In his introduction to the Book of the Law, Crowley writes: Every event is a uniting of some one monad with one of the experiences possible to it. “Every man and every woman is a star,” that is, an aggregate of such experiences, constantly changing with each fresh event, which affects him or her either […]

[From private correspondence] Correspondent: What exactly is ‘permanent’ in each person? Their existence as a unit. When someone dies, the story of their life is written and sealed. What they did, what they were, the sum totality of their lives isn’t going to change, ever. It is fixed. This is why “death is the crown […]

[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 […]

[From private correspondence] Correspondent: Could you give me a ‘definition’ of Love in concise terms as possible? Certainly. Love is the expansion of the individual, its consciousness, and its Universe: in all directions equally; without partiality; and free from any restriction. We could get this shorter whilst saying an identical thing — “Love is the […]

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: […]

[From private correspondence] On the question of “organisation” and “legal” law — which is always a thorny issue in Thelema — legal restrictions (e.g. on the dumping of waste, to continue this example), while apparently preserving the freedoms of others can actually have the reverse effect. In the above example, the scientist “responsibly” disposed of […]

[From private correspondence. Names changed to protect the guilty.] Correspondent: 1) To you, what is fundamental to “Thelema?” You ask: “Once again, what IS fundamental to Thelema? Simply Liber AL?” In short, yes. Yet, as I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, “simply” is hardly an appropriate word in that context. Here is what […]

Vilaven: Was Thelema just another expression of “choose your own path”, in so many ways? I’d honestly struggle to think of something that is more completely opposite to what Thelema really is about than this idea. Papanick: If it’s not exactly that, then what is it? Let’s assume you did fall into “Will, Resh and […]

Aum418:It is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people’s business. Each individual must be left free to follow his own path…the original brand of American freedom — which really was Freedom — contained the precept to leave other people severely alone, and thus assured the possibility of expansion on […]