College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

Here it is, in fact. (This actually did only take 8 minutes, but I got called away from my desk before I could post it.)

The Book of Abramelin has absolutely nothing to do with the esoteric titles of the tarot.

L.Lazuli

what about teh Bardo Thodol i am amazed noone mentioned this as is it not the most blatant map of the innrer planes?

see my other thread in this section about skrying and Pylons in Egyptian Book of Dead

@Herr Sorath said

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@Steven Cranmer said
" [...] the "age" of Libra is far, far in the future. "

according to Book of Thoth the Libra-Aeon "is to follow this present one, presumably in about 2,000 years - the Fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double-wanded one assume my throne and place.""

I get it now, I think!

Libra/Lamed corresponds to the Justice/Adjustment trump. Maat is the goddess of Justice. She is also the double-wanded one (the old GD Hegemon) who will follow Horus (the old GD Hiereus).

Okay, by that logic (starting with the trump symbolism) should the previous aeon (Osiris) correspond to the Hanged Man, and thus to Mem and the element of water? Would Isis have corresponded to the High Priestess (Gimel/moon) or the Empress (Daleth/venus)?

What about Horus? I guess the Aeon trump in the Thoth tarot is "Thelemically" assigned to the dawning aeon of Horus, but there's nothing uniquely Horus-like in its traditional "last judgement" symbolism...

Steve

Maybe this crazy thing will help:
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With regard to it being a "recovery", I've always liked the idea that the original switch from Abrahadabra to Abrakadabra was nothing more than a clerical error. Written in Hebrew, it wouldn't take much more than a yawn for a transcriber to write a Kaph in place of a Heh.

Nothing special.

You are correct,but if i was as serious as most thelemites i,d think i kill myself.Lon Milo has a wonderful sense of humor,which i feal is vitally important.we all need to learn from each other without being worried if this one knows more than that one. I don,t care who knows more than i.i want to learn from Brethren and sistren lol. I can,t do that if i,m gonna be an uptight Magician/ Thelemite.I need my Brothers and Sisters to learn after 20 + years there is still so much i don,t know. 93/Frater N

Hi,
At a 50% or less accuracy for the most astrologers, there has been no ability to predict or describe incidences given any school or technique, higher than chance. If there is a gifted astrologer, and he describes the techniques described to reach successful readings, the techniques are not duplicated by practitioners after him/her.
As above, so below. This is the assumption. There is order in the universe and cycles in the heavens to observe, record and predict. These Nut pictures in the sky somehow are images of what occurs on earth. The problem is, just what do the heavens reflect? Well, that's up to the astrologers, and by golly, they don't agree. And, often, (50%) of the time they are wrong, as their clients attest.
But there is order in the heavens, and below on earth. I feel as if astrologers are in a stage the natural philosophers and alchemists were in in the 1600's. They are exploring the truths, and trying out all the recipes, because in their hearts they know there is a deep truth, something that works, something that delivers. (We're talking Sir Isaac Newton, etc. ).

In L.V.X.,
chrys333

Definitions are relative to the norm and vantage point of the pen's dictator. As all of sin is restriction of will, both neurosis and psychosis are a matter of degree of restriction. Simply because I babble on about the sky while you are talking about the fence doesn't make me neurotic, and even though I'm indirectly and willfully reasserting myself. If however, I myself or you yourself experience internal pangs of fear or resentment as a result, then in terms of spirit, that would be neurotic; and even though in terms of social mores it would be normal. If I see angels, am I psychotic? According to the APA I am; therefore all saints and prophets are fruit bats. Adherence to a disparity of reality and perceived reality assumes that there is a difference between perception and reality; but balanced perception is synonymous with reality, and in those instances where perception transcends the laws of the physical universe, perception is reality itself. So, in order to make definition of the terms sensible, classifications of neurosis and psychosis are constructs via mores and conventional paradigms; ergo, they are potential virtues. On the other hand if a person is a murderer/rapist/cannibal etc. you can safely say that person is both psychotic and sinful. Hence, the true definitions of the terms should be degrees to which behaviour violates both spirit and social norms. If it only violates social norms, then it is neither neurotic nor psychotic, for how can conditioning of itself ever be sane? Conversely, if behaviour only violates spirit, then it is sin, and for all practical purposes it is either neurotic or psychotic depending upon the degree of violation. Spirit truly is the mooring post of humanity - not science.

On another note, Fra. Al, when reading Crowley one is called to judgment of his sanity, and perhaps moreso than any other author in history. As with poignant quotations such as yours, the true clarity and sensibility of the man shines through.

P.S. Fr. Al - are you an Asian Buddhist? No need to answer, I'm just interested in knowing a born and raised Buddhist perspective on Copticism.

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

In the astronomical sense of your question:

Kether - the "primal swirlings" - old Greek concept of the root idea of the cosmos, the primary axis about which everything turned. With modern astronomical knowledge we can think of it as the Big Bang, or as the center of a galacy, or a white hole, etc.

Chokmah - the body of the stars themselves (in the old Greek model this would be "the sphere of the fixed stars" - they envisioned it something like a big sphere that had all the stars painted on it, that was outside the concentric spheres in which the individual plaents spun).

Malkuth - Earth.

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

Thanks for the explanation. It makes complete sense now.

@Jim Eshelman said

"No, Resh isn't an exception. Yes, there are two sounds.
The problem is, the second sound has been lost and there is only speculation on what it once was."

...well that explains why I thought there was only one Resh sound...plus I have never seen a Resh with the dagesh dot...

@Jim Eshelman said

"His mention of the L sound of an R may be confusing to people who only speak one language. You trip across it in other languages, though."

I belive Asian languages are a good example for this....
=>Rice vs. Lice

I should have added that there are some fascinating Tree of Life correspondences to these old Greek and Roman deific rulerships. Let's limit ourselves only to those signs which the ancients attributed to gods who directly coincide with the 7 classic planets. Here is the list:

"Taurus - Venus
Gemini - Apollo [i.e., the Sun]
Cancer - Mercury
Leo - Jupiter
Scorpio - Mars
Sagittarius - Diana [i.e., the Moon]"

Taurus, or Vav, connects directly to the Path of Daleth, or Venus.
Cancer, or Cheth, connects directly to the Path of Beth, or Mercury.
Leo, or Teth, connects directly to the Path of Kaph, or Jupiter (and also to Chesed, the Sphere of Jupiter).
Scorpio, or Nun, connects directly to the Path of Peh, or Mars.

Additionally:

Gemini, or Zayin, is a Path rooted in the Sphere of the Sun.
Sagittarius, or Samekh, is a Path rooted in the Sphere of the Moon.

@Jim Eshelman said

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Nautical. Powered or propelled by: under sail; under steam."

So, what actual meanings of the word "under" do some of you think were intended here? I think we are beholden to take the "on its face" meaning first, whatever deeper looking we do thereafter. In any case - as I said at the start - the Book itself makes the differentiation. Is not our duty to the Book to endeavor to understand its statements rather than dismiss them?"

I'll take what's behind door #17, as it relates to my earlier statement on the matter; Love as the springboard for Will.