College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

@gerry456 said

"Actually yes, the paths are equally as important as the sephirah."

And therefore Lamed marks the realm of Maat's Adlusting temple of Equilibrium, not a fixed number sphere. (Unless you want Maat to be a Messiah, then Six i guess.)

Assuming they are "beings":
Maybe, that is how they choose to communicate ?
Howls, yells, broken dinner plates...
-IF_, the submissive WANTS to be spanked,
is it a punishment or an instance of dominance ?
Over the one claiming to have POWER

@Middleman said

"Kek is not a racist thing"

Correct, in the same sense that the swastika isn't a racist thing.

Incorrect, in the sense that at least the swastika has lots of examples of non-racists using it non-racistly.

@gerry456 said

"Military history. Anyone steeped in military history here?"

It's not my thing but Maj. Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, CB, CBE, DSO (Ret.) wrote for The Equinox before he split ways with Crowley.

"For all his foibles and failings, Fuller was a visionary. In the early 1930s he predicted, as Anthony Trythall wrote, “future armies would be surrounded by swarms of motorized guerillas, irregulars or regular troops making use of the multitude of civilian motorcars that would be available.” Fuller also mused that one day “a manless flying machine” would change the face of war."

here
and
here

I found all of that in under two minutes. Tops.

I see, thanks.

Who have you evoked and why and what results did you get?

No takers here.

@gerry456 said

"Actually perhaps if there is an unbalance of that element's quality within oneself then the element will feel averse when invoked?"

Not exactly sure what you mean by averse (I think you mean unbalanced qualities).

When people open themselves to magical practices, all imbalances seem to present themselves more. Many reasons for this. From a more psychological standpoint, a major factor is increased awareness.

@Gnosomai Emauton said

"[]Again, do you have a question?"

No I'm generally done with the subject, thanks for those quotes there.

@Avshalom Binyamin said

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@gerry456 said
"The brain of the baby may be literally stunted if emotional needs are not met. Sure, pathological and neurotic defence mechanisms never go away, they are entrenched within the brain but you have a negative view on therapy. The adult brain can still grow and new neural pathways can develop. The aim of therapy is to get the patient/client to replace the engrained patterns with higher forms of defence mechanisms that override the damage."

No, I don't have a negative view of therapy. I have a negative view of Freudian psychoanalysis. It's a century old and has been supplanted by much better therapy."

I've got a negative view of therapy as I've been in varying kinds for years and not one helped one bit.
Maybe if I was a millionaire I could afford to have a stylish nervous breakdown somewhere warm with some tropical based Jungian. But most for most of us the dream of getting better through what's on offer to the truly needy is some kind of Marx bro's comedy watched slo-mo on bad acid. I've had so many friend fall through the cracks and abandoned to die from sucidie or isolation as a result of their 'treatment', absolute broken alcoholics given CBT by people who haven't even got a social worker qualification. I was referred once to a phsyciatrist' after I hadn't slept in 2 weeks who just shouted at me 'I have to work, stop wasting my time and get a job' and kicked me out before I had even sat down. At that time I actually had a job too. I was trying to keep it. Thanks universe.
The NHS is truly a work of art and I would be absolutely lying if I didn't say I had less than zero respect for the medical profession in this country.
/rant.

@Takamba said

"

I'm not defending against you calling me anything. You can call me anything you like, it won't ultimately matter in the grand scheme of things, nor much to me. "

I shall take that at face value and hold you to it 😄

"You did call me a Republican, by inference in a paragraph directed specifically too me."

I'm not aware that I did, perhaps you could provide via the ol copy and paste?

" 2) This indicates you are not keeping the entire conversation in context, you are isolating bits and pieces as if attacking some one bit or piece with faulty or emotional based arguments would make my entire premise crumble. "

hmmm...so I suppose you should do the old copy and paste, show me where I called you this. If perhaps you are mistaken, then I believe this would be a projection of some kind, no?

"This is also unfortunate because it keeps you perceiving me inaccurately. "

I dont know what to make of you, the only thing I suggested is that you brought libertarian ideas into the discussion.

maybe projecting again?

"You aren't, potentially, applying anything you may have learned about me in other discussions. "

perhaps!

" If you had been cataloging all of our discussions (those with you and me involved in the threads), you should know that I've said I'm a libertarian. "

to be fair, I dont catalogue our discussions. I do recall in this thread that you introduced libertarian ideals into the discussion.

" Now you deny applying a label to me. "[Y]our Republican talking" sounds like a penchant for labeling and pigeonholing, that which you accuse me of. "

is it possible you might be referring to a conversation with me in your mind?

"What does that mean, that you would do the very very very thing you accuse me of?"

it would mean I was projecting.

funny, right now it appears to me you are projecting...

which one is it? "as brothers fight ye..."

ha - could not resist.

the ol copy and paste should clear it up...brother!

" Is there a psychological word for that? A socialist opinion about that behavior? Or even a common word folks label people who preach (argue and talk over much) against the very thing they do? Is this something? (I can give you other examples of your labels all just in this thread alone, shall I?)"
"

projection, yes it is called projection.

it appears that you think I am projecting - and i think you are projecting.

Not only do I think you are projecting, but literally confessing in perfect objective detail the contents of your psychology, describing exactly your motivations to this entire forum.

At least one of us is a bit delusional, but maybe both! How can I see my own delusions with you shattering them?

if i am projecting, I want to know! Please show me and help me remove my delusions, please! I promise you the same in return.

the ol copy and paste should clear it up. I am requesting you directly copy and paste where in this thread I labeled you a republican.

Thanks in advance!

Nice.

Nice.

Good stuff, thanks.

What I mean by a "general severe stirring up of the Ruach" etc is the notion of pecking order/status anxieties as this is what the Ruach is, the me or self-image as it relates to society or the tribe or the pack.

@Jim Eshelman said

"What you might be remembering is that the 7=4, in the course of finishing the task of the grade, does certain things that turns them into the leader of a school of thought."

I get it.

Answer: the techniques the steps are there just to produce the prescribed results.

Thankyou.

@Jim Eshelman said

"If you're just making stuff up to fit a pattern you like, then I can't comment on whether you have it right. In case you're looking for something literal, I'll give it below. BTW, if you have my 776 1/2, the notes beginning on page 94 my prove useful to you.."

Page 94 oh yes, Divine names in Assiah. Yes I was looking the correct God name for each sephiroth and it's literal English translation. No I wasn't making stuff up, the sources were from various websites via google and regarding the rest of your sephirah explanations here, thankyou, excellent stuff. 😄

@Gnosomai Emauton said

"[Where does the OP mention anything about admiration of the christian gospel??"

Are you familiar with Librae? As I said om the OP, he makes known his admiration of Christ as a Master therein. Check it out.

Yes Rapheal the Healer slots nicely into what we know about Hermes/Mercury although Hod is watery.

What about the other correspondences e.g. Micheal the Warrior Archangel of the element of Fire and of The Sun? Gabriel of Water and of The Moon?