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Liber OZ Fest in Massachusettes

Joseph — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:55:47 GMT

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OASIS
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The 8th Annual Liber OZ Fest
An Adult Overnight Camping Celebration Of
“The Rights of Man”
Also known as
LIBER OZ
The Book of the Goat
Saturday- September 13th 2008 e.v.- Sunday September 14th-
What you get: An out of doors camping experience- A fire- A Feast- The Gnostic Mass-
A Rite of Baphomet and “Disney land on Acid”
Secret info including Date, Place and Price:
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Have Header: OZ FEST 08
To Frater Alephomen

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Free(!) first issue of Journal of Thelemic Studies available

IAO131 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:34:32 GMT

93 fellow stars,

I just wanted to remind everyone that the first issue of the Journal of Thelemic Studies (Volume 1, Number 1) is available for free at our website ( www.ThelemicStudies.com ). It features authors like Gerald del Campo, Ash Bowie, T Polyphilus and more! Check it out, and feel free to send me your comments/suggestions/ideas/praise/insults or whatever.

93 93/93
IAO131

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a new Thoth Deck

Aaron — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:05:53 GMT

Any advice for a newbie
on Crowley's deck?
I have experience with
the waite universe,
hoping to go deeper with
the archetypes.....

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Barbara Crowley

22 Zodiacal Constellations — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:33:15 GMT

Now the old gossip again. It would seem that the probability that Barbara Bush has been fathered by Aleister Crowley amounts. Now let me find that link... http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/04/george-w-bush-barbara-bush-and.html

Now was that dilemma solved. My indications point to either

1) a big lie
2) a secret marriage

What of the eventual lineage???

http://www.rense.com/general77/acrow.htm http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=barbara+pierce+crowley+&btnG=Cerca+con+Google&meta=

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I am new!

Shiksa — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:24:39 GMT

Greetings all! My name is Shiksa and am a medium and tarot reader in utah. I am glad to be part of the group and hope to chat it up soon.
Shalom!

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Aleister Crowleys The Rite of Venus now available on DVD

noodhaful — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:53:15 GMT

I saw this elsewhere and thought it appropriate for here...

To order directly go to:
www.swiftcd.com/OrderForms...777-007.asp

or visit us at www.eleusyve.com

Eleusyve Productions is proud to announce the release of Aleister Crowleys The Rite of Venus on DVD.

During the summer of 2007 The Rite of Venus was performed as an original musical for hundreds of supportive fans in Portland and Seattle and received critical acclaim. Since then a limited edition DVD of the production has premiered around the U.S. for a few exclusive engagements. At long last, The Rite of Venus DVD is available to the public.

Now you can own the production of The Rite of Venus that Gavin Borchert of The Seattle Weekly heralded, saying: “I've seen several local productions of these Rites over the years, and this one is by far the most elaborate and most successful... Eleusyve's Venus succeeds not only because of this devotion but because of the brains behind it.”
The story of The Rite of Venus is a tale of mystery, love and sorrow.
After the Sun God is slain at the climax of The Rite of Sol, and as twilight falls, the Goddess of Love assumed the throne in the east, and the shrine is transformed into Her Holy Temple. Here Venus rules in Luxury, surrounded by her Acolytes and those probationers who desire to learn her mystery and partake of her tender gifts.
Sharing in Her victory are those forces over whom she holds sway, Venus gazes upon her Temple with pride and acceptance, eager to receive the tributes she knows herself to deserve. Libra, Taurus, Saturn, Pisces, and Luna all array themselves about her dais, and bask in the glory of her love.
But can Libra find an equal answer to his ardor when Venus shares her affections with all her children, and his eyes see the goddess alone? Will Taurus find a way to garner her favor into the earthly splendor that he so desires? Why has Saturn, the very God of death and time, aligned himself with the forces of unfaltering Love and Motherhood? Can innocent Pisces learn the ways of the Temple, and keep her feet upon the path to understanding without some sacrifice of that innocence? How shall Luna, the changing Goddess of the moon, effect her transformations upon these realms of love and luxury?
…And amid all these contending forces, can Love survive?
This Eleusyve Productions DVD presentation of Aleister Crowleys The Rite of Venus includes never before seen out takes and interviews, as well as solo dance performances by members of the cast.

About Eleusyve Productions:
Eleusyve Productions is an amateur theater group based in Seattle, Washington. Our goal at Eleusyve Productions is to present Aleister Crowley's Rites of Eleusis (a series of seven ritual plays) as musical theater pieces in a manner that will render them more fully accessible to a broad audience, using music, light, dance and drama to enhance the poetry and symmetry of the original works. We also strive to make completed productions available in as many formats and to as many markets as possible, in order to more widely circulate this material and share our artistic interpretations.

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Crowley in Fortean Times

Holden S. — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:49:59 GMT

the current (February '08) issue of Fortean Times has a special section on the life, work, and lasting influence of Crowley from a variety of perspectives. looks interesting so far though i've not read much of it yet...just want to let you know that it exists. i don't, for the time being, say anything one way or the other about its journalistic and scholarly integrity.

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crowley's books online

joe — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:55:42 GMT

a site that has his books online to read

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Crowley,%20Aleister,%201875-1947

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AMADO CROWLEY

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:06:32 GMT

i found this site AMADO-CROWLEY.NET

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GET OUT!!

prabvi — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:59:03 GMT

What man is at ease in his Inn?
Get out.
Wide is the world and cold.
Get out.
Thou hast become an in-itiate.
Get out.
But thou canst not get out by the way thou camest in.
The Way out is THE WAY.
Get out.
For OUT is Love and Wisdom and Power.
Get OUT.
If thou hast T already, first get UT.
Then get O.
And so at last get OUT.

http://myspace.com/orderofout --for electronic esoterica ;)

tat tvam asi,

~Prabvi

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how do you like to celebrate Crowley's birthday?

Holden S. — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:42:14 GMT

i usually go to a bar or coffeeehouse, find a friend or friendly stranger, & propse a toast to the realization of our True Wills.

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James A. Eshelman in San Francisco

Heru418 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:34:13 GMT

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Announcing:

James A. Eshelman in San Francisco

Initiation: New Awakenings in the Aeon of Horus
A lecture on Alchemy, Astrology, Qabalah, Magick

Saturday, October 20, 2007, 1:00 PM
$11.00 Donation requested
Open to the public

James Eshelman is a noted Thelemic author, astrologer, and magician.
He is the Chancellor of the College of Thelema and the Prolocutor-General of the Temple of Thelema.
In addition, he is the author of the highly regarded text, "The Mystical and Magical System of the A.'.A.'.".

Location:
I.O.O.F. Hall
26 7th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&num=10&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=112056542189540540733.00043b3fba322ad8a202f&ll=37.780569,-122.412007&spn=0.010803,0.022295&z=16&om=1

Presented by the Temple of Thelema
www.thelema.org

Reservations & Information: (916) 273-5631
Please RSVP as space is limited.

Please feel free to pass along this invitation to interested friends.

Love is the law, love under will.

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Cold Blue Morning

Scott — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:01:11 GMT

Cold Blue Morning

This morning
There is blue sky
I’m looking for a star
Only blue sky

My path
Darkened and narrow
Through gnarled wood
And shady hollow

My orbit
Wide and distant
Black of space
Silent, hesitant

I am a star
I burn for you
Will drives my life
Love is my glue

Oh lonely orbit!
Oh heavy heart!
Forge my purpose
In a fiery hearth!

I am one and none
I am all
Cold blue morning
In the fall.

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I just want to say....

maryellenmarshall — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:40:48 GMT

what an inspiring figure, Aleister Crowley is in my life in so many ways!
Sometimes I think that I can not become more *fascinated* & impressed with this man & then he manages to top me again!
The deeper & deeper I get in my research (on many subjects), he is waiting at various points for me with that indescribable attitude I can only relate to what I know of this amazing man......

love all-ways,
mem

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What do Thelemites beleive about the afterlife?

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:40:59 GMT

Isn't it somehow related to reincarnation?

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ALEISTER CROWLEY recordings

Adolf — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:42:30 GMT

(1)=DWTWSBTWOTL

I searched, but to no avail, through the topics posted on this tribe searching for a discussion about the CD release in 2000 titled ALEISTER CROWLEY which came in two versions. (I apologize in advance if this has already been discussed and I just overlooked it in the posts-list.)

version 1): A 2 cd set including a disc of original "ritual" ambient musicK written and performed by one BARN JEHOVI, and another disc of original recordings of CROWLEY pronouncing the first and second Aethyrs (both in Enochian and English) along with many of his poems and writings.

version 2): A 6 cd set with 4 more discs of related Thelemic ritual material pronounced by other occultists if my memory is correct.

