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Inclusiveness?
At the recent Thelemic Sympossium at Sekhet-Maat Lodge (which I was honored to be a panelist on: http://sekhetmaat.com/wiki/Thelemic_Symposium_2009_ev), the following question was asked. My response follows ( Read more... ) -
Acknowledgements
"This book is not an attempt to provide a broad survey of current Thelemic "offerings," e.g. the multiplicity of recent "orders" and "schools of interpretation." We acknowledge one A.'.A.'. and one O.T.O."
-from the James Wasserman Introduction to The Weiser Concise Guide to Aliester Crowley by Richard Kaczynski.
And if you haven't heard...Real Thelemites
"Real Thelemites don't improvise Class A material."
-James and Nancy Wasserman, To Perfect This Feast
I'd also add that real O.T.O. members don't go out of their way to diminish the books (which includes the practices) recommended for A.'.A.'. - particularly, as these (according to Crowley), also "suit O.T.O."Aleister Crowley - Fundamentalist
During a recent conversation, a friend of mine identified himself unabashedly as a "fundamentalist" and admittedly, there have been occasions when I've been labeled this as well. Not surprisingly, this term has been lobbied about by detractors and has even been embraced in part for this reason. One could always read "fundament" or the ninth ( Read more... )The Way
Appear on the throne of Ra!
Open the ways of the Khu!
Lighten the ways of the Ka!
The ways of the Khabs run through
to stir me or still me!
Aum! let it fill me!
-Liber AL vel Legis III: 37.
Additionally, "The Way" has the number of 71.
Regarding the practice of Liber Resh within the O.T.O ( Read more... )Thou
I don't remember coming across this previously, but it was recently brought to my attention that "thou", "thee, and "thine" in French are used in an intimate sense seventy or so odd pages into a number of French novels (and to my surprise and dismay, even in Jane Austin!)as this notes a 'familiarity' ("let the wife say these words...") between the ( Read more... )Lineages?
On more than a few occasions, I've been asked or have heard comments regarding this or that A.'.A.'. "lineage". As far as I'm aware, Crowley made no mention of A.'.A.'. "lineages" (let alone O.T.O. "lineages"...), and based on this and other reasons, I hold that the term doesn't apply to the A.'.A ( Read more... )Thelemic Symposium VIII
Information regarding this event is now available:
http://sekhetmaat.com/wiki/Thelemic_Symposium_2009_evThelemic Symposium VIII
I've been invited to be one of three panelists at Sekhet-Maat Lodge's upcoming Thelemic Symposium. If you have an incredibly difficult question you'd like to ask me in front of an audience - this is your chance.
I'll be posting additional material regarding this event as it becomes available.Midday Thoughts
Crowley personally instructed McMurtry to give "Signs" of the appropriate M.O.E. degrees prior to the performance of Liber Resh (footnote in Book IV). Moreover, one of the requirements for having an O.T.O. Profess House is that Liber Resh is punctually performed by the houses' inhabitants (which means that Crowley expected O.T.O. members to know ( Read more... )