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Thanks for another interesting blog! JMG wrote that magic is neither science nor religion, but a third thing. From the introduction to Way of the Golden Section:

You turn to science to learn about matter and energy; you turn to religion to learn about faith and morals; you turn to occultism to learn about consciousness and the unseen worlds that lie between the realm of Deity and the realm of matter.

In a comment on Ecosophia, JMG wrote:

Religion is the art and science of managing human relationships with disembodied intelligent beings, such as gods and spirits.

So when you write "being at least open to the thought that the Gods were really real", that sounds like religion, but when you mention rituals like LBRP, that sounds like the occult.

My occult "TSW" experience was much less intense than yours. I've always liked rolling dice or flipping coins. Divination is the art form of what I was dabbling in before. So for me it wasn't really an aha! moment, but like turning a corner and seeing a wide new view.

For my list of abbreviations, I assume LARP means Live Action Role Playing. "A gathering of many people who re-enact a real or fictitious event, often complete with clothing" What do you think of that description?