Has anyone heard of the &"magical&" language WAKANABA?
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I know. My concern about it was that these people were thelemites but considered Hebrew a "perverted" language, why I do not know, but they mentioned this new "language called Wakanaba that was the new language for thelemic rituals dealing with the qabalah. Seems odd to me but I wanted a second opinion.
I never heard of it.I found this link . . . what do you think?
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I think that those self-proclaimed thelemites who claim that Hebrew Kabbalah is perverse or unnecessary are just plain lazy. I have never heard of wakanaba and can only finda info about it on a couple of sites so I'm going to guess it's some person's little niche and probably rather unnecessary to bother with. By the way the Values of the English letters that Crowley worked with were just a conversion of english to their hebrew equivalent. There are a few examples of this in his diary, but some people just have to reinvent the wheel and call it new.
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Alrah wrote:"The Law that pertains to all men of the New Aeon does not require magical study"
I'm not sure about that. It seems to me that if we are moving more and more into Neshamic consciousness, then a certain amount of magical understanding is going to be very helpful, if not downright essential. Just as mystical illumination is going to be necessary.
Simple logical analysis is something the Book of the Law disparages, even if there's an obvious need for it at times. But it doesn't deliver the whole picture, and comprehending the full reality of True Will is not a process of step-by-step logic.
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Edward
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"then a certain amount of magical understanding is going to be very helpful, if not downright essential. Just as mystical illumination is going to be necessary. "
Are you saying that a Law cannot operate despite our ignorance of it? I'm a little unclear here. What was Crowley's
view?Atzilut
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Atzilut, 93,
Crowley offered many views over many years. I'm not necessarily always concerned with them, since I'm here to live my own life, not AC's. But he does seem to have spent a lot of time expounding the value of magick.
What I wanted to convey was, that while "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" is a plain statement, the process of unraveling what it means in my own life has entailed a lot of end-runs around my own logical thought-processes. Magick has been a key means of breaking through my assumptions to a more relevant, deeper level of understanding.
93 93/93,
Edward
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One more question . . . I noticed they had a page where they translate the book of the law using the New American English Qabalah. See the link below.
www.bookofthelaw.com/translations.htmI thought Liber Al was to be taken as is without change to letter or spaces etc.? That is why the hand written pages are included with each printing.
Wondering what you think?
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I would call it a "center of pestilence"
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It's wonderfully one dimensional and rather amusing...a picturesque omen of possibility if you live in a cave or have a penchant to take things wwwaaaaayyyyy to seriously...
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Well this so-called commentary is rather ridiculous and devoid of the same "color" contained in Crowley's writings. Go chace a rabbit down a hole if you like... it's not my business, only my opinion.
No I don't live in a cave and a take very little seriously, but get this: I practice magick as a thelemite, and therefore follow the writings of thelema in a very serious manner. But then I want the best possible results and therefore act as such. Sorry, for those who accept slap-dash magick because they don't expect very much of themselves. Those that choose not to follow a single path never reach their destination, instead the walk in circles looking for short-cuts.
Have fun walking in circles.
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Everyone loves a productive shortcut. The circular perambulation is spiral-the progress may not be lateral. I wasn't aiming any criticism at you or anyone. Just the rather askew text... Although when you have all the answers i suppose such opinions come easily. One day
