The book in question was written by Jake Stratton-Kent, with a foreword by Lon Milo DuQuette. Of the book, Mr. DuQuette says, "After I read it for the first time, I wrote Jake and told him 'It's so clean, it squeaks!'"
Jake Stratton-Kent makes some very convincing arguments, & I definitely feel it's worth a read, personally. Hadean Press has the book, I believe.
@Iamus said
"Yes, that would be the "default scheme" I was referring to."
Fine, then how about this: Ultimately, there is no 100%-correct-for-all-time attribution.
For instance, Taurus is also associated with the Hierophant card, which might be viewed as indicative of the search for (occult) knowledge. Also, all four of the kerubs appear on that card in the Thoth deck.
Taurus is also associated with Venus, and by this an association could be made with Netzach.
Really, you could make the argument for any of the 4 Powers being associated with any of the 4 signs in certain contexts. I feel the system was likely intended to allow for this type of flexible contemplation.
If you, wherever you may be in your personal development, feel that water better aligns with the value of silence, then so be it.
I go with:
AIR
• Liberty
• To Know
• Aquarius
• Man
• Scire
• Dagger/Sword
WATER
• Love
• To Dare
• Scorpio
• Eagle/Dragon
• Audire
• Cup
EARTH
• Life
• To Keep Silent
• Taurus
• Bull
• Tacere
• Pantacle
FIRE
• Light
• To Will
• Leo
• Lion
• Velle
• Wand
5th is: Sun sign, Ankh, Spirit, Go, Ire, Law
Liber Aleph put Eagle/Silent, Lion/Dare, Man/Know, Bull/Will [only Man is unchanged]
I would never convert to Islam because I don't care for the dogma. I also don't like how predominantly Muslim regions tend to have some rather harsh laws & customs relating to religion & spiritual practice (e.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Indonesia ). That's to say nothing of what happens when you're Muslim and decide you want to go a different route...
Also, I would strongly advise you to not marry a girl you're never even kissed, much less slept with. A significant component of a healthy, vital relationship is a good sex life, and some people are just fundamentally incompatible sexually, even if they are perfectly compatible in many other ways. You won't know until you've been together, and it just seems like a big risk to take.
This situation seems to have a lot of red flags in general, though. Five months of conversation to the emotional depth of love, and she's just now telling you that marrying a Muslim is important to her? Entirely LDR thus far, yes?
Maybe she's "The One" for you (validity of the concept notwithstanding), maybe she isn't. However, I believe one thing rather strongly: Any girl who wants me to "compromise" by giving up things truly and deeply resonant with me is certainly not right for me. She should support me in those things, even if they are not also her things.
@Priory Soul said
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@Baoding said
"However, I don't think you ever finish, per se. "
The normal average common person doesn't finish the Great Work."
From the earlier quote from One Star In Sight, "The Ipsissimus is pre-eminently the Master of all modes of existence; that is, his being is entirely free from internal or external necessity. His work is to destroy all tendencies to construct or to cancel such necessities." Emphasis added.
I believe that the nature of this world is such that one either works (i.e. continues applying effort/actively retaining focus of some kind), or one does not...and in the latter case atrophy then has some effect.
I would agree with you. My personal feeling is that those moments marked by a palpable resonance and vitality are definite guideposts in life.
There are a lot of different ways to view those relatively frictionless modes of existence, whether in terms of True Will, in Carroll's concepts re: experiencing Kia ("...felt as meaningfulness, power, genius, and ecstasy in action"), extrapolated from Wolfram's cellular automata theories (that there exists, in the ever-evolving pattern of existence some path of greatest subjective value for the pattern you are), et al.
However, I don't think you ever finish, per se. In my own experience, I analogize it to various games and races where you're not told the next destination until arriving at some checkpoint. I might know the next place to which I want to get, but I don't know where it all will eventually lead. ...and I don't feel that I have to.
Greetings,
My legal name is Kevin, but most of my friends call me Inox. I live just outside of Washington, DC in Northern VA.
I initially chose the username Inox, but due to my apparent inability to read, I mistakenly classified myself as a juvenile by clicking the wrong box during registration. Hence, the baoding account (as I had a pair of baoding balls sitting next to my desk). Apologies, there.
I've long had a more philosophical interest in Thelema, but I've lately been looking for deeper involvement and understanding. This seems like an excellent environment for both, and I'm glad to be here.