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    93s! Here are some questions for this week: How does Von Franz's history of hanging by tree and the execution of gods relate to the tarot trump "The Hanged Man"? (pgs. 40-46) What are some potential shadows for Thelemic values? (pg. 47) On page 53, Von Franz relates the instinctual rituals of bees to human rituals. What do modern initiation ceremonies have in common with bee instincts? (pgs. 52-53) What is the history behind the alchemical symbol of the stork and how might we interpret it within a modern Thelemic context? (pgs 54-55) Also, I thought I'd add a more personal one, how does the symbol of the execution (as described in this chapter) show up in your life?** Thanks ya'll!

  • A place to be less intellectual.

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    There are adorations and annunciations to the Feminine and Daughter, but they are privileged.

  • Per user request, here is a place to discuss dream interpretation.

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    Really cool Stef, thank you! I will experiment with this.

  • Q&A and discussion on the Path of Initiation

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    Aye?

  • Q&A and discussion on the world view encapsulating humanity's current stage of evolution

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    https://thelema.org/aa/bookofthelaw

  • Q&A and discussion on the Hermetic Qabbalah

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    I came to the forum after long-time-no-see with a question in mind to post and randomly checked here in Qabalah section to see what's new - to find this old thread that addresses, however in its own different way, exactly the subject of my question ! Does anyone know (ideally, historical info, with year/century and everything pertinent) when the Shemhamphorash started being attributed to the Zodiac, in sequence as we now have it?

  • Q&A and discussion on yoga and other avenues of mysticism

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    @Uni_Verse said "The Mystics' Rede (of I) four-square, mystic, I am a Nigh-hil-is-tic! Who can know nothing, there : being, no thing to know Though I dare O, my god ! I DO, DARE : TO WILL To feel, to think, to be-leaf When, said: "This is THAT," I recoils, horrified At the denial of my validity Sanctity of my solemn-I-ty Accepting, Respecting Beliefs Best I can do as a fellow Me to You TOOT, TOOT HOOT, HOOT" Reading this just brought Brightness of Laughter, pure-undiluted-solar-simple-Happiness, to start my day!

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    @Stef Yay!

  • Scriptural meditations of the day from the Thelemic canon, with primary emphasis on Liber LXV, Liber VII, and Liber CCXX. (Meditations with no responses after 2 days will be deleted - we want to encourage ACTIVE DISCUSSION.)

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    @Takamba said "When Volume II of the Equinox was supposed to come out, there was nothing for Crowley to offer (lack of money and whatnot plus maybe other things). Crowley dubbed Volume II of the Equinox "The Volume of Silence." What a pun! Anyway. He claimed in one writing or another to have taken it up as an A.'.A.'. tradition. I don't remember if it is supposed to be one year or five years of silence. I am suspecting that Jim has adopted this tradition and it is why we haven't heard from him in so long (this is all assumption at this point). Let's hope it's one year and not five." In addition to the Holy Books of Thelema, I would recommend Crowley's "Confessions" as required reading. Read "The Confessions of Aleister CrowleY" and "John St. John". (Not necessarily directed towards Takamba) Reading those two texts/books will integrate your brain with Crowley's thinking. I would say that such reading is more important than anything Abramelin ever wrote... Compare the Abramelin technique with what I suggested in my Psalms of an Aeon (stupid, ridiculous title) #20. It's all about increased devotion. Devotion is just thought, belief, dogma, rubbish. True devotion represents a diminishment of thought so that thought becomes one-pointed, and then through that one-pointedness the mind subsides and all that is left is awareness. HGA?

  • Led by Al-Shariyf, based Download a free copy of Liber Theta, https://thelema.org/publications#article--monographs

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    @danica said " @AliceKnewI said "I notice that the sun rays curve as if it were rotating widdershins - counterclockwise. Why would that be? I would have expected Deosil - "sunwise" Any insights for this?" this is how it appears the Zodiac is moving on daily basis (diurnal Earth rotation), what we see from earth" Oh, thanks so much! 93 93/93