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Originally posted by Romantic_Rebel
I want to learn how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death. Aleister Crowley philosophy seems to call out to me from his grave. I want to learn about the Ordo Templi Orientis and Thelema. Sounds fun to me as a young person with a lot of time own my hands and everything I can achieve in my life by learning about magick, Thelema and what not.
Originally posted by Romantic_Rebel
reply to post by NoRegretsEver
I'm serious here! Trust me! I would like to know more about Alister Crowley.
He seems interesting and his beliefs and groups sound amazing!
Originally posted by Romantic_Rebel
I want to learn how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death. Aleister Crowley philosophy seems to call out to me from his grave. I want to learn about the Ordo Templi Orientis and Thelema. Sounds fun to me as a young person with a lot of time own my hands and everything I can achieve in my life by learning about magick, Thelema and what not.
Originally posted by Romantic_Rebel
I want to learn how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death. Aleister Crowley philosophy seems to call out to me from his grave.
only if you believe hell exists, can it! religion is based on the same principles as all kinds of magical beliefs. Ego is hell, you are welcome to it if you like.
CEREMONIAL MAGIC AND SORCERY
"Many a magician has lost his life as the result of opening a way whereby submundane creatures could become active participants in his affairs. When Eliphas Levi invoked the spirit of Apollonius of Tyana, what did he hope to accomplish?
"Is the gratification of curiosity a motive sufficient to warrant the devotion of an entire lifetime to a dangerous and unprofitable pursuit? If the living Apollonius refused to divulge his secrets to the profane, is there any probability that after death he would disclose them to the curious-minded?
"Levi himself did not dare to assert that the specter which appeared to him was actually the great philosopher, for Levi realized only too well the proclivity of elementals to impersonate those who have passed on. The majority of modern mediumistic apparitions are but elemental creatures masquerading through bodies composed of thought substance supplied by the very persons desiring to behold these wraiths of decarnate beings." - Manly P. Hall 33°
Esoteric Treatise of Theurgy
"7th - It is dreadfully dangerous to invoke demons. We found ourselves in very serious and tremendous danger, when we were performing the investigation of the “Conjuration of the Seven!”
"If the student is not armed with the Sword of Justice, if he is not absolutely chaste, if he does not follow the Path of Sanctification, he could easily lose his life in those works, or just as well, could arrive at the most terrible despair, the most frightening fear with very serious consequences for the physical body, risking himself by invoking demons.
"8th - High Theurgy must only be utilized in order to invoke Angels. By means of high Theurgy, we can study at the feet of the Grand Master of Wisdom, converse with the Angels, talk with the Constructors of the Universe, talk with our Inner God, face to face, in the Superior Worlds.
"9th - We must sublimate all of our Sexual Energies towards the heart. We must tread the Path of Absolute Sanctity." - Samael Aun Weor
Nychthemeron: The Hours of Apollonius
The Nychthemeron is an ancient symbolic mystery of twelve hours, that hide the mysteries of spiritual initiation. Each hour relates to steps in the process of initiation, and in many levels or cycles of development.
Nychthemeron: Greek νυχθήμερον, nychthēmero; spelled nuctemeron, nychthemeron, nycthemeron, or nuchthemeron. From the Greek νυχθήμερον, from the words nykt- "night", and (h)emera "day, daytime") is a period of 24 consecutive hours. Nychthemeron literally means "a night and a day" or "the night enlightened by the day." It is equivalent to: "And the evening and the morning were the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth day." - Genesis 1
The beginning of the Nychthemeron is the point where the setting sun intersects the circle of the horizon. Therefore the Nychthemeron extends from the moment when the sun disappears from the horizon till his disappearance on the following day.