Every nation on this planet from the time of Ur
Part of the homework and resources they utilize is their connection to the gods/demons/fallen/giants/spirits. The pleb is the only poor soul that doesn't realize the density of activity surrounding - both physical and spiritual. Remember, God had to reveal the protection unseen to one of His servants.
We all have a 'connection' to the spirits you mention. Some stronger than others, those are generally referred to as psychological dispositions. Being 'connected' is simply being aware. It's 'in the light'. It is within the conscious mind as opposed to the unconscious mind which, in Judaic cosmology is the underworld, and the abyss is 'around' and 'outside' of that. Beasts don't rise from a Hollywood-style chasm, they emerge out the deepest parts of man's psyche. Now, sorcerers and magicians also practice channeling and communicate with the 'spirits', but if you really deeply look into the practices themselves, ritual magic is a form of self-hypnosis. It's about changing your state of mind to the point where you can even hallucinate. This is why drugs are often involved. The vision or trance is where the information comes from in a series of images, impressions, sounds, all kinds of weird things---this is actually not a very good place to meet new friends or access valid, truthful info... There's a lot of noise in there and the rituals help focus the mind, in these cases of pagan religions, they're accessing lies and they believe they are the truth, this is how 'spirits' gain fanatic followers. The thing is, there are no living creatures down in the mind, the 'gods' the archetypes, the deamons, the angels, etc., are not living, conscious entities. Spirits are principles, concepts, ideas, mechanations, virtues... The conceptual essence of some 'thing'.. They are 'beings' as in, 'some thing that exists'... They are not from other worlds or other planets, they are from a fallen, polluted consciousness. One of the most powerful goddesses in the USA is Libertas. This is not a living god, it's an image, an idea. Something that doesn't actually exist in the natural world but a concept that we create to rule over our affairs... This concept is living, and evolves over time, and it can be used to wage wars and subjugate populations in it's name---But now we're getting into another spiritual realm which is the collective group mind which has it's own 'heaven' and earth so to speak or spirit and body... It's crazy stuff but it's all right in line modern psychology which is just now beginning to catch up to ancient demonology. They're the same practice. I would say that some of the ancients very well may have been much more knowledgeable about such things than we are to be honest. The language is the most important thing to get over. It's not about trying to find the most literal interpretation, you're looking for it's symbolic meaning.
Many of the 'most high' gods were sky-gods, sky-gods represented the exact same cosmological concept as the 'firmament' that great vault or dome that 'holds everything firm' and in it's place. To the ancients, it wasn't just the sky, it was the lord of the heavens... It was not sky, it was Sky. Next you name all of the 'powers' in heaven and earth and you attribute properties to them, and teach those properties and 'personalities' or expected behaviors to others... And bam! Now they exist! Now 'they are as you say'... Now the sun isn't just some floating ball of gasses in the sky any more, now it's the giver of light! Guided by the most high! Just like Adam named the animals and therefore that was their name! It's like magic! It's language. Finally, it is time to bring the imagined kingdom of heaven to earth. I WILL BE LIKE UNTO THE MOST HIGH. Governments and Kingdoms, from ancient times until present day are a direct representations and manifestations of the
PERCEIVED ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE within a given culture/society. Monotheism 'breeds' Monarchy and Empire. Democracy is based on Pantheism.
I have and it almost killed me. I was exposed to magick and the spirit world from a young age. And, although I have not practiced Enochian magick, I have certainly been a casualty of it. It would be foolish for me to be ignorant of the entities that work to exploit such magick, but I believe others who have not experienced it are living bitter-sweet realities.
You are also right; there is no way to be prepared for your battle if you have no idea what you are fighting, or if you believe your enemy is fantastical.
I've never dabbled in or practiced magic though a magician would say everything we think, say, and do impacts an infinite number of other 'invisible things' and thus everything is 'magic'... The Bible tends to agree with this. I have had very powerful experiences in the past, I often 'believed' them until I realized that they're manifestations of lies that I myself believed, and the experiences serve to increase the influence of the belief and 'charge' it and create fanatical ideas that are held fervently as true---this phenomena is VERY COMMON is the eschatological community and any religious community in general. And that's because communities and organizations themselves are types of spirits that influence a person's worldview.
