In the previous thread I end up mentioning an involvement in Thelema. Thelema is renegade. I am a renegade's renegade. I disavow all of the brotherhoods ~ including those that recognize myself. This is due my aversion to labeling in part. I also take issue with the view of many of my brethren in Thelema. Thelema is based on a book of supposed super psychological revelation, Liber Al vel Legis. Many Thelemites assume it addresses a new social order. My position is that it addresses a new ordering of internal self.
On Magick: Most of what Isparklaria is saying of kabbalah is not QBL, but Crowley’s particular take on Magick. His version is a combination of systems of mind. While flawed, it is a darn good read, especially if a first or second (preferably second) edition of The Equinox series. While I do have the entire Equinox series on my site, provided by the OTO, it is important to partake such work in the proper decanter. Everything about these early editions are a treasure, from color plates to the very fine binding. To collectors, they are as sought after as the Mandrake Press books. Such publishing is not just a collection of writing. It is a work of art in its entirety. The set of concepts, the art (including the wonderful and rare work of the greater than Crowley wizard, Spare), the binding, even the strange collection of concepts ~ all are to be taken in their entirety as a single work. This is the inspiration for my approach to sites. The Kenneths and I understood this and carry it over into our own art. That moron, Anton, steals a few of the zanier concepts and calls it wisdom, producing something totally void of wisdom or, more importantly, art. How do you know if you understand any of what can even be considered wisdom in The Equinox??? That is easy. One brushes aside the flamboyant Crowley and understands the greater work of one who defied him and yet one of the few Crowley always respected ~ the great wizard who did some of the illustrations in The Equinox, A. O. Spare. If you did not encounter that name and work, you didn’t understand anything. I adore such systems as I do Enochian Chess. There is nothing in them to believe or reject. They are merely a challenge to mind. EXERCISE EQUIPMENT. One explores them and avoids the pit trap. Even Crowley warns of the pit trap. None of it is about any of the systems presented. It is about studying such systems as an aid in developing your own. My own is called Majik. It is Thelema based but with NONE of the social element; and traditional rituals are replaced with planned real world situations designed to challenge life, limb, and mind. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
