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The A.’. A.’. is the Supreme and Eternal Inner School of initiates who have in all times overseen the evolution of consciousness on this planet. This order has assumed various forms and names throughout history. In all cases, however, its chief work is the preparation of the individual for Initiation. It is from the A.’. A.’. that The Book of the Law was issued to humankind, to announce the advent of the Aeon of Horus. The current outer form of the order was created by Frater P. and Frater D.D.S. under the guidance and instruction of the A.’. A.’.
This path of High Magick is not for most. The A.’. A.’. is the parent of all other viable initiatory systems. All others are but preparation (or specialized training) for those who will eventually aspire to this One Order of the Shining Star. Affiliation is for those — perhaps only for those — who dedicate themselves, with reverence, duty, sympathy, devotion, assiduity and trust, to the performance of the Great Work now, within this incarnation; and to dare, with courage undaunted, to perfect it.
Love is the law, love under will.
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"Graffiti from 1st-3rd Century Rome".
"The inscription in Greek reads: "
"Alexamenos Sebete Theon, or "Alexamenos Worshipping his God"."
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The doctrine of propitiation, which emphasizes the need for some kind of sacrifice to appease a deity imagined as existing apart from the human condition, is one that still pervades cultures in one form or another worldwide. Theistic religions that hold to this doctrine tend to regard humanity as being mired in an inferior condition, one which can only be rectified by means of worshipful placation.
This widespread religious view holds its deity to be a sort of empyreal entity, separate from the material condition and wholeheartedly antipathetic to the pursuits thereof. Their so-called "supreme god", it is imagined, exists in an idyllic "perfection" beyond the processes of nature, and repudiates those who embrace their natural satisfaction. Carnal activities are severely restricted, if not condemned outright. The worshipper must be purged of his or her "sinful" tendencies if he or she is to expect to win the acceptance of the deity to which he or she aspires.
The premise upon which such theistic dogma is based, i.e. that spiritual purity excludes animalistic pleasure, is an absurd flight of fantasy that leads to numerous social and personal ills when taken as a theological foundation. A doctrine that holds that the animal condition in which we are inextricably bound, and from which there is no escape except in the fatuous rumination of a theologian, seems harmless enough in spite of its silliness; but there are problems that arise when theory extends to actual practice.
Ideologies developed from this kind of premise often have the same undesirable consequences when adhered to assiduously. For persistent repression of natural desires tends to lead to malevolent perception and serious dysfunction. The evidence is obvious in puritanical societies, particularly in the case of individuals who tend to the fanatical end of the religious spectrum.
This kind of manichean fundamentalism, in which the natural order of things is considered evil and detrimental to spiritual and social well-being, contorts the perspective of its most dedicated adherents into a neurotic monstrosity that really is far more of a threat to others than any fun-loving hedonist could ever be. It plants the seeds of extreme enmity in the minds of many of its most impassioned followers, leading the more unstable among them to despicable acts of violence against those who behave contrary to their unnatural standards. There are numerous serial killers whose vile actions are spurred on by their hatred for women who are openly promiscuous; and there are countless cases of reprehensible violence committed against gays merely because being gay is considered an atrocity in the eyes of some god who happens to exist only in the warped minds of the perpetrators of that violence. As if love, in any form, could ever be good reason for violent persecution.
What sort of "supreme being" reviles a man for his natural expression of love? Love is a beautiful thing, not a crime against heaven. Any god condemning one for loving another is nothing less than an enemy of humanity whom we should adamantly reject, not revere and force on society -- whether individually through violence and imposition of guilt or socially via restrictive legislation.
There is no state of "purity" contrary to natural happiness, except in the demented theology of men. All religion wherein some unnatural ideal is espoused -- an ideal that is detrimental to the health and happiness of man -- stems not from any "perfect" Supernal being but from man's own misinterpretation of an epiphany of a greater reality at the root of his own mind which he objectfies and idealizes as something beyond those aspects of himself that he considers base. For many so desperately want themselves to be considerably more than mere animals; but the fact remains that they "are" animals -- albeit very intelligent ones (in some cases at least) -- and the divine epiphany that the more enlightened among them realize is their very own hidden reality. Their activities are sacred, however base, provided that they contribute to their joy -- but only as long as they fail to do real harm to others.
Fanatical theism has been responsible for so much cruelty, suppression and genocide because humanity has failed to recognize the divinity in his own natural state of love and joy, seeking it instead in an unreal fantasy that he imagines as being superior to his own natural proclivity. It has resulted in the sacrifice of innocent humans and animals; the burning of art and books; the torture of "heretics" and the unjust persecution of "infidels". When will it stop? It is time that we wake from the nightmare of insane superstition and put an end to the madness of any theology that posits sanctity as anything other than pure, unconditional joy without primitive ideas of a supposedly superior deity demanding propitiation in exchange for a pipe dream.