I came across them at a very popular music store in NYC (Virgin, I think) in 2001, but because of the price difference I bought the 2cd set, which I really enjoy. Anyone familiar with this material and can shed some light on who BARN JEHOVI is or what the additional material in the 6cd version is like?

(1)=LITLLUW

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crowley film

The Church Of Saffron B — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:26:28 GMT

someones made a film about crowley. has anyone else seen this? heres a link to the producers myspace page http://www.myspace.com/newagebook and heres a link to the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPpwzNYNdBE hehe

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"Do What Thou Wilt"

Jack — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:01:12 GMT

http://www.erowid.org/library/review/review.php?ID=234

Erowid.org reviews the life of Aleister Crowley

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Crowley Thoth Tarot class by DuQuette

Strange2 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:26:08 GMT

Thought those here may be interested to know that Lon Milo DuQuette will be conductung a 6-week online class on the Crowley Thoth Tarot, through the Maybe Logic Academy, Aug. 13-Sept. 30

https://www.deepleafproductions.com/deepleafcart/product.php?productid=14&cat=0&page=1&featured

http://www.maybelogic.org/courses.htm

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777 Libre

illuminated1 — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:52:09 GMT

93

One can read the whole of the text here on this day.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0877286701/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-6629153-2786332#reader-link

31

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Was Aleister Crowley Racist / Sexist?

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:15:01 GMT

http://www.arcane-archive.org/faqs/crowleybigotfaq.php

Any thoughts? Comments?

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Legis - The Book of the Law

homunculus — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:22:51 GMT

Legis - The Book of the Law
ID: 921710
Category: Experimental
Description: Aleister Crowley's The Book of the Law Audio CD. Read by Steven Ashe.
Year Released: © 2007
Language: English
Director / Artist(s): Christopher Hyatt
http://www.lulu.com/commerce/index.php?fBuyContent=921710

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Hello

Immortal_Flame — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:03:01 GMT

Thought I would see what this tribe is like.......

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Was Crowley Illuminati?

Christ — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:47:05 GMT

I just found out he was a 33 degree mason. What do people know and think about all this? Is his Magik for enlightenment or to fuck with our vibration? Information or mis-information.

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Toasting Political Christians

PuckerButt — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:03:33 GMT

Here's to The Moral Majority,
Apostles of Hatred and Fear:
As I watched Jerry Fallwell on TV last night,
I new that the Anti-Christ was here.

The Golden Rule he has turned into Lead:
Now it only reads "Do Unto Others".
He wants to insure we have Crosses to bear
And supports laws to repress his Brothers.

His Dogma oozed out like Puss from Christ's Wounds
Reeking of Bigotry and Malice.
I'm certain his Holy Rituals produce
Vomit From Wine in his Chalice.

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TWO statements

Adolf — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:48:39 GMT

(181)

...........

Just some correspondence meditation/fun with the 2statements...........anyone else want to play?

DWTWSBTWOTL

4 23 20 23 19 2 20 23 15 20 12 = 181

LITLLUW

12 9 20 12 12 21 23 = 109

...........

(181) + (109) = {290}

(1 + 8 + 1) = [10] = [1 + 0] = |1|

(1 + 0 + 9) = [10] = [1 + 0] = |1|

[10] + [10] = <20>

<2 + 0> = TWO

{2 + 0 + 9} = 11

1 + 1 = TWO

(181) = [10] = |1| + (109) = [10] = |1| = {209} = 11 = TWO

(181) + (109) = 11 = TWO

(181) + (109) = <20> = TWO

11 = 20 = TWO

...........

(109)

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HAVE YOU HAD DREAMS OR SYNCHRONICITIES INVOLVING CROWLEY?

Holden S. — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:48:17 GMT

yes. in 1 dream i visited an art museum that was showing his restored murals that he'd painted in his villa in Sicily which subsequently got whitewashed when he got expelled from Italy.
in another, i inscribed, in red felt marker on my backpack, a verse from the Book of the Law...but when i awoke i couldn't remember which verse.

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How Diary of A Drug Fiend found me

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:22:02 GMT

The day before I found it this woman on the train told me that I had to get my hands on it by any means and oddly enough I found a copy of it on th subway....Interesting book and yes I find myself relating to it in many ways...Exept for the leaving the country thing....But its odd ya know. Every time I have a refference to Crowley material It tends to find me in the strangest of places.....

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Was Crowley a true bisexual?

Druben — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:09:48 GMT

I''ve been curious about Crowley's sexuality. I have heard that he went back and forth between men and women and that he felt that taking on transgendered identity was part of his magick.

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happy...

Holden S. — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:27:58 GMT

...anniversary of the writing of the Book of The Law! what is everyone doing today? of course i'll read chapter 1, then it's a fine day to relax with Kenneth Anger movies. i also might eat a chocolate egg or bunny, in recognition of Easter's *original* meaning.

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The Obvious Sometimes Escapes

frecklyfawn — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:04:19 GMT

Uhm, I have only read Crowley's name until a few weeks ago when I heard it. The guy pronounced it "Crow-" like the bird. Is this correct?

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George Lucas a disciple of Crowley?

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:53:26 GMT

NOTE: I did not write this; I stole it from somewhere else.
hilarious:)

Thelemic references in the Star Wars trilogy:

- Crowley was OHO of the Order of Oriental Templars (OTO) and Lucas'
original name for the Jedi Knights was the Jedi Templars.

- Crowley's secret name in the OTO was supposed to have been 'Phoenix'
and the symbol of the Rebel Alliance is a stylised phoenix.

- The windows in the Emperor's chambers at the climax of Return of the
Jedi spell 'OTO'.

- from the Book of the Law, dictated to Crowley: 'the obeah and the
wanga, the work of the wand and the work of the sword, these he shall
learn and teach.' Obeah = Obi. Wanga = Wan. Thus, Obi-Wan. And what
device is a wand one moment and a sword the next? A lightsaber, of
course; and the relevance of 'learn and teach' is obvious, since Obi-Wan
is the teacher.

- Vader's sabre is red, the colour of the sphere of Geburah, or
Severity: Obi-Wan's is blue, the colour of its opposing sphere, Chesed
or Mercy.

- Crowley makes references to 'the dwarf insane yet crafty' who is the
source of true Wisdom, obviously a reference to Yoda.

- The greatest ordeal in Crowley's A.'.A.'. system is the 'crossing of
the abyss'. One reaches the brink of a great gulf and must either
surrender everything one is and jump, or remain behind to become a
'black brother' or 'brother of the left hand path'. The 'crossing of the
abyss' is foreshadowed in A New Hope, at the point at which Luke and
Leia swing over the chasm, but is actually achieved in full in Empire
Strikes Back, at the climax of the film.

In the climax of Empire, Luke's right hand is severed at the wrist,
implying that he must take the left hand path and turn to the Dark Side,
i.e. become a 'black brother'. Faced with the choice of crossing the
Abyss or turning to the 'Left Hand Path', Luke chooses to jump, which is
the act that redeems him from a future of corruption.

- Luke is also the Horus figure, the avenger (as in Revenge of the Jedi,
the original title). In the climax of Empire, Vader (previously
identified with Set, the murderer of the father) is revealed to _be_ the
father, the dark Osiris - this being the same secret that was revealed
in the Egyptian Mysteries, namely that 'Osiris is a Black God!'

- The 'Black Brethren' are those who have 'shut themselves up', become
encased and closed off from the Universe, exactly as Vader is encased in
black armour. Their sphere on the Tree of Life is the false sphere
'da'ath', obviously the source for 'Darth'.

- Vader out of his armour proves to be a bald guy with an English
accent, uncannily reminiscent of Crowley.

Not convinced yet? Try this quote from one of Crowley's Holy Books, in
which a part of the Star Wars universe is mentioned BY NAME:

'... Thy messenger was more terrible than the Death-star.'

The messenger of the Emperor is of course Vader, who possesses (and
represents) a power far more terrible than the Death Star - the dark
side of the Force itself. As Vader himself reminds his fellow Imperials,
'The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of
the Force.'

You might recognise this scene, too...

'the chamber was corrupt; the air stank... He enveloped me with his
demon tentacles; yea, the eight fears took hold upon me.'

Garbage compactors, anyone? However, we all know what happened next:

'I slipped from the embrace as a stone from the sling of a boy of the
woodlands. I was smooth and hard as ivory; the horror gat no hold.'

