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

Who had her own adventure with a different teacher.

Hello, Jay! Welcome to LAShTAL!

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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. 😊 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

@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 ...

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...

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

@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...

@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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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

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...

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 ...

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

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...

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...

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....

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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