Hypocrisy
I insulated myself from mainstream religions long ago. They have no power here. The hypocrites who managed to get up nose, and get me in full rant mode.... are "pagan" and/or "new age".
Oh, but I can hear you now, ::shock-horror:: "BUT but.. it's everything we're AGAINST! Not ALL of us are like _____!"
Maybe not all, but the loud, annoying, vocal majority of you are. And you know what else? YOUR POLITICS SUCK, and coming from me, that is really bad.
Let's see if we can narrow this down a bit, shall we?
Magick - If you are going to claim you use it, then please Gods, know at least ONE SPELL and USE IT! Tell me about the time you used it! Did it work? Did it backfire? Did it come out differently than you expected? Can you answer even ONE of those questions?!
Uh oh, I said, "spell"! How tabboo! There's no such thing! It's a Halloween novelty! Let's please be honest, here. There are spells, formulas, and rituals in the world. Some of them even work! Oh, but you didn't KNOW that, did you?! YOU were too concerned about being validated and your "legitimacy" to find this out! You thought it made you sound less "kooky" if you acted like you don't believe in them at all, or that they are only "extremely rare". Even worse, you arrogantly preach this pathetic cop out as 'enlightened'!
You know, I've met people who thought threesomes were "extremely rare" too, maybe even just the stuff of urban legend.
Rare for them maybe! LMSAO!
While we're on the subject of honesty, don't even try to tell me, that this "magic" stuff is for "unselfish reasons" or that you can't be paid for it. People who really do it and who have to be good at it, because they get paid to, are laughing at you, RIGHT NOW. I can hear them. I even know some personally! It's not hard to be honest... just say it, "I want something, and I want getting it, to be easier for me." There, see? I KNEW you could!
Psychics - You KNOW there is a special place in my heart for you, my brothers and sisters. But if one more of you tells me that you don't have to learn to divine properly because your "gift" comes "directly from God", I am going to have the 10 of Swords tattooed to your ASS while you sleep. Then I will laugh myself off my crystal ball when you DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS!
"God gifted, no tools". You just make it all up.
Oh, and before you get all smug about my "corny" crystal ball, let me explain why I have it. It is on my desk, at all times, TO REMIND ME NOT TO BECOME LIKE YOU! A time honored symbol of the seedy roots of my profession keeps me off my high horse. It is also a convenient weapon, in case I do ever decide to bash one of your haloed heads in.
While I'm on the subject of seediness... YOU ARE. Don't act like you are "too good" to give a love reading. How dare you pass such judgement! Don't tell me you are "not a fortune teller". You are, and you disrespect your forebears, your sincere clients and yourself when you say otherwise.
If you can't "lower yourself" to give a paying customer a reading on a subject that is important to them, perhaps you would be better suited to, say, the medical profession. There you can tell people what is "best" for them, regardless of their feelings or desires all you want. You can even legitimately threaten them with excitingly grim consequences, should they disobey your "enlightened" guidance, and sell them useless and rediculously expensive potions as a cure! You'll love that, won't you!
The new age *hack*, "spiritual advisors", and magicless "witches" *spit*. I cut you all from my lists, from my acquaintence, and from my world. Join the preachers and child molesters you deem yourselves so highly "above" outside these walls. I will not have my peace of mind upset by you again. You have no power here. You claim none anyway.