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

But Satan also represents transgression against the self and the other and indulgence, as a way of power or entrapment and also, Satan is the Adve...

The theory in this specific case is that Eihwaz may have been a bindrune composed of Isa and Jera Thank you. Thank you for giving me...

Thank you. Curiosity is one of my weaknesses, but also one of my strengths. It's been a while since I've worked extensively with ru...

So how would that link with interpretations of the rune itself?

I'd really like to know what those are, especially the former.

Knowledge is rational, Understanding is transrational

There's really no evidence for the tarot existing before the Visconti Sforza deck in the 15th century. The Tree of life itself is one of many e...

Or I could hang around with a better class of Thelemite than ones who expect that. They do exist, most everyone here being good examples. ...

With the link between the Atu and the Hebrew alphabet not existing prior to the 18th century.

Numbers,language, and symbol systems can only take you so far. They are simply maps to help through the territory. Things of the rational cannot pass ...

Visions are useless unless the lead to some form of lasting transformation or action. Add to the list of questions: What did it do for you? ...

I use Liber Resh as a basis for framing my practice throughout the day, with the Mass of the Phoenix meshing well with the third performance of Resh. ...

True, few are called to take it to that extent, but I'd like to think that the de Cultu regimen is the minimum.

A more pleasant alternative would be doing the work, which I tend to see as kind of obligatory for anyone on the path of Thelema. But, speaking from ...

Well, yes, he is. I don't know if the answer is significant in relation to Liberation from the Wheel of Rebirthing, but it has merits in potentially c...

Something that really bothers me. Attainment requires Work. I've never tried this. I think of the idea of "treasures" being found is kind ...

Only a few years ago? That really surprises me. It does bring a whole new level to the idea of fiddling. But also shows how someone can f...

When examining received material, always take in to account that the form that the transmission takes is filtered through the consciousness of the rec...

But simply reciting the words without anything else isn't enough. Otherwise, anyone could conjure the Goetia or attain the K&C just by saying the ...