College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

@Jim Eshelman said

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@Allogenes said
"To clarify, a person with close aspects is or has the potential to be a genius in the area that the house they are in represents?"

No, you can't particularize it that way.

True genius finds its own way."

Yes.

And to add what Jim was saying: close aspects between planets indicate a more integrated personality, and thus a greater potential for genius--but there is really no set formula by which genius might be apprehended. Such is the nature of genius. 😄

It is my belief that the formulas which underlay those of the Cipher Manuscript are older than the document itself.

As the name of the Order implies (Golden Dawn), I would think the formulas were allowed to "slip" in the final moments of the night. The Sun has now peeked over the horizon, and there are those whom have caught its gleam. Yet, the revelation of its full glory has not occurred, nor are we close to the point where it reaches its zenith.

93, Thank you for your informative reply Sethur. I was surprised to see these references to Crowley being involved with them and immediately skeptical, mainly because I have never seen him write about it, which he typically would, as you point out. It's also never mentioned in any of the biographies, a part of the Beast's life that you would think would be talked about more, if in fact it actually occured.

"None of the quotes or stories concerning Crowley have any provenance, he never mentioned it in his writings or diaries (and he diarised every single spiritual experience)"

So, it is safe to say that the Pickingill-Crowley connection has no real bearing.

"we now know that Wicca was originally intended as a Thelemic earth-based religion and that Doreen Valiente tried to "de-Thelemise" Wicca after she persuaded Gardner that the Crowley connection would not help spread the Craft"

Interesting! I knew he had an influence on Gardnerian Wicca, but did not know it was to this extent. And it seems many wiccans do not know about this either, or play it down as much as possible.

93's

Thanks for the responses.

As a follow up, Ive been reading Liber Aleph over the holidays and came across a lengthy explanation of these powers of the Sphinx, epistles epsilon-tau to digamma-delta, pgs. 151 - 160.