What has been learned so far. I'm just giving the facts, without judgement. The Book of Desolation claims to represent the first stirring of t...

I tired the one you shared- I got some results but not as intense as the other simulators- maybe because the flickering is more full screen with those...

AL OR AL is just great in general.

With a little help, we got a response. Asked what he'd be comfortable with being shared here. I'll share what I can when he responds.

I use several, all on youtube, changing when I get too used to them. I usually use alpha or theta frequencies. Any search will turn up plenty of exam...

@david-lemieux Sitting with eyes closed. I usually do it for about 20 minutes. I sometimes also listen to some binaural beats with it to help dee...

I actually made a physical one a few years ago but don't have it any more. There are actually a couple of simulators online that I know of, which I'v...

Welcome back David! We've missed you!

Amado displayed a basic grasp of the techniques of Western Ceremonial magick, and of some old school "cunning craft" style witchcraft. But he also cl...

And on the note I'm not giving you any more outrage for you to jerk it to. You've probably used up an entire bottle of lotion just on this thread alre...

Am I supposed to respond to this? only if you feel like it it makes no difference to me. Really? I quite enjoy it. That'...

Does not do the Work, has no interest in doing the Work. Contrast with: Resident Black Soror/Selfie Stick Poseur does do the Work. Is it possible ...

I am well aware of that, I was just pointing out two of the most obvious elements. That seems rather clear yes.

Baguazhang is nice for those with an interest in the I Ching. @katrice Here is a shocking revelation: Hitler himself had no interest in the occ...

Yeah, really, any accounts of Hitler as some kind of dark magus are pure fantasy. I admit I have read a translation of Wiligut's writings, but th...

It's only mentioned in the post that revived this thread: maybe that's because most books on that nazi occultism take a lot of "creative...

Have you or anyone else ever gotten in contact with Jason Brett Serle, the only other person said to have seen the Book of Desolation?

I prefer accuracy. I'm funny that way.

Any mystery that can be communicated through language is not a true mystery. However, more down to earth, with free admission, we find the co...

Depending on the orthography, it's also been spelled Asuras. Contrast with Daeva/Deva and the reversal of roles they play between Hinduism and Zoroas...

Indeed. I was just referring to the classic image's origin. The real conspiracy against us is within, and the conspiracies manifested on the...

From the Orphic Mysteries " invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein," "Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled spl...

The Thesis about your proposed soulological condition will be interesting. The Dragons are the reptile brain, and it all stems from fear, ie a thr...

Perhaps but I usually try to stay as polite as I can, unless someone really pushes me, which has only really happened once here so far. But I...

I'm supposing I'm the younger dimwit. He's yet to respond to anything I've posted, even when I've tried to ask him sincere questions politely. I gue...

I thought that part was so obvious it wasn't worth mentioning 😉 The possibilities were definitely not mutually exclusive. I had thought ...

Which makes RTC's statement seem odd unless he was trolling or being sarcastic. It seems like a pretty big mistake to make if it was made seriously.

Thank you for this. I was going to respond to that part of RTC's statement myself. It's clear that Crowley had some idea of sex magick before Reuss'...

I fully admit it was sex magick, and Crowley's "Wickedest Man In The World" reputation, that first drew me in, and from there I was led from dabbling ...

Really, magickal correspondences in general can be seen as a form of applied apophenia. There's nothing necessarily wrong with this as long as it has ...

That was John Dee, not Crowley.

I happens, we all get off track sometimes, and it can be hard to get back on once you've fallen off. It can take a while. But when I have be...

Grimoire/grammar. 😉 But I'd expand it to "communication" as initiation eventually reaches a point where words as we know them can't follow.

The earliest I can think of is Ambrose Bierce's Moxon's Master, written in 1899, but there are probably earlier examples. But it still has bett...

@toadstoolwe Anyone can make claims, but making them and promising proof that will back them up, and then never providing the proof, and making...

I am fully aware of that, but too often Set gets interpreted as the Egyptian Satan, when he wasn't always a villain. Set as a force of pure evil is a...

Flow is action, by definition. Just action while in a specific state. The perfect tool disappears in to its function. Some won't l...

The rational is not the be all and end all of existence, it can only go so far. As one progresses, the transrational takes more and more precedence. ...

Aleister's mind informed by what was the accepted interpretation of Egyptian mythology. That said, Thelema is not Egyptian magick. But I'm someone wh...

As simple as they come "And so shalt thou come to the End." Adjusted according to the individual's needs, naturally, but progress will be made ...

I admit that one surprised me as well. I can't remember having seen mention of that before. I'm very curious to know what it was too.

Nuit is the starry sky. And the representation of the Darkness, the unmanifest, the potential from which all manifestation emerges.

Interesting! Thank you! They mention The Family which is definitely a later example of the "alpha" idea we've discussed in recent posts on this thre...

In the case of Hirsig's sister, I just found it ironic that she was horrified at Leah's affiliation with Crowley, but still hooked up with Bernard. ...

It may be off topic re: saving the Abbey, but it touches on the flaws of the Abbey. Certainly Maria did nothing to discourage her followers' dependen...

On a note semi-related to your comment on Gross, Maria clearly worked with Indulgence, though it seems like the Confrerie de la Flèche d'Or didn't sur...

@toadstoolwe Introduction to magic is actually three volumes, all of which are well worth reading. They're some of my favorite books on magickal pr...

Mussolini. Evidently, he was actually intimidated by Evola and respected him as a true magician. Evola still felt the need for extra protection durin...

You're welcome. It's one of the perils of working with the principle of Indulgence even in a non-magickal sense. Always keep it under Will. ...

The Otto Gross was doing similar things in a non religious context a little before Cefalu