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Deep Dip: Liber Aleph
Season 4 Episode 11
Liber Aleph, the Book of Wisdom or Folly, is addressed by Crowley to his Magical Son, Charles Stansfeld Jones — better known as Frater Achad. It covers the gamut of the Thelemic perspective on pretty…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Holy Books: The Parricidal Pomp of Atheists, from Liber LXV
Season 4 Episode 10
In ‘The Book of the Heart Girt with a Serpent,’ more commonly known as Liber LXV, many parables abound which are instructive of Thelemic spirituality. But in chapter V we encounter a parricidal pomp …
Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Deep Dip: Pistis Sophia
Season 4 Episode 9
Crowley calls the Pistis Sophia ‘an admirable introduction to the study of Gnosticism’, and includes it in the Curriculum of A∴A∴. But how does Gnosticism relate to Thelema? We’ll delve into the firs…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
Kenneth Grant & Da'ath pt.2, with Edward Mason
Season 4 Episode 8
Last time, Edward Mason and I discussed the subject of Kenneth Grant and the so-called ‘false Sephirah’ of Da’ath. Rather than coming to a strict end, our conversation flowered out into a fractal pro…
Published on 10 months ago
Deep Dip: Liber O (and our Astral Experiments)
Season 4 Episode 7
Liber O is a short, quick entry-point to doing Thelemic practices. As concise as it is, we’ll see what we can mine out of it by dipping deeper, and we’ll also share some of our own experiences, emplo…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Da'ath, and Kenneth Grant, with Edward Mason
Season 4 Episode 6
The so-called false Sephirah on the Tree of Life, called Da’ath, and the Magician and author Kenneth Grant, share something in common: beginners are often warned against pursuing interest in either o…
Published on 11 months ago
Deep Dip: Notes for an Astral Atlas
Season 4 Episode 5
Crowley’s short paper, ‘Notes for an Astral Atlas,’ argues for the possibility of contact with non-human intelligences, by way of the Astral Plane. It also urges the need for both an open mind, and a…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Lectio Divina, with Edward Mason
Season 4 Episode 4
The Holy Books of Thelema contain poetic passages that can seem at times sublime or obscure, opulent or opaque. While memorization can seal the text of such books up into one’s blood, the practice of…
Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Deep Dip: Hume's 'Enquiry Into Human Understanding'
Season 4 Episode 3
To quote Crowley: “Hume said that causal connexion was not merely unprovable, but unthinkable; and, in shallower waters still, one cannot assign a true reason why water should flow down hill, or suga…
Published on 1 year ago
The Angel's 'Language,' with Edward Mason
Season 4 Episode 2
The Holy Guardian Angel usually begins to speak with us long before Knowledge & Conversation is attained, but this speech is often fleeting, taking the form of subtle signs, hints and experiences mea…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago