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Deep Dip: Energized Enthusiasm
Season 4 Episode 1
In his essay ‘Energized Enthusiasm,’ Crowley posits how the divine creative energy can be tapped into, as a source of power which he calls “genius.” We’ll delve into this elementary treatise on his t…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
The Infinite Unknown, with Edward Mason (Season Finale)
Season 3 Episode 12
The Book of the Law proclaims: “Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite & unknown”. What is this “infinite & unknown” factor? And how does it undermine the faculty of reason? Edward Maso…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Deep Dip: Check-in 3
Season 3 Episode 11
As we bring Season 3 to a close, Michael and I will once again reflect on our favourite episodes, as well as what we foresee for Season 4, in what’s fast become the least-listened-to episode of every…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Divination Workshop
Season 3 Episode 10
Divination can be a means of obtaining guidance from forces beyond oneself. But even if one chooses the psychological model of the Universe, it can suggest insights not readily available to the consc…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Deep Dip: The Dangers of Mysticism
Season 3 Episode 9
Warnings about the dangers of Magick practice, and the preference for the apparently safer path of Mysticism, were as present in Crowley’s day as any other. We’ll take a deep-dive into Crowley’s rebu…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Jung's Seven Sermons to the Dead, with Edward Mason
Season 3 Episode 8
In 1916 era vulgaris, Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung channeled what would become known as The Red Book. The visions captured in this book culminate in the appended Seven Sermons to the Dead. Edward Mas…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Deep Dip: 8 Lectures on Yoga, Part 2 Lecture 1
Season 3 Episode 7
In 8 Lectures on Yoga, Aleister Crowley attempts to pare away the gaudy veneer, and dispel the fog of superstition, that commonly obscures the fundamental practices of Yoga. We’ll pick up where we le…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
The Adept Self, with Edward Mason
Season 3 Episode 6
Often Crowley speaks of his different Magical Mottos as though he’s referring to different individual people, from Frater Perdurabo to V.V.V.V.V., even distinguishing his mundane self as “the man Cro…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Deep Dip: The 3 Schools of Magick
Season 3 Episode 5
In Magick Without Tears, Aleister Crowley talks about The Three Schools of Magick, which seem to be differing philosophical perspectives on the Universe. But they also seem to represent three faction…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
The Secret Chiefs, with Edward Mason
Season 3 Episode 4
Ascended Masters? Discarnate beings? Living people hidden amongst the crowds? Crowley makes frequent reference to the Secret Chiefs, and their purported guidance of humanity by various means. Edward …
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago