College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

@landis said

"But the A.'.A.'. system is not a closed system, and has plenty of room for improvement, no? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you mean by "formal"?"

By "formal place in the system," I mean it is not assigned in any grade, taught in any grade, tested in any grade, nor part of the system per se in any way.

In terms of "plenty of room for improivement" : In the sense that everything is subject to improvement, yes, I'd have to admit that. However, in practice, for the long foreseeable future, it's "closed" in the sense that our duty and commitment are to deliver it exactly as its founders created it. This is my commitment to Soror Meral, and I see no reason to waver from it.

The system works as is. One needn't mess with success. Having the some tasks and means of testing for all people is pretty basic to its constitution. All of us in the system do, of course, also explore all sorts of things that are not in the system - that's what people naturally do. But that doesn't change the core system itself.

@landis said

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@chris S said
"As we like to think the objects of our understandings are independent from us in some way.

What does it mean to follow a rule?"

"24. The idealist's question would be something like: "What right have I not to doubt the existence of my hands?" (And to that the answer can't be: I know that they exist.) But someone who asks such a question is overlooking the fact that a doubt about existence only works in a language-game. Hence, that we should first have to ask: what would such a doubt be like?, and don't understand this straight off.

One may be wrong even about "there being a hand here". Only in particular circumstances is it impossible. - "Even in a calculation one can be wrong - only in certain circumstances one can't."

But can it be seen from a rule what circumstances logically exclude a mistake in the employment of rules of calculation?
What use is a rule to us here? Mightn't we (in turn) go wrong in applying it?

If, however, one wanted to give something like a rule here, then it would contain the expression "in normal circumstances". And we recognize normal circumstances but cannot precisely describe them. At most, we can describe a range of abnormal ones.

What is 'learning a rule'? - This.
What is 'making a mistake in applying it'? - This. And what is pointed to here is something indeterminate.

Practice in the use of the rule also shows what is a mistake in its employment.

When someone has made sure of something, he says: "Yes, the calculation is right", but he did not infer that from his condition of certainty. One does not infer how things are from one's own certainty.
Certainty is as it were a tone of voice in which one declares how things are, but one does not infer from the tone of voice that one is justified."

Wittgenstein, On Certainty"

20 Years ago i had an Irish Wolfhound that would sit out the back and watch the moon.. Crazy dog.

@David S. I gave serious consideration to pulling around 2k from savings and trying to get Jim to ATL. He said a while ago (think it was in the events forum) that if someone would fund the trip/talk he would come do the lecture. Personally, I'd just like face time with the guy, but after I started putting plans together, I realized that there would be an audience of 2-3 people max. This is mainly because I'm a loner when it comes to my philosophy down here in the bible belt. The Dove and Serpent Oasis is in Atlanta, but I wasn't sure that they'd be interested (also I don't know any of them). Over the course of the next month, I might be having an interview with Google. If that goes well, I have heard that I am required to spend some time on the west coast, and that I can work over there whenever I want. If this happens, I want to get involved in ToT.

@in person interaction. I am currently interning as a Montessori teacher. One of the first things I have learned about is how environment/medium influences learning. Creating the most effective environment for my students is priority #1. There are several things that must be taken into consideration: learning style, subject to be learned, etc. I fully get the principle of "impaction," however, there are uses for each medium of communication. Sure, more information (and unique information) can be transmitted from in-person teaching/mentoring. However, the same could be said about audio/video versus written. Each has it's benefits and downsides. How does the saying go? "A picture is worth 1000 words"? I felt this effect and wished to start a discussion in my thread about medium of communication. With the great strides in communication that we are making as a species, I see no reason why it wouldn't be well worth ToT or any other order's time to take full advantages of the resources available. (Disclaimer I'm not saying that ToT isn't at all, I'm saying that any additional tool: Twitter, Tumblr, Podcasts, Youtube, etc would be extremely effective in reaching more people).

just my two cents

@Avshalom Binyamin said

"Yep, that's it.

It's not a full Enochian ritual, just a guided meditation, with proper banishing.

Safe enough for me to feel comfortable having my pregnant wife attend. 😄

Sent from my phone"

Joined your FB page and joining your Meetup page now.
😄