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Initiation: The Hidden Agenda of Being

Posted by on March 25, 2019

Welcome to the A∴A∴.  You are now part of an exclusive organization that is entitled to initiation into Magick (profound wisdom of live beyond the bounds of scholarly study).  You have found the secret school that will give you the initiation that you otherwise cannot have.  This means that if your teacher tells you to do something that is ethically wrong or destructive you must do it, or otherwise you will be barred from the order and lose the golden thread of initiation, right?

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The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

Posted by on March 24, 2019

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram was first published in The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley Volume I (1905) as a footnote to his poem The Palace of the World. He ended this footnote with: “Those who regard this ritual as a mere device…


Being a Thelemite

Posted by on March 23, 2019

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Being a THELEMITE is to be aware that we are not sooth-sayers, fortune-tellers, or miracle workers, we leave those areas to pseudo magicians. Being a THELEMITE is, in the most difficult learning moments of our Fratres and Sorores, to be aware that these moments…


On the Neophyte, Women, and the Melusina

Posted by on March 23, 2019

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. “I believe then, and believe now, that the probationer of A∴A∴ is nearly always offered the opportunity to betray the Order, just as the neophyte is nearly always tempted by a woman.”—Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley’s claim that an A∴A∴ Neophyte is nearly always tempted…


The Magical Circle

Posted by on September 15, 2017

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law In most traditions, a magical circle is commonly used to make clear to the spirit world, the working space for the practitioner. In Liber ABA Part 2 is stated concerning the magical circle: The Circle announces the Nature of the Great Work.Though the Magician…