Praying to a god to grant your personal wishes is also serving your ego.
Believing you know that the will of God is also an experience of the ego.
Liber jugorum suggests punishments for naughty egos.
our 'wishes' won't be granted if they're not true to the ideals of our religion.
In islam we believe if we plant bad seeds, we'll see bad fruit...
how can someone plant bad seeds on bad soil and have weak light in them, yet expect good fruit?
the whole 'ego' thing takes care of itself when we're tasting those bad fruit.
it reminds me of many muslims who have sold out their faith by seeking material posessions
once they attain the wealh, are they happy?
that ones ive seen are still the same miserable bastards they were before despite all the outward appearances.
This is a case of eating those bitter fruit.
Thelema and the new age flirt around a lot of good topics but one way or another they take you back to what their original intention was.
all the channelling/visions, it always comes down to the jinns.
nothing beyond.
you'll be sucking some reptilian dick in your astral experiences if you're not too careful.
but as long as you believe in your heart you're trying to punish your naughty ego, you'll probably gladly take part.