katrice
@katrice
Black Soror, Selfie-stick poseur
Joined: Jul 10, 2021
Last seen: Dec 1, 2023
Topics: 5 / Replies: 1099
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RE: Leah Hirsig

Is not one definition of the word "engine" something used to effect a purpose?

19 hours ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

Who had her own adventure with a different teacher.

2 days ago
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RE: Greetings!

Hello, Jay! Welcome to LAShTAL!

2 days ago
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RE: Location of the Babalon working

I gave you one in my response when I mentioned the imaginary scenario of someone receiving gnosis re: Mercury linked with Ursa Major and later finding...

2 days ago
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RE: Location of the Babalon working

I completely agree. I think that sometimes the "U" in UPG gets interpreted as derogatory, when it just means that it's not verified in a material sen...

5 days ago
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RE: Location of the Babalon working

And we dip in to UPG ,SPG, and VPG.

5 days ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

The definitive work on the topic, in my opinion. I can think of at least two more claimants. Michael Aquino and Don Webb. Praise "Bo...

6 days ago
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RE: Location of the Babalon working

His zeal made him blind to too many things and the results of that led to his snapping and getting caught up in illusions that led to his self destruc...

6 days ago
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RE: Location of the Babalon working

The Montauk Project, Montauk Revisited, and Pyramids of Montauk. They also tie Amado Crowley in to their story. I was trying to be nice. 😉 ...

6 days ago
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RE: Location of the Babalon working

Besides Bare Faced Messiah, I'd also recommend A Piece of the Blue Sky. He's a more complex figure than that. And Hades/Plu...

6 days ago
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RE: The Golden Cipher

We could have theoretical prerational and transrational Aeons, representing states of consciousness outside of our current apprehension. I...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Reintroduction - Return Soror Iris / Vilaven Nevaliv

I did see that. I just joined a couple of years ago. I am very aware and appreciative of that. The admins have been very supportive. 😊 ...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Location of the Babalon working

Please remember that Set was not always regarded as Egyptian Satan, and was depicted as defending Ra's barque against Apep, among other things. Also ...

2 weeks ago
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RE: The Golden Cipher

I don't see the two as mutually exclusive. Maybe an epoch manifests when a critical majority of people reach a certain level of development. This nat...

2 weeks ago
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RE: AC's religion Thelema includes what other Scarlet Woman aided (Class A) books or texts, except his BOTL?

This is true, but I'm not sure that any single belief system can apply 100% to everything. I've found that skepticism can help in keeping...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Reintroduction - Return Soror Iris / Vilaven Nevaliv

Hi Rebecka! Welcome back! I definitely wasn't around during your time here, I was still in grade school. 😊

2 weeks ago
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RE: AC's religion Thelema includes what other Scarlet Woman aided (Class A) books or texts, except his BOTL?

Crowley seemed more like a true skeptic, taking all information as tentative pending further evidence, rather than the more popular interpretation of...

3 weeks ago
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RE: AC's religion Thelema includes what other Scarlet Woman aided (Class A) books or texts, except his BOTL?

One of my Egyptian Reconstructionist friends said that the closest candidate she could think of as the double-wanded one would be Thoth. And Thoth i...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Of Harpocrates and Nuit - An Essay on Buddhist Meditation for Thelemites

Though I think some people get a little confused with the commonly accepted idea of "desire", which can be positive or negative, and the wholly negati...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Horror Movies

Shock and revulsion can, when intense enough, produce an altered state on the same level as, for example, meditation, orgasm, or drugs, and can be app...

2 months ago
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RE: The Golden Cipher

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Claims of not wanting to cast pearls before swine fall short when one won't even show that the pearl...

2 months ago
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RE: Horror Movies

@david-lemieux Sorry, I've been really busy lately and haven't had a lot of time for online discussions. The idea is to reach a state ...

2 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

Melek Taus, the peacock angel. Assimilated in to Victor Anderson's Feri system as the Blue God I've seen some people try to link Melek Taus with Muru...

