Crowley was aware of the most cutting edge science of his time and correctly understood its implications for philosophy of mind.
Author: Entelecheia
The Magick of Baphomet
The understanding of the Law of Thelema with its demands and rewards gives one the best possible chance to make the most of a human life.
My aim in critiquing Consensus Thelema
The purpose of going back to Crowley isn’t to generate a Thelema that everyone is going to agree with. Nor is it done out of some abstract longing for a “return to tradition,” whatever that is. The purpose of a first principles approach is to generate new, more monstrous forms of Thelema with which to attack Consensus Thelema.
Depth
That sense of “moreness” to things, that sense that reality transcends what we’re grasping at any moment, is what I mean by depth. Depth is what makes an experience feel real.
The Gnostic Mass as an Object of Contemplation
The Gnostic Mass is not meant to be looked at so much as through.
The Work of Silence
The most important changes happen in darkness and silence.
The Dualism & Monism Series
A series of posts I wrote addressing the relationships between Ain, Nuit, Hadit, and the Star through the lens of dualism and monism.
The importance of humility
I try to instill this attitude now in people who are new to Thelema: Don’t assume you know anything let alone everything!
Am I turning magic into philosophy?
My work is a critique of an already existing but unacknowledged dogmatic philosophy.
Eliphas Levi and the Four Cardinal Virtues
Levi’s lucid account of the Four Powers of the Sphinx provides us with the groundwork for a training in virtue as propaedeutic to the study of ceremonial magic.