Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.Ok, I have now learnt my lesson about saying I'll accomplish the Work in silence. This seems to mean that you will in fact not speak the same language as your "assistant
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.Well today was off to the Rijksmuseum. I have previously been to the van Gogh museum next door, but had skipped on the Rijksmuseum as any decent museum needs most of a day devoted to it. The principal thing I expected to see was Rembrant's "Nightwatch" - but other, even more astounding, beauties were
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.Well, I am concluding my voluminous holiday from work with a trip to the Netherlands. Landed at Schipol at 0900hrs local time today, and discovered - to my disappointment - that they have finally got round to completely banning smoking in the airport. Oh well
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"the auto-erotic and homosexual techniques developed by Kellner and Reuss would have horrified the far more reserved Randolph, for whom sex was a sacrament between married couples, strictly guarded by ritual sanctity and moral injunctions" - Hugh B. Urban, "The Omnipotent Oom: Tantra and Its Impact
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Although historically I have had a fair reputation for some quite stunning elemental magick, this time I promise it isn't me...
"Since last summer we've had to deal with floods, an earthquake and now gales. The only thing we haven't had is a heatwave." Humberside Fire Service spokesman Glenn
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Sat last night at the computer generally catching up on things (reading blogs, checking forums, etc.) - my chair jumps! Ho, hum, check outside, see if I can see anything the local kids have blown up. Nothing in sight. What makes a 3 foot thick concrete foundation lurch?
That is what the Thelemic community seems to be suffering from at present.
I don't particularly want to offend anyone, but I suspect it is likely that I will. Most recently in the ongoing catalogue of Trogloditic activity is the events surrounding the locking of a post on the LaShTaL forum hereI
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."My Son, there are Afflictions many and Woes many, that come of the Errors of Men in respect of the Will; but there is none greater than this, the Interference of the Busy-Body. For they make Pretence to know a Man's Thought better than he doth himself, and to direct his Will with more Wisdom than he
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"The principle of popular election is a fatal folly; its results are visible in every so-called democracy. The elected man is always the mediocrity; he is the safe man, the sound man, the man who displeases the majority less than any other; and therefore never the genius, the man of progress and
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