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RE: Jason Louv: Magick in the Aeon of Horus

"david" wrote: Irony? You having a bad day at thee office? Neither.When you post a link to a 54min video and then pull out the incredibl...

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RE: Jason Louv: Magick in the Aeon of Horus

"david" wrote: ...so Louv claims that "every man and woman is a star" is now manifesting in personal youtube channels and Facebook pages. ...

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RE: THE CUBE OF SPACE

Can't speak to Crowley but Paul Foster Case develops it in some detail in The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages. It's derived from the Sepher Yet...

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RE: Being a faithful Student

"david" wrote: If the energy-matter model has been rendered obsolete by the information model Obsolete is a much stronger word than I'd ...

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RE: Being a faithful Student

I'll note up front that this line of discussion seems to be taking this erstwhile slumbering thread wildly off course into realms of multi-dimensional...

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RE: Being a faithful Student

"david" wrote: This scale analysis is interesting. I've been reviewing it. Does it allow for all sorts of non-local activity? Magic spel...

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RE: Magick Class

I'll give you that.

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RE: Magick Class

Thanks for the link, david. I have to admit, I got about halfway through the podcast and had to give up. Jason seemed like a worthwhile listen when he...

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RE: "Crying" and "relatives".

"david" wrote: "Tao" wrote: As I see the context here, this particular phrase has nothing to do with danger or alert or whinin...

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RE: "Crying" and "relatives".

"Los" wrote: It depends on exactly what you mean by "morality."There are specific criteria for practicing Thelema: discovering and carrying...

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RE: "Crying" and "relatives".

"david" wrote: If Will stops and cries "why?" Contextually, this implies danger! Alert! However, to be frank, taken as part of that whol...

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RE: Magick Class

Thanks for sharing, Horemakhet. Jason's name has popped up once or twice from second- and third-degree connections, always in a positive light. I look...

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RE: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law: end time

"david" wrote: each man interprets as he wills. That does seem to be the root of nine tenths of the world's problems.

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RE: This Man Invented A Religion And Turned Scores Of Followers Into Occultists

Given what I've gleaned about you lot, I think we can safely assume that 100% (+/- 3% MOE) of those who would refuse to answer such a question must be...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: Anyone can see you were trying to throw out a "slow learner" insult towards me. 'Twas not an insult unless you find hone...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: How about I refuse to feed your ego? What... You refuse to respond to a perfectly legitimate request for clarification fro...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: That was a bit unfriendly wasn't it? I suggest you reread the "compliance with guidelines" section. In what way do you fe...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: No, I wasn't talking about that sort of stress with regards to Shiva's flustered office worker. Neither is the research....

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RE: Troll

Gaia is simply the Greek name for Mother Earth. Her protective shield is our atmosphere which, as we decimate it through pollution, is less able to pr...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: Someone who meditates regularly can still be stressed at work so something's wrong. Quite possibly, it's this presumption ...

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RE: How does Leary's 8 brain-model of evolution define Crowley's idea of TW?

"david" wrote: I'll come back to this when I re read "exo-psychology" where there is more on external techno change and it's relation to DN...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: "Tao" wrote: "Shiva" wrote: There is gravity on Mars, so the bone-deal might not be a big-deal, bu...

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RE: How does Leary's 8 brain-model of evolution define Crowley's idea of TW?

"david" wrote: On a practical level, Tao raised a good point. We can't even agree on what TW is, so how can we apply it to Leary's model? ...

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RE: How does Leary's 8 brain-model of evolution define Crowley's idea of TW?

"david" wrote: "ignant666" wrote: "david" wrote: Just an important reminder that "planes" and/or"sephiroth" are n...

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RE: Troll

"Shiva" wrote: There is gravity on Mars, so the bone-deal might not be a big-deal, but the CO2-Oxygen ratio might be a long-term problem, a...

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RE: How does Leary's 8 brain-model of evolution define Crowley's idea of TW?

"david" wrote: Bear in mind there is very strong argument to hold Dr Leary as the heir of Crowley. As soon as you clarify which argument...

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RE: Troll

Wow. Just... wow.Apparently, those of us trying to extol the benefits of psychedelic exploration might need to take a step back and learn from the mas...

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RE: Troll

Careful there, Frater. Use of the B-word is liable to get you branded as intellectually lazy by He Who Knows.

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: I had to fish through your words for the least emotionally loaded responses and the above is the result of the filtering. W...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: Yes, that should have been the official public face of Thelema according to the naïve and uninformed. I have no idea what...

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RE: Troll

The only point I can discern you making in this post is: "david" wrote: Understanding true will does not necessitate a degree in philosoph...

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RE: Troll

"Los" wrote: This kind of electrochemical event in the brain has no discernable effect on most other electrochemical events, such as the el...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: Let me go and read some of those links for the early Leary work that Ignant provided. My theory is that True Will is a meta...

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RE: Troll

Sorry for the triple post. Missed this one in the stream. "david" wrote: "psychedelic work is not "just a transitory intoxicating private p...

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RE: Troll

"Tao" wrote: "david" wrote: These 8 circuits are not necessarily only opened by chemicals. Yes, that's exactly what The Boo...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: "Reason is a whore". What a strange non sequitur.I hear that some of the great Zen masters (and probably most ancient Ind...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: These 8 circuits are not necessarily only opened by chemicals. Yes, that's exactly what The Boo Hoo Bible quote is saying...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: I'm neutralizing your circuit 2 shennanigans here. You make use of anal-territorial semantics for the second time with me i...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: What is the actual problem you have? The actual problem I have have is that you regularly create new half-witted arguments...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: Because Crowley thought the same as did RAWison. More on this soon. Leary's assertion that DWTW is central to Crowley's ...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: Yes, of course sceptics Crowley, Dr RAWilson and Dr Leary were involved in inducing "mystical states" but for Crowley and RA...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: However, we have a communication problem here, and Los noticed it also. I'd say it's been at the core of my posts as well...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: Leary even described the term "neuroses" as "metaphysical jabberwocky". Come on he was a scientist. He would've sided wit...

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RE: Troll

What does "anti metaphysical" (words that do not accurately describe Leary, as you yourself note) have to do with mysticism (something which Leary was...

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RE: Troll

You have poured the full depth and breadth of your creative soul into two poetic concretisations of your feelings about Radical Honesty and the percei...

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RE: Troll

"david" wrote: However, impoliteness and insults are not necessarily part of the equation. I was actually insulted in the RH thread. Wou...

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RE: Thelema and radical honesty.

If I'm being radically honest (and what better place?), I often get dragged into conversations like this around the web because I give everyone the be...

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RE: Thelema and radical honesty.

"david" wrote: Anyway, as I was saying, after my R.H. comment the other day, I was subsequently snubbed in a hostile manner, by him. He s...

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RE: Thelema and radical honesty.

"david" wrote: Today, I thought I might get physically confronted by someone I know, for what I said. Well, that tells us something abou...

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RE: Thelema and radical honesty.

"david" wrote: Try it and see what you think. "david" wrote: Reactions and changed behaviour in others towards me. That w...

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