G’Day! You’ll have to keep me posted on what’s happening in the occult community in Sydney. I think once it has some legs, it should be accepted far more than what it is in the USA.

I checked out “Christian Witch”, and to be honest I’m not surprised at her position, especially being an American who has Slovenian roots. Many individuals are appropriating church rules to suit their own witchcraft needs, selectively adapting traditional doctrines to justify their practices while disregarding the original intent behind those teachings. From my interviews with various priests over the last few weeks, they are well aware of this and completely at a loss as to what to do about it. But from what I gather, they would rather “bums on seats” than to correct this blatant disrespect.

Sara Raztresen wrote a book about Christian Witchcraft. I thought it would be an interesting read but she spends half the book justifying herself, which is the real issue with calling yourself a Christian witch. No snake handling happy clapping zealot is going to accept you, ever, and you’ll spend the majority of your time arguing with them or worse.

I think you’d be better off severing your baptismal pact with the bad tempered god-child and if you must work with subnetting that makes Azathoth look smart, create a pact that is in your favour instead. Better to just deal with your familiar spirit and let them do the work for you and praise and reward them instead IMO.