The thing about working with Crowley and his system is that there will never be any Bill Cosby moments. Or you could think of them as Osho moments too. Or Ted Haggard nega-epiphanies.

That moment where something is revealed about someone that jars your perception of them and leaves you horribly disappointed and bitter. "No! Cliff Huxtable can't be ( Read more... )

There is nothing more annoying than a white male in his 20s who has read a few occult books and misunderstood them enough to babble endlessly about things he has no hope of understanding - after he has smoked an ounce of weed ( Read more... )

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A. E. Housman (1859-1936).  A Shropshire Lad.  1896.

LXII. Terence, this is stupid stuff

‘TERENCE, this is stupid stuff:


You eat your victuals fast enough;


There can’t be much amiss, ’tis clear,


To see the rate you drink your beer.


But oh, good Lord, the verse you make,
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It gives a chap the belly-ache.


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People keep asking me questions about Thelema. I have no idea why, because I am a Minerval.

But here is what I have to say about some matters Thelemic. Mind you: this is MY OPINION and nothing more.

And by the way: if anyone ever tells you that there is ONE absolute interpretation of this or that part of the Book of the Law, or Crowley’s writings, or ( Read more... )

"By the English Quabalah ADNI is Air, Venus, Leo and Fire, indicating that Lord is defined as a power that the operator is consecrated to thus empowering him with his true Will and so revealing his pure identity to himself."

A Comment on the Verses of the Book of Law
By D. G. Mattichak, Jr ( Read more... )

I am currently reading "Aleister Crowley and the Magical Diary," and especially the "John St. John" part. This, for those who don't know, is Crowley's personal diary in which he used the alias John St. John. It's an account of a 13-day "magical retirement" he did in Paris. I am not quite sure what he is trying to achieve, to be honest, except that ( Read more... )

Well, at least I can be Happydog Potatohead here, without anyone trying to figure out who I really am so they can target advertising directly to my name. We made a bad compromise when we agreed to give our "real" names to the Internet. In the old days no one but an idiot would have used their real name on the Internet. Now, we're required to, so ( Read more... )

I have a little something to say to you ( Read more... )

I hate doctrine and people who preach it. I hate fundamentalists of all stripes. I despise people who cling to interpretations because someone else said so and who reinforce their interpretations with ignorance, prejudice, and blather ( Read more... )