Smooth and hard as ivory indeed, for Luke is wearing stormtrooper armour
in that scene.

Well, George? Been having a bit of the old do-what-thou-wilt, have we?

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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

homunculus — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:07:58 GMT

93!

"The most common cause of failure in life is ignorance of one's own True Will, or of the means by which to fulfill that Will." (from Magick, Book 4, p. 127)

93/93

http://www.dowhatthouwilt.com/
http://www.myspace.com/fratervaed

THE TASK OF A PROBATIONER.

0. Let any person be received by a Neophyte, the latter being
responsible to his Zelator.

1. The period of Probation shall be at least one year.

2. The aspirant to the A.'. A.'. shall hear the Lection (Liber LXI) and
this note of his office; IF HE WILL, shall then procure the robe of a
Probationer; shall choose with deep forethought and intense solemnity a
motto.

3. On reception, he shall receive the robe, sign the form provided and
repeat the oath appointed, and receive the First Volume of the Book.

4. He shall commit a chapter of Liber LXV to memory; and furthermore,
he shall study the Publications of the A.'. A.'. in Class B, and apply
himself to such practices of Scientific Illuminism as seemeth him good.

5. Beside all this, he shall perform any tasks that the A.'. A.'. may
see fit to lay upon him. Let him be mindful that the word Probationer
is no idle term, but that the Brothers will in many a subtle way
'prove' him, when he knoweth it not.

6. When the sun shall next enter the sign under which he hath been
received, his initiation may be granted unto him. He shall keep himself
free from all other engagements for one whole week from that date.

7. He may at any moment withdraw from his association with the
A.'. A.'., simply notifying the Neophyte who introduced him.

8. He shall everywhere proclaim openly his connection with the
A.'. A.'. and speak of It and Its principles (even so little as he
understandeth) for that mystery is the enemy of Truth.

One month before the completion of his year, he shall deliver a copy of
the Record of his year's work to the Neophyte introducing, and repeat
to him his chosen chapter of Liber LXV.

9. He shall hold himself chaste, and reverent toward his body, for that
the ordeal of initiation is no light one. This is of peculiar
importance in last two months of his Probation.

10. Thus and not otherwise may he attain the great reward: YEA, MAY HE
OBTAIN THE GREAT REWARD!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Liberty Life
Power Putrefaction
Destiny Death

THE OATH OF THE PROBATIONER.

I,___________________________________________________, being of sound

mind and Body, on this _____________ day

of____________________________________________ (An _________ Sun in

________________________degrees) do hereby resolve: in the Presence of

_________________________________, a Neophyre of the A.'. A.'. To

prosecute the Great Work: which is, to obtain a scientific knowledge of

the nature and powers of my own being.

May the A.'. A.'. crown the work, lend me of its wisdom in the work,

enable me to understand the work!

Reverence, duty, sympathy, devotion, fidelity, trust do I bring to the

A.'. A.'., and in one year from this date may I be admitted to the

knowlegde and conversation of the A.'. A.'.!

Witness my hand____________________________________

Motto______________________________________________

Love Light
Passion Preception
Debauch Darkness

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What's with the Babalon bit?

Crow_Ailish — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:01:51 GMT

I have read a lot on OTO and Thelema and can't get my head around the Babalon thing. I have some really cool female Thelemic friends and they would kick anyone's ass. I asked one of them what they get from being a vessel and (from my reading) a prop in the male magician's magical work, she got a bit vague. In ritual, the magick can't happen without the female energy cranking the engine into action. I'm like, why aren't you doing the magick? Being a 'sacred whore' is powerful, she said but that was really all I got. Apart from the shock value, the punk anti-authority glee, why is being a whore (on what ever metaphorical level you're jiving on) considered powerful? How is that role a positive and holistic manifestation of being a Woman? Seems limited to me.
Also, philosophically, I don't understand how it is liberating to be seen as a vessel (and in such over the top biblical language too) or as'passive creation' in the guise of Nuit. Half the time I think Crowley is laughing heartily or that he just likes having the ladies in a convenient role for him. Is it all just a knee-jerk reaction to his Christian upbringing?I'm just curious as to why this belief/philosophy appeals to modern and liberated women. This is an earnest question not some handbagging so answers really appreciated. I'm just not getting it.

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Magick without tears

SAMEKH — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:18:06 GMT

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Hi, I posted the following on the Theosophy Tribe on a discussion on 'good and evil'. Apparently one felt it had nothing to do with the topic. Maybe I am trippin' or maybe it's because I was born and raised in Santa Cruz, where we tend to really listen, but this kind of thing seems to be happening to 'me' a lot on Tribe. But none of this is why I am posting this. i happen to feel this section from 'MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS'. I would love to hear feed back from any one who resinates with it.

Love is the Law, Love under will.
-Sri David Template Kant

" in such cases the man's policy is of course to break all relations with the supernal Triad, and to replace it by inventing a false crown, daath. To them knowlledge will be everything, and what is knowledge but the very soul of illusion?
Refusing thus the true nourishment of all his faculties, they lose teir structural unity, and must be fortified by continuous doses of dope in anguished self-preservation. Thus all its chemical equations become endothermic.
To describe the alternative attitude should clarify by dint of contrast; at least the contemplation should be a pleasent change.
Every accretion must modify me. Iwant it to do so. I want to assimilate it absolutely. I want to make it a permanent feature of my temple. I am not afraid of losing myself to it, if only because it also is modified by myself in the act of union. I am not afraid of its being the 'wrong' thing, because Every experience is a "play of Nuit," and the worse that can happen is a temporary loss of balance, which is instantly adjusted, as soon as it is noticed, by recalling and putting into action the formula of contradiction."

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Thelema on You Tube "The cry of the 30th Aethyr"

jezebele — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:48:27 GMT

Here is a new found thelemic video on You Tube.

The Reading of the Aethyrs beginning with TEX.

I hope that in the future more you tube videos will focus on such things. Instead of the typical lonely girl "This is thelema" cra-p-ala"

93s
JeZ

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Hey

marvindublin — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:29:03 GMT

http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/aba/

Not sure if this has been posted on this tribe before? Not sure if all of it can be viewed from this link but I found what is here to be interesting.

Cheers!

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Aleister Crowley Complete Book Collection on CD-ROM

evrk — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:40:26 GMT

Aleister Crowley CD-ROM of his complete works, writings, books, libers and poetry.
Immediate worldwide shipping

Crowley's books are source of solace and insight to most people with intellectual bent. His books collection in its entirety will form a library of its own.

Many of us have good number of Crolwey's books collected over the years. Carrying these books on tours, travels and transfers is often cumbersome. It is also difficult to remember in which book and page those inspiring passages and words were read and underlined. Even bookmarks are often difficult to locate in print editions.

Also the collection can be never complete due to out of print or out of stock situations.

How about having a CD-ROM containing entire library of Crowley's book collection. Which we can carry with us on our travels and tours. Also it is easy to locate any word, topic with the full text search function with a click of the mouse.

CD-ROM of complete works, books, writings of Aleister Crowley--ever published and unpublished can be your lifelong source of solace, guidance and reference on what Crowley ever spoke and written.

email: delvensoft@yahoo.com

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Mr. Beast

SAMEKH — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:10:38 GMT

Do what thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Mr. Beast is the name of Magwais latest album. They have rescently come out openly about their use of heroin in their art. If any one has this latest album on L.P. I am sure the symbol printed on side D has caught your attention. It pictures a crucifix with Jesus' arms nailed to a 'Y'. The cross of the 'T' is lower, and there is an 'M' below that. It would definitely not surprise me if there is a Crowley connection, although that is not the only reason I am posting this. I find that symbol fascinating, am wondering if anyone knows or has any idea what it stands for.

