<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Magick]]></title><description><![CDATA[Q&amp;A and discussion on ceremonial magick]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/category/244</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:11:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://thelema.org/forum/category/244.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 02:57:19 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Ritual Construction for Housing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also, I used an invocation from the Book of the Goddess: https://sacred-texts.com/wmn/bog/index.htm
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19569/ritual-construction-for-housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19569/ritual-construction-for-housing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stef]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 02:57:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIA document on benefits of Meditation.]]></title><description><![CDATA[@Stef Yay!  
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19492/cia-document-on-benefits-of-meditation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19492/cia-document-on-benefits-of-meditation</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 19:07:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astrology exhibit at the Getty Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oooooooooooh!!!!!!   Thank you!!!!   Anyone up for a field trip?  
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19482/astrology-exhibit-at-the-getty-museum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19482/astrology-exhibit-at-the-getty-museum</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:57:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adaption to Enviorment and Will]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law,
Some argue survival IS adaptation.
I see this was posted a few years ago, so I’m sorry if this doesn’t have the same relevance; but just in case &amp;/or for others,
I’v felt this same plea many times. Or at least, your words bring up recurring feelings I relate to. Not only have I always felt a sense of being at-odds with my environment; I’v moved quite a few times, wondering how to adapt. So I can’t help but share.


Currently in Oregon, US, I live in a valley higher(ish) in elevation, against forested mountains. The towns have populated and grown into each-other so is pretty urbanized, not “out-there.” And this is the first time I chose to move solely based on circumstance. Iv always had (relative) difficulty with finances; chasing breaking-even.


Adaptation is an alchemical process I personally liken to gardening. My spiritual practices–next to this physical correspondence I can engage with in the same world I am questioning–is how I have coped, now &amp; in the past. They give immediately, material to observe &amp; work with; adaptation becomes the side-effect. Did the whale really “try” to lose its limbs and push its nostrils above its skull? We can definitely say the cetacean tried to swim &amp; never stopped.


There are great anchors and vistas through the path when perseverance heads the course–
–and as many have attested; Pearls of Wisdom (James Eshelman) has some particular nuggets of sheer gold that never cease to surprise. Meditations, practices, rituals, the breakdown of human-nature in relation to ritualistic value. These spiritual practices ground &amp; sharpen my senses &amp; concentration, my imagination &amp; passion; and these are all we really have to interact &amp; effect our universe about us &amp; within us.
A famous principle of Permaculture:
“The Problem is the Solution.”
I.e. I have legs for land &amp; no mammal can swim far, but the most food freely swims in the ocean; to freely swimming, I become the largest, undisturbed mammal ever to live.
Generally I only see a magickal act, or expression of my will, as an intentional action which produces a beneficial result–usually near or right in line with my intent.
And so the adaptations necessary come to light next to the unintentional (“unmagickal” if-you-like) actions.
Adaptations that supply security and fulfillment are definite expressions of my will. Habits and experiments are lessons to be learned from.
Love is the law, love under will.
L L
L L
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19406/adaption-to-enviorment-and-will</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19406/adaption-to-enviorment-and-will</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2020 20:11:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formation of the Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mind is formed by way of underlying tendency. Vasanas they are called in Sanskrit. The mind is like an ocean and thoughts are its body and the tendencies are the laws that create change and sway it. This is why concentration is vital to yoga practice whose aim is nirvikalpa samadhi. It silences the tendencies, though that takes discipline and perseverance. The nature of the magical circle is silence. I've said before that silence is the safeguard of all magical and mystical work. Choronzon functions by way of belief ("I am I"), its medium is the substratum of the Abyss (Da'at, knowledge). Silence bypasses all of that, for how can belief take form where there is no means to do so?
This is why all good mystics are aware (note the pun) that their own beliefs are ultimately false or counterfeit. They are but an inferior derivation of the divine intuition, who speaks not in words; the Neschama. Just don't mix the planes! 
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19391/formation-of-the-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19391/formation-of-the-mind</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[seekinghga]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:13:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alchemical Operations resource]]></title><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19397/alchemical-operations-resource</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19397/alchemical-operations-resource</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 19:32:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sword and Wand-Air and Fire?]]></title><description><![CDATA[@christibrany said

"Can someone explain basically why swords couldn't be earth, esp. as they include primarily earth minerals/metal?"

