So much material here to work with. I'll make just 7 points since it is a significant number in occulted traditions.
Who put the snake there?
Why would someone (or some being) create an evil serpent in the first place?
Occult has nothing to do with evil, it just means hidden.
Knowledge is not evil!
Yes, psychopath DARK occultists exist. However, remaining ignorant of the occult studies will not help free us from their enslavement. The power differential comes from the knowledge differential. Principle of polarity: if dark occultists exist, surely Light occultists do as well. Otherwise known as de-occultists. Gaining knowledge, understanding, and wisdom of occult studies and sharing them far and wide to free people from slavery. (I should know).
The ten commandments are largely not very helpful, and can easily be boiled down to one: "don't steal". Any natural law transgression comes from not understanding or respecting property rights. The rest is unnecessary or superfluous.
Do you seriously believe the Kabbalah to be evil knowledge? Have you actually studied it or read anything about it? Or do you fear cracking a book outside of your pre-approved religious dogma lest some spiteful capricious god smite you from heaven?
There is no such thing as "evil knowledge". Knowledge is a tool, it isn't good or bad. Are guns bad? Is a hammer? Is math? The greatest evil is willful ignorance. If all magic is evil, then condemn your savior for turning water into wine, curing the blind, walking on water, etc. You are able to break free from the religious mental chains imposed upon you, if you wish.
So much material here to work with. I'll make just 7 points since it is a significant number in occulted traditions.
There is no such thing as "evil knowledge". Knowledge is a tool, it isn't good or bad. Are guns bad? Is a hammer? Is math? The greatest evil is willful ignorance. If all magic is evil, then condemn your savior for turning water into wine, curing the blind, walking on water, etc. You are able to break free from the religious mental chains imposed upon you, if you wish.