College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

I just wanted to give a word of thanks to the board members in general and Jim specifically for sharing one of his tools for study. I've learned a lot going through the process and ran my mouth off at the fingertips a lot more than I usually would ( most of the time blabbering I'm sure 😀 )

We're on to another Thelemic Holy Season soon so happy new year to be to you all!

I take it to mean the Liars are those who do not do their True Wills. There is a cloud over their hearts and vision. To see true, with purity, the Beauty is unmistakable. The success is to have this clarity.

@Heru-Ra-Ha said

"**61. There is an end of the word of the God enthroned in Ra's seat, lightening the girders of the soul.

To Me do ye reverence! to me come ye through tribulation of ordeal, which is bliss.**"

Change of even a God's word was in the making, the turning over of a new aeon, which loosened up what existed for what would be. Even within our own constitution change and revolution occur in the evolution of our soul. That which has weighted us down and served its purpose is released even if it seemed like all that ever was. What takes its place is what guides us further into our life and trials which truthfully is bliss. Existence is pure joy. Understanding that the energy of this revolution, this uprooting that the chapter continually points out, and the constant living in change within the moment helps us navigate any maze we encounter. It is a challenge we've set before ourselves for the sake of its completion. We are the player in the game and the designer of it. This equilibration may lead to bliss.

One of the first things that hits the intellect are the references I've read about Frater Achad, the magical child, and the key of 31. And just checking now, AC's "new comment" is just as vague as my sparse description.

The last sentence in the verse, "Let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it." brought about the most thought for me. Each moment within itself is perfect and dwelling on even the highest peaks of the past really just degrades the present. In this sentence, seeking after "this" is dwelling on a perceived form and result. Each moment must not do this as the one past has died and life is continually born out of this to reveal a constantly birthing perfection. These ideas conveys to me the presence of Ra-Hoor-Khuit in its constant evolving. Seeking after this just obscures the truth in the moment.

@GabrielO said

"46. I am the warrior Lord of the Forties: the Eighties cower before me, & are abased. I will bring you to victory & joy: I will be at your arms in battle & ye shall delight to slay. Success is your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my strength; & ye shall turn not back for any!"

Reading Crowley's short entry on this verse in his commentary I am slightly encouraged as he states - "I do not understand the first paragraph." In his new comment he equates the "Forties" with Mem and Water while equating the "Eighties" with Peh and Fire. In states these sentences state that the world shall be destroyed by Water and Fire as Aiwass is the the master of both. In this we are infused with strength and protection.

What I gather is that the continuation that the consciousness communicated in this chapter fills the one who attains to it with something like invincibility. The invincibility is in following one's will as the entire universe spurs us forward in accomplishing it as we are one spoke from its hub completing the work at our microcosmic state. The proof is in our lives and in all that we do and we are continually filled with the energy to do this.

The adoration continues and details the gates that are open before us in the temple within. Ultimately, we call upon the highest with the symbols herein to guide us further unto some understanding of their meaning. We call upon our history, our line of descent, the unity of all existence, and the newborn truth triumphant and piercing a path forward.

Many of these recent verses are very familiar to Thelemites and even recent events. The passive and active forms embedded in Heru-Ra-Ha are detailed and the adorations are given. Beginning with Unity we adore the aspects of that Unity, its breath, its appearance, and the manner of its manifestation - basically all manners of expression. The Light infuses and diffuses. It does what is necessary at any given time and ultimate fills us so that it can be given unto all life from the abundance of its existence. Never ending and with no beginning flowing for eternity.