College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

@SetiDraconis said

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@kuniggety said
"Those words are true, Aum418. I remember reading Liber ABA for the first time maybe 8 years ago or so and decided to reread it not too long ago and alot of it made a lot more sense, or just plain clicked on a different level."

That is how it is for me right now and a big part of understanding some of it is actually thanks to Jim.[even thou im kind of the loud student in the back of the class room here 😆 ]"

Sounds great. Persist! (and read widely! and make sure to put all that theory into practice)

IAO131

I belive this will help you and walk you threw it and its done under the guidence of Israel Regardie,I think you will find it usefull!

www.amazon.com/Golden-Dawn-Audio-CDs-Relaxation/dp/156184201X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199320503&sr=1-5

SetiDraconis

@Jim Eshelman said

"http://ordoaa.org/liber8.htm
Assigned to the Adeptus Minor of A.'.A.'.."

As always, thank you Jim.

"yes, buddism, mosesism, krishnaism, lao-tzuism, these all have great things to offer thelemites, but you've got to be very careful not to confuse the planes. i've seen more thelemites turn themselves into unitarians that way... "

HAHAHAHA! ....the humor in your statement is so great that a vast amount of energy is exiting this Star! Perhaps I shall now turn into a pulsar or white dwarf!?

Ah me.... you do realize that this statement is as accurate as suggesting that one might turn into a thelemite? The planes of confusion seem to lie in taking any definitive perspective of who and what one is that is not based in TRUTH. All these are labels or representatives of what one is aligned to in the realm of moral and spiritual 'contingencies'.

'Success is thy Proof...' How one get there is a diverse course with many paths leading to yon summit.

The statement of clustering all the gods before Horus in the Book of the Law -- suggests that all are pertinent and useful in worship **, but that the real fruit of any of them is in the act of Love under Will. We need the fruitful result for success to be evident -- any other task is a dance with a mask to the same and only GOD. 👿

Pax Templi

@AvshalomBinyamin said

"Resurrecting this 3-year-old thread...

The OP's 'error' leads to an interesting place.

As pointed out, Israel is Yod-Shin-Resh-Aleph-Lamed; 10+300+200+1+30 = 541

Or, using the Atus - IX-XX-XIX-0-VIII; 9+20+19+0+8 = 56

Now, "Israel" has personal meaning to me; my username is Avshalom Binyamin

Avshalom; Aleph-Beth-Shin-Lamed-Vav-Mem; 1+2+300+30+6+40 = 379
Binyamin; Beth-Nun-Yod-Mem-Yod-Nun; 2+50+10+40+10+50 = 162

379+162 - 541

But.... Using the Atus

Avshalom; 0-I-XX-VIII-V-XII; 0+1+20+8+5+12 = 46
Binyamin; I-XIII-IX-XII-IX-XIII; 1+13+9+12+9+13 = 57

And the sum of 46 and 57 is.... 103!
😆"

So... right or wrong, he's got your number!

@Michaeljwjr said

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I:36
III:39
III:40
III:63
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There are references here of the Comment being understood, but not followed as law. I think there is quite a difference there. As, there is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

How about reading the commentaries on Liber AL?

How about reading the reading list that CROWLEY HIMSELF ASSIGNED - there is one that is several pages long in the appendix to Magick...

As for what I think you should read in addition to this:

D.H. Lawrence's 'Apocalypse,'

Carl Jung's works in their entirety, especially Collected Works vol.9-16 material,

Herman Hesse's 'Demian,' and 'Siddhartha' and his other works.

Timothy Leary's "Start Your Own Religion" and other works.

Richard Alpert / Ram Dass' "Be Here Now".

The Principia Discordia by Malaclypse hte Younger and some other person.

Psychologists like Freud (his theory of unconscious, etc.), Jjung (already mentioned), and Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, Erich Fromm ("Art of Love") etc. all produced ideas that propagate Thelemic ideals.

Don Miguel's "Four Agreements"

These were all written after Liber AL and are very Thelemic. Cheers.

65 & 210,
111-418

Whoa! What powerful emotional reactions these demons Serve and Be Free have aroused. Perhaps because I was weaned on Konx Om Pax and The Book of Lies, it comes more naturally to see them as two sides of the same coin, or to say "Let these two asses be set to grind corn!"

A wise and foolish man wrote, "... a consistent equilibrium of all imaginable opposites will suggest to us a world in which they are truly one; whence to that world itself is but the shortest step." Let's take that step!

On a practical level, I think "Obey my prophet" should be understood in context of "he shall learn and teach." Anyway, AC is no longer around to bark orders, so even if I were so addled as to want to be his abject slave, I couldn't. But he left an invaluable legacy, a wealth of instructions to follow, and I think if you want to be free and to do your will, there are no better text books.

"I've read through so many books, I want to make sure that I'm doing the correct, Thelema Meditation.

So any instruction or direction would be greatly appreciated. "

There is a correct Thelemic Meditation?! I must have missed that memo! 😉

Just so you know, THELEMIC MEDITATION is simply meditation. And yes, there are so many variants of meditation -- just look at the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions of Tibetan Buddhism! [see you in twenty years!]

A good book for the beginner in basic meditation can run the gambit -- there really are too many. And many are basic and suggest the same techniques.

In digging through my memories and library, I feel one really sticks out as useful:

The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment by Philip Kapleau

Mangalam!

i agree 😄