Yet in so doing -- in championing the cause of liberating religious theory of archaic notions of so-called perfection -- in reconciling man's concept of divinity with his own potential for genius, we must not err as others have so often done by resorting to hatred and violence toward individuals with whom we disagree -- or by outlawing their own right to worship as they do. Each has the right to do as he please, to think as he please, to worship as he please -- no matter how pointless the deed, no matter how erroneous the thought, no matter how absurd the cult -- so long as he interfere with none other. Despising their stupidity is fine; brutalizing them is not. The way to save man from his madness is not to club him over the head -- for that merely emboldens those who would avenge him and tarnishes one's noble cause. The best way to do that is to assimilate the religion he espouses in an overarching spiritual law that purges any doctrine of its errors; and to promulgate a new way that will win over the less fanatical of his cult so that, in time, there are no more like him.
Whether one favors the religious approach or not, there is no other way to stamp out the madness of false religion (i.e. ideology of whatever variety that denies science and forces its followers to conform to an idiotic ideal that stifles natural happiness and creates neuroses). All primitive religions contain a germ of Truth: take that, dispense with the outmoded dogma that conflicts with science and that imposes illogical restrictions on society, then reconcile man with his own inherent divinity. Make it thoroughly convincing and eventually the religious problem which currently threatens humanity with extinction will be eliminated once and for all. Then humanity can take the next step in its evolution rather than fall back into oblivion.
The Law of Thelema outlines the way, and -- if well understood and properly applied to the problem at hand, with wisdom and patience -- it alone holds the key to getting beyond our global dilemma. There is no quick and easy path; but if we go with certainty, work with diligence and make every effort to tap our full potential for genius, we will not fail to win over the masses of confused fanatics -- with their own devices.
It "is "possible, no matter how difficult it may seem. "There is success." ("Liber Legis", 3:69.) We have gotten this far, conquered so many more arduous circumstances and overcome such abhorrent tendencies that this challenge pales in comparison. It just takes dedication, determination and unswerving perseverance. All great challenges are hard, but no problem is insurmountable given our infinite potential.
The error of theistic propitiation has been the cause of much unnecessary misery and madness. But religion itself is not to blame for that anymore than guns are to blame for crime. It is the way in which it is used that determines whether the effects are to our benefit or not. Religion, divorced from theistic superstition, utilized as a means by which to explore one's unlimited potential, is an instrument whereby one may realize infinitely more than ordinarily possible. It can lead one to the most extraordinary attainment of divine realization in the genius of our talent -- or to utter madness in the pointless idiocy of theistic propitiation. But all the problems associated with religion can be bypassed not by eliminating religion altogether -- for that would be throwing out the baby with the bathwater -- but by understanding it thoroughly and applying the mind to its method properly, in a way that is healthy for ourselves and for the planet.
Atheistic religion -- wherein the objective is not to curry the favor of some ethereal tyrant but to attain the Gnosis of one's own Holy Supernal Will -- is that way. It is our task to demonstrate its value, to lead by example. For it leads to a millionfold joy in our expedition to the Augoeides, our own Hidden Genius, in the accomplishment of our true Wills. And "that "is the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.
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The Magical Tradition, which included sex as a means to spiritual attainment, existed long before dynastic times in ancient Egypt, and there are early references to it in the sacred writings of India and China.
In Egypt this tradition was known as the Draconian or Typhonian Cult. It was the first systematized form of earlier African mysteries.
The doctrines which the Egyptians elaborated into a highly specialized cult, flowered later in the tantras of India, Mongolia, China, and Tibet. "Paradoxical as it may sound," writes Crowley, "the Tantrics are in reality the most advanced of the Hindus.
The essence of the Tantric cults is that by the perfor mance of certain rites' of Magick, one does not only escape disaster, but obtains positive benediction. The Tantric is not obsessed by the will-to-die. It is a difficult business, no doubt, to get any fun out of existence, but at least it is not impossible. In other words, he implicitly denies the fundamental proposition that existence is sorrow, and he formulates the essential postulate... that means exist by which the universal sorrow (apparent indeed to all ordinary observation) may be unmasked, even as at the initiatory rites of Isis in the ancient days of Khem (Egypt), a Neophyte presenting his mouth, under compulsion, to the pouting buttocks of the Goat of Mendes, found himself caressed by the chaste lips of a virginal priestess of that Goddess at the base of whose shrine it is written that No man hath lifted Her veil."