Love is the Law, Love under Will.
-Sri David Template Kant

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the Emerald Sermain of Sacred Sight

SAMEKH — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:51:18 GMT

by: Sri David Template Kant

every time thought knows the timeless
that's a time it is mistaken
acknowledging this truth
may just help awaken
one from a dream now shaken
into i'meless meditation
cause every time thought knows the Self
that's a time it's proven wrong
and every time Self shows thought Self
thought prints it out in psalms
built into new floors on Babble
stretching toward the sun
while my ego holds the gavel
as he claims that he's the One:
the one who thinks
the one who knows
the one who is the power
and all he learns and understands
he adds it to that tower
the more you take your faith from it
the more it starts to rumble
and as you touch the skyline
your foundation starts to crumble
Lord, nothing built can reach You
and nothing staged can play You
for the light you cast amidst my shadows
brings peace to all my battles
and when we drop our weapons
to look at one another
there is a different kind of looking
one that sees Earth as our mother
born from Self we die to it
cause Self is all we are
so when we see the Self in all
the sun’s not just a star
there is no writing on the wall
that can't reveal a hidden glow
a light so bright it makes me wonder
just what i think i know
and now that lightning Is the thunder
our heart is all we show
do we know where we began:
the source of pain
the source of pleasure
the source of all you feel
the source its Self beyond your measure
the One who turns the reel
projections are neglections
that the source of light corrects
and when you live as that light
here's the truth that you reflect:
there is no image or scripted verse
that expresses this pure essence
but as you walk through life
it reveals its Self through lessons
you pass them now or not at all
(and often pass through failure)
a lesson learned is a lesson passed
and a lesson passed is learned
so as you answer the absolutes call
you see your tower burned
for towers fall and kingdoms collapse
and all ambitions fail
because in the end all are traps
where only you prevail
not the you you watch grow old
and know will some day die
but the You you feel unfold
and see through your 3rd eye
not the you you see and touch
but the One who dwells within
the one who's there in all you meet
the one who knows no sin
For I speak now of what's eternal
not fleeting with the times
and when you open up to it
you'll overstand these rhymes
tone aren’t here to praise alone
or worship some false center
but here to emanate from Om
from that kingdom we may enter
to leave the known behind
relinquished at the door
and feel your heart and mind aligned
breathing like the shore
across that white sand beach
the soul knows all to well
and when we know it can't be reached
we'll know just why we fell
to attempt to reach where you are already
surely must be hell
the hole in you is the hole in me
and together we are whole
and as we open to each other
we find a single soul
whose will is one
who knows the way
whose been at it for awhile
and as certain as her steps may be
she takes them all with style
all paths lead to this mountain top
this vantage point beyond
and as you gently climb to it
revealed is the dawn
a dawn so bright you'd swear to it
you've seen no dawn before
as something so familiar sets
some core that you adore
a door opens inside you now
it shows you now and here
as vibrant as the newborn day
and moon light makes it clear
that contrasts work as one
to show you that their You
and as you look inside your Self
You may tell you that that's true
the context tends to assume
the notion of 2 selves
but you know better, don't you now
then all the books on shelves
you look between the words
to see the white page underneath
and though people travel in their herds
insight pierces through that sheath
and as you share that insight
you feel that clarity grow
and when you tell the world of it
you watch the words just flow
you know you can describe it
in a million different ways
but the words you use
are the words your taught
and to them were not the slaves
as the truth they point to stays
the light you are grows with death
so death you do not know
your a centaur on a mountain top
bending back your bow
letting the arrow strike the sun
you know you've struck the point
and as you bow your head to grace
it's You who You anoint
drowned and crowned embracing the depth
of the deepest ocean
living in pain You suffer not
for you bring love to all emotion
alchemy is your life
and so becomes your truth
and through your joy
you hold no strife
forever in your youth
young at heart and old in mind
your pleasure now your pain
and so i walk the middle path
with nothing to obtain
empty steps pace toward goals
with not a single expectation
and as you lose so you gain
hence all is consecration
give and take
take and give
I take life as it comes
for there's no more I'd rather be
then one of Gods true sons
but God has but a single Sun
and You know he shines so bright
and now I know we’re all that Sun
when seen from Inner Light
He Who Has Eyes To SEE
Let Her HEAR
She Who Has Ears To HEAR
Let Him SEE
The Great SOURCE of Our BEING
In ALL Of Its Splendor
Is Truly Above ALL notions of gender
So Its not Our Mother
Nor Is It Our Father
And Your Not Its Son
Nor are You Its Daughter
ForI have No Sister
Nor have I a Brother
For In The LIGHT Of Our Wholeness
There is not another
Time and space are a Thought
Temporary For Learning
Overstand what Your Taught
And Witness these Burning
Know both sides of the finite
Are Of The Infinite ALL
So to Transcend This realm
One must honor their LAW
Know ALL Branches Of BEING
Are without any flaw
For between GOD and creation
There exists not a wall
Yet from the CORE LIGHTS vibration
Manifests in degrees
So You WILL your Creations
As Your Playing these Keys
For Your Destinies Chosen
By the Notes that You Reach
So As the Seed Within Blossoms
Then so does Your Speech
As the WORD it makes Flesh
Where do you Abide
Does your HEARTMIND fear Exposure
Or is it Openly Wide
As you let LIFE Lift your LIGHT
Up from the base of your Spine
Only HERE do You SEE
That ALL IS DEVINE
And Ajdust NOW Your VISION
To meet ALL circumstances
As Shakti She Sings
And Shiva He Dances
yet when we believe in what we don't understand
our inner lights faint
for that flames left unfanned
as we become more
subservient to authority
bowing are heads
to some superiority
relient & defient
to the beliefs of others
whether our teachers, our preachers,
our fathers or mothers
molding our thoughts
by impressing our mind
lost in isolation,
defined and confined
claiming Gods will
to be found in imitation
our understanding lost
in ideas of limitation
while our ideas of freedom
are still ideas none the less
here I stand in the midst
impressed like the rest
asking for answers
from some where unseen
unwilling to see past
my devotion to a dream
as the temples we build
collapse from within
rebuilding each one
with whats already been
sculpted by the classes
taught by the masses
educating ourselves
with prescribed mind control
feeding us well
yet starving our soul
self administering the opiate
we so willingly injecpt
projecting commandments
to become more adept
our whole life on this planet
we tend to spend sleeping
planting our harvest
while simultaneously reaping
racing through days
taking positions
upholding opposites
through oppositions
whether laughing or weeping
its separation anxiety
while we strive through our judgments
which we claim to be piety
can we see past the shadows
we ourselves project
can we think for ourselves
and no longer neglect
the truth that resides
within our own hearts
can we understand truth
without all these charts
can we turn then within
without being prompted
and so raise up our kin
to leave them unhaunted
by the fearful spell cast
by organized religion
to be an example of life lived
without superstition
do we need to be told
all about cosmic Law
can’t we see its within
and admit there’s no wall
one can see cycles plainly
if one confirm there’s no veil
you yourself are the ship
why not pitch your own sail
and know that
the subconcsious reasonings
always deductive
so all attempts at rebellion
are counter productive
yet if you open your eye
to the light you seek
then the fight against dogma
becomes obsolete
its one thing to believe
yet quite another to understand
if you understand this
then these words are like sand
sifting through fingers
that hold onto none
your awake and aware
and bright like the sun
can we recognize wholeness
beyond a congregation
and so love then our neighbor
as Gods own emanation
can we stop crucifying
ourselves and these neighbors
and so live in the light
through all of our labors
do we need a guide
to tell us what’s right
can we not look directly
and use inner sight
I think that we can
and I believe we just might
if we stop looking elsewhere
for what we ourselves can ignite
and keep our eyes and hearts open
ever more wide
while we express more deeply
what light can provide
for attention is here