2 months ago
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RE: US Congress UFO LIVE Meeting: LAM, Aleister Crowley and Aetherius

Sex, sentiment, and wonder, according to common interpretations of William Mortensen's Command To Look. Combining those with a dose of fear, which aff...

2 months ago
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RE: Horror Movies

@david-lemieux I'm sorry if you took my comment as hostile, I did not mean it as that. I can be a bit impish sometimes,and it was just meant as th...

2 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

@shiva Thank you. My conclusion about The Devil came from working with the tarot on a daily basis for years, combined with my understanding of ...

2 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

The main reason for my interest in Cefalu. That and the attempt at an intentional community. I like to think this phase was more somethin...

2 months ago
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RE: Horror Movies

And other things I've done. You seemed to find those practices questionable, which is valid, and clearly disapproved of them,which is your right. Som...

2 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

I've seen other takes on the concept of SW, that it need not involve sex. Frieda was still a significant magickal partner to Crowley and at the least...

2 months ago
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RE: Horror Movies

I am aware of this, and familiar with that practice. and I am aware of this too. I was just ribbing you a little over some of our previous...

2 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

93! It's nice to be back! I'm already very familiar with Thoth. I was just giving an example of how making the distinctions can be ver...

2 months ago
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RE: Is there a place for Marxism in Thelema?

The grammar in the statement you're commenting on was a little confusing -I'm not sure how Marcuse is a "few" people 😉 I read his Eros and Civ...

2 months ago
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RE: Horror Movies

I love the horror genre, but I do agree that a lot of it is trash, but sometimes even trash can be at least entertaining. And what genre doesn't...

2 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

Hi everyone! Sorry about the long silence, I had a lot on my plate and needed to step away from some things for a while so I could focus more. ...

2 months ago
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RE: Strange Angel, a show about Jack Parsons & Aleister Crowley

For a moment, I thought that link was going to go to some music by Scientology band The Jive Aces

3 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

Thank you for your response. Interesting interpretation! Similar to my own, though I interpret the mingled souls as union of the HGA and what some ma...

3 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

Indeed so. I was just pointing out that the reference could simply be alluding to one of the foundational practices of Thelema. The De Cultu regimen ...

3 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

"Neglect not the Performance of the Ritual of the Pentagram, and of the Assumption of the Form of Hoor-pa-Kraat."

4 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

We could mention names, but will not. Ultimately, one makes the decision to leave the work. One can continue it or not, regardless of externa...

4 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

If it doesn't stand the test of the world, it isn't real. I would agree with that. Which I assure you I do. 😊 and de...

5 months ago
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RE: Chat GPT and the Book of the Law, Part Deux

I tend to regard the first half as am extended critique of Nietzsche. 😉 I did slip on typing the title, though. Thank you for the correction....

5 months ago
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RE: Chat GPT and the Book of the Law, Part Deux

wiZARD of OZ Evola wrote half a book on that. Riding the Tiger. "thangka", not terma.

5 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

While it it certainly possible to temporarily attain a particular state of consciousness, like it is with chakras, the key to initiation is reaching t...

5 months ago
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RE: Leah Hirsig

That seemed to run in the family given her sister Alma's association with Pierre Bernard

5 months ago
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RE: Origins of "To Know, To Will, To Dare, To Keep Silent?"

True, and I do prefer having accurate information. Not that the mythmaking necessarily invalidates anything. People still do use the Golden Dawn syst...

6 months ago
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RE: Chat GPT and the Book of the Law, Part Deux

I am well aware of that. 😀 Precisely. The longest term results rarely manifest in full in the ritual chamber. While I do see the ide...

6 months ago
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RE: Origins of "To Know, To Will, To Dare, To Keep Silent?"

Aww, thanks! I am completely open to being proven wrong.

6 months ago
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RE: Chat GPT and the Book of the Law, Part Deux

It seems I'm single definition, as I thought, and a projector.

6 months ago
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