I think this echoes the perspective conveyed with my initial post(s) in this thread. It wasn't the glorious love-story, a romance for the ages, as pre...

Could you imagine the "Comment" Crowley would have written were he to be embroiled in our diverse discussions here? "Discussion of Liber AL is forbi...

This, as I understand, is an Initiation one will also take when working in the Alice Bailey/Seven Rays School(s). One, having been thus secreted th...

Jamie, you are 100% correct and thank you for the "fusskininess." I absolutely meant Art & Text but the fingers typed something other than the bra...

If you can present a correspondence chart of qualities common to comix and the Good Book (which I have no doubt you CAN), it would be more fitting to ...

Actually, Shiva HAS earned a quality cigar. Death in the saddle is one of the "Four Horsemen" and mentioned in Rev 6:8. The Rider on the White Ho...

The connection of Astral Light to Orgone is of interest, Wellread. John Michael Greer, in his Intro to the new translation of Levi's Transcendental...

I am reminded of Goethe. His last words were (supposedly) "Light! More Light!" This was Masonic Propaganda. Goethe, a Freemason, shed his mortal co...

Excellent! I think there was more to it than that-but that is MY perspective. AC was a man who needed to be debased. Despite his bold and bright ...

Absolutely. And in the end, I think he seemed to be more of a lonely figure, winding down at Hastings. He had his final followers, yes, but he also mu...

I read this out-loud to my wife. She is NOT a Crowley fan and agreed with the sentiment 100%. I had to share it, though, as it was also quite funny an...

As do I. I gathered that it was abused and the problematic aspects outweighed the good. But I DID make long lasting friendships through that feature. ...

Apologies for that. It was long post-and mine was a long reply! Some go it (The Initiatory path) alone and some make it alone ("alone" being a r...

So the basic gist here seems to be that the idea of the Alpha-Male is one of a domineering thug-and AL seems to express some of these thuggish aspects...

If you read my reply to David, you'll note that I call attention to AC's dalliance with "weird fiction." And I will also ask (for the sake of givin...

Clearly, Kenneth Grant found great and extensive application of the genre in his work, drawing most notably from Lovecraft and penning a good share of...

From one angle, we DO take "activities" one at a time. If this is the case, we may splice things up into categorized events which get relegated to a l...

Well, it Is about "AL" pha males.

And neither are YOU! Glad you've jumped into the fray here, Chris! What does "Do the Work" mean? If the Work is DWTW, then Following Your Bliss-a...

Will you please begin the promised new thread with a summation of the basic ideas behind your expressed antipathy for the Book of the Law as being of ...

The first I ever encountered this idea was within my introduction to the system-structure Itself. I read One Star in college-and was struck by it all....

Welcome back, then, "my boy." Welcome, "young man." By welcome, I extend a customary greeting used for communicating friendly invitation to continuing...

Which book is this? If it was mentioned previously, my apologies and gratitude for any clarification. I just located my old files with the Hirsi...

"Did you have a good world when you died? Enough to base a movie on??" -Jim Morrison "If life's a movie, the BOOK is better..." -Adam Gates ...

Jamie- Some curious and interesting derailments are happening here, I think. I would like to join wellread in extending my own heartfelt condolences...

Er...was this something Jamie was contesting?

Ditto from myself! In sundry cases, we (or some of us) wouldn't know if someone dropped off due to distraction, dismay or demise-and I had also hoped ...

Well, we DO come from a school which declared its goal to be the "Aim of Religion." And I fully appreciate and (think I ) get your poetic point. Again...

Too late! I don't think you have anything to apologize for. We're having a nice chat about an interesting topic with some differing viewpoints. I...

As I remarked previously, my words were based on recollection of the diaries I read and info I have been able to find. I don't think I could be as "do...

At a certain point, I began to watch some of Icke's vids and talks. He absolutely has some interesting and insightful things to say. He is also WAY of...

Well, Zen Master, Yunmen, was once asked "What is the Buddha?" He replied: "A dried shit-stick." I think that might cover both bases.

Years ago, I was sent a copy of Leah's diaries in her own handwriting. I really need to revisit these and give them a new consideration but I do very ...

I brought up the film ENGLAND IS MINE because the ending has so much of the same tenor of this scene-and it ends the film very well. For those of us w...

I almost didn't post it for this very reason. I believe the operative word here is "cringe." It is worse than the most mainstream of "Contemporary Chr...

Does anyone here remember Mojo Nixon's "Elvis is Everywhere?" That's the classic tune where Mojo informs us that EVERYONE has a little Elvis in them...

I see in this an anticipation of change-over (on that Grand Aeonic Scale) in context of the zoomorphic forms favored in the Egyptian Magical Aesthetic...

I couldn't pick you out but if you were doing the jitterbug, I'm impressed!

As the gents from COIL were in with Bill Breeze and others "in the know," I'll guess the sound swatch is legit if thus attributed. The singing feel...

What is the source for this sound clip? How is it verified as Leah singing?

I must confess...I never looked too closely into Liber Al's "Din." Doing so, as a result of this thread, I found the same info Ignant refers to: ...

It is VERY well done, IMO. You will love every episode going forward, I would imagine. It's just sad to see the series end before telling the "whole s...

It's too bad this ended after only two seasons. I believe the last scene of Season Two was of L. Ron Hubbard coming to the door. And perhaps that expl...

Kenneth's work is inexhaustible and we have plenty to keep us occupied while this volume is in preparation. But I AM looking forward to it very much! ...

Carl Abrahamsson's CINEMAGICIAN features some wonderful moments of conversation:

This is one of the best posts I've ever read on this site.

Those "things" are no small matter. I had a chat with a Zen Buddhist once. He related an anecdote about a well known Sage whose child had died. The Ma...

When Katrice wrote of Lotion And the Motion of your Jerk She was merely using Metaphor The Language of the Work

Dom, you've been away for a bit. Welcome back to active duty! 🙂

Technically, the Magical Retirement = an exclusive focus on "doing the Work." Regarding such Work, it is also called The Path and at a certain point...