Regarding the previous post - having trouble with the quote option. First sentence is by Shiva replying to ignant666 and the rest is my response, ok? ...

Yes, I did consider that any result I obtained that might be significant to me from the Thelemic/text of Liber AL perspective might not be relevant to...

My thanks to ignant666 for pointing out that while i can do my gematria, i can fail to spot the difference between five and six. And thanks to the rea...

Well I thought I might as well play the game. In the first chapter of Liber MA, verse 39 reads: "The word of the Lauds is AMVNH" which is in Hebrew ...

Would not put too much reliance on that text on Voodoo, Shiva. To be lazy, I will cite Wikipedia on West African Vodun: Vodun (meaning spirit in the...

This thread is all very frustrating to me. Chris kindly used my name in vain, in his opening post, as I had drawn his attention to this book. I ordere...

It is doubtful that Gardner had any practical idea of what to do with his O.T.O. Charter and never activated it, which is where a young man called Ken...

@tiger Yes, it was good to see Rosaleen Norton's artwork "The Master" on the cover of Levenda's 'The Dark Lord', although somewhat typically of this a...

Glad you found it interesting christibrany. Regarding djedi's 179: 179 = ablanathanalba, a popular formula in the PGM and a palindrome in the origina...

I personally do not see how that verse alone could explain a chiefly Hebraic concept and biblical term and religious concept as "Abomination of Desola...

With regard to the Hebrew for 'Abomination of Desolation': ShQVTz ShMM can be enumerated as 496 + 380 = 876, or if we are taking into account the valu...

Greetings All, have not posted here for some time. I have no wish to dampen this enthusiasm for J.F.C. Fuller, nor to detract from the content of The...

Hi Francis, if you have not already gone ahead and ordered all of those books on Qabbalah that everyone has been recommending, I suggest, that since y...

Yes, the guy is quite an astonishing 'occult expert' isn't he ? The idea that "Mr Crowley" intended to create "a psychic disaster" of world proportio...

I guess we just need to ensure that we make a good job of DO WHAT THOU WILT.

Cannot say that I understand what everyone is getting worked up about here.But as for the Great Old Ones; well, I like 'em.

Yes, I think that Los gets very much to the essence of the matter here.Crowley did comment on Jung as well, usually in conjunction with Freud, I think...

One very sad, very derelict mess. And such pathetic graffiti.

Well, yes, I had to listen to this. A bit fruity, thanks to Matthew Sweet's rapport with Mark Gatiss; but an enjoyable nostalgia trip nevertheless.We...

Spent quite a while last night locating the probable source of that 'palimpsest' observation by Michael. As I had thought, what I had in mind was in ...

Thank you William and Markus for your responses. Unfortunately, I do not read German, although I did skim through Grau's Liber I online the other day...

Kenneth Grant's 2004 e.v. Statement is a short, yet fascinating document, including that tantalising description of considering Liber AL as being "the...

Yes, I read this over the weekend and noted the garbled account of Albin Grau's involvement with Crowley at the 1925 Weida Convocation. Was contempla...

It may be worth noting that the Unicorn is not a valid mythological creature, rather a case of mistaken identity on the part of ancient Greek and Roma...

And the beat goes on, and on....Just a thanks to threefold31 for alerting us to his "Secrets of the Cipher Naughts" - a fascinating, commendable and g...

"Michael Staley" wrote: I'm sorry to have wasted a few minutes of my life reading this supposedly humorous piece. Now this one IS utter n...

Happy to oblige, Michael. I do know that some of these wonderful clippings contain such utter nonsense that one expects the worst, but in this case t...

I've just watched the first of these without any sound which may or may not have been a disadvantage. The woman is a natural qabbalistic genius! The...

Come on Michael, herupakraath and Jamie, get your act together guys!Firstly, I thought that everyone summoned or invoked the Devil in the early stages...

Hi William,Yes, this "Brother named Keefra" is an interesting puzzle, and the discussion of these lower chakras even more so. The date of the letter ...

Yes, belmurru, GVPh is indeed = 89, or even 809 if you want to get fancy with the Phay final.It is a term for the gross, "physical body".

On the basis that "There is no God but Man", then surely there is no Messiah but Man, the full and lucid performance of one's True Will being the livi...

"WilliamThirteen" wrote: i would counter that the Yezidis themselves may have even more of a 'preoccupation' with Lalish than i as many fle...

The latest American assessment of the Sinjar situation is that things are not quite as bad as they thought, and that any problematical rescue mission ...

The book sounds great and if I was in the position to be buying books at present, it might well be at the top of my list.However, it is a source of ir...

"Southridge" - very nice house. Bit more 'upmarket' than the Abbey of Thelema, it has to be said. :'(

Hi Jamie,My, you do have a lot of apparent interest in 'The Primal Grimoire' website. Michael has responded to your observations, and quite adequatel...

The January edition of Fortean Times (FT310) came my way rather belatedly, last evening. It contains the obituary that Colin Wilson deserves: a compr...

Lighten up, fellers ! "Shiva" wrote: No "Polish" jokes, please. This is an impartial forum.On the other hand, did you hear the one about Th...

It's been a while since I last attempted to fathom the meanings of Liber Trigrammaton, but this thread stimulated me to go back to the sources availab...

"david" wrote: "Shiva" wrote: What a judgemental judicious judge you are. I worry about your age, maturity, psychological stat...

Received my copy from Michael today. Very pleased to see that the production gremlins have been properly bound and duly banished.Have had my Muller c...

"lashtal" wrote: Meanwhile... Back to De Quincey. Well, you never know your luck, but its not looking promising so far...

Nothing wrong with letting the Christians have their voice, its just that I wish they wouldn't trot out the same old stories every year when its blood...

Hi Leo,Your advice is perfectly sound my friend ! And I've read plenty of rubbish in my time, its just that every new book that comes out these days ...

Wanga, more usually found as Ouanga these days, is a Haitian Creole term for a magical charm. As to precisely what type of magical charm opinions var...

Nice pic, William. Some cats are just so shameless. Miaow....Thanks for the technical information, Markus. Don't have German unfortunately, had to ...

Come on now, let's face it, You Guys would be enthusiastic about any new book on Crowley that was written by a half-decent author.Doubtless there will...