Hmmm.... how shall I speak truth and be certain it won't become lie to the ear under-developed to such things? The sword unfortunately can cut both ways. Training in swordsmanship is required by the SCA swordsmith who along with my witness and touch crafted my first sword for me. He doesn't sell swords, he makes them and sells them only after you participate in three hours (three days, one hour each) training in handling the sword - because it litterally will cut both ways.
Symbols are indeed arbitrary. Create your own if you like. Test them out. See what happens. But the symbolism of the sword representing the mind (tarot) which includes reasoning, philosophy, law and order topics, opinions, facts, mentality, is a very good choice as is. The disk, or pentagram, is a great symbol for Earth because of the paten; the dish that holds the wafer of the Eucharist is the Bringing to Earth the Spirit Made Flesh. Oh, and coins are nothing but materialism. So there's that.
But as I said, it's all arbitrary. We chose them, they didn't arrive this way. Experiment as thou wilt and then observe the report.
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19384/sword-and-wand-air-and-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19384/sword-and-wand-air-and-fire</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Takamba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:00:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;Whare Ra Pentagram Ritual&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you read pages 6-19 from the link you provided?
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19372/whare-ra-pentagram-ritual</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19372/whare-ra-pentagram-ritual</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FiatYod]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 02:14:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-Binary or Trans Persons in Gender Specific Ritual Roles]]></title><description><![CDATA[I find that by taking the perspective  we are dealing with Feminine/Masculine principles,
rather than a Male/Female manifestation thereof resolves the conflict.
Perhaps the flesh bits dangling , or not, between legs allows a person to resonate better with certain principles,
In a ritual context the image presented could be said to supersede the identify of the individual.
So, a "male human" might provide a better costume for the role, but, in a sense, you should be "ignoring the *body" in a ritual context.
*EDIT: changed tense of a word, and person to body
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19360/non-binary-or-trans-persons-in-gender-specific-ritual-roles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19360/non-binary-or-trans-persons-in-gender-specific-ritual-roles</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uni_Verse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:38:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hekas, hekas este bebeloi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some people say haykawss, but otherwise no. That said I suspect a Greek scholar might have something to say.
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19365/hekas-hekas-este-bebeloi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19365/hekas-hekas-este-bebeloi</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[zeph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:07:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast quote:  Damien Echols: Building the Light Body]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think we are all ready doing that.
As part and parcel to Nuit,
THAT which has been divided,
Naturally flows back to the source.
0 becomes 1,
a single verse becomes many;
Each beckoned, two
spin , turn, face
"The Sun"
Praise IT, Tell IT
What has been done !
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19346/podcast-quote-damien-echols-building-the-light-body</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19346/podcast-quote-damien-echols-building-the-light-body</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uni_Verse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:53:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please Help]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best way to find out how a mudra works is - perform it  That is, abide in the position, with observant approach, noting the specific energy flow or whatever sensations/experience you have. ( and the same, of course, goes for a sequence of positions or mudras)
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19342/please-help</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19342/please-help</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Danica]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:34:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book of Abramelin in languages other than English?]]></title><description><![CDATA[@danica said

"
@FiatYod said
"If I remember correctly, some say that the Book of Abramelin was originally written in German, and others say it was written in Hebrew.
However, all the copies I could find online are in English.
Does any of you have a copy of it in German or in Hebrew? Where can I get it from?

