In You are not entitled, we raised the possibility that a liberal society and liberal values, although clearly preferred by many, may actually be detrimental to a society and ultimately unsustainable. Earlier, in Let there be no difference made, we saw how natural selection has not “designed” us to be spiritually fulfilled and happy, presumably [...]

The Christian position on “sin” is best summed up in Romans 7:14-25: For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that [...]

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 [...]

In our last entry, Sun enters Succedent of Pisces, we wrote about the wisdom of seeking “the path of least resistance,” and in the closing decan of what is often considered to be the weakest of the twelve astrological signs, with the vernal equinox just around the corner, it may appear appropriate to turn our [...]

At the heart of Thelema is the concept of “will,” or “True Will” as it is sometimes called, the idea that there is a course of action most “proper” or most “natural” to each individual, and that his happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, actualisation – call it what you will – is maximised by whole-heartedly following such [...]

As the Sun enters the ascendant decan of Pisces, we turn our thoughts to nature. The main distinction between Thelema and paganism (“paganism” here referring to actual folk religion, as opposed to the modern phenomenon of “neo-paganism” and Wicca which are little but thinly veiled versions of Christianity with the exception that the morbid sexual [...]

The previous two posts in this series related to idealism and self-image. The antidote to illusion as it pertains to self-image is self-knowledge. If a false self-image is comprised of false and fanciful ideas about both the nature and preferences of the self, then a “true” self-image may reasonably be supposed to be comprised of [...]

The Moon reflects the light of our Sun, and when the Moon is full that reflection is at its greatest; the Moon is positioned at the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun, enabling it to reflect fully the light of the Sun back down to us. On an individual level, the Sun represents [...]

Aquarius fundamentally represents ideals. Even in popular culture, the “Age of Aquarius” is often said to herald a new era for humanity, where longstanding social problems will be able to be solved in an equitable fashion through the application of reason (Aquarius is attributed to the element of air, which contains reason and intellect amongst [...]