User:Ian.thomson

Wikipedia does not care about you or me being qualified scholars. Wikipedia is not a scholarly site, but a summary of sources that speak for themselves. We all have the right to edit, but there are rules to make sure that proper sources are used for appropriate articles and editors are civil. -- In other words: duh only book-lurnin we likes 's frum books, not school-folk wit deir fancy-shmancy deeplomas. Ye ain't gots to be unschooled to edit, but ya bettah bring yer damn sauces like uh chef at tha Italian resteeraunt.

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I was born Methodist, raised a liberal Baptist, and now refer to myself as a Zen Baptist. Ever since I was young I've had an interest in religion and mythology. In high school I became interested in philosophy, and began reading about "occult" topics as an extension of mythology studies. I took a little time off between high school and college and spent most of it in the library going through most of the books on religion, mythology, philosophy, and occultism. I majored in English (in theory focused on composition, in practice focused on literature), minored in Secondary Education, and took way too many elective courses.

Stuff I've done here

Created, recreated, or rewrote: Debtera, Liber Officium Spirituum, Livre des Esperitz, Magical Treatise of Solomon, this article about some conspiracy theorist garbage. Rewrote: Arbatel de magia veterum, Idealism (Christian eschatology), Lesser Key of Solomon, Reuben Swinburne Clymer, Working on: The Solomonic Miscellany, an overhaul of List of Demons in the Ars Goetia, planned rewrites of Enochian magic and List of Enochian angels Added big honkin' chart with names and stuff to the Decans article, plan on adding descriptions of images at some point. Went through the articles that link to "LGBT issues and Voodoo" and changed it to "LGBT topics and Voodoo." Worked with Dougweller in removing all mentions, uses, or links to or of http://historyhuntersinternational.org/, a blog with no evidence of credentials (if they are professors, why would they not want their name associated with that work in a more publically recognized journal?), that contains some crackpot ideas (Alexander the Great's existence should be doubted like Jesus?). I replaced/removed all uses of The Dying God.com since it's a self-published source (and in a few cases, counter to most other sources).

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Do what Jack Churchill would do. If that doesn't or will not work, do what Hunter S. Thompson would do. Go on and assume I am the second coming of Jack Chick without viewing the evidence to the contrary on this page. Keep in mind: "I'll die before I surrender, Tim."