College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

Update. I think I know what a spiritual assault is now. That hurt. A lot. Feels like iam working on 20 hp outta 100 hp or something lol. If y'all sensed something was wrong, thanks so much. I saw it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um1xiahBlmM

We apologize for the missing pages. It is something we are currently attempting to remedy. The book you mention is not something that we published so I cannot really validate your question. I will announce here when we resolved the missing pages issue.

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I have read this a few times, trying to find the thread. What is the help that you seek?

This chapter has a LOT. RAW's descriptions about non locality just blow my mind. The pieces about how there's an implicate, non rational order that we can learn about from the explicate has some resonances with Magick. I wish RAW were still around today to see if his thinking or writing about this had changed. He does a great job at describing that the implicate is seemingly non rational, yet somehow organizes the events that occur, and I'm curious if he had refined any of that thinking further.

For the astrology I practice, I practice Sidereal Astrology. A “sidereal thelemic tarot” would essentially require reworking “Magick,” not a task I am going to take on directly. As a thought experiment, I do think it is interesting. https://www.solunars.com

@zeph Yes, I may have caught myself in answering my own question, yet failing to leave it at that. Because it was nagging at me for some reason, I wanted to see first if it was something of import to others. I'm no stranger to kismet, so the nag needed to be answered. Appreciate your input.

@ReverendJones Yes, he re-created two decks, the Jean Noblet and Viéville tarot. Both are sold out from the site but I do see them both pop up here and there on other sites for sale. Fine pieces, both.

@jjones 93 Well said. I was unsure how to address the word conspiracy and you did a grand job of it. Here's to more joy and love ... love under will. 93 93/93

It seems to me, nothing is geekier than a ceremonial magician Honestly, I have found GNU/Linux systems and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) like TeX and LaTeX publishing tools are very powerful and freeing for the student of the occult. There are a wide number of applications written by devotees of the Great Work within this ecosystem. Please do let us know when the library is ready. I am working on a project for occult publishing (inspired by the work done by Joseph H. Peterson) that provides a platform for magicians to easily publish writing using templates. Perhaps some inclusion of these fonts could be agreed to... And, yes, it is for Emacs, and I am calling it Thelemacs

93 In "Eight Lectures on Yoga" Uncle Al states: Music has no expressed intellectual content whatever, and the sole test of music is its power to exalt the soul. It is then evident that the composer is himself attempting to express in sensible form some such sublimities as are attained by those who practise Magick and Yoga as they should. [1] Throughout his works he highlights balance and avoiding un-Willed action as essential traits of a the devoted magician. For me, I approach music as I approach anything that has an effect upon me that I do not initially seem to have control over. I ask whether it furthers the specific goal I am trying to achieve. Does it enhance me or does it diminish me? Throughout the day while I work there is a constant stream of trance music playing. EDM in general locks me into a focused state that, without, I can not get through even an hour of work successfully. It is somewhat akin to meditation, but for a purpose. It enhances me during a time that I need it. However, during actual meditation, I personally am unable to reach a state of liberation from my body (unmanifest) such that real Work can be done with any material distractions, such as music or generated sound. Ultimately you are the one who must answer that question. As with any work of magic, it is answered through trial and error. Is the goal achieved via this system, or via the other? If you keep a magical record, this should be a part of your documentation, such as what you are trying to achieve, what happens when you listen to music and what type of music (or generated sound), and then document what happens when there is none. 93 93/93

@augur Absolutely. I have great respect for that effort. Many do not have the opportunity to shelve The Equinox otherwise and these print editions are very readable. The videos on their process show what a little dedication can produce.

I updated the project with the extended template and it is ready for use. Here are some screenshots. It's just out of testing and there is only one record in the index, but hopefully you get the idea. I will add a screenshot to the project site of the HTML-exported entries at some point when there are a number of entries with content. You can export your whole magical record into an HTML package with an index.html in case you wish to read it in that format. Main menu: [image: john-st-john-01.png] Entry categories: [image: john-st-john-02.png] Expanded categories: [image: john-st-john-03.png] Editor commands: [image: john-st-john-04.png] Magical record index: [image: john-st-john-05.png]

Eshelman's translation of Sepher Yetzirah is no longer available to purchase in physical form, but can be downloaded as a PDF here.