College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law

I imagine this post is for James specifically, but either way -

In "The Black Pearl," Vol. I, No. 1 (if I recall correctly), you write:

"There are numerous ways to generate magical force for a particular single occassion. The Ritual of the Middle Pillar is one of the finest, and my serve as the entire method, whether it is used as a daily practice for a period of many weeks or months, or is used only in one specific magical ceremony to opern channels for that one time.

It is also possible to stimulate Yetziratic energies directly by such means as inebriants, sexual stimulation, music and other rhythm, or prolonged pranayama [...]"

I am not trying to be vague, but I am having difficulty formulating my question. I am wondering if you could go into greater detail about generating magical force - when you name it "Yetziratic Force" specifically, does that mean that you can generate different types of energy, depending on which of the four planes you are drawing it from, or (as your article indicates, I believe), is all "real spiritual energy" drawn from Atziluth? In the article, you talk about the spiritual energy of the purely divine world of Atziluth, which seems to indicate the answer is yes, but (unless I'm misunderstanding), you refer to this as Yetziratic Force as well, I quote, from earlier in the article:

"The first objective on the list is the generation of magical force. This is necessary to ensure the magician's continued, and even increasing capacity to practice his or her art."

"Note that the object is magical force. I distinguish this from mystical force. At least in the beginning, we may take this to mean Yetziratic Force. yet the source of this, as of all real spiritual energy, is the purely Divine world of Atziluth."

You mention (in the first quote) different ways of generating this magical force - can you ellaborate? The Middle Pillar Ritual is self-explanatory, but how does inebriation generate this energy? I suppose it causes me confusion to think of drawing spiritual energy from the purely Divine world of Atziluth via inebriation - on paper, it sounds like a contradiction. I know in the works of Phile Hine, they often speak of different ways of generating magical energy - spinning in circles, laughter, sexual gnosis, etc. - can you clarify?

Is this energy a "fuel" of sorts for magical operation then?

I probably haven't properly formulated my questions, and for that I apologize - I seem to be searching for clarity on this topic however, if that helps.

Love is the law, love under will

There is an alternate possibility. If you have ever taken any ethenogenics, you may experience these colors, patterns, and waves of color when your close your eyes, especially when you're tired.

I used to worry about it, but then someone much wiser than I said, "should you worry that you see these whirlings in reality, or should the person that doesn't see them wish that they could>" or something like that. He was referring to looking at it for what it's worth, and not in a negative light.

Thank you all for your warnings and concern, and insights. As always I'm privelaged and thankful to be part of this community.

I did just turn 31 this summer actually (June 20th)....Despite repeated attempts however, I have not successfully found anyone here in the northern midwest that has experience in these matters, which is too bad, as I hoped to find an experienced practitioner to work with.

Well there is the Leaping Laughter Lodge of the O.T.O. in Minneapolis, but ah...well. yes, nuff said.

Care Frater,

Apologies, my mind to this day is geared in an Eastern direction, although not quite so much as before. The Siddhis I was particuarily wondering about were:

Tri-Kala-jnatvam - Knowing the past, present and future

Haadi Vidya, wherein a person feels neither hunger nor thirst, and can remain without eating food or drinking water for several days at a stretch.

The Vaya Gaman Siddhi, or it's Manah-Javah secondary counterpart, where a person can become capable of flying in the skies and traveling from one place to another in just a few seconds (moving the body wherever thought goes)

and finally, especially I should say, the Aparajayah Siddhi, or, remaining unconquered by others ****** which I have a person concern with?

I was in particular (and I know there are many more I'm not mentioning), wondering about Tri-Kala-jnatvam, Haadi Vidya, the Vaya Gaman Siddhi (or Manah-Javah), and in particular to my own case, Aparajayah?

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law

Although I fail at the moment to recollect where I read it (apologies), I feel like I read somewhere that the "Babe of the Abyss" transition could be equated to the the bhūmis of the Bodhisattva. I don't know if this means, in certain ways that there is a relationship with the ordeals of the Abyss with the bhūmis, or if it means that if you succeed in the Ordeal of the Abyss, and are,* "received and reconstructed in the Third Order, as a Babe in the womb of our Lady BABALON, under the Night of Pan" *(Liber CDLXXXIX, One Star in Sight), that you would be as a Bodhisattva who has completed the bhūmis,attains complete enlightenment and becomes a Buddha?

Love is the law, love under will
Fraternally ~

Would one be able to compare the attainments of the Second and Third Order with the Siddhis of Yoga?

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law

Another question then, now that I have again had some time to think about this. To use Aiwass then, would it be pre-supposed that you have attained a certain level of advancement, so as you truly know what it is to identify with a God in worship for so long as to attain those Initiations
from the identification?

Love is the law, love under will
Fraternally,
Frater P~

I was hoping to expand on this question. As a college, do you have a listing of course fee's and tuition expectations, or is less formal than all that? Although I wouldn't think it would be in the traditional sense, but do you offer "scholarships" of any kind?