for all those who will it
and our cups they are full
for all who would fill it
fill it yourself
or someone else will
if your water’s outdated
let it all spill
and be filled with a new
and fresh understanding
through your own research
and dignified standing
and know reliance on science
breeds only a skill
and a skill needs application
through harmonized will
to lift up the fire
to its rightful abode
if you would desipher the truth
in a misunderstood code
a scientists character
depends not on knowledge
or their articulation
cultivated in collage
if you have eyes that can read
you needn’t read long
for all of these books
sing but the same song
yet the octaves above
know nothing of time
they see not your past
and see not a crime
whatever’s instilled
is not here to last
for at the end of your film
there’s no rolling cast
if credit is given
where credit is due
it’s not at the end
and it’s not just for you
were in this together
weather acknowlegded or not
rely not on words
or whatever your taught
for pointers they are
no more and no less
take them in stride
and put them to the test
discover for yourself
and you need no other voice
to speak as I speak
of will and of choice
for Samadhi itself
is not the result of suggestion
but the clear vision brought forth
when each belief you hold's questioned
in Asamprajhat
beliefs are unneeded
the sun flower blossoms
when the soil is weeded
and the mustard seed's eaten
by the mustard trees growth
and God is beyond
and is neither and both
for the idea of wholeness
has not a place
when the competition has ended
and you see no races or race
for ideas can masquerade
as substitutes for being
as eyes can pretend
their the only thing seeing
these are channels not currents
and to be taken as such
yet without using reason
you won't realize much
yet the best reason can do
is see its own limits
recognize your own lies
and all your own gimmicks
for keeping you from
simply being your self
while finding your solace
in books from the shelf
look past the words
organized in their tactics
and overstep all
these mental gymnastics
to see the simplicity
of the here and the now
for in the lightness of being
there’s no need for a how
if what you desire is yours
what would you desire
would you open all doors
and endure the fire
there’s nothing to gain
in what’s always already
there is not a jungle
so put down your machete
you needn’t accept or reject
these words which I speak
when I tell you in truth
there’s no thing to seek
find out for yourself
if this be a fact
for there’s no sound advice
from an ego intact
unless it has seen
its own insane struggle
and stepped out of the way
for a soul that’s unsubtle
but who can tell that
unless they’ve done the same
and seen for themselves,
that the path is the aim.
if you seek then the kingdom
for its own sake
then seeking is finding
and your already awake
Demands Are the sands
On which Not to Build One’s home
Acceptance Is The Rock
That Resonates With AUM
Know Sun of Man
That the SOUL Is The Whole
The Personality of Humanity
Is but a small aspect Of SOUL
Know SUN Of GOD
That For ONE Who Has Wisdom
All Doors Of Perception
Are Open To You
Yet Passing Trough The GREAT GATE
Is Up to GOD and No other
Deep In Earths HEART
You Know This Is You
For Your MOTHER And FATHER
Were Never divorced
But Truly Are ONE
With You As Their Glue
So Before You attempt
To Cross The GREAT CROSS ROADS
Discover your ESSENCE
Which Connects Both the Two
Then Never neglect This Truth long forgotten
Cloaked By the masks
Worn by Earth’s men
Focus your HEARTMIND
On the space WITHIN and Without Thee
So that LIGHT may UNITE
Both Beginning and End
For NOW Is a Spiral
That Moves Ever INWORD
Merging The Pairs
Of BEING that We SEE
For As Truly In LIGHT ALL Is Connected
That’s As Truly in LIFE We Sow As We Reap
For ALL Is Combined In The ESSENCE Of you
When Brought To LIGHT It’s Refined
And SHINNING Anew
So that None among Earthman
May deny LIGHTS Pure Beauty
That Welds ALL Earths shadows
Into GODS SIGHT
For The Only Way
Through sorrow Is INWORD
As the Only Way BEYOND
Is right Through the night
You Are The Lotus
That Blossoms From darkness
That Peacefully Burns
As MOTHERS Own Hidden Flame
As cycles Around You
So dense In their Nature
Although different In aspects
Are ALL ONE In The Same
But Remember oh MIND
That as long as You LIVITH
Be Sure To Distinguish
Between HERE And There
For The SOUL Is Eternal
Always Unmoved
By the transient Foreground
Its LIGHT Has to Share
And Unable to Still this surface of BEING
LIGHT adjusts Its Pure Octave
To make ItSelf SEEN
So LIGHT and Form They UNITE
As Husband and Wife
To Marry the Forces
Of Matter and LIFE
So that when These two opposites
No Longer oppose
It’s Then We will We SEE
The Cross Give Birth to the Rose
And In This Holy UNION
The SUN Never shall set
For Ra SHINES Over ALL
When Isis LOVES Set
And In This Communion
The SUN Shall Never SEE death
For LIFE Has No enemy
As The SOURCE Of ALL breath
For One does Not LIVE
By bread ALL alone
But By Every Tone
That Is Come Of AUM
LIGHT And Form They Are Equal
Different Yet ONE
Know the Forms Of This World
Are But Rays Of The SUN
So when you LIVE This LIFE
Bringing Peace like a Dove
It’s then You will Feel
LIGHT and Form making LOVE
For they give Birth To pain
As they give Birth To pleasure
EMANATIONS From The LIGHT
WITHIN And BEYOND these Forever
Partaking Of LIFE
In The Same Breath As death
Forms come And they go
As Our FATHER Directs
So fear Not Brothers And Sisters
To Climb ever Steeper
To Scale The Limits
That Take ATTENTION yet Deeper
So Upon SIGHT Being Restored
You shall SEE Through the reaper
To Look to your SOURCE
That Is ONE With Your Goal
By Not dropping The Course
Your Will Is Cleansed By your SOUL
By Letting LIGHT Direct
The journey you take
You Let LIFE Reflect
Each movement you make
So the INNER And Outer
May Blend Into ONE
So the you that’s a doubter
Burns up In The SUN
Let LIGHT Integrate BEING
On ALL Gross And Subtle Levels
For The Task at hand Is Healing
And The Casting Out of devils
And Utilize This Body
On which time takes its toll
For the Kingdom Of HEAVIN Is likened
Unto A Diamond From coal
And so Know that This Furnace
Is Built According To LAW
So as long as You’re Earnest
You Never shall fall
For Onword And Upword
Leads The Trail WITHIN
Seemingly fail You Must
If You’d lose just to Win
For The Direction LIGHT Leads Us
Is Straight Through the night
Falling to Depths
To Reach this Great Height
For Only In Depths
Are The Secrets Revealed
That Gives HEARTS The Wisdom
That Uplifts and Heals
So when You LIVE As Whole
As You Already Are
Our PARENTS will Merge
Both Body and STAR
As You SHINE In The Space
In which You Stand
And LIGHT Up The Way
For Both Women and Man
So that Those too who Will It
Shall Seek and shall Find
So Their MIND as They Still It
Shall be Unconfined
And ONE With Its CORE
Will It Explore Deep
Till ALL Channels WITHIN It
Never shall sleep
Awake in the Kingdom
Alive and So Pure
One With The Queendom
We ALL can Be Sure
That WITHIN Is a Banquet
Where ALL Needs Are Met
Seek You this First
And ALL things added You’ll get
Take NOW your LIFE
And SEE It Through SIGHT
No longer through eyes
That overlook LIGHT
SEE It Through BEING
For This Is True Vision
As LIGHT Guides NOW Our Steps
With Every Decision
Make NOW The Choice
Which Matters The Most
And Keep Silent your Voice
If you’d use it to boast
For Know You that pride
And shame Are The Same
Both dwell in dark brightness
And both have No aim
But to convince The reluctant Messiah
That their why They came
But ALL Children Of LIGHT
Came Not in the past
But Am Come In The PRESENT
So Their Gift It May Last
For Endurance Endures
Know You This Well
While SOULS taking These Tours
Burst Free From Earths shells
For Know They the future
Arrives Only As NOW
So take They No Thought
For None But The TAO
Letting LIGHT SHINE
On ALL that Perceive
On those who are happy
And on those who do grieve
Let Your LIGHT So SHINE
On ALL that You Are
On those close to you
And On those who Seem far
Let Your LIGHT so SHINE
On all that You aren’t
So Even The Veil may BRIGHTEN
And Not Be apart
For Overstanding illusion
Means Healing ALL pain
As WITHIN Looks Without
To SEE there’s no thing To gain
And no thing to lose
So Your Wills Forced NOW to Choose
To Lay Up Your Treasures
Where your HEART Yearns to Rest
So Upon This Completion
The World Is finally Blessed
NOW ALL that there Is
Is The Void that Is ALL
So NOW that there’s No Choice to Give
BUDDHA Answers Our Call
To Show Us The Option
We had Not ALL along
As The Vibration Of AUM
Bursts Out In Song
So Diversity and UNITY
Are A Single Explosion
For Stillness Itself
Is RADIANCE In Motion
For verily, verily I Say Unto You
This Yoga is Easy
For It Leads Only To You
Surrender at Once
And Don’t Look back on Thy Way
For LOVE Is The LIGHTWAVE
That Illumines The HEARTCAVE
That Resides BEYOND Both
The Womb and the Grave
Be You Not a slave
To the Forms of This Cycle
Look NOW WITHIN
And Transcend their sway
For NOW Is The Place
From which ALL Derives BEING
As HERE Is The Time
That Leads To BEYOND
Rest NOW My Sun
In the Mist of your Striving
Rest In The SUN
As We Share This DAWN

