I have today uploaded to the “Writings” 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 [...]

A recent thread over on LAShTAL.com has been discussing the highly suspicious account Aleister Crowley gave about the “reception” of The Book of the Law. One part of the thread has morphed into a speculation as to the nature of “Aiwass”, prompting Ian Rons to write this: I myself experienced something akin to this once, [...]

In our last entry, Sun enters Ascendant of Aries, we discussed Aleister Crowley’s definition of “magick”: the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will and commented on how the principle question relates not to the “causing Change” part as many suspect, but to the “conformity with Will” part. In other [...]

The vernal equinox marks the time at which the length of the day begins to exceed the length of the night once again (technically, it doesn’t; due to the refraction of light in the atmosphere and because the Sun appears to be a disk rather than a point, the length of the day exceeds the [...]

Erwin wrote: The way to discover [the "true will"], essentially, is to stop paying attention to the things that distract you from it. If you stop paying attention to those things, the will makes itself known without any effort required to dig it up. Halla wrote: I see what you mean. Unfortunately one may also [...]

Tom wrote: I think it’s a good idea to distinguish between “awareness” and “narration”. What is often referred to as “self-awareness” is the ability to conceive of oneself as a character in a story and to narrate the events which happen to this character. Awareness, on the other hand, is our response to our environment. [...]

(This essay is also available in printed form) Will is, clearly, the fundamental concept of Thelema. It is what the Greek word Θελημα literally means, and it figures in all three of the core statements of Thelemic conduct: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. (AL I, 40) So with thy [...]

[From private correspondence] Correspondent: How do you tell the difference? How do you know what is Will and what is mind? By investigating the mind and determining how it works, and what things arise from it. This is what mindfulness is all about, moving away from the perception of “I am angry” towards the perception [...]

The true will is the will of the individual essence of which what we commonly mistake for our selves is but the vehicle. The perceptions of this vehicle are “conditioned” by many things, social influences being one, but just the nature of its own mechanics gives rise to most of its problems. It’s not a [...]

[From private correspondence] The key to “integrating these two minds [i.e. the conscious and subconscious minds]” is to understand exactly what is causing them to be separate in the first place. The quote I gave which was just under the one you included in your message is actually more helpful here, so I’ll repeat it: [...]