Chaosmancer
Legend
If it's powerful enough to grant people spells, I don't think it matters much how those people "regard" it.
Nature clerics worshipping dieties of nature who control all nature (In forgotten realms) can wear metal armor, emblazoning the god's symbol on a metal shield.
Druids worshiping those same gods cannot because nature doesn't want them wearing metal armor. But they can still use metal swords, oh, but they can't hold metal shields. Metal pots would be okay though, as long as they don't strap the lid to their arm to make a shield, then it isn't allowed.
Seems like there might be some fuzzy signals going on.