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by Fr. ABSV—May 2006 e.v. I have been researching the phrase “The Rose of Sharon & The Lily of the Valley,” which appears as an appellation in the Zelator Hall alongside the God-names of Malkuth. I really do love this phrase, and the book whence it comes–that is, the Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, […]

by Fr. ABSV—June 2005 e.v. For those who enter the Golden Dawn without prior exposure to the Hebrew language, the memorization of these 22 letters upon which the Qabalistic tradition of Western mysticism and magick rests may seem a most insurmountable chore. Coupled with the apparently foreign names and spheres of the Qabalistic Sephiroth, the […]

by Sam Webster, m.div., mage, July 1993, ed. 2002 Divination has often been vilified as mere fortune telling. Its preoccupation with the future has made divination the object of ridicule. A common view is that either the future is undetermined and can not be predicted or it is predestined and so we have no free […]

sub figura CCCXII with commentary from Sam Webster “The obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword; these shall he learn and teach.” L. AL II.37 The Pantacle Take pure wax, or a plate of gold, silver-gilt or Electrum Magicum. The diameter shall be eight inches, and the […]

Sam Webster, August 2002 Reflections on what got me practicing the Buddhadharma and how I integrate that with Thelema. In response to discussion the Chthonic-Auranian OTO list. This is a lovely topic, one I’ve spent the last ten years cooking on. I’ll attempt to summarize what I now understand, but this understanding is always in […]

by Frater IO, 1993 These are all the verses in Liber AL that contain the word ‘Law.’ Since Liber AL is in English and in the text referred to all the Book of the Law we need to clarify what is the nature of this law. I 33. Then the priest fell into a deep […]

by Frater IO, 1993 Note: To view this document in its entirety, the Symbol font must be installed on your computer. Why & How, an introduction The Canonical Question Nu & Had, The Cosmology of Liber AL vel Legis Word, Law and Will in Liber AL vel Legis Postscript Bibliography Footnotes Word Analysis of “Law” […]

by Fr. Q.E.S The second of two essays on integrating the Buddha-Dharma with Pagan Magickal Practice. There is a story told about a crow who attempts to put out a forest fire by carrying beakfulls of water from a lake to the fire. It is a story in praise of action, however small, in the […]

by Fr. Q.E.S The first of two essays on integrating the Buddha-Dharma with Pagan Magickal Practice. Hail to the tathagatagharba in all beings! Our era of profound spiritual crisis is equally an era of spiritual forment rivaled only by that time two thousand years ago that saw the emergence of Gnosticism, Christianity, and the Hermetic […]

by Fr. IO An essay on a way of relating A.Crowley to the Thelemic Holy Books that sees him as vital but not the only authority on the texts. It’s strange being a magickian among the witches. Stranger still being a Thelemite magickian, a member of the OTO and other Orders and always getting blamed […]