During a recent conversation I had with Dutch poet Martijn Benders we talked about the “path of least resistance” idea of will that I have previously discussed in The three dimensions of will and on the occasion of the Sun’s 2008 entrance into the cadent decan of Pisces. It is same idea that Aleister Crowley […]

In The Ethics of Thelema, we stated that Liber OZ: does not grant rights; it lists rights that are available to those who are able to enforce them. It may seem ironic to some that many Thelemites – claiming to adhere to “the law of the strong” (AL II, 21) – should exert so much […]

A recent discussion over on heruraha.net about reincarnation saw Jim Eshelman make the following statement in response to the statement that “There are innumerable arguments against reincarnation”: Which I’m not going to rehash or enter into. My experience confirms to me, with certainty matching or exceeding that of any other certainty in the whole range […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

From private correspondence. The correspondent refers to my essay True Will, quotes AL I, 42-44, and asks “Why then, in so many circumstances, did so many people oppose Crowley or come into his way with an unfavourable outcome for him?” I presume you are referring to “no other shall say nay,” here. My essay 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 […]