In the same LAShTAL.com thread referred to in Majesty in nature, the idea of “ultimate reality” arose, exemplified in the following comment from Ian Rons where it is termed “absolute meaning” or “absolute knowledge”: However, yes of course people do make statements which they presume to be meaningful; but I would say that, ultimately, they [...]

Over on LAShTAL.com, I’ve been involved in a thread dealing mainly with the question of “knowledge”. During that discussion, presumably objecting to the idea that “knowledge” – which requires effort and honesty to obtain – is helpful in any way, a flaky new-age whelp calling himself “sonofthestar” (whose immortal take on the veracity of Crowley’s [...]

In the entries relating to the previous two decans in this sign, we looked at magick as “the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will”, focusing first on the misunderstanding of “conformity with Will”, and second on the method of resolving that misunderstanding. As we enter the final decan of [...]

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 [...]

Stoicism was a Greek school of philosophy which flourish from around the beginning of the third century B.C.E. until the sixth century C.E. It was highly influential, and became “the foremost popular philosophy among the educated elite in the Greco-Roman Empire.” [Amos & Lang] It is of interest because many of its tenets bear a [...]

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 [...]

Just a random but vaguely interesting point that occurred to me whilst writing this post. We can imagine the amount of light at various times throughout the year as the function of a sine wave. From the vernal equinox to the autumnal equinox, the days are lighter than the nights, and so this portion of [...]

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 [...]

As the Sun enters the cadent decan of Capricorn, the winter solstice is approximately twenty days behind us, and the days are slowly beginning to lengthen. Because of seasonal delay – the fact that the ground gives off more heat than it absorbs for a period after the shortest day – the coldest day of [...]