Crowley knew that the crux of tantric ritual lay in its connection with the magically induced ecstasies of sexual orgasm. Orgasm, in Reich's sense of a fulminant paroxysm involving the entire organism, is sometimes set against the Tantric concept of (a) a total orgasm, or (b) a total absence of orgasm; both these interpretations have been read into Tantric texts.
In either case, orgasm is commonly regarded as psychophysical phenomenon. But this is incorrect. Reich emphasized the distinction between ejaculation and orgasm, the one being physical, the other being, strictly speaking, metaphysical. Ejaculation without orgasm is a common occurrence, and, as Reich pointed out, total orgasm is a far less frequent phenomenon. It is undoubtedly even less frequent than he supposed. The Tantric conception of orgasm in its directly sexual sense (for it has others), is of a more comprehensive order; it may, in fact, be described as parasexual. It involves the Kundalini sakti, of which the sexual aspect is its most material form. The actual production of semen is the end-product, if not the waste-product, left over from an im properly and incompletely absorbed current of consciousness.
The Consciousness-Current is twofold: magical and mystical. The former operates in the lower chakras, the latter in the higher. That which ejaculates as semen is unabsorbed energy (prana or ojas), and it always contributes to the creation of material forms, whether lodged in a womb or not. If not, the overflow (as in masturbation, sodomy, fellatio, etc.), is taken up by the astral and quphotic entities and built into organisms already existing upon the subtle planes. Paracelsus refers to homunculi (artificially generated creatures) made from sperm independent of the female organism, and to astral larvae and parasitic monsters built out of the substance of voluptuous imaginings.
by Kenneth Grant
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Out-of-body experiences. We've all seen the stories on Dateline and heard the accounts on 20/20 but few of us have ever experienced them. And while many of us are skeptical that the accounts are legit, most of us want to believe they're real. After all, how cool would it be to see yourself...outside your body?
In every day parlance, these experiences are called OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES. In more technical terms, however, they're called ASTRAL PROJECTIONS: EXPERIENCES WHERE YOUR CONSCIOUS SELF ACTUALLY LEAVES YOUR BODY AND OPERATES ON ITS OWN. In effect, it's where your spiritual self leaves the physical self.
These experiences may seem like they're rare, but believe it or not, you've already experienced them...you just don't remember them. And you shouldn't remember them because you're not trained to remember them.
By reading this article, that's about to change.But before we get to that, you might be interested to know that personal accounts of astral projection have been around for centuries.
You name the culture, there is documentary evidence that shows awareness of astral projections and what they were. Egyptian priests called the astral body the Ka. Tibetans called the astral body the Bardo. And Greek philosophers-from the likes of Plato, Herodotus and Clazomene?-refer to astral projections in their writings. People skeptical of astral projections like to emphasize how there's no scientific evidence to back up these very personal accounts, but the fact that one of civilization's most prominent philosophers has written about them gives them credulity. Or at least they ought to.
Another misconception you might have about astral projections-or out-of-body experiences-is that their entirely random. Well, yes and no.
There are actually TWO KINDS OF ASTRAL PROJECTIONS:
* spontaneous (i.e. the random ones)
* controlled.
As you might imagine, the spontaneous ones never happen during one particular scenario, but they're usually when you're at least trying to relax. The other kinds are called controlled. Once again, as the adjective indicates, controlled are the ones where you can actually put yourself in an out-of-body experience whenever and wherever you want. How long it takes to learn how to do this varies from person to person. For some it will take weeks, for others it will take years. Much of it will depend on how much you practice and how much time you're willing to put into it to grasp the concept.
Finally, you may have heard in the course of your lifetime that the human brain uses a bare percentage of what it's actually capable of. The same is true for your life, or existence. Metaphysicians believe that there ARE SEVEN PLANES OF EXISTENCE:
* First Plane (Physical)
* Second Plane (Astral)
* Third Plane (Mental)
* Fourth Plane (Buddhic)
* Fifth Plane (Spiritual)
* Sixth Plane (Monadic)
* Seventh Plane (Adi)
Most of us operate on the first plane, the physical plane, where everything we know and understand is physical. What we can physically see and touch is what's real to us. The second plane is the astral plane-where what we truly desire and/or want for our lives can become reality. Now, the fact that the astral plane is the second of seven planes of existence out to speak volumes...if you thought that the astral plane was the height of existence. It is but the beginning. Reaching the seventh plane is said to be beyond explanation. That, in and of itself, is explanation enough on how glorious life can truly become
This is but a primer on astral projection. There's so much more to learn and eventually integrate into your life. To paraphrase the inimitable Dr. Seuss, oh, the places you'll go with astral projection!
Steve G. Jones
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