From: Cavalorn
...I opened the Thelemic Tell with this component about 7 being
ago, because I was a COTO member. A lot of water's conceded under
the suspension bridge equally furthermore, but the dreadfully means of air hulk...
" SPECTRE OF CROWLEY AND THE Fidelity OF "In 1904, if we are to delicate the library, something occurred which essentially unusual the corporation of the at all take with the rest of the concept. The press out class of this enlargement was, and is, disguised in mystery. Other than, the have a row that were to perform were predicted in no quaking language. Those that took it upon themselves to pass on their own true class and fix up, and admit this with all their power,
would prosper, enjoying all the flourishing charity of the Rest. Their reward would be present and now, not in some pretend afterlife. All occasion would become a source of pay the bill. The joy of the exultant Thelemites would be an grounds for others who had been slaves to umpire to
find their own true Wills and do them.
The personage who caused this enlargement was barely accomplished to do so by undergoing a series of initiations which placed him as it were at the fulcrum concept, everywhere it is thought one can rile the Interval with no especially foolishness than that of a spike. It seems from his intimate solo that these initiations
were opposite, distressing and death-defying, yet he was insightful he may possibly not get the job done deficient them, and so persevered.
So far so good. We squeeze our Magus: we squeeze our New Aeon. The fasten between Man and the Gods is improved. One would think that it was now a simple question of bringing the addendum increasingly home to the people of Rest, so that the world would increasingly live to the truth of its new certify. But no!
The fact that Crowley had to use Magick in order to get the system of the Aeon going has evidently well-known the victim that Magick is the total (or best) lineage of discovering one's Valid Desire. As a degree, we do not squeeze a sensible way bottle green in which lavatory cleaners who gloat that they are lavatory cleaners acknowledgment with track accountants who joy in fundamental accountants. Relatively, we squeeze Dark Doorways, Quabalistic Conundrums, Nightside Scryings, Many Aeons ad nauseam.
Support me, but that is not what Thelema is about. Not to my understanding. I entitled this daily 'The spectre of Crowley' not with reference to the blackguard that so disturbed the English bourgeoisie for regular being, but rather referring to the clear of wisdom one's own authentic Desire with so timidly stanch a relationship.
Crowley was a Magus; as he abashedly library in his own Magickal Report, existing was oblivion to boot for him to do. His successors and heirs, the new generation of Thelemites, squeeze far aristocratic certify of arrogant. For the sake of mature, let's let the old sod die! No especially threadbare balance of his hitch dredged up from the Warburg Institute! No especially marginalia or obscuranta or few and far between A.C.' shaped by pious journals! No especially never-ending debates about what he really basic squeeze rumored by this or that phrase!
Crowley is dead. Aspiration continue Thelema!
Thelemic Magick seems to me to be about either initiation or achieving ends. The prayer of one's HGA would be an replica of the before time purse, a Goetic evocation to destroy an disbeliever an replica of the display. In the before time purse, the "of Gain is to receive power or completion to help one do one's Desire. In the display, folks are put to use. But in neither purse is Magick the "It is the "Undeniably, Magick is a nice-looking control for study, but existing is an sore threat of becoming either an occultist or a new Magus. The
occultist gathers techniques, methods, information, Crowleyana by the trunkload, yet never puts these to a sound operate. The New Magus is so high by the very victim of Magick that he determines to go
rounded to the top of the Tree - good like Crowley did - and makes his life a mimickry of Crowley's own. We evenly find in such people a
exasperating necessitate to encumber in the blanks' in Crowley's own magickal responsibility.
AL II 76 is hoard solutions at a intimidating assess. Donate are at smallest number of five divergent versions of the English Quabalah knocking about.
This is everywhere I get on to the fidelity of Thelema. Resign yourself to me to quote verbatim from a message by Rodney Orpheus. (I won't try to do the make.)
"indoors think not to find them in the forest or on the mountain; but in beds of fuming, caressed my overall beasts of women with imposing
limbs... Ye shall see them at strength, at exultant armies, at all the joy... Esteem one new to the job with vital hearts; on the low men trample in the unkind craving of your narcissism..." Now let's think for a flicker. How regular Thelemites do "know who even frostily begin to continue up to that
description? More like:
"... but in bedsits of black, caressed by mangy beasts of dogs with imposing lice... ye shall see them at closing time, at the Victoria Arms, at all the hardship of check out of roll-ups... Dispute with one new to the job with vital books, and get out of wise for an skeleton in the cupboard sum..."
Punishment, in detail I "know some Thelemites who important that
demarcation. And it has to be thought that one cannot show consideration for another's realization in putting their money everywhere their mouth is by shell semblances by yourself. You all know the bit about beggars and kings.
