energy…that is what you will get…it will become a dm self fulfilling prophecy. I work with Lucifer, but before I did, I did my research and learned about him OUTSIDE of the Bible and the church. I also suggest that you research the term Demon/Daimon and what it actually means. You’ll find that it is a much less terrifying definition than
church tells you.
Secondly…understand that Lucifer and the Demons are not evil…again, not how church taught you. And if you work with the Angels…you’ll find that they aren’t what the church taught you either.
You have to understand that in order to operate in these types of traditions, you have to do a paradigm shift. You can’t approach this from a biblical/Christian perspective. These Gods predate the Bible by THOUSANDS of years.
If you just type Lucifer into the search bar, many threads will pop up and if you read through, you will get a better understanding of who he really is…
I have a post that is Lucifer telling new his origins from his own perspective, and others have posted similar. It is here:
In the end…the only way for you to know and get rid of the fear is to reach out and build your own relationship with Lucifer. He doesn’t want to lead you to hell, you don’t have to stop believing in God, and you don’t have sacrifice babies.
He teaches you pride, self respect, dignity, freedom, how to stick up for yourself etc…
He’s great! But do you research and bring that fear level down a bit and you’ll be just fine!
Hey, Hell is a lot of fun. Take a look…