I certainly see what you're saying, but I suppose I should add that in the course of attempting this translation, I feel that I have now gained at least a novice working knowledge of the language in both speech and writing. Correctly so though, that I am neither an adept, nor did I use a proper working knowledge from my own mind to do the translation (instead relying on the tools at hand). So perhaps I should have started by getting to the working level of the language that I am now, and then attempted to do a translation?

Care Fraters or Sorors
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law

It seems I had certainly misinterpreted that particular passage indeed. Thank you for the clarification. Might I ask you to cite where Crowley specifically instructs the use of Aiwass? I would like to read over the work.

I guess I was mislead to be under the understanding that one had to be quite advanced to know what it is to identify with a God in worship for so long as to attain those Initiations from the identification. In other words perhaps I wasn't mislead, but it is work for another time and a higher grade...or perhaps mislead is the right word!

Love is the law, love under will
Fraternally,
Frater P.

I was reading this topic, and wondered; wouldn't it actually be wrong to use Aiwass in this ritual?

I refer you to Liber AL, Chapter II, verse 8. Aiwass explains that He is the worshipper and is identified with Heru-pa-kraath and to worship Him is to do ill.

Well the idea began when I read Long Milo DuQuette's "Enochian Vision Magick..." What helped me with the bulk of the work were the Enochian translators I found online. But things kept happening while I was working on it; for instance the main one I was using at tikaboo.com would keep going under construction, and that made me think that the translations might be wrong, so then I went to doing it manually using enochian.info and "The Complete Enochian Dictionary..." by Donald Laycock.

I've found Donal Tyson to be quite adept at merging Qabalistic concepts with the Necronomicon, or vice versa as it were.

He has published at least three books on the subject, one of which I purchased and found to be comnprehensive.

www.donaldtyson.com/index.html

Do what thou will shall be the whole of the Law

I hope I didn't make a thousand mistakes only to completely embarrass myself, but for your purusal, O' Board, is a project that I have just completed after some two months.

At Dawn:
Oecrimi pugo ils geh I g il goholor, nomig pugo ils
geh I il ugear, ds zna vors caelazod g il erem goholor
a Ror.

(Corabiel) biab g busd aspt od (Madimiel) cafafam
oxiayal. Oecrimi pugo ils cafafam a dosig.

At Noon:
Oecrimi pugo ils geh L g il homtoh, nomig pugo ils geh
L il turebesa, ds zna vors caelazod g il erem bazm
Ror.

(Corabiel) biab g busd aspt od (Madimiel) cafafam
oxiayal. Oecrimi pug oils cafafam a amgedpha bazm.

At Sundown:
Oecrimi pugo ils geh E g il unigalg, nomig pugo ils
geh E il busd, ds zna vors caelazod g il erem unigalg
a Ror.

(Corabiel) biab g busd aspt od (Madimiel) cafafam
oxiayal. Oecrimi pug oils cafafam a basgim.

At Midnight:
Oecrimi pugo ils geh S g il cicle, nomig pugo ils geh
S il etharzi, ds zna vors caelazod g il erem nothpa
dosig a Ror.

(Corabiel) biab g busd aspt od (Madimiel) cafafam
oxiayal. Oecrimi pug oils cafafam a unigalg Ror.

I wonder if Pete Carroll derived his 8 Magicks from the aforementioned....

Magical images of demons seem confused nightmarish combinations of human & animal parts. Students should take into account that man evolved from terrestrial living forms, and recapitulates, in the fetal stage, the pilgrimage from monas to "homo saps", passing through insect, fish, amphibian, bird and mammal in the first three months of gestation. Indeed, only in the third month, when it finally aquires human shape, can a fetus legitimately be stated to harbor a human soul.

Demonic shapes symbolize substructures of the human brain, or attempts at communication and symbiosis between diverse species. One more reason why not to fear or scorn demons, but to try to integrate them into ones vision of the Universe. Mankind can progress only through experiment; and the demonic forms symbolize experiments in evolution. Some such experiments lie in the past, and become "dead ends"; some are still open to development. Who can tell where this or that will lead? Therefore the wise aspirant interferes as little as possible with natural processes, limiting himself or herself to the doing of his or her own True Will.

I was reading an essay recently, and in it, is stated,

*Let it be announced among all members of the Thelemic Community that Liber VESTA and the Student Oath are not A.·. A.·. documents written by Aleister Crowley but fraudulent representations of that Great Manifestation from the Supernals on November 15, 1907 e.v..

Verily, it is most unfortunate to announce that fake A.·. A.·. Lineages have raised their demonic head from the pit of their past failures in a last ditch attempt to justify their meager existence.*

I was just wondering if there could be any ellaboration on what this "Great Manifestation" was?

Could Liber V be used to Seal the chakras?

Well you said the highest ranking. David Bersson is the highest ranking of the Motta lineage. Sorry for the confusion, but may I have a private conversation with you seeking genuine advice?