College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

@Takamba said

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Know that the knower is the source of all knowledge
every successful student is self-taught
all initiations are self-initiation

Welcome

Love is the law, love under will."

Interesting reflection! Didn't Crowley say or imply, as a matter of fact, that it is not humans nor orders per se that provide grades and initiations but rather the grades are bestowed by Secret Chiefs? Or maybe that was just my interpretation of/personal reflection or wisdom learned via his account of initiation to the Master Templi grade by way of said Secret Chiefs through his operations. I do sometimes project =P

And welcome Zarko V!

Jacob

Very nice diagram! Thank you for your contribution!

I would like to add that I would be happy to contribute by editing it in Adobe Photoshop if the author does not wish to update any mistakes in spelling. I am a bit of a graphicsmith myself. I would just need the spellings proper and their indications as I am still learning to read and write the Hebrew language myself. I'm a 33 year-old Bar Mitzvah... what can you do?

EDIT: I may be able to just source it to check the accuracy of the Hebrew spellings myself... I just don't want to step on any toes. I also don't want to infringe upon any spellings used especially by Crowley to indicate particular values in Gematria. But then there is always Liber 777...

Jacob

Edit: Nvm, received the clarification I needed finally.

93

Sorry for such a late bump...

I enjoyed this post and its responses. I can concur to everything that was said herein. I actually gave Bhakti Yoga a la Hare Krishna a try and found it wasn't quite what I was looking for in achieving unity with the divine. More recently, I took a stab at using a Re-constructionist re-approach to Judaism... but alas... I found that I was once more being untrue to myself. Sometimes out spiritual path transcends labels and laws. I think I finally realized that after reading this post, on top of another I had this morning while reading about Pan, oddly enough. And although it's a bit awkward to realize a spiritual awakening in real time, I'm sure you can appreciate it for what it is... an embrace of my Mercurial self... the ever-resistant to stagnation and orthodoxy being that I am. The Chaotes embrace the idea of "paradigm shifting" or "belief as a tool"... I think I'm starting to understand that a lot more now.

Jacob