The Book of the Law

[scarletharlot]

It is known that on this day back in 1904, between noon and one o'clock in the afternoon, Aleister Crowley received the Third Chapter of the Book of the Law.

Though it has been denied, I am firmly convinced that Rose,(or as he used to call her: "Ouarda") Crowley's wife was present and that she was the channel through which he received the Book. Why? Because at least once she is addressed directly ("...and thou the Scarlet Concubine of his desire...") and Crowley tells us she made certain corrections to the text in the subsequent days... How is it that "she" was the one correcting the text and not he, if he received the communication "out of thin air"?

Also, there was rather a firm injunction included in the Book itself about not altering the text in any way (though the punctuation was fair game ) and here we have Crowley himself telling us that the text was in fact altered, and by no less than the woman he often described in his writings as "stupid" and "emptyheaded"! Funny, that!

But then Crowley despised women, starting with his mother. When a man hates his mother that sets the stage for later problems with relating to women. To his credit, he had much reason to do so; she had been raised in ignorance (as were most women of the Victorian era) and fanatic Christianity , thus, the highly intelligent Crowley (he could play 3 games of chess blindfolded) confronted with such a phenomenon of deeply entrenched ignorance for a parent, could not regard her with affection or respect her on any level whatever.

[Sammy]

Happy book of law day! hehe

[scarletharlot]

The funny thing is, I joijnd OTO at the behest of an 'inner prompting" (an "angelic' prompting actually, but that would engender a lot of explanation on how I know that's what it was, and I have already done that on "other" sites)

It was AFTER I joined OTO that I discovered beyond question that the Book of the Law had been a 'magickal influence" in my life for well over 10 years... if I had not joined OTO, I would never have found this out, since I was not "naturally" drawn to anything associated with Crowley; quite the OPPOSITE, in fact!

But after joining OTO, studying the Book, reading the "Confessions" and a number of other writings, the fact of my longtime 'inner association and connection with the "93 current" (so-called) was indubitable!

Crowley was a major scuzzbucket/jerk/creep/misogynist as a person, unquestionably, but he was also a "pioneer" of occult science, almost unique in that respect, and it is indubitable that his contribution to what we know as 'occultism' is that "occultism" is much less obscure thanks to the work that he did and the observations that he made!

Just one example: In "Magick in Theory and Practice" I happened across the statement that he did a ritual of Hecate...and lo and behold : Kali Bhavani appeared!

Crowley had previously done ritual to Kali back in India,( as recounted in the "Confessions") and obtained the result: Kali appeared to him at the time, so he was 'familiar" with Her. So there could really be no mistake on his part about the identity of the being that appeared to him as a result of the Hecate ritual; they are one and the same! This is a valuable piece of occult information for people like myself: that the deity-form that is known in the West as "Hecate" is known as "Kali" in the East!

[Sammy]

No doubt Crowley blazed a bridge to this path, but he was far from the only shady figure in power back then. As they say "When in Rome". What goes un-noticed with most things, is every idea needs to evolve as our ideals do. However a theological aspect isnt needed here HAHA.

[scarletharlot]

It is a weird but observable fact that many things Crowley talked about in the Confessions have come to pass. F'r instance we have him saying that 'children should be exposed to every kind of sexual behaviour and deviancy" on the principle that they would then grow up without all the "inhibitions" he saw as a tremendous obstacle to spiritual development. Well can anyone deny that this is now the case, with kids having access to the sort of pornography that even ADULTS had difficulty in obtaining not so very long ago (i.e. pre-internet)?

And has this "access" really done "humanity at large" any good? Hardly.

KIDS are now developing "porn addiction" (I just saw a letter to this effect on "Dear Abby" just the other day; a 14-year-old was complaining to D.A. that all her 14-year-old boyfriend wanted to do was look at porn on the internet) and I recently even saw a TV documentary that addressed this issue. (If there is sufficient impetus to make documentaries about it, then it's surely reached the level where the matter is a cause for concern..)

Kids are now having sex at earlier and earlier ages (as demonstrated by record numbers of kids (as in 12 and 13) turning up with STDs; syphilis is making a dramatic comeback (apparently it used to be largely confined to homosexuals) and antibiotic-resistant STDS are rampant.

Now that homosexuality is "acceptable", more and more young men are 'experimenting" (I am quite sure the homosexual Crowley had something to do with this, as in "he cast some sort of spell to ensure it") and that sector being notoriously careless when it comes to sexual hygiene, STDs are reaching epic levels among the under-30s; one estimate puts the number of "under-30 males who are carrying around some form of STD" at THREE OUT OF FOUR.

