@93rdThebes “Will” is a meaningless concept without a higher-power involved What a ridiculous point of view.

The basic tenant of accepting that Aiwass did indeed truly send a message to mankind Yeah, but what reason is there to accept that? If you don’t bel...

The thing that doesn’t make sense to me, for the former – is, why Thelema? why not Taoism? or just remain atheists There seems to be some kind of ca...

ignant666 wrote: it difficult to avoid talking about you Your weird obsession with me is getting weirder by the day. this passage might be relevant...

dom wrote: Arthur Emerson has apparently shot holes in your Schrödinger’s cat analysis used by you in your blog essay on Thelema and the laws of logi...

the_real_simon_iff wrote: As ignant666 said in another thread, the possibilty that anyone “attaining” to this level would let know people about this ...

ignant666 wrote: Can you explain how you have objectively verified that you “no longer identify with anything”, and “refuse to prefer” your “authenti...

To start with, the phrase "annihilate the personality" can't mean something like "become an emotionless robot." Crowley claimed the 8=3 degree, and af...

The term A.'.A.'. is used to refer both to a terrestrial group founded by Aleister Crowley and George Cecil Jones -- from which several terrestrial gr...

the_real_simon_iff wrote: I still did not find any answer to WHY an ego-annihilated 8=3 would boast about this title in one of the most laughable pla...

ignant666 wrote: How we’ve missed you! Well, you've certainly missed me, it seems. You evidently can't resist the urge to talk about me, even when I'...

Well, here it is: the saddest thread I've ever seen on Lashtal.com. I'm not sure whether I should be flattered, feel sorry for you all, or chuckle at...

I wish someone like Mr Feazey would publish a response to Cole’s work Paul did respond to Cole's work: Notably, he says: the real question is whethe...

So you too dismiss it without reading it Correct. If Cole's book had presented evidence to support his case, then someone who read the book would hav...

Can you imagine if someone wrote a book saying JFK was never assassinated a situation where one of the known experts on the subject would say, ‘why on...

<I>“The more scientific the record is, the better. Yet the emotions should be noted, as being some of the conditions.” To me I have understood ...

The "absolute," the "noumenal" source of reality, and "ULTIMATE reality" (and the "ideal") are terms that might be used to refer to the same thing or ...

Los, is the absolute that Crowley wanted everybody in mankind to be an enthusiastic aspirant to, identical with what the above just mentioned wikipedi...

Crowley's essay suggests that the numeration of ShT comes from its tarot attributions: the Aeon (20) + Lust (11). The relevant paragraphs from the es...

You're welcome, William. Consider it a Thanksgiving Day gift from this side of the Atlantic.

Hi HG, I've been reading you for years over on the old alt.magick archives. I particularly enjoyed your collection of the "Best of alt.magick." I've ...

@Alostrael wrote:But how will this work out on an energetic level?Depends on what you mean by "on an energetic level."I'm a practitioner of both Tantr...

"david" wrote: Wouldn't you say this gives credence to scepticism about the existence spiritual entities in Thelema? There's nothing in t...

"Michael Staley" wrote: There's a great deal that's interesting in Lovecraft's work. It's also interesting that Lovecraft was a staunch a...

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"ThothsLittleMonkey" wrote: What do you yourself believe in? Can it be made fun of, too? To quote the venerable sage Homer J. Simpson, "N...

"ignant666" wrote: Ah, my day is made, i am fulfilled!! "The Great And Powerful Los" has acknowledged my "transparent pleas for [him] to pa...

I'm having difficulty following the point of the OP, but even the OP is less embarrassing than ignant666's transparent pleas for me to pay attention t...

My impression is that practitioners treat these "scary" looking "Old Ones" much like Tibetan Buddhists treat the "Wrathful Buddhas": they look frighte...

In Magick in Theory and Practice, Crowley writes, "The sincere student will discover, behind the symbolic technicalities of his book, a practical meth...

"david" wrote: each man interprets as he wills. That's actually not really the case. I suppose you're alluding to the Comment, which read...

"david" wrote: To address Christi's comments, if you're objective you will see that Los is right about Michael's contributions. I started ...

Ignant666 is entirely correct on this point. The "shall" in that sentence is obviously imperative, in the same way that "Thou shalt not steal" is impe...

"christibrany" wrote: the more I read your posts, and your 3 page long email, the more tired I get. So what do you want, a medal for bein...

"ignant666" wrote: let's apply your proposed methods:"It's completely fair to say X is true, because there is some evidence that X is true....

"Shiva" wrote: How many were/are lurkers of Thelemic bent? Probably a lot, but it's difficult to tell how many of those people would call...

"ignant666" wrote: My "day job" in science [...] Boy, your job seems really important to your self-image. You bring it up an inordinate a...

"ignant666" wrote: Original categorical assertion: "Los" wrote: The last I heard, "None" was the fastest growing segment of the...

"obscuruspaintus" wrote: Personally I have never viewed Thelema as a religion but more as a method. Yes. As I alluded to earlier, it migh...

"ignant666" wrote: Popular science reporting may not be a very good source of information on most topics. Agreed. Journalism, in general,...

"ignant666" wrote: far from being "the fastest growing segment of the population in the United States", the numbers of those with no relig...

"ignant666" wrote: A wise retreat It wasn't a "retreat" -- it was an honest observation that your post was a marked improvement over your...

"Shiva" wrote: No. That's not true. I have taken him off all meds and prescribed a diet of Tuna fish and Mushrooms 8) Well, whatever it w...

The meds do seem to be helping you a little, ignant666.

"ignant666" wrote: There were probably about 7,500 or so Christians by 100 EV, and about 10,500 a decade later...so Thelema appears to be s...

"Michael Staley" wrote: "Los" wrote: And I agree with all of this. The point I was making earlier in the thread -- to repeat i...

"david" wrote: Consider that your individual TW, ultimately must be given up for service to the universe itself and that includes the TW o...