Thelema, Aleister Crowley, & the Book of the Law
Recently, i got too wrapped in humanity, where it is, and where i wish to see it be. Whoa!!! It doesn't matter how much research and writing i do about Atenist/"Zionist" most people don't wanna know, anyway.
So, i watched Michael Tsarion speak about Aleister Crowley, and looked at the man without the biases that i have picked up through time. A fresh look at Aleister Crowley with an open mind has brought me to record this on my journey to learn Thelema. Wikipedia tells us about Thelema, video notes, the Book of the Law, and some additional Crowley quotes will be presented in this blog.
Wikipedia Tells Us About Thelema
"Thelema (/θəˈliːmə/) is a social or spiritual philosophy derived from Western esotericism. While it is most often regarded as a religion—a new religious movement in particular—it is also referred to as a philosophy, 'religious philosophy', 'spiritual philosophy', or 'religious matrix'.
The fundamental principle underlying Thelema, known as the 'law of Thelema', is 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Love is the law, love under will.' This phrase can be, and usually is, interpreted universally, having moral, mystical, and socio-political implications.
Thelema was developed in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley, an English writer, mystic, and ceremonial magician.[1] He believed himself to be the prophet of a new age, the Æon of Horus, based upon a spiritual experience that he and his wife, Rose Edith, had in Egypt in 1904.[2]By his account, a possibly non-corporeal or 'praeterhuman' being that called itself Aiwass contacted him and dictated a text known as The Book of the Law or Liber AL vel Legis, which outlined the principles of Thelema.[3] An adherent of Thelema is a Thelemite.
The Thelemic pantheon includes a number of deities, primarily a trio adapted from ancient Egyptian religion, who are the three speakers of The Book of the Law: Nuit, Hadit and Ra-Hoor-Khuit. Crowley described these deities as a 'literary convenience'.[4] The religion is founded upon the idea that the 20th century marked the beginning of the Aeon of Horus, in which a new ethical code would be followed; 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law'. This statement indicates that adherents, who are known as Thelemites, should seek out and follow their own true path in life, known as their True Will.[5] The philosophy also emphasizes the ritual practice of Magick.
The word thelema is the English transliteration of the Koine Greek noun θέλημα (pronounced [θélɛ:ma]) 'will', from the verb θέλω "to will, wish, want or purpose." As Crowley developed the religion, he wrote widely on the topic, as well as producing more 'inspired' writing that he collectively termed The Holy Books of Thelema. He also included ideas from occultism, yoga, and both Eastern and Western mysticism, especially the Qabalah.[6]
Aspects of Thelema and Crowley's thought in general provided inspiration for the development of Wicca and, to a certain degree, the rise of Modern Paganism as a whole, as well as chaos magick and Satanism.
