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Category Archives: Occult
Joseph Smith: America’s Hermetic Prophet
(From Gnosis.org) BY LANCE S. OWENS You don’t know me–you never will. You never knew my heart. No man knows my history. I cannot tell it; I shall never undertake it. I don’t blame anyone for not believing my history. … Continue reading
Posted in General Mysticism, Hermeticism, Kabbalah, Occult, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Tagged America, Angel Moroni, Christianity, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Gnosticism, God, Harold Bloom, Hermes Trismegitus, Hermetic, Hermeticism, Joseph Smith, Mormonism, Occult, Prophet, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, United States
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David Chaim Smith’s 2nd Aspect
“David Chaim Smith is unstuck in time. David Chaim Smith makes drawings… They are incandescent utterances from the nexus point of unutterable ecstasy. They are inchoate maps of the un-mappable places of Original Creation. Is it dangerous to document these … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Works by Others, David Chaim Smith, General Mysticism, Judaism, Kabbalah, Occult, Visual
Tagged Astral body, Awareness, David Chaim Smith, Esoteric, Kabbalah, New Age, Occult, Opposing Views, Out-of-body experience, Paranormal, Religion and Spirituality, Technology
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The Law of Thelema by Alexander Duncan
Editor’s Note: Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947) contributed greatly to the “magical revival,” as it has been called, during the first half of the 20th Century. His written works have had a profound effect on the practice of Magick. In addition, Satanism, … Continue reading
Posted in θέλημα, Occult, Religion
Tagged Ecclesia Gno, Esoteric and Occult, Occult, Ordo Templi Orientis, Religion, Thelema
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Does one have to be a Aleisterian in order to be a Thelemite?
(from http://www.ashami.com/eidolons/Aleisterianism) …Aleisterianism can be defined as a set of ideas, beliefs, and practices derived from the life and works of Aleister Crowley. In its purest form, it has three primary aspects: (1) it is rooted solely in the person … Continue reading
“Aleister and Me”
(from the Eidolons of Ash) When I wrote my essay on Aleisterianism, I was motivated by the understanding that all spiritual systems are artificial (although they are meant to reflect the natural). They are constructed to help mediate the relationship between … Continue reading
Posted in θέλημα, Occult, Religion
Tagged Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, Occult, Ordo Templi Orientis, Thelema
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Dear God, you seriously believe this tripe? Why we need a Thelemic Reformation.
In 2007 I visited a friend in Austin, Texas, who is the master of OTO‘s Scarlet Woman Lodge, to inquire about joining OTO and EGC. While visiting with him and other members of the lodge, I began to talk with a … Continue reading
Does Thelema need an ecclesiastical hierarchy? (with my thoughts on how Crowley got it wrong)
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. This is an expansion of a discussion I began on Twitter. I posited the following open question: Do you believe that there is an actual need for an ecclesiastical hierarchy … Continue reading
Posted in Adidam, Albert Pike, Animism, Atenism, Baha'i Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Egyptian Religion, Freemasonry, General Mysticism, Hermeticism, Hinduism, Islam, θέλημα, Ken Wilber, Occult, Religion, Scientology, Scottish Rite, Taoism, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Urantia Book
Tagged Aleister Crowley, Christianity, Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, Esoteric and Occult, Hierarchies, Hierarchy, Occult, Ordo Templi Orientis, Protestant Reformation, Religion, The Book of the Law, Thelema, Usenet
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Thelema=Dialectical Monism
Why do you think Crowley was so keen on translating the Dao De Ching (AKA Tao Teh King)? Because Thelema is a manifestation of dialectical monism akin to Taoism or Hermeticism. Here are two quotes from Liber AL attesting to … Continue reading
Posted in Hermeticism, θέλημα, Occult, Religion, Taoism
Tagged Daniel Dennett, Joseph Priestley, Malcolm Jeeves, Nancey Murphy, Richard Swinburne, The Book of the Law, Thelema
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