So, I’ve been here for a while, and feel a bit more comfortable. So, I’d like to re-introduce myself.
Religion and spirituality have always been a very big part of my life. I have usually been considered religious by those around me. My religious travels have taken me far and wide. In fact, my BA in college was in religion (with a specialization in Judaism). I have belonged to or studied many religions and religious systems, including: Kemetic Orthodoxy, Judaism (especially Lubavitch Hassidic Orthodox Judaism), Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Christianity (especially Catholicism and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Mormon Church), Islam (especially Hanafi Sunni, Twelver Shiite, Ismaili Shiite, Naqshbandi Sufi), the Golden Dawn, BOTA, AMORC, the Temple of the Vampire, the Temple of Set, Santeria, Palo, Taoism, and Buddhism (especially Soka Gakkai and Pure Land).
I’m also very fond of languages but am cursed to be a prescriptivist. (The incorrect pronunciation and translation of some Golden Dawn material drove me crazy, for example.)
All of that led me to here. Each entity helped inform me, but each also had its own flaws. They all have informed my present paradigm.
Culturally, I come from a South Asian Muslim background. Sexually, I say I am bisexual male with a stronger attraction for men, but I believe sexuality exists on a spectrum. From a system perspective, I am quite adept with the Tarot and deal with Goetic demons with a dash of S. Connolly’s Nine Divinities system. Thankfully, I live in the US so can access this material without fear. (I’ve lived in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, where doing so would be most unwise.)
My handle means, in Latin, “From darkness [comes] victory”; it is both a reflection of my interpretation of Sith doctrine and also my belief that true victory and ascension comes from delving into the darkness.
The LHP and demonolatry are what freed me. I cannot begin to describe how this has changed me and my life. At times, I yearn for the comprehensiveness and rigidity of some of my old practices (especially Islam and Mormonism) but always stay true to my current practice.
I’m sorry this is rambling and disjointed and disorganized. But I’d like some of my favorites on here to know a little more about me.