Aleister Crowley[edit]
Main article: Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) was an English occultist and writer. In 1904, Crowley claimed to have received The Book of the Law from an entity named Aiwass, which was to serve as the foundation of the religious and philosophical system he called Thelema.[3][39]
Main article: The Book of the Law
Crowley's system of Thelema begins with The Book of the Law, which bears the official name Liber AL vel Legis. It was written in Cairo, Egypt during his honeymoon with his new wife Rose Crowley (née Kelly). This small book contains three chapters, each of which he claimed to have written in exactly one hour, beginning at noon, on April 8, April 9, and April 10, 1904. Crowley claims that he took dictation from an entity named Aiwass, whom he later identified as his own Holy Guardian Angel.[40] Disciple, author, and onetime Crowley secretary Israel Regardie prefers to attribute this voice to the subconscious, but opinions among Thelemites differ widely. Crowley claimed that 'no forger could have prepared so complex a set of numerical and literal puzzles' and that study of the text would dispel all doubts about the method of how the book was obtained.[41]
Besides the reference to Rabelais, an analysis by Dave Evans shows similarities to The Beloved of Hathor and Shrine of the Golden Hawk,[42] a play by Florence Farr.[43] Evans says this may result from the fact that 'both Farr and Crowley were thoroughly steeped in Golden Dawn imagery and teachings',[44] and that Crowley probably knew the ancient materials that inspired some of Farr's motifs.[45] Sutin also finds similarities between Thelema and the work of W. B. Yeats, attributing this to "shared insight" and perhaps to the older man's knowledge of Crowley.[46]
Crowley wrote several commentaries on The Book of the Law, the last of which he wrote in 1925. This brief statement called simply "The Comment" warns against discussing the book's contents, and states that all "questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings" and is signed Ankh-af-na-khonsu.[47]
True Will[edit]
Main article: True Will
According to Crowley, every individual has a True Will, to be distinguished from the ordinary wants and desires of the ego. The True Will is essentially one's 'calling' or 'purpose' in life. Some later magicians have taken this to include the goal of attaining self-realization by one's own efforts, without the aid of God or other divine authority. This brings them close to the position that Crowley held just prior to 1904.[48] Others follow later works such as Liber II, saying that one's own will in pure form is nothing other than the divine will.[49] Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law for Crowley refers not to hedonism, fulfilling everyday desires, but to acting in response to that calling. The Thelemite is a mystic.[48]According to Lon Milo DuQuette, a Thelemite is anyone who bases their actions on striving to discover and accomplish their true will,[50] when a person does their True Will, it is like an orbit, their niche in the universal order, and the universe assists them.[51] In order for the individual to be able to follow their True Will, the everyday self's socially-instilled inhibitions may have to be overcome via deconditioning.[52][53] Crowley believed that in order to discover the True Will, one had to free the desires of the subconscious mind from the control of the conscious mind, especially the restrictions placed on sexual expression, which he associated with the power of divine creation.[54] He identified the True Will of each individual with the Holy Guardian Angel, a daimon unique to each individual.[55] The spiritual quest to find what you are meant to do and do it is also known in Thelema as the Great Work.[56]
Cosmology[edit]
Thelema draws its principal gods and goddesses from Ancient Egyptian religion. The highest deity in the cosmology of Thelema is the goddess Nuit. She is the night sky arched over the Earth symbolized in the form of a naked woman. She is conceived as the Great Mother, the ultimate source of all things.[57] The second principal deity of Thelema is the god Hadit, conceived as the infinitely small point, complement and consort of Nuit. Hadit symbolizes manifestation, motion, and time.[57] He is also described in Liber AL vel Legis as "the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star".[58] The third deity in the cosmology of Thelema is Ra-Hoor-Khuit, a manifestation of Horus. He is symbolized as a throned man with the head of a hawk who carries a wand. He is associated with the Sun and the active energies of Thelemic magick.[57] Other deities within the cosmology of Thelema are Hoor-paar-kraat (or Harpocrates), god of silence and inner strength, the brother of Ra-Hoor-Khuit,[57] Babalon, the goddess of all pleasure, known as the Virgin Whore,[57] and Therion, the beast that Babalon rides, who represents the wild animal within man, a force of nature.[57]
Magick and ritual[edit]
Main articles: Magick (Thelema) and Thelemic mysticism
Thelemic magick is a system of physical, mental, and spiritual exercises which practitioners believe are of benefit.[59] Crowley defined magick as "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will",[60] and spelled it with a 'k' to distinguish it from stage magic. He recommended magick as a means for discovering the True Will.[61] Generally, magical practices in Thelema are designed to assist in finding and manifesting the True Will, although some include celebratory aspects as well.[62] Crowley was a prolific writer, integrating Eastern practices with Western magical practices from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.[63] He recommended a number of these practices to his followers, including basic yoga; (asana and pranayama);[64] rituals of his own devising or based on those of the Golden Dawn, such as the Lesser ritual of the pentagram, for banishing and invocation;[62] Liber Samekh, a ritual for the invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel;[62]eucharistic rituals such as The Gnostic Mass and The Mass of the Phoenix;[62] and Liber Resh, consisting of four daily adorations to the sun.[62] Much of his work is readily available in print and online. He also discussed sex magick and sexual gnosis in various forms including masturbatory, heterosexual, and homosexual practices, and these form part of his suggestions for the work of those in the higher degrees of the Ordo Templi Orientis.[65] Crowley believed that after discovering the True Will, the magician must also remove any elements of himself that stand in the way of its success.[66]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema
Video Notes
Mark Passio @
Mark Passio explains the motto of Thelema, "Do what Thy will is the whole of the Law", and that the true will is the Will of Creation. He explained that Crowley believed that suppressing instincts is bad because it is a part of self.
