If you’re surrounded by clowns, chances are good you climbed into a clown car.
Was Crowley a naturalist?
As usual, it depends on how we define our terms.
Thelema, Polytheism, and Absolute Individuality
Reality is individuals all the way down.
The Invisible in the Visible
One of the mistakes I see Thelemites commonly make is confusing things with the spirit they’re supposed to embody. So a similarity between two things is taken to mean they’re the same thing, and all sorts of erroneous implications are drawn.
Space-time, consciousness, and magick
Crowley was aware of the most cutting edge science of his time and correctly understood its implications for philosophy of mind.
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.