Eaomonomae
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So we all know that the Xtians (the Jews, Muslims, Christians) all demonized the pagan gods of our ancestors. Baal (...Baal, Zeus), Astaroth (Astarte / Aphrodite), Sitri (Set), Lucifer (Phosphorus, Helel, Enki / Thoth / Hermes), etc.
But what about the deities that don't have a very clear non-Jewish origin? Lilith, for example. We have her as an owl demon in Sumerian myth, and the Jews seem to connect her to Astarte worship, and she may be attentively connected with various mythological goddesses in Satanism, but in terms of her origin? What about other deities like Naamah or Agrat bat Mahlat? Samael? Azazel? maybe even Ahriman? All of which may have basic earlier affiliations (for example, Samael in Jewish mythology is connected to the Planet Mars, and Samael is the patron of the Roman Empire and connected to war and imperialism, so he may be connected to Ares form an earlier point), but these deities are so well developed that they are hard to connect to any immediate Indo-European deities and have taken on Jewish mythological characteristics.
And another question - why even use their Judaized forms? Why use sigils or the like? Why not worship them in their original pagan forms?
I'm a newcomer but I don't feel as dogmatically bound by JOS even though much of it I agree with. I personally don't have a problem with Jewish mythological motifs, the cancer in Jewish faith is their moral system, particularly post Babylonian exile. Christianity being the absolute pinnacle of it, Jesus Christ is truly the lord of the slaves. Pre Babylonian exile Jewish morality was much in line with other Indo-European systems as far as I can tell.
But what about the deities that don't have a very clear non-Jewish origin? Lilith, for example. We have her as an owl demon in Sumerian myth, and the Jews seem to connect her to Astarte worship, and she may be attentively connected with various mythological goddesses in Satanism, but in terms of her origin? What about other deities like Naamah or Agrat bat Mahlat? Samael? Azazel? maybe even Ahriman? All of which may have basic earlier affiliations (for example, Samael in Jewish mythology is connected to the Planet Mars, and Samael is the patron of the Roman Empire and connected to war and imperialism, so he may be connected to Ares form an earlier point), but these deities are so well developed that they are hard to connect to any immediate Indo-European deities and have taken on Jewish mythological characteristics.
And another question - why even use their Judaized forms? Why use sigils or the like? Why not worship them in their original pagan forms?
I'm a newcomer but I don't feel as dogmatically bound by JOS even though much of it I agree with. I personally don't have a problem with Jewish mythological motifs, the cancer in Jewish faith is their moral system, particularly post Babylonian exile. Christianity being the absolute pinnacle of it, Jesus Christ is truly the lord of the slaves. Pre Babylonian exile Jewish morality was much in line with other Indo-European systems as far as I can tell.