Last seen: Nov 27, 2023
The Tree of Life as a London tube map: brilliant!Markus
Lutz, is AC really all that youthful in the photo? His physique seems rather effeminate (breasts, belly), which lets me believe he was a little chubby...
"christibrany" wrote: Looks super awesome. But the price is crazy. Or speaking in a nicer tone, for that price they should show us the insi...
AC makes valid points: the Frauenkirche is at best overrated and the Hofbräu is indeed a horror.Markus
"ptoner" wrote: Aleister Krautley: Jars of Delicious SauerkrautThis has to be a piss take? I should hope not. As a Kraut I can personally...
If I remember correctly, Steiner never was a member of the O.T.O.Markus
It is interesting to note that Crowley spells Choronzon with an end-nun (also in Sepher Sephiroth), but counts 50. IMO that is cheating.Markus
Los, please refer to Matthew 7:5.Markus
The cards shown by michaelclarke18 in reply no. 17 are of the old deck (Urania), as can be seen by the horrid Lamed in VIII, the ugly Chet in VII and ...
Got my deck today. Basically, the colours of the new version are richer, especially the reds and yellows. The blues and greens also have more depth an...
That is quite baffling, and AC was not one to misuse words or their meanings. Possibly, line 7 reflects the first half of line 5 both in a grammatical...
I'm going to side with Paul Hughes-Barlow here. Lon's books are excellent, yet he tells too many personal anecdotes and dumbs the subject matter down ...
Very interesting, cheers! Concerning the quality of the music, I believe the technical British term is: nice.Markus
"anarchistbanjo" wrote: As an Englishman that did not speak German is it not possible that he would look up and possibly hang out with his ...
And this pertains to Thelema how?Markus
The problem, to my mind, is that people take Crowley literally on this subject. Like many other great minds, he spent a lot of time in an ivory tower ...
Here's a short film showing Berlin ca. 1936. The amount of traffic on the roads is amazing. Though not exactly AC's time, it is close enough to give u...
Richard Wagnerand, of course: Friedrich Nietzsche!Markus
I always had the feeling that Germer was an armchair magician. Recently, I had the chance to read the correspondence between Germer and Metzger, and h...
IIRC you (i.e. RLG) stated that the grid found in Liber AL was drawn in later. Do you know who drew the grid, and roughly when it was drawn?Cheers,Mar...
Thank you very much for this, RLG! I am particularly grateful for the fact that you've listed so many previous solutions. Your essay is truly an excel...
"Wei Ching-Hsing" wrote: To clarify my viewpoint then, I firmly believe that gematria is total folly.It has never yielded a single insight ...
The cover is strongly reminiscent of Penguin classics.Markus
Barry William Hale's "tartans" are absolutely brilliant. Admittedly, he got the colours all wrong, but the idea itself is superb, and worth investigat...
Great work, Paul! Concerning your review of Pasi's book, you mention full colour photos in the German edition. This is incorrect. The German edition (...
Thelemite or not, those lyrics are bloody awful. I'll stick to Peter Sinfield, thank you very much!Markus
Interesting link, belmurru, thanks. Crowley's weight of 148lbs (67,3kg) is not too bad, for a height of 179cm (5'10''). He was certainly thin, even sk...
"Andrew " wrote: "Markus" wrote: Following a magic accident Could someone define what a "magic accident" is for me? Pardon m...
From the age of 17 to 23 I was mesmerised, tantalised and deeply influenced by Crowley. Following a magic accident I dropped AC completely for 10 year...
"the_real_simon_iff" wrote: But I hardly think he would have said "C'mon Rose, let's get back to Paris, this 25/12/24/11 is boring." But he...
According to amazon.co.uk and amazon.com the book is available. Neither has received customer feedback, and I'm wondering whether anybody here has got...
Thanks for the insight! I've also always pronounced Mathers as in "maths". Also, Arthur Machen's surname was pronounced as in "Rachel" whilst I always...
I too enjoyed it. About as fair a treatment as you'll get on the Beeb. I note the name "Mathers" was pronounced with an A as in "maze" - is that corre...
"david" wrote: Crowley did out of healthy vanity. He knew his hair had balding patches. It has nothing to do with Buddhism as someone sta...
"the_real_simon_iff" wrote: Do you have the new AC Desk Reference to check? Mine is at work...Love=LawLutz "At work" no doubt meaning: on...
You might get a rough idea by looking Crowley's books up on the respective amazon-sites, i.e. amazon.es (Spain) and amazon.it (Italy).Markus
Quite a few of his writings were published in Germany, from ca. 1925 onwards; then in Switzerland under Hermann Metzger were published 10 volumes call...
Thank you, Lutz! Could you please name the source?Markus
Not wanting to start a new thread: Do we know which role Victor Neuberg played in the Rite of Saturn? I imagine it would have been Capricornus Emissar...
Well done, Paul!What are the four triangular objects visible on the floor?Markus
A blend of immaturity and racism. - This thread ought to be deleted: it has nothing to do with AC, is a shame to this site and especially to it's "aut...
a) IIRC, you still have the idea of "self defence" in the USA (which the Europeans scrapped yonks ago). Maybe you can go with that? - Good luck to you...
A darn fine book, and about time too, that it was released in English. I can warmly recommend it. - Mind you, sixty quid for the hardback is a bit ste...
"Mazus" wrote: Is it in the blue brick? I have it and don't see Liber Samekh. Am I going mad and not seeing something that I should? P....
I'd go with the Big Blue Brick.Markus
"Shiva" wrote: ... but generally speaking, he did tend to (attempt to) reduce anyone he penned about to ashes. I disagree: R. Burton, A. ...
... and massive blue cloth-bound books that aren't dictionariesHa, that's absolutely brilliant!!!Markus
Lutz, if you have a spare set of Lekve's Thelemische Lektionen lying around, I'm definitely interested!Markus