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Hoc Opus

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:21:07 GMT

Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law.

I introduce IDIVIDI, an electronic post-shamanism salvinorin cult of cults in homage to Gnostic Luciferianism.

In The Beginning
The world wide web shall be the stomping grounds for this fledgling cult of cults. It shall begin on Tribe.net, and grow and spread as needed.

Cult Vessels
Each human vessel shall be a cult all in their own, and give name to it. Members of said cult are of non-form, entities created by the human vessel, where it is encouraged to grow the membership very large. All human vessels together form IDIVIDI, for we are and see many.

Rituals de Salvinorin
There is but one core ritual: Introduce large amounts of salvinorin into the human vessel. All are free to explore all variations.

---

Dear reader, you are forewarned that the simple act of joining IDIVIDI will cause changes in your experiences with salvinorin or Salvia divinorum. Changes that may not be to your liking. Make certain that IT IS your will to join.

Procedures for Joining:

Visit the IDIVIDI address (e.g., http://tribes.tribe.net/idividi ). Join IDIVIDI. A human vessel will shortly thereafter initiate you by transmitting your first intention. When you accept it, it shall then begin.

More details will follow in January of the new Gregorian year.

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Hell?

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:08:33 GMT

Can anyone explain to me Crowley's concept of Hell?
I know I've read about it somewhere, but it escapes me at the moment.

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Crowley's Time of Birth

frecklyfawn — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:28:46 GMT

Does anyone know, for sure, his time of birth? I've found several different times via a web search. I would like to know his correct time of birth.

Thanks :)

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come join the uncensored occult tribe, if u dare!

100thMonk — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:30:03 GMT

for those who have felt a little cramped by the style of their caliph, we bring you the uncensored tribe for occult weirdos to interract and share ideas and not expect to be editted or censored.

please come by and join us in our freedom from ridiculous rules.

out

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I write some insane Thelemic Jargen..

archangel_ariel_777 — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 02:20:31 GMT

Might wanna check it out sometime.. I am tryin to get a following.. I mean my ideas are often really insane to most people but then they thought the same of my spiritual father A.C. I am 777 & I like it that way.. www.myspace.com/pan_jesus_sidhe 93 93/93

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11th Degree and the Bagh-i-Muattar

Chachi-Corrigan — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:41:08 GMT

Hey, i would like some feedback by anyone that has read The Scented Garden Of Abdullah, The Satirist of Shiraz, in regards to Aleister considering this to be 11th degree material. I DO NOT WANT ANY HOMOPHOBIC OTO COMMENTS. I am looking for some serious discussion or e-mailing about this subject, i am NOT asking for anyones opinion on the validity of gay sex magic.

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Hmmmm? I wonder if there is any truth in this...

juliabreese — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:52:58 GMT

this link made me laugh, tcourse he internet is full of laughs like this. where do people find the time is what i would like to know.

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/04/george-w-bush-barbara-bush-and.html

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Boleskine House

bunniculux — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:47:36 GMT

I was up in Inverness and the Loch Ness area several days ago, and, although I had no plans of visiting Uncle Al’s briefly-inhabited abode during the time he spent in Scotland (I can only imagine how dismaying it must be for the current owners/caretakers of the house to deal with ‘fans’ and curiosity seekers prowling around the grounds all the time - I mean, people live there, and after all it was only AC's short-term residence), I was nonetheless curious enough to look up the location of the house, relishing the idea of my proximity and hoping to find some photos and the like. Don’t know whether others have already seen this site, which has a detailed description of the property along with some nice pics, all very interesting:

http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/7069/bole-1.html

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WELCOME

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:36:29 GMT

Cowan, skidoo!
Tyle!
Swear to hele all.
This is the mystery.
Life!
Mind is the traitor.
Slay mind.
Let the corpse of mind lie unburied on the edge of
the Great Sea!
Death!
This is the mystery.
Tyle!
Cowan, skidoo!

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Blue Horizon Oasis

marvindublin — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 03:07:26 GMT

http://www.bluehorizon-oto.org/oto.jsp <------link to Glendale, CA O.T.O.

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Nuit portrait

ionamiller — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:59:45 GMT

I'm using a digital portrait of Nuit for my avatar now.
Check it out in my Tribe album if interested;
I haven't figured out how to post pix to tribes since the chg.

93,
io
http://ionatopia.50megs.com

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www.lashtal.com

marvindublin — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:31:40 GMT

http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/index.php

Home of The Aliester Crowley Society

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Photos & documents

marvindublin — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:36:32 GMT

http://user.cyberlink.ch/~koenig/sunrise/pics.htm

Cool?

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666

james — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:16:27 GMT

666: What's in a Number?
by Lon Milo DuQuette
FATE Magazine - October 2005

Are you afraid of the number 666? If you were issued an automobile license plate or a telephone number that included a string of three sixes would you ask for a different number? Do you think the number 666 is inherently evil? Do you believe any number can in and of itself be evil?

The issue of FATE magazine that you are holding in your hands right at this moment is issue number 666. The 666th word in this article is "dead." Does this make you just a little bit nervous?

If it does, you are not alone. There is a name for your condition - "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia" - the fear of the number 666.

Everyone has at least one or two superstitions that we feel somehow comfortably obliged to observe. My father was a geologist and a high-degree Freemason. He was for the most part a very logical and scientific man. Still, he was oddly superstitious about little things like spilling salt and walking under ladders.

For a lot of people the number 666 is particularly terrifying. After all, it's the devil's number, isn't it? For the better part of 2,000 years many in the Western world have certainly thought so. What is it about these three digits that makes so many of us uncomfortable?

The Revelation of St. John

The dreaded number makes its first and only appearance in the last book of the New Testament, the Revelation of Saint John the Divine (often mistakenly called Revelations) - a book that for centuries has been interpreted by theologians as a document prophesying the terrible events that will take place at the end of the world.

Early Church fathers decided that John, the author of the Revelation, was the same John who wrote the Gospel According to John (the last of the Four Gospels). Modern experts from a wide range of religious and non-religious persuasions agree this is probably not the case. The style of the Greek writing and other obvious differences suggest the two books were penned by different individuals.

Currently, many Bible students are reassessing other theories concerning the Book of the Revelation - exactly when it was written and what it was originally trying to communicate. There is now a growing consensus among scholars that what John was actually describing (in veiled imagery understandable to his contemporary audience) was not the millennial end of the world, but an expose' of the all-too earthly details of the horrendous holocaust at the hands of the Romans that ended the second Jewish revolt in a.d. 72. This event destroyed Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple and dispersed the Jews.

For our purposes it really doesn't matter. The fact remains that the book has become a permanent fixture in the cultural consciousness of Western civilization. So let's look for a moment at what tradition informs us about John, the man Jesus called his "beloved disciple."

After the crucifixion John was arrested and banished to the tiny isle of Patmos in the Aegean Sea, a place renowned in the ancient world for two things: its barren isolation and the fact that the powerful hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria grew there in abundance. We will never know for certain whether or not John (knowingly or unknowingly) was influenced by the magic mushroom. He does, however, take care to tell the reader that he was "...in the Spirit on the Lord's day" when the vision began, and few can deny his book does indeed read like a classic shamanistic or psychedelic experience.

The vision is peopled with an awesome array of strange and terrible characters: seven angels; four horsemen; a lamb; a lion; an eagle; a dragon; locusts with tails like scorpions and heads like long-haired women; a woman clothed with the sun, with a moon under her feet; the archangel Michael; Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations; and of course the Antichrist. There are wars and plagues and what sounds suspiciously like an asteroid collision with the earth. Lots of people die, and the good dead people are rewarded while the bad dead people are made to wish they were deader. It's written in such a way to make you feel pretty darned worried, even if you're confident you'll be one of the good dead people.

In chapter 13 we meet two beasts, one from out of the sea and the other from out of the earth. The first beast has seven heads and ten horns, and looks like a leopard with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. To this beast is given power and authority from a great fiery dragon - the serpent called the "Devil and Satan" (a character who was introduced to us in a preceding chapter). The second beast comes out of the earth and has two horns like a lamb, and speaks like a dragon. This beast is identified by a numeric code in the last verse of chapter 13:

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

This second beast performs all sorts of miracles that confuse most everyone about just exactly who are the good guys and who are the bad guys in this whole messy affair. The book is so cryptic that it is open to almost infinite interpretations. It is not at all clear whether or not this Beast 666 is the Antichrist, or the Antichrist's friend, or exactly what. It is all very frightening and bewildering, and biblical scholars and theologians have debated for centuries over just who's who and what it all might mean.

The Second Beast

One thing seems clear, at least on the surface: the second beast (Number 666) is somehow in cahoots with the dark forces that work their mischief to bring about the end-time events. The idea that has tantalized people for 2,000 years is the thought that this key player in the end-of-the-world drama is not some invisible angel or spiritual abstraction but a flesh-and-blood man - a man we might be able to identify by his number.