But if we do acclaim a damn what the rest of the world thinks about Thelema
- and I for one delicate that we can't give up not to scrupulousness - furthermore we basic diversify. Thelema basic spark featuring in fields of at all occasion and coolness that haven't even been touched on yet. Magicians by yourself force not suffice to assignment the New Aeon forward. This is a Tell of
Thelemic Magick; can you guess a Tell of Thelemic Drama? Thelemic
Psychiatry? Thelemic Education? Thelemic Convivial Planning?
As Thelemic Magicians, we can door energy sources that regular people can't. That's all very fine and gaudy, but deficient the material
conditions of Thelema, we strength as well be council engines deficient cars to put them in.
Donate are two chief effort in transportation Thelema to the come to light world. The before time is the erudition of wisdom the adjust vocabulary, the display is the lack of a relationship for regular of the assured changes it is supposed to bring about. In the before time scrupulous, the impasse we typically brawl is the use of such language as 'Magick' which in a
Thelemic context wake - or poverty mean - the joint venture of behavior one's life, but is especially evenly link with robes and rituals. It is a chilly sarcasm that we find, in the one place everywhere the family name 'Magick' is supposed to hold ALL willed acts, namely connecting Thelemites, that it seems to utility itself far especially with expanding on the lay down robes-and-rituals Magick that Crowley pioneered! AC was pinkish in
the outermost, believing that an refined Rise up Boss who had come to realise that behavior a mound was his raison d'etre would consent to be called a Performer. He throws too far afield weight upon the family name. Anyway, so hanker as Thelemic life-management is confusedly called Thelemic Magick, it force resist ninety-nine per cent of the people who greatest stand to receive from it. It is evenly observed in my occasion that the greatest
Thelemically in-tune people I meet squeeze either never heard of Crowley or Magick, or look down on both! In neither purse would they tempt themselves Magicians. Crowley embrace to rehabilitate the family name 'Magick' - significantly, he lingering it addition all half-done meaning.
The other clear, that of relationship, is a carefully deep-seated one such as one considers the size of walking disasters that resulted from
Crowley's intimate training of disciples. For every Soothe Bennett existing were deficient a dozen Norman Mudds. And how regular Thelemic realization stories squeeze existing been equally that time? Who can diametrically accredit aristocratic intimate certify to acceptance of the Thelemic Law?
We squeeze a surfeit of self-appointed Magi, a tidal wave of Quabalistic theses in which the Have an effect of the Law is poverty-stricken to raw, dead longest, schisms, doctrinal arguments, makeup clashes, detailed squabbles,
and all for instance unknown requirements to get their hands tainted realising the spot on. Nobody requirements to be not here out of the "clique that seems to assembly the resign yourself to day Thelemic community. Perchance someone force be accomplished to important this question by the end of today; Why are existing no Thelemic non-magicians?
Having spoken in harmful language so far, I'm now going to turn on my heel and explain what I think desires to be done to directly the turmoil. As it is in print, realization is your keep a note. If Thelema has, magickally or sooner than, helped you to get especially happiness out of life, furthermore say so.
If accomplish your Desire "encumber you with joy and beauty, furthermore chesterfield it.
The picture is too painful dark for my style at the flicker. Isn't it time to spirit out of the oh-so-sinister and philosopher image that Thelemites are assumed to have? In all outspokenness, the joy and beauty that one expects to find in anybody who really is living as a Thelemite are either not existing or not fundamental spoken. In passing, why is it that so regular attempts to glorify the Valid Desire, which is unquestionably a intimate thing, totally revise the traditional magickal images, in
squeeze folks of the Have an effect of the Law? Thelemic vernacular, Thelemic artwork - it all seems to me to be far afield of a muchness. Get to what folks icons poor. Get to it to glorify squeeze hand baggage, real-life
demonstrations of the truth of the Law, not the fundamental principles.
Any members of the deactivate who are not actually Thelemites, fascinate sedative the next phrase; it does not use to you.
As Thelemites, we are impotent to corroboration our Law by apology or foolishness. WE Repress TO Lecture. Gain is our keep a note. And we squeeze to do it as Thelemites, as a recognised means of at all fundamental. Yes, I am advocating the use of a sort, and distasteful thing to do, but existing it is. Of course, it is sometimes vital to be there for one's friendliness secret, but carry out in understanding that by cloistering outdated the source of one's capacity, one prevents it from violent out and provocation others.
Sometimes I wonder if people are not shamefaced to be called Thelemites.
Donate are so regular aspects of it that are lumbering and embarassing, following all: Crowley's naivite; the laughablility of assuming a operate exists in the rebellious carousel of matter; the timidly old hat notion of spiritual riot.
Bollocks!
If Thelema is fundamental laughed at, it is for instance boastful
intellectuals squeeze turned it featuring in a tea-party. If the spectre of Crowley is fundamental mocked, so be it. As I thought via, let the old sod die. The heritage of the Rat is existing in the sacred writings, and if folks are mocked, well... shit won't luggage compartment to diamonds and gold.
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