Thelema is dead!

FiatYod

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@FiatYod said
"Do you really think it's dead, though? If so, why?
This forum may be inactive (and it's been a long while since I've seen Jim comment here), but it doesn't mean that Thelema itself is dead."

It's dead if you see it dead. If you see it alive, if it flows through your nadis like a hippopotamus through a straw then it is very much alive. "

I agree.
Perhaps he meant that Thelema is dying, in the sense that the amount of Thelemites is decreasing - and in that case, I would like to see proof for that, because it is quite difficult to know the religious philosophy of every man and every woman on the planet.

Middleman

Hey, you guys see that new TV show Strange Angel? It's about Jack Parsons and Thelema. Of course, it's shit and has nothing to do with reality, but it was hilarious to see Crowley on CBS. Thelema is never born and never dies.

Middleman

Aw, this show Strange Angel had to turn Thelema into a sex thing. I guess self-unrealization is too boring for TV.

Takamba

It is a sex thing. Mistake not sex, for there is sex and sex.

Just look at the letters OTO

FiatYod

@Takamba said

"Just look at the letters OTO"

Brilliant!

"I am Sex, the creator of Man..."

Middleman

This Strange Angel show actually turned out to be pretty good. They show Crowley from behind in the finale, shooting heroin of course.

Middleman

Hey you guys gotta check out this season 2 of Strange Angel. Great portrayal of AC.

Hermitas

I’m kinda “in between” and don’t have access to some things, so I can’t watch.

What do you like about the portrayal?

Takamba

He's sexy.

*okay. I'm leaving now. Sorry.

Hermitas

Lol.

Do what thou wilt.

zeph

Previously:
Me: “I practice Thelema.”
Them: “What’s that?”

After Strange Angel:
Me: “I practice Thelema.”
Them: “Whoa! You’re in a sex cult?!”

The main proponent of the Law is a sociopathic murderer.

The show sucks.

Hermitas

Well...

****.

[sigh]

Corvinae

@Takamba said

"He's sexy.

*okay. I'm leaving now. Sorry."

Aha!!
I can finally call BS to something Takamba said.

I dont believe for one parsec you are sorry for saying that!!!

Takamba

Yes, a slip of the tongue to a colloquial attempt to stay in polite company. My bad.

Corvinae

@Takamba said

"Yes, a slip of the tongue to a colloquial attempt to stay in polite company. My bad."

My Work is done.....
Lol...
Just teasing

Im gonna have to google this actor and see if you were bsing about sexy....

Sexy is in the mind though and not the skin

Takamba

@Corvinae said

"
@Takamba said
"Yes, a slip of the tongue to a colloquial attempt to stay in polite company. My bad."

My Work is done.....
Lol...
Just teasing

Im gonna have to google this actor and see if you were bsing about sexy....

Sexy is in the mind though and not the skin"

The Crowley in this showing is of the older variety, about five or so years before his death. The actor is Angus Macfadyen (aged and shaved bald). He's not as pale as I expect Crowley to be, but it could have been the California sun. Sexy is in the eyes, which hints madly at a man's power. His swagger and certainty of speech are results of learned behavior related to how the outside world treats a man - this Crowley does not slur, is not feeble, and obviously wields power.

Sexy, not sorry.

Takamba

Imagine this man shaved and in a tasty London Fog coat & fedora.

https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article3819487.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Angus-Macfadyen.jpg

Corvinae

You are right....
Sexy is in the eyes.

As for that gentleman....
He didnt make my eyes twinkle.
Im sure he does lots for many many others though

FiatYod

I've watched both seasons last weekend, and I kinda liked it.
I mean, yeah, it has a lot of inaccuracies:

Misconceptions of True Will and True Self
Referring to the O.T.O. as "the Agape" (which is but a lodge of the O.T.O.)
A ridiculous performance of a shortened version of the Bornless Ritual
Lots of BS regarding the Abyss and the Crossing thereof (except for what Crowley said about it, which was quite vague)
(and more)
But it would make people interested in Thelema, and then they may read and be able to tell what the series got wrong.
And even if the series left a bad impression on some people, it would not do more harm to Thelemites than what has already been done.