How can a number represent a man? The obvious answer is numerology - but what system of numerology - Hebrew? Greek? Latin? Aramaic? English? Nobody really knows.

John's book was written in Greek by a Jew who spoke Aramaic (the language spoken by Jesus and his disciples), and he lived in a Roman-occupied world. Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Aramaic are all written in alphabets whose letters also represent numbers. It's anybody's guess which - if any - of the languages should be used to count the number of the beast.

The earliest Christians (who believed the world was going to end immediately) used Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew numerology to finger as 666 the wicked Roman emperor Nero (whose monstrous reign parallels the horrors of John's vision), and many ancient and modern experts agree.

But, since the apocalypse didn't happen in the first century (at least not in the way predicted in the Revelation), people have been eagerly looking forward to the end of the world, seeking out individuals they don't like and trying to make their names add up to 666. Likely candidates have been Martin Luther, Henry VIII, Robespierre, Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington (and his alleged Illuminati double, Adam Weishaupt), Lenin, Adolf Hitler, Stalin, Chairman Mao, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, Prince Charles, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton, Osama Bin Laden, and both George Bushes - and, oh, I almost forgot, all the Popes.

Anyone Can Be 666

It takes some doing, but given enough time (and armed with the numerological tricks of the Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Latin, and English alphabets), you can make anyone's name add up to 666. But there is one thing that all these accused beasts have in common: none of them actually came right out and confessed to the world that they were the "Beast 666."

There was, however, one man in the not-too-distant past who proudly claimed the title. His name was Aleister Crowley, and during his lifetime the newspapers called him "the Wickedest Man in the World."

Chances are if you have heard anything about Aleister Crowley it probably wasn't very good. During his lifetime and for many years after his death his reputation has been that of perfectly nasty man - a black magician. Admittedly, for Victorian England he was a pretty wild character. If he were alive today, however, I'm afraid he would not be considered very frightening at all. In fact, in the last few years several excellent and very well-researched biographies of Crowley have been published that have dispelled many untrue rumors and false accusations, including some very compelling (and remarkably un-evil) reasons why he would claim the title of the Beast 666.

World's Wickedest Man

Paradoxes define the life and careers of Edward Alexander (Aleister) Crowley (1875 - 1947). He was a very strange man who often behaved like a cad and a scoundrel. Notorious as he was, however, he was never charged with, arrested for, or convicted of any crime whatsoever. Apparently his greatest "crime" was that of poor judgment. He believed that any publicity was good publicity and he happily cultivated a public reputation for being a black magician. He thought everyone would get the joke. Unfortunately, few people during his lifetime got the joke or appreciated his genius.

Be that is it may, he led quite a life. Among other distinctions, he was a world-class mountaineer, chess master, painter, poet, sportsman, novelist, literary critic, and theatrical producer. As ghostwriter for Evangeline Adams, he introduced astrology to the modern world by writing the two most popular books on the subject ever penned, Astrology: Your Place in the Sun (1927) and Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars (1930).

One of the most astonishing roles Crowley played on the stage of world events was that of secret agent. At a moment in history when the United States was seriously considering entering World War I on Germany's side, Crowley, working undercover for British Intelligence, secured a job writing for an English-language German propaganda newspaper in New York. There he wrote a series of outrageous and insanely inflammatory editorials that hailed Kaiser Wilhelm as the new Jesus Christ, advocated unrestricted submarine warfare against all of the world's civilian shipping, and boasted that it was God's will that Germany rule the world.

These wild statements did not reflect Germany's foreign policy, but the citizens of the United States did not know that. In short order Crowley's editorials were being quoted by U.S. senators and congressmen who used them as evidence that Germany was a nation gone mad. The U.S. finally joined the conflict on England's side largely due to Crowley's ingenious disinformation campaign.

At the request of his friend, naval intelligence officer Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond 007), Crowley provided Winston Churchill with valuable insights into the superstitious mindset of the leaders of Hitler's Third Reich during the Second World War. He suggested that Churchill exploit the Nazis' magical paranoia by being photographed as much as possible giving the two-fingered "V for Victory" gesture - a powerful symbol of destruction and annihilation that, according to magical tradition, is capable of defeating the perverted solar energies represented by the Nazi swastika.

Crowley's adventures and achievements, more than any dozen men of ambition and genius could hope to garner in a lifetime, are dwarfed by his monumental exploits of spiritual self-discovery. His visionary and mystical writings and his efforts to bring together the spiritual systems of East and West make him one of the most fascinating cultural and religious figures of the 20th century.

Crowley Reborn - Frequently

Crowley's reputation did not die with him in 1947. His mystique continues to such a degree that today he is the favorite past life of many individuals who are, shall we say, unbalanced. Over the years I've met quite a few individuals who have claimed with grim-faced conviction to be Aleister Crowley reborn. By the late 1970s I had logged so many encounters with "Aleister Crowley #2s" that I was contacted by famed occultist Israel Regardie (one-time secretary to Crowley) who suggested he and I pool our letters and anecdotes and publish them in a book titled Liber Nutz.

My favorite case was a gentleman in Southern California who self-published a spiral-bound book supporting his claims. Regardie forwarded me his information and suggested I go to the book-launching party at the man's home to investigate. I thought it might be fun, so I went.

This incarnation was a pleasant enough fellow in his mid-20s with a thick, dark beard that nearly obscured his entire face. His book displayed his own photograph alongside one taken of Crowley in his late 20s. Crowley's photo, however, had been altered by the addition of a thick black beard, drawn in crayon, which obscured his face so much that the images of the two men did indeed look very much alike. I resisted the temptation to comment that both pictures also looked very much like Che Guevara.

When I revealed that I was somewhat knowledgeable about the life of Aleister Crowley, the dear man became very excited. With poignant sincerity he confessed, "I don't really have any memories of my life as Aleister Crowley, but if you would be kind enough to tell me things about his life, I'm sure I'll be happy to remember."

Youthful Rebel

Let's return to Crowley himself and try to see why he identified so passionately with the Beast 666.

Crowley's father was a lay preacher of the Plymouth Brethren, a fundamentalist Protestant sect. His mother was also a devout (Crowley says "fanatical") member of the church. Together they did their best to raise their son within the strict tenets of the faith. However, young Crowley was a mischievous and headstrong lad, and his mother equated his behavior to the rebelliousness of the devil himself. In moments of aggravation she called him the "Beast 666." He loved the idea. As he grew up he delighted in identifying with the name and number as representative of all things joyously opposed to the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and sexual restrictions that he believed enslaved the human soul.

As a young man, just beginning his study of Hebrew and Christian mysticism, Crowley discovered that the number 666, rather than being a number associated with evil, was especially sacred to the life-giving powers of Sun. It was also identified with the heart chakra (or psychic center) in the human body - also called in other traditions the Christ center.

To understand why 666 is a magick number of the Sun, we must turn to the sacred teachings of the Hebrew Kabbalah where it is taught that the sphere of the Sun is the sixth emanation from the pure essence of God. To express this concept mathematically (something Kabbalists love to do) a square is composed of 36 squares (6 x 6). The numbers 1 to 36 are then arranged in a balanced way so that every row and every column add to the same number. That number is 111, and the sum of all the squares is 666.

Little Sunshine

Crowley tried to explain this in court when he testified in a 1934 lawsuit. He was asked, "Did you take to yourself the designation of 'the Beast 666'?"

"Yes."

"Do you call yourself the 'Master Therion'?"

"Yes."

"What does 'Therion' mean?"

"Great wild beast."

"Do these titles convey a fair impression of your practice and outlook on life?"

"It depends on what they mean."

"The Great Wild Beast and the Beast 666 are out of the Apocalypse?"

"It only means sunlight; 666 is the number of the sun. You can call me 'Little Sunshine.'"

Crowley believed that spiritual ages on earth are determined by humanity's evolving level of consciousness, and that around the turn of the 20th century we did indeed enter a new age. A new age naturally means the "end of the world" of the previous age. In Crowley's dramatic and colorful mind, the Book of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine provided the perfect narrative of this cosmic event.

For Crowley, the Whore of Babylon, the great Dragon, and the Beast 666 now represent perfectly wholesome spiritual characters who are instrumental in bringing about the birth of a new and eventually wonderful age.

