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		<title>Infants, toys, prams (or Don&#8217;t do it, kids: Part two)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The common warnings about the psychological harm that occultists can cause themselves as a result of their practices are well known. In The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, for instance, Israel Regardie wrote that: In the practice of Magic or anything which releases unusual amounts of energy from the unconscious the infantile megalomaniacal substructure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=508</link>
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		<title>Fresh eyes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mind runs along well-trodden ruts, and it does this by design. As we explained in Let there be no difference made, the mind would quickly become overwhelmed if it was necessary to fully process all stimuli received by the senses which would, apart from other things, be an enormous survival disadvantage. Suppose we are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=506</link>
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		<title>Reading lists for the religious</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The student syllabus for Jim Eshelman&#8217;s A∴A∴ branch contains the following books: The Equinox (Crowley, 1909–1913) Raja Yoga (Vivekananda, 1896) The Shiva Samhita (trad., English translation Shri Chandra Vasu, 1884), or The Hathayoga Pradipika (Svatmarama) Konx Om Pax (Crowley, 1907) The Spiritual Guide (Molinos, first English edition 1688) 777 (Crowley, 1909) Dogme et Rituel de [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=502</link>
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		<title>Essence of rabbit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More from Dawkins&#8217; The Greatest Show on Earth: As we trace the ancestry of modern Homo sapiens backwards, there must come a time when the difference from living people is sufficiently great to deserve a different specific name, say Homo ergaster. Yet, every step of the way, individuals were presumably sufficiently similar to their parents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=498</link>
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		<title>Crowley in print?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across a page on Facebook the other day called Petition the OTO to publish Crowley&#8217;s out of print books and Thoth deck. It appears to be a platform for criticising the OTO for &#8211; as the name clearly suggests &#8211; not keeping Crowley&#8217;s books in print, heavily populated by professional complainer &#8220;Keith418&#8243;. Other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=488</link>
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		<title>Ultimate reality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the same LAShTAL.com thread referred to in Majesty in nature, the idea of &#8220;ultimate reality&#8221; arose, exemplified in the following comment from Ian Rons where it is termed &#8220;absolute meaning&#8221; or &#8220;absolute knowledge&#8221;: However, yes of course people do make statements which they presume to be meaningful; but I would say that, ultimately, they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=482</link>
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		<title>Majesty in nature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over on LAShTAL.com, I&#8217;ve been involved in a thread dealing mainly with the question of &#8220;knowledge&#8221;. During that discussion, presumably objecting to the idea that &#8220;knowledge&#8221; &#8211; which requires effort and honesty to obtain &#8211; is helpful in any way, a flaky new-age whelp calling himself &#8220;sonofthestar&#8221; (whose immortal take on the veracity of Crowley&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=478</link>
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		<title>A timely reminder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent email exchange, a correspondent asked me &#8220;whats your opinion on astrology?&#8221;, to which I replied, &#8220;superstitious nonsense&#8221;. A further question of &#8220;so, what do you think of astral projection or such? Is it all your mind playing tricks on you?&#8221; elicited a response which seems to have hit home. So, for all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=474</link>
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		<title>The Holy Guardian Angel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have today uploaded to the &#8220;Writings&#8221; section of this web site a PDF version of my new essay, The Holy Guardian Angel. The objective of the essay is to engage in a comprehensive and thorough review of the occasions where Aleister Crowley wrote about the Holy Guardian Angel in his published works of prose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=472</link>
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		<title>Why do we exist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across an article on wiccantogether.com today which is called &#8220;Why do we exist &#8211; A Thelemic Philosophy&#8221; and appears to be a thinly veiled retelling of The Khabs is in the Khu. To give the author a little credit, he/she did correctly identify it as &#8220;a re-hashing of an article [he/she] found online.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=467</link>
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