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The book looks interesting; thanks for providing it.
I remember a non-apocryphal (?) anecdote to the effect that when there were some highly obnoxious people bothering the Throbbing Gristle crew they tur...
surely all that extra effort would have the opposite effect – how many freely available seconds is it going to take to need to shave your head every d...
I wonder how often he would let his hair grow out, and then shave his head. I remember there's a passage in the Confessions where he wrote that he wou...
There's a kind of a self-portrait by AC (as To Mega Therion) reproduced in the Arkana edition of the Confessions where he has the forelock. It's quite...
Aaand to keep it rolling, here's Alice Coltrane playing the harp and leading a group that included Rashied Ali and Pharaoh Sanders. Alice Coltrane - ...
Oh, man, that entire Art Ensemble of Chicago album, Les Stances a Sophie, is amazing. One of my favorite albums that I've ever heard is an album by B...
My reaction on reading the description of the film is that it's not valorizing Trumpism but is on a par with the televised adaptation of Margaret Atwo...
I think that "theodore" is actually a bot -- a fully automated spambot that harvested the topic "Robert Anton Wilson" from this website, and cut and...
Looks like Jason Louv's book received favorable reviews from a fair number of people including Ramsey Dukes and Lon Milo Duquette. Lon: ... Jason ...
If it's a straight-up ratio based on distances and shapes that's one thing, but if it depends on: 1. The system of latitude and longitude coordinates...
Yeah, but that solution to II:76 focuses on some of the numbers and words and ignores others, so it's not complete. There are any number of strings of...
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But in the case of offering a *psychological diagnosis*, amateurism is far from a virtue. This is compounded by the problems inherent in attempting a ...
Wellreadwellbred: Just because Cole *cites* some credentialed writers doesn't give *him* any credentials or experience to diagnose Crowley based solel...
It's a strong argument against investing any time, money, or effort in reading it. As has been repeatedly pointed out, Cole: 1. Didn't even make his ...
Lyrics are from the Bowie song "Quicksand" edit: missed that the info was already in the previous post
As they say in Sweden, qu'est ce que fuck?
Or use BBCode instead of clicking on the little buttons. Then you can use any browser, and it works in all the forums that use BBCode.
In qabalistic terms "manifest" suggests manifestation in Assiah, and "beyond intellect and manifestation" suggests beyond Yetzirah and Assiah. Looked ...
Nutmeg will definitely do something if you take a large enough dose.br>It's a deliriant, not a hallucinogen; I wouldn't recommend it. Side effects inc...
This is from SomethingAwful.com, a comedy site, it's satire.
I think that The Magical Dilemma of Victor Neuburg by Jean Overton Fuller mentions the story.
Thanks for the info. Here's a way to link to specific messages:Right-click on the reply you wish to linkSelect the option to "copy link location"Paste...
Okay, I see your point. What I thought was the case is that Crowley's classification of Liber 418 as Class AB was because the received/inspired parts ...
Just because Liber 418 was considered of lesser importance than Liber Legis doesn't imply that Liber 418 was not one of the Holy Books of Thelema. Giv...
Perhaps there are qabalistic insights to be had in the book that are beyond those listed in the last quote in the post; if so, does this resolve the a...
Just because there was an acrostic in the text doesn't mean that it wasn't written exactly as Crowley wrote that it was.
'Twould be interesting if there were more info available about this.
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Los,You're going to great lengths to make all kinds of claims about what Michael Staley is saying. It seems to me that you are grossly misrepresenting...
"Los" wrote: What the True Will is about is action; it's just not about a bunch of trances and not about a bunch of vague platitudes about ...
"Los" wrote: For Crowley, True Will is just not about trances or states of consciousness, even if its discovery is often accompanied by cer...
Thanks for posting these, and the info! One more quibble- it's "thought", not "thoughtful" in the third line of Perdurabo.
"Magmus" wrote: Even if RTC could prove that the watermarks on the manuscript are from 1906 and not 1904, is it possible that the reception...
Awesome. Thanks for posting this, and looking forward to more.
I think that part of a Thelemic approach to treating addiction to opiates, for example, would involve using science. Not that it's particularly easy t...
Sure, count me in (to a regular-style chess tournament)
Verse 1:26 really sends chills down my spineI:26 Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who am I, and what shall be the sign? So she a...
"name538" wrote: ...each race can express it's[sic] true nature and purpose, then each cog will fit into place Your theories fascinate me...
Per contra:If one is an artist or poet or mystic then dreams, fantasies and various non-immanent states of consciousness are often not only important ...
I dunno. I see a lot of people making assumptions about the intentions of what other people say, in what one might gently refer to as "ego involvement...
There is an appeals process, but if it's to be done it would be better if it were done by someone disinterested who has a prior editing history on Wik...
AFAIK, Enochian chess is/was used for divination, spiritual initiation, and magic (actively influencing the world(s)). The Golden Dawn did not use it ...
I hit the Submit button a bit early, and should add4. A very sweeping claim, as in the second quote:"The proof of His praeterhuman nature... is partly...
I haven't read the entirety of the original thread, so my apologies if this has already been gone over.Something I find fascinating are the descriptio...
To call Thelema an "ideology" is to miss the point a bit, in my view. Looking at the _Holy Books of Thelema_, I consider them to be both unique and co...