Thanks"
This seems to be a bilingual Hebrew-German edition:
www.amazon.com/Abramelin-egyptischen-Offenbarungen-Abraham-g%C3%B6ttlichen/dp/3936149003/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1544499424&amp;sr=8-2-fkmr0&amp;keywords=abramelin+the+mage+german"
Sounds promising, but there's no preview. I guess it's in German, with Hebrew words here and there (like many magick-related books in English use Hebrew when necessary).
Thanks!
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19339/book-of-abramelin-in-languages-other-than-english</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19339/book-of-abramelin-in-languages-other-than-english</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[FiatYod]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:24:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Need serious help with Ritual]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think you are repressing Lacan's object a. Object a is "a void presupposed by a demand." This is your jealousy. Object a is connected with semblance and representation.
There is no discourse that is not a semblance, there is no Other of the Other, there is no such thing as a sexual relationship.
The discourse that might not be a semblance is "There is no discourse that is not a semblance."
The sexual relationship doesn't stop not being written. This is your repression.
Given the whole and the not-whole, the universe is the place in which, due to the fact of speaking, everything succeeds- that is, succeeds in making the sexual relationship fail in the male manner.
From the ladies' side, it is on the basis of the elaboration of the not-whole that one must break new ground. Were there another jouissance than phallic jouissance (feminine jouissance), it shouldn't be/could never fail to be that one. This jouissance speaks, and the first effect of speaking is that is speaks of something else. It makes you capable of serving some purpose, since you don't know how to enjoy otherwise than to be enjoyed or duped, because it is the jouissance that shouldn't be/could never fail.
There is no such thing as a sexual relationship and there is no Other of the Other.
The Real cannot be written. There is no discourse that is not a semblance. The Real is impossible. The Real of jouissance is impossible.
Of interest may be Lacan's four discourses, notably hysteria and the master's discourse: www.google.com/search?q=lacan+hysteria+matheme&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiyxOCF6_LdAhVCx1kKHcAaBf8Q_AUIDygC&amp;biw=1920&amp;bih=969#imgrc=fVX9shFLe8nrZM:
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19300/need-serious-help-with-ritual</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19300/need-serious-help-with-ritual</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[LD330]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2018 01:16:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shew-Stone of Crowley (418)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah, Jim said the stone was set in a cross on this forum once. I forgot about that.
You will all be happy to know I have alchemically blended all 4 kinds of rock, including classic rock, into the ultimate seer's stone, set inside a giant inverse pentagram. When scrying, I see a lot of evil faces and whatnot. Is this normal for this kind of work?
I wonder how many people do that kinda thing?

]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19327/shew-stone-of-crowley-418</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19327/shew-stone-of-crowley-418</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ThelemicMage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 07:04:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-styled LBRP]]></title><description><![CDATA["and a private one I will simply say "ROCKS!"
ooohhhh
this made me think of a cool one!
(cues Over the HIlls and Far Away)
and when I just opened my news feed I saw that a remaster of the Song Remains the Same will be reissued. 
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19305/self-styled-lbrp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19305/self-styled-lbrp</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Corvinae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 03:44:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heal Injury]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nineborn,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
No one can find your True Will for you. No one can tell you more than where the map might be. And it's always changing (like Angel of Death says elsewhere, the Body is always changing). True is best understood in this context like used for a compass. True North. The globe is .... well, a globe.... and someone may be "east" on this globe and someone may be "west" on this globe, but when they both turn and face True Will, they're both "south."
That may not make itself obvious right away, but essentially you're always south of True Will. (so many riddles)
And you're always striving to or with it.
You can't miss it, you can only struggle or no.
And as I see it
it isn't an "End."
It's a Way.
Love is the law, love under will.
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19318/heal-injury</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19318/heal-injury</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Takamba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:21:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to help a friend who is seeing DT-related demons]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOL, I suppose they do take a variety of forms, even cartoons.
Good point. I'll mention the LBRP to him and he can decide. He was keen on some of the simpler things I suggested.
I feel an obligation to offer him guidance since he came to me specifically, knowing a little of my interests, and said he doesn't feel comfortable discussing it with anyone else outside of his therapist.
Thanks for your comments.
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19324/how-to-help-a-friend-who-is-seeing-dt-related-demons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19324/how-to-help-a-friend-who-is-seeing-dt-related-demons</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ananda137]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 05:38:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nature of Karma]]></title><description><![CDATA[@Angel of Death said

"
@Nineborn said
"How should i deal with resentment? Invasive thoughts about past betrayals ? Basically dealing with the past."