Of course, not everyone will appreciate Crowley's point of view or his admiration of the number 666. But the 21st century is a kinder, gentler place for the memory of the wickedest man in the world. Even his native England, whose opinion of him in life was so terribly misguided, has now awakened to the fact that the man who called himself the Beast 666 was a national treasure. In 2002, the BBC conducted of poll of 30,000 Britons, asking them to vote for the person who was in their opinion the "Greatest Briton of All Time." Named number 73 in the top 100 (sandwiched between King Henry V and Robert Bruce) stands the "famous poet, author and philosopher, Aleister Crowley."

Wrong Number?

The number 666 is strange and wonderful. But what would happen if we were to discover that there had been some kind of mistake and that 666 was not the number Saint John referred to in the 17th verse of the 13th chapter of his book? Would the nature of evil change? Would satanic rock bands have to change their tattoos?

Maybe they'll have to. Recently a 1,500-year-old papyrus manuscript was examined, using new technologies to "read" the heretofore illegible script. The document is written in Greek and is the oldest known version of the Book of the Revelation. The tiny fragment confirms what many scholars and churchmen have long suspected. The text actually reads:

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man: and his number is 616."

Lon Milo DuQuette is an internationally recognized occult studies expert. He is author of numerous books, including The Magick of Aleister Crowley.

The Number of the Beast
by David F. Godwin
FATE Magazine - October 2005

As Lon DuQuette says in his article, there have been countless attempts since the first century a.d. to get this name or that to add up to 666, thereby proving the subject of the inquiry to be none other than the Beast of Revelation.

If you can't do it by numerology, maybe you can do it by counting. For example, George Walker BushJr consists of three names, each of six letters: six-six-six. If "BushJr" seems awkward, use the German spelling of the last name: Busche.

Most efforts to "beast" somebody involve stretches like this.

In the novel War and Peace, the hero Pierre Bezuhov decides that Napoleon must be the Beast. He numbers the French alphabet 1 through 9, 10 through 90, and - instead of 100 through 900 as is done with the Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic alphabets - 110 through 160. By this method, he gets l'empereur Napoleon to come out to 666.

Aleister Crowley may be the only prominent individual to make a concerted effort to get his own name to enumerate to 666. He did it in a fairly straightforward manner, using Hebrew letters and numerology (gematria) and using the Hebrew heh (H) for the letter E in established cabalistic convention: A L H Y S (samekh) T (teth) H R H K R O (ayin) V L H Y. Of course he had to add a middle initial E (for Edward, his birth name), which he never did otherwise.

You can get "Bill Gates III" to be 666 by adding up the ASCII equivalents of the letters - except that III is 3.

If you number the English alphabet A = 100, B = 101, C = 102, and so on, then Hitler = 666.

Another method is to number the alphabet by multiples of six: 6, 12, 18, 24, and so on. Then you can pick up Kissinger, Rockefeller, New York, and others.

But there's not only names. The dedicated fanatic can see 666 anywhere. The old Procter & Gamble logo for example.

See the 666 in the beard? In the stars? Neither do I, but then I don't have the peculiar mentality required to see it.

During the last presidential campaign, when six days remained before election day, John Kerry's supporters carried thousands of placards with "6" on them. Any three of them together made 666, and Kerry was instantly beasted.

The number 666 really is everywhere. In Hebrew, the letter waw (or vav) carries the sound of w. It also represents the number six.

Almost every Internet address that we use every day carries the initials of the World Wide Web: WWW ... 666. Now there's the Beast!

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Confessions of AC

marvindublin — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:05:06 GMT

http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/confess/

AntiChrist link

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New Class on Thelema!

Andie — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:40:22 GMT

Cor Lucis is in the midst of a brand new class called "Thelema: its Understanding and Principles." The class will begin February 21st and continue every Tuesday evening from 8 to 9:45PM.

Description: The practice of being a Thelemite can be tricky for the novice and its sacred writing even more so. We hope this class will offer understanding toward appreciating a Thelemic ideal and is designed to be an open forum with discussion, and participation encouraged. Starting dates will be forthcoming. As with all our classes, all are welcome, admission free with a suggested donation of $2 per class.

Having access to a copy of The Book of the Law is recommended, but not required. We look forward to seeing you there. We hold open classes and discussions, which are an opportunity to experience the type of work we do before making a commitment to join.

For more information and time/place of classes check us out at www.corlucis.org

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The Abyss

ionamiller — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:52:07 GMT

"The Abyss is empty of being; it is filled with all possible forms, each equally insane, each therefore evil in the only true sense of the word -- that is, meaningless but malignant, in so far as it craves to become real."

--Baudrillard, Confessions

io
http://photonichuman.50megs.com

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Jack Parsons

marvindublin — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:06:35 GMT

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/mad-science/jack-parsons/

Infamous OTO member & Crowleyite.

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HAS ANY BODY READ...

Holden S. — Tue, 03 May 2005 19:46:32 GMT

currently i read a pretty new biography of Crowley titled Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley by Lawrence Sutin - enjoying it so far, browsed through it extensively before buying. in many ways probably the BEST bio of A.C. so far - excellently researched & very honest. Sutin isn't a Thelemite but neither does he slander or villify the man, nor does he repeat discredited anecdotes except to expose them as spurious. Where he ventures opinion & interpretation, he has the honesty not to label it authoritative fact. HIGHLY recommended. i expected no less of Sutin; he wrote an equally masterfull bio of SF writer Philip K. Dick titled Divine Invasions.

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WHITE STAINS book by Crowley

marvindublin — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 01:57:10 GMT

http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/crowley.htm

Anyone read this or heard of it before? What do you think?

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Crowley song

ionamiller — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 03:18:55 GMT

Check out mad crazy fusion artist/prophet Padre Engo and his Crowley song.

http://www.padreengo.com

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http://ionatopia.50megs.com

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1-17

AliEl-Hasan — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:28:33 GMT

anyone turning lead to gold today?

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Power of Prayer dream

Sunwolf_388 — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 23:21:24 GMT

Alpha Resonant 5 (January 14, 2006 e.v.)
Yellow Electric Warrior

Power of Prayer dream

I am with 8 women. It is just before dawn and we are breaking into a church.

There’s a little chatter about whether we should be doing this or not; but for the most part we are doing it for fun.

We break in by the basement door and then make our way to the main sanctuary. It is sunrise now.

I ask one woman if we are going to sing in the choir.

Suddenly many members of the church start coming in wearing their Sunday best. I guess we are going to be part of a prayer group.

I wander around. I begin to see vendors selling their wares. Everything from clothing to toothpaste, to vitamins. EOD.

Comments: Interesting dream. Not many people breaking into a Church to sing, pray and worship.

Auspicious since tonight is the full moon. Just in time for my ceremony. I wonder if I ought to go to church with Eric? Interesting prospect, being a Thelemite and valuing free thought and free will, magick, etc.

I guess the power of prayer is similar to the intent in magick. I wonder if I am to convert Christians to Thelema? No, we thelemites don’t convert, much.

I did set my intention before sleeping, by asking my dream guide to give me a dream for my highest good.

Also interesting is the 8 women with me.

I guess you can take the Gay Boy out of Christianity, but you can’t take the Christianity out of the Gay Boy. I was Christian about 18 years and I’ve been Thelemite 22 years. I guess its no different than being a Freemason and going to Church with their family. On my Grandmother Dorothy’s side of the family Emmanuel Lamon was head of a Masonic Order in his home town of Harrison, Indiana, as was his son Elbert Lamon. Most of the Lamons were furniture makers.

Aleister Crowley rewrote the rituals of the OTO, Order of the Temple of the Orient. In Lege Judica Tace “Of the Nature of the Arcanum” he wrote about the Way of Attainment and how it was preserved by the Gnostics and Manichees, received from the greatest Magi of Egypt. Crowley writes “Our Lord Jesus Christ established it through the mouth of his Beloved Disciple. This is the True Sacrament by which ye are partakers of the very Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, not his death, but in His resurrection. By this are ye made Children of the Light, Fellows of the Holy Ghost, perfect pure, Companions of the Sangreal, illustrious Knights of the Sacrosanct Order of Kadosch. By this have ye the GNOSIS; by this are ye counted among the Dwellers of the Sanctuary.”

Somewhere in his titles he states that Horus and the Gnostic Christ are one and the same. Obviously a door is open here. I could talk all day. So before I write a book, I’ll stop this correspondence for now. Apart from my comments, what do you think of the dream?

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“We must honor our dreams besides just interpreting them, dream call us to action, provide deeper elements for us to investigate and sometimes dreams reveal new pieces to the puzzle for our exploration. Dreams call on us to recognize something deeper and hidden that we would not normally see in waking life and not to just watch the dream go by like T.V or a nice video game.” ~Ron Adams

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