I'm sorry for your experiences--I've heard many similar, most people who participate in such activities have lingering issues but they can be overcome. I have never personally experimented or 'dabbled' in any of it. I've found that most practitioners have no idea what's really going on and there is so much disorganization within those groups. But there are higher-up 'covens' like Crowley's O.T.O. here in Los Angeles--they're SUPER popular among Hollywood elites. There are true experts in that community and they cast spells over the world with their media and do it openly and knowingly.
Today we're in a dangerous age. Now, we have experts in psychology, psychoanalysis, and sociology which I explained is the same thing as demonology, but these practices are FAR AHEAD of the ancients because they invented a language to manage the concepts and relationships between the 'concepts' much better than the Greeks did. New, more powerful Religions have emerged which transcend all other religions and lives in 'hidden' in the concepts of 'secularism', 'atheism', and 'science' and they use new language so as not to conflict with the religious philosophies of the old religions and thus dominate them.
Why, then, was their enmity put between the seed of the serpent, and the seed of Eve if these entities were the sons of Seth? Seth means "appointed" - the bloodline that will bring the Christ. You would want to be part of his seed line.
Quite a good observation regarding the seed of the serpent and the see of Eve. The serpent, the devil, the accuser, Azazel is the flesh--the spiritual part of the flesh. More specifically it's the sense of self-importance and self-preservation. I'm open to discussion on that and don't consider it a foundational belief of mine but I came to the conclusion over the course of years---it wasn't occult influence that led me to it either, it was Scripture. I have not come to a full point of view on the stories of Adam and Eve, but I'm open to them being real individuals created by God, I'm open to them being groups, or archetypes of early man. I typically consider them as real people, but the details of [some] of the stories themselves mixing myth with reality. I do not think the Bible itself actually supports the logic of Adam and Eve being the first humans. There were neanderthals. If Cain and Abel were the first offspring of Adam, who was Cain so scared was going to kill him when he was ejected from the garden? Who was Cain's wife? The suggestion that it was his sister is arguable. He connected with primitives. When the Sons of Seth who transgressed their covenant came down from the mountain, they bred with the daughters of Cain. The image of the Garden is the same image you see at the end of Revelation... A walled garden---the good people are inside, and the bad people are outside. The Sons of God watch over the world and tend to it... That's what they always were and always will be. That 'spark' of true self-consciousness and connection to the spirit world through the use of language and inner-dialog was 'given' to primitive man by the 'gods'... And God is going to do what it takes to bring all that is from Him, back to Himself and disconnect the error.
Yes, Seth is of the bloodline you would want to be part of. It's a little part of us all.
There are only two humans in living history that have held the titles of Son of God: Adam, and Christ. Seth is a son of man, and unfortunately celestial entities did engage in intercourse with humans.
Adam was never formally called the Son of God, but Son of God and Son of Man are interchangeable and are commonly interchanged in scripture itself. Son of Man/God is the spiritual child---that spirit that is 'born again'...
This is also very important in the "fight" - as there are a bunch of folks that have hijacked the entirety of Israel save a remnant, and they are based on the bloodline that was spawned from the unholy union of many celestials interacting with many humans - before and after the deluge.
I'm interested in more info on this statement. I do believe that in a sense the nation or 'bloodline' of Israel has been 'hijacked' but it was done by a 'lie'... A 'lie' that most likely the hijackers aren't even aware of. I don't know if I'm perceiving the statement about the union of celestials as it's meant to be be perceived...
In reality, the book(s) of Enoch - the entire collection - is about 1/30 *known* texts that have been deemed non-canonical in some way. These texts all refer to Christ (Ancient of Days, and other names,) The Most High God (Lord of Spirits,) and the salvation plan of God, and Christ as Messiah. The books also describe the hypostasis of the celestials - which is important in understanding who participated in this mess, and what part they played.
The book is amazing in that sense. I don't personally believe Enoch was written before 600 BC but the prophecies about the apocalypse and Jesus Christ are some of the best among all scripture... But the whole book isn't like that, just parts... You can easily tell there were multiple authors most likely writing at different times. I believe the book was made in Babylon around the same time as Daniel.
Now that I've spewed out some crap, most of witch is probably unintelligable, I'm interested in how you perceive the relationship of the spirit world and the physical from the perspective of the electric universe as you've been mentioning.
I don't believe that there is any REAL PHYSICAL ELEMENT that connects the two. I believe that it's as simple as this---the physical world and all the things and forces therein are useful to explain the forces that motivate and control thoughts and behaviors of individuals and groups... But I'm quite open...