When I have moments like this,
moments when something in my day reminds me of something past
I slap myself on the ass really hard and tell myself to wake the hell up and stop with the pity party and to put on my big girl panties and go kick some ass right now.
Dude,  I have a million and one reasons to wallow in shitty thoughts about things in the past.
but that just a big ol waste of time.
recognize that all that stuff you went through got you to where you are right now.
you would not be the person you are if you hadnt gone through them
they didnt kill you
you are in a good place so be grateful for all that you do have look forward,  not past."
Yeah i hear what youre saying. Its really a matter of taking control of my own thoughts i suppose. Its my choice to linger on those thoughts if theyre triggered. Doesnt make it easy per se, but i guess theres no real escape from the responsibility of directing our thought currents.
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19312/the-nature-of-karma</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19312/the-nature-of-karma</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nineborn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2018 04:40:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lon Duquette threatens Spirits?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Assuming they are "beings":
Maybe, that is how they choose to communicate ?
Howls, yells, broken dinner plates...
-IF_, the submissive WANTS to be spanked,
is it a punishment or an instance of dominance ?
Over the one claiming to have POWER
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19317/lon-duquette-threatens-spirits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19317/lon-duquette-threatens-spirits</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uni_Verse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 14:07:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Ritual in Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ahh... I just found the mini-tapers ("spell candles") on the internet. That's makes WAY more sense. lol
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19315/first-ritual-in-years</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19315/first-ritual-in-years</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hermitas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 02:08:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Scrying the Same As Viewing a Magick Eye?]]></title><description><![CDATA[@Luce said

"
Are you saying Takamba helped you see the planet? Because the vast majority of people can see the planet. People who hate everyone can see the planet.** Serial killers could see the planet**. It's a wholly physical process.

You're saying by trusting Takamba, you were able to see the magic eye?
Well, I don't trust him and I can still see the magic eye 
But, still not sure about what my eyes should be doing while scrying... If anyone has an answer, I'd love to hear it. Should my eyes be crossed? Should I be seeing "double" when I'm staring into a black mirror?"
the vast majority of people who look at that picture do not take the time to look deeper.  If you think serial killers do not have Love in their hearts,  then you do not know me very well.  its the willingness to push past those limits and be open to something new,  and that openness comes from feeling safe and loved.
I am saying that when I trust that there is more to see then what is staring me in my face,  Ill see it.
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19314/is-scrying-the-same-as-viewing-a-magick-eye</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19314/is-scrying-the-same-as-viewing-a-magick-eye</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Corvinae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:33:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interpretation of planetary intelligences&#x2F;spirits]]></title><description><![CDATA[@FiatYod said

"
Oh, I didn't know it was Crowley's comment, thank you for the correction! 
I'm not sure I got your point: do you mean that the words "spirit" and "intelligence" are to be taken as their "mundane" meanings?"

What we call them is nowhere near as important as what they can do.    Solvitur ambulando.
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19189/interpretation-of-planetary-intelligences-spirits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19189/interpretation-of-planetary-intelligences-spirits</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[seekinghga]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:18:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ceremonial Magick for the Uninitated]]></title><description><![CDATA[I replied there as well my friend. Thank you!
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19259/ceremonial-magick-for-the-uninitated</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19259/ceremonial-magick-for-the-uninitated</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hego]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:15:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banishing Charged Objects.]]></title><description><![CDATA[93,
Thank you for your reply. I believe that makes sense and is similar to my own thoughts on the matter, I just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. I believe the LBRP has more of an equilibrating effect, it is more about balance and harmony than banishing negativity and invoking positivity- as some people like to put it.
I have always thought there is more of an invoking aspect to the ritual than a banishing one, comparing the LBRP with the Star Ruby further makes me feel this way. The ritual can be used to banish, but in daily practice, it feels more like setting aside space for the work rather than banishing all energies in the space, whatever is in the space is then consecrated to the work at hand, which in daily practice would be to carry out my Will.
If I was invoking Venus, I would naturally put away items consecrated to Mercury etc. It was more of an issue for daily work. As long as everything is consecrated in a manner which conforms to my Will all should be fine I suppose. I just wanted to make sure that all the previous work I had done was not a waste of time!
93, 93/93.
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19232/banishing-charged-objects</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19232/banishing-charged-objects</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mark0987]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 09:15:28 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>