Thanks for mentioning the campaign. The point was political satire. If interested, you may read my short essay on the subject of satirical candidac...

This book is now available by the way.I received an advance copy, as a token of apology from Tarcher/Penguin. They had copy-and-pasted about 1000 of m...

Well Keith, the fact that you value the gossip of a poorly informed, disgruntled member over the testimony of the person who was sitting Lodge Master ...

I cannot account for your anonymous "SML officer" but they have their facts wrong.Taylor was not eligible for the office of facilities manager accordi...

David Taylor was not a member of OTO. As such, he was not eligible for office in the Lodge. As such, he was not facilities manager, nor was he ever ca...

It was in "Considerations of an Open Letter to Labour."Full disclosure, lest there be misunderstanding and gnashing of teeth, I am the creator of

Azidonis, do you know of individuals who have posited the various points in that article prior to Crowley? I'm sure it's quite possible and I would lo...

Somewhere in this thread, italics became a constant (is it in Proteus' signature?).Anyway, I just wanted to chime in and suggest that my article on AC...

The originator of the Barbara Bush / Crowley hoax today has a new April Fools post which links Aleister Crowley to JFK via Gerald Gardner. Funny stuff...

"Superb as is this adumbration of the Law of Thelema by Rabelais with his Word Fais ce que veulx, The Book of the Law gives us more—it gives us 'all i...

"michaelclarke18" wrote: I didn't actually notice the price - was there one? I am actually trying to stop buying books - otherwise I will b...

Quick update: pre-order information is now available fromwhere you can find your regional dealer.

Lucius, that's my birthday too! Seriously, it is. So you should buy me one too. 😉

I agree with Keith418 when he says that we should turn to the writings of Aleister Crowley to discover how Thelema treats the questions of racial prej...

Well I didn't suppose it would be news to anyone here, but thought that some would get a chuckle out of the post and the subtle reference made by the ...

This has now also been thoroughly debunked on AC2012.com, where you will find a humorous post and video featuring ominous music and suggestive questio...

Ah thanks Davy, I didn't realize it was a different watermark from the 1888 one.

Paper bearing this watermark was commonplace throughout Britain by 1888.

Thanks for posting this, zexx11.In the interest of full disclosure:AC2012.com is a campaign, conversation, propaganda, and blasphemy working created b...

Michael and Walter, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

The Thoth Deck is readily available at retail prices (US$16-30 in various sizes etc.). You just have to know where to look. TaroBear's Lair, U.S. Game...

slq and P156: Thanks much for passing on these links. I've posted them both up on my new blog, Buying Crowley Books.Anyone else, if you know of any go...

The catalog of art from the Palais Tokyo show mentioned above also includes essays by HB, and I think Pasi, and one or two others IIRC, in French. Als...

"Walterfive" wrote: You can say that in your opinion 'they are not Crowley's Thelema" (and again, I may agree with you), but I believe that...

Lately I have been getting a lot out of chapters 58 and 86. You?

No worries, a lot of people are under the impression that he wrote Liber XXX. Anyway Liber 333 is great! Love it.

Funny since Liber XXX was not written by Crowley and isn't particularly Thelemic but just good advice generally :-DHow about something from Revival of...

Gosh, the first definition 1a in my dictionary is "an individual human." What more perfect word could there be?Paul, I can't offer a definitive answer...

Ian, I loved your review and passed it along to many friends.

Camlion, you asked:So you think that all Thelemites must practice Magick? What if they have no natural interest or aptitude for it? Is the Law not for...

"zardoz" wrote: And you can't see that this is your interpretation based on your personal worldview? Why would I think that, when my worl...

Were the following words also "drug induced"?"... that [the things of All-Truth] may be said it is necessary that One [Poet] take human Flesh, and bec...

"to promote shared activities as if impartial"I am not, nor have I ever pretended to be, impartial about anything I have ever posted here.As you claim...

Because the language doesn't need to be modernized, it doesn't actually read as sexist since it is obviously not excluding women, the single-syllable ...

Thelema is a word, yes, which expresses an idea, yes, for which there are other expressions, yes. But those other expressions are not Thelema. Exactly...

"fratere" wrote: What's a URL for Frater Oz's effort? The card design. Quite interested in that, 16k cards is *scale*. Google it. I'd pro...

The final statement on the third link leads me to think that Rabelais was not the original inspiration for the name.

"AEternitas" wrote: Are you proposing that in the history of all mankind, nobody has ever thought in this way, or decided to live by a simi...

Btw if anyone wants to get the design like the one Fr. Oz has, contact me.

Yeah create all the PC versions you want but don't attribute them to AC, or expect anyone to use them."Man" doesn't put that many people off. It's sti...

"zardoz" wrote: You left out the rest of the quote ending it right before the word "if." Only for the sake of brevity. No intention to ch...

"We who accept this Law may rightly be called Thelemites" -- AC in Djeridensis working under the heading "Thelemites defined."Let me guess, next we'll...

P156 wrote: "I was only wondering about the source and context of a statement supposedly made by Crowley concerning the Law of Thelema."Why would you ...

Perhaps we should start declaring our favorite willful people to be Thelemites posthumously. Einstein was a Thelemite, right? So was Carl Sagan. And B...

How about one without revision?

I have never been asked previously to declare my interest when promoting my projects for the last several years. The Sekhet-Maat website didn't have m...

I don't understand. You have today supported the use of an insulting and incorrect name for O.T.O., publicly insinuated that I am doing something sini...