He was a Grey magician, and an enigma who gave great knowledge;however, "do as i say not as i do" applies because he did not walk the Path. Mr. Passio further explained that Crowley was channeling so that his words were not always his own as he was jumping from one stage of consciousness to another. Mark noted that Crowley is not for the beginner as he said this and did the other.
Michael Tsarion @
Mr. Tsarion stresses that he does not support Thelema, and he is not a member, but that Mr. Crowley had some relevant things to say that are worth noting. He was vocal about exposing the frauds of contemporary religion and science. History is filled with bad boys, and Mr. Tsarion doesn't understand why Mr. Crowley is targeted and demonized.
He said that intelligent people can see that he was a joker, and a bit of a jester; he was a dramatist. Crowley was a "man before his time". He played to attacks by dressing in weird clothes and parading around in public to "get up their noses". Since i had already watched all of the documentaries about him, i went listened to Thelema's The Book of the Law that was channeled from Aiwass to Crowley in Egypt.
The Book of the Law
I heard some weird stuff when i listened to the reading of this text so i looked for words already typed up. Some excerpts will be copied next.
Chapter 1
This chapter is supposed to be the Egyptian goddess, Nuit.
For these fools of men and their woes care not thou at all! They feel little; what is, is balanced by weak joys; but ye are my chosen ones.
Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only! Then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. This is so: I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can give, by all I desire of ye all.
I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice.
My incense is of resinous woods & gums; and there is no blood therein: because of my hair the trees of Eternity.
The Manifestation of Nuit is at an end.
Chapter II
Not sure who this si supposed to be.
Nu! the hiding of Hadit.
Come! all ye, and learn the secret that hath not yet been revealed. I, Hadit, am the complement of Nu, my bride. I am not extended, and Khabs is the name of my House.
In the sphere I am everywhere the centre, as she, the circumference, is nowhere found.
Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us.
Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor, force and fire, are of us.
We have nothing with the outcast and the unfit: let them die in their misery. For they feel not. Compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the wretched & the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world. Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be understood: If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstasy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star & the Snake.
I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny thee for this.
I am alone: there is no God where I am.
Behold! these be grave mysteries; for there are also of my friends who be hermits. Now think not to find them in the forest or on the mountain; but in beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beasts of women with large limbs, and fire and light in their eyes, and masses of flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. Ye shall see them at rule, at victorious armies, at all the joy; and there shall be in them a joy a million times greater than this. Beware lest any force another, King against King! Love one another with burning hearts; on the low men trample in the fierce lust of your pride, in the day of your wrath.
Ye are against the people, O my chosen!
I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one.
There is great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss. He shall fall down into the pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of Reason.
Now a curse upon Because and his kin!
May Because be accursed for ever!
If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops & does nought.
If Power asks why, then is Power weakness.
Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am not for them. I console not: I hate the consoled & the consoler.
I am unique & conqueror. I am not of the slaves that perish. Be they damned & dead! Amen. (This is of the 4: there is a fifth who is invisible, & therein am I as a babe in an egg. )
Nor shall they who cry aloud their folly that thou meanest nought avail; thou shall reveal it: thou availest: they are the slaves of because: They are not of me. The stops as thou wilt; the letters? change them not in style or value!
Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other. Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever: the slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a beggar cannot hide his poverty.
The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing & worship to the prophet of the lovely Star!
Chapter III
As far as i know, Horus, is the hawk headed Egyptian god who is based on the Sun.
Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor Khut.
There is division hither homeward; there is a word not known. Spelling is defunct; all is not aught. Beware! Hold! Raise the spell of Ra-Hoor-Khuit!
Now let it be first understood that I am a god of War and of Vengeance. I shall deal hardly with them.
This shall be your only proof. I forbid argument. Conquer! That is enough. I will make easy to you the abstruction from the ill-ordered house in the Victorious City. Thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. Thou shalt have danger & trouble. Ra-Hoor-Khu is with thee. Worship me with fire & blood; worship me with swords & with spears. Let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. Trample down the Heathen; be upon them, o warrior, I will give you of their flesh to eat!
Sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child.
But not now.
Mercy let be off; damn them who pity! Kill and torture; spare not; be upon them!
For perfume mix meal & honey & thick leavings of red wine: then oil of Abramelin and olive oil, and afterward soften & smooth down with rich fresh blood.
The best blood is of the moon, monthly: then the fresh blood of a child, or dropping from the host of heaven: then of enemies; then of the priest or of the worshippers: last of some beast, no matter what.
This burn: of this make cakes & eat unto me. This hath also another use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of your orison: it shall become full of beetles as it were and creeping things sacred unto me.
These slay, naming your enemies; & they shall fall before you.
Also these shall breed lust & power of lust in you at the eating thereof.
Also ye shall be strong in war.
I am in a secret fourfold word, the blasphemy against all gods of men.
Curse them! Curse them! Curse them!
With my Hawk's head I peck at the eyes of Jesus as he hangs upon the cross.
I flap my wings in the face of Mohammed & blind him.
With my claws I tear out the flesh of the Indian and the Buddhist, Mongol and Din.
Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your crapulous creeds.
Let Mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste women be utterly despised among you!
Also for beauty's sake and love's!
Despise also all cowards; professional soldiers who dare not fight, but play; all fools despise!
But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty; ye are brothers!
As brothers fight ye!
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
There is an end of the word of the God enthroned in Ra's seat, lightening the girders of the soul.
To Me do ye reverence! to me come ye through tribulation of ordeal, which is bliss.
The fool readeth this Book of the Law, and its comment; & he understandeth it not.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/engccxx.htm
Just WwowWzers!!! I don't like these "gods" one -tiny-bit, and i don't like Thelema because these channels sound like the kind of spirits i hate for demanding child sacrifice and pedophilia. I saw a comment asking if Crowley was a Mason, and i end up right back into the research i was doing before i decided to take break and learn Thelema.
Some Additional Crowley Quotes
"It would be unwise to condemn as irrational the practice of devouring the heart and liver of an adversary while yet warm. For the highest spiritual working one must choose that victim which contains the greatest and purest force; a male child of perfect innocence and high intelligence is the most satisfactory."
"All children shall be accustomed from infancy to witness every type of sexual act......lest they be misdirected."
Charming :(
Interesting video here from Ted Gunderson, former head of FBI, Los Angeles. I picked this quote up, and i was so shocked that i didn't get the link, but i feel ill with this subject. Ted Gunderson is a man i watched talking about CIA involvement in drugs and pedophilic rings. The shocking thing about the pedo ring is i have seen my own visions of kids used in rituals, and that is why i keep on doing my best to expose the "system". I believe he's telling the truth. As i am rewatching Mr. Gunderson's video, he speaks of the Masons, Aleister Crowley, and Satanism. Since, Steemit is Politically correct the whole blog fpr those "going down the rabbit hole" is @ http://citedinfo.blogspot.com/2018/01/thelema-aleister-crowley-book-of-law.html
