I was talking with some people about banishing last night, and how I didn't really care for the star ruby as it places certain deities into quarters whose main attributes are based in their position. Hadit for example is the point which is everywhere and in the hearts ofmen and stars, to then go on and say "well actually, he's over in the south" is ( Read more... )

So, I'm almost done with a single chapter of my loagaeth book, would anybody like review it for me? I feel that my writing technique could be vastly improved, so before I close the seal again, I'd like feedback on things like style, readability, flow, etc. I'd also like a sanity check, ie does it make sense can other people other than myself ( Read more... )

Why is the number nine associated with the moon? I'm looking for natural answers or for older primary sources. After talking with some O.T.O. people I've only got two viable answers which are fairly questionable ( Read more... )

I'm pretty much done with Live Journal. The people who owned this site sold it a long while back and it keeps getting more annoying, adds and various things that I really don't want to have to put up with. RSS has also matured to the point where there is no reason people can't use it on a regular basis, there are just too many different blog ( Read more... )

For a long time, I've tried to reconcile the Rainbow layer of the Loagaeth Circle with the Walls of the Sacred temple in the mandalas. The answer was right there, the buddhist's rainbow only has five colors. The cakrasambhara-tantra teaches that the walls of a mandala should be painted in these five colours ( Read more... )

The True Self is the meaning of the True Will ( Read more... )

To look forward to death is an end to sorrows of life or to fear death as an end to the ego, these are the deaths of Beggars, their bowls empty.

To look forward to death as the opening of the gate of pure ecstasy, the path to the dissolution of current circumstances for the joy of change, this is the death of Kings, their cups overflowing.

At the seed of the sun is the dark one.
Dark, because He emits all light but does not emit himself (from himself),
The true form of the phoenix, the self which is beyond death,
That which is there in the ashes as well as in the flames.

The Supernal Sulphur purifying (itself) by fire.

Contemplating the Crowley's vision of the Rose and the amphitheater of judgement in respect to the process of nomination of the 5th degree, "The Sovereign Prince Rose-Croix ( Read more... )

Sal Ammon-icum
Sol omon

Hmmm