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OP, what you must ask yourself is WHY magick works if indeed it does.
For some answer, I would suggest looking to King Solomon, considered by some circles as an originator of Western magical practices and occultism. Basically, the story goes, he was seduced by foreign gods, but also bound demons to do his bidding.
As for the hows and whys, another question you may wish to ask yourself is, what is prayer, why if indeed it does work does it work, and how is that different from magicks.
>>72668
Also this. Very, very much this. One might also consider such pathways as Rosicrucianism, or why it is that the very foundation of Masonry is a Judeo-Christian template.
Frankly the fact that you all are mocking Christianity and discounting it speaks volumes as to OP's fears, and yes it is Satanic in thought and form if indeed it is practiced by people such as this. But the hidden keys are found as much in Gnostic Christianity as anything else, and furthermore, I find it laughable that you idiots are blasting Christianity which you likely do not even understand when this is the very basis for much of Western occult traditions. The Eastern mystical elements did not even permeate Western society until the 1960s.