College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

nice and easy...

for others interest, I found the related analysis on solunars.net: solunars.net/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9

I'm currently going through David Beth's *Voudon Gnosis *(Fulgur edition) which deals with Vudu and the Lwa. It works off Bertiaux's lineage and African sorcery and it's very heavy stuff. Mayan Derren describes in The Divine Horsemen the ritual procedures in voudon by which dead ancestral spirits are remembered by the living and, if treated properly, may eventually become Lwa. This finds a correspondence in the family constellation therapy of Bert Hellinger which is inspired by, and draws upon, Zulu ancestral worship.

It's not about how much money a person has, but it is about being able to succeed at your intentions. And certain topics - like money - are usually associated with deep emotions.

If you're poor, and never give more than the merest passing thought to money because you're happy with your system, then you can count it as a success. But if you find yourself repeatedly making simple resolutions - like trying to live on a budget, avoid overdrawing your account, pay your bills on time, etc - then part of you is interfering with your intent.

Even though I don't make much more money now than I did a couple years ago (because, ahem, I am addressing a shadow complex about demanding a good sized raise!), the difference between my money situation now, and a year or two ago is very big. I used to waste a lot of time looking for cheaper solutions for every one of my wants and needs, I used to overdraw my account fairly regularly, I had a hard time budgeting and paying bills on time.

I started to realize how much I had invested in staying "poor" or keeping a poverty-driven mentality. I addressed the 'shadow' components, and then committed to change. Now, if I can afford something I need or want, I buy it without endless price comparisons and bargain-hunting. I don't overdraw my account hardly ever. I budget, and pay bills on time. Discussing my finances doesn't trigger anxiety.

I don't believe that 'anyone' has the potential to be 'rich'. I doubt that it's everyone's True Will. But a healthy person should, IMO, be able to make a reasonable, rational, doable resolution in any area of their life and accomplish it. I've watched myself (and others!) with important goals and dreams that just require a small initial step, delaying and procrastinating the undertaking for years simply because the shadow isn't addressed properly.

thank you very much for your help! the last question is you only banish him then when he has done his job? like you can keep him around for a few days or however long it takes? you mentioned to banish him after he departs, but its unclear if you meant departed to do his chore or departed for good. sorry to be so daft 😀

@danica said

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@TheSilent1 said
"Wow, very interesting choice of words, alrah:
"good servant of the house (or temple)"

After I received the name of my angel, I ran the gematria and re-occurring theme was the word and idea of "storehouse." No matter how I crunched the numbers (greek/hebrew/hebrew finals) the three different sums I found bore a relationship with the word "storehouse," I consulted with a friend well versed in kabbalah and jewish mysticism and he said that the idea of a storehouse was not necessarily about a place of keeping food but also place to educate and feed the poor. Think of the story of Joseph and his brothers."

TheSilent1, I was reading about **Pleiades **on the net (wikipedia) and this post of yours came to mind, because it seems that in many cultures the meaning of the name this star-cluster was something along the lines of "storehouse" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_in_folklore_and_literature).
and this may also be of interest to you (quoted from the above-mentioned source):

"In Indian astrology the Pleiades were known as the asterism (nakshatra) Kṛttikā (which in Sanskrit is translated as "the cutters").[10] The Pleiades are called the star of fire, and their ruling deity is the Vedic god Agni, the god of the sacred fire. It is one of the most prominent of the nakshatras, and is associated with anger and stubbornness."
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All I can say is: WOW!!! This is amazing Danica THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! 😀 😀

Verse 2:76 is perhaps the most cryptic part of the text of Liber Al, and I am still waiting for the day when it is "solved" and we can all forget about it! I have always wondered why Crowley's soluton has never appeared in print, for he actually wrote a letter to Frater Achad regarding "Liber 31" and said that "Your Key opens the Palace. ccxx has unfolded like a flower. All solved, even 2:76 and 3:47"

Is this delusionon Crowley's part? since Liber Al itself says regarding that verse: "Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever. There cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound it."

Also in 3:47: "in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine.Let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the Key of it all"

When Crowley said "All solved, even 2:76" he must have been fooling even himself, since it contradicts what Liber Al says!

And the search goes on.

With respect to Reguli, my opinion is no. Being "an incantation proper to invoke the Energies of the Aeon of Horus," it is a bit more generic in its application than Liber Samekh, for example. Aiwass is the noetic element of the pantheon described in the "Vertical [and] Horizontal Component(s) of the Enchantment" to which you refer. The "Energies," or current, if you prefer, can be chaotic when manifesting, especially via this rite, so it only stands to reason that one would not want to exacerbate that potential effect by excluding the noetic component (or "being" if that's more palatable) through which its manifestation was communicated to a human mind.

Additionally, replacing the name Aiwass with that of the HGA assumes that the HGA knows and/or cares that it is the Aeon of Horus. (Please note that I'm not suggesting that the HGA wouldn't know that you or I
believe that it's the Aeon of Horus.)

There's also the issue, much addressed on this list, of Aiwass as Crowley's HGA and the utility of the rest of us using that name as a temporary stand in for our own. That horse has been beaten into oblivion, so the short version is that we have to learn to "walk and chew gum" with this issue.

Tangentially, it has been the subject of debate as to whether or not Liber Reguli is useful, harmful, or perhaps even the "trap" that Crowley put into Magick in Theory and Practice. I think knowledge of the intended target of its energies is helpful in discerning that. Looking at the etymology of the word "incantation" is helpful for that purpose, as is a gander at Liber LXV Ch. V vs. 5.

Regarding the Middle Pillar, I would also say no. Tiphareth is where we meet the HGA (so to speak), not where it
is. I've always liked the way a friend put it: "The HGA is the Kether of your universe."

@TheSilent1 said

" Follow with Mass of the Phoenix
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Is this in Thelema literature... I am readiing and doing rituals.. I do not have a room set aside as a temple as of yet. I do have a magical area, that I painted on a cloth and I may put it in the temple when I make one.

Thanks

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

@TheSilent1 said

" as I had spent months getting "lost" in "ideas" while researching Goetia. So much so, that I nearly forgot why I had wanted to do the working,."

I think this symptom might be a classic when doing Goetia work, for reasons that are self explanatory when you think about it.

aside from that, syncronicity does seem to come into action thick and fast when you start doing magickal work, although to be completely honest I think this is true of any kind of work, not just specifically magickal work, its just that it seems more obvious among the seeming unconnected areas of Magick, to put simply, coherent patterns stand out more against the backdrop of the Occult.

@Labyrinthus said

"So far on this thread, I have not seen anything about attracting more women into Thelema. (though I do recall it being discussed elsewhere)"

Stopping the penis-measuring contests would be a better start.

@Labyrinthus said

"And for what its worth... I think the role of men in Thelema would be something along the lines of "do as thou wilt". 😉"

Absolutely. Add that it should be "Do what thou wilt" for every man and every woman and you're sold 😄

wanted to say hi on your territory grins