And, there is no possibility of 'abstinence"; most kids and under-30s are thoroughly convinced they will blow up and die if they don't have an orgasm every day or two. I am sure Crowley "meant well" when he unleashed the demon of "lust" among humanity, but as they say: "The road to HELL is paved with 'good intentions'.

As well, all this STD-transmitting sexual activity will have yet ANOTHER long-term effect: in 10 years, there may well hardly be a fertile woman around; one of the side effects of STDs (which hit women much harder than men) is INFERTILITY. So, combined with the aging populace and the declining birthrate, it would appear that we can look forward to "population decline" in the (relatively) near future. I am sure "Mother Earth' will heave a sigh of RELIEF.

[Sammy]

We have gotten good at doing things faster, and more of it. If America was a person it would have Lust for eyes, greed for hands, gossip for ears, and envy for a mouth. Meanwhile its feet soak in pain and blood.
Perty much everything else would be working nonstop to keep this monstrosity alive and together.

Im not sure when and where it started, but it was the same faces named by crowley and the bible and many others throughout time.

[scarletharlot]

A very accurate assessment, Sammy; I am surprised to hear it coming from an actual American! I will say that I as a Canadian have nothing much better to say about Canadians; though we vaunt ourselves as "peacemakers of the world" it is a fact that a majority of the WEAPONS of the world,( the tools that help evildoers inflict their evil upon the world through fear and intimidation) are produced right here in Canada!

Also, we hold the distinction of being the world's largest producer of cry.stal me.th! So however "bland", "unassuming", and "niiiice" Canadians may appear to the rest of the world, underneath it all we have our OWN 'fingers resting in the pie" of evil, oppression, and suffering throughout the world!

The descriptions of "things to come" are eerily foreshadowed in the Introduction to the Book, written by Crowley; he describes a typical denizen of the future as "epicene" i.e. readily identifiable as neither male or female.... in these days of "gender crisis" and sexual deviancy of all sorts being gradually forced down our throats (and those of future generations) as "acceptable", we can see that Crowley was "on target", despite writing these words more than a hundred years previously.

He points out very clearly how the "Aeon of the Child" will unfold, and points out how very "childlike" are the tendencies of his current society: as being obsessed with sports, ("whole nations being disturbed by disputes between boys"); game shows ("guessing competitions"); and movies ("the cinema" -he was a Brit, after all)...and describes these activities as "all devices for soothing fractious infants; no seed of purpose in them"

How very little things have changed since that time, hmmm? In fact, it could rightly be said "It's worse than ever!" Now to add to that list; we have a whole sector of society quite literally "obsessed with its lower regions" like so many bonobo chimpanzees.

All those who are familiar with history, however, will recognize that such periods, where sexual deviancy reigns supreme, where not even the children are safe, where "barriers" (i.e. morality and ethical standards) are broken down and discarded to the detriment of that 'civilization' (after all, it is the repression and re-channeling of the 'animal instincts" that makes 'civilization' possible) herald the END of a "civilization".

It happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, it happened to Rome, Greece, China , France, Russia...the list of "civilizations" whose degeneracy was retrospectively evident in the form of a "breakdown' of those barriers that comprise 'civilization' is extant. And, you know what they say about "those who do not remember their history..."

[Sammy]

HAHA @ bonobo chimpanzees.

So much for Canada being neutral! How is supplying weapons and ammo staying out of it exactly? Which is kind of going back to my last post here. The monstrosity I was talking about reaches far, because it breathes currency. It goes up and down but it always wants more. It will lie, cheat, and kill for it regardless of beliefs or association. The people feeding this monster dont even realize THEY arent even the ones proffiting, its a false impression the beast gives. We will perish but this beast has no shelf life, it will not slow down for the seasons. It will get everywhere because, people will do ANYTHING for it.

I agree this greedy, adolescent country is heading for problems. It's not like they weren't warned, and its not like they didnt know. But why work for something when you can have a beast bring it to you?

[Sammy]

*just for fun*

How to handle a wild beast/currency:

Animal tamer/government, a person or tool used to guide the animal in your desired direction. These can vary from the humane to the very cruel, but results will be shown in either. Leaving both sides able to say it worked (A.K.A. proffit).

Stock market - You need a stage to display the animal, or you will show no proffit. Also youl need a cage to contain the animal while not on display, so it doesnt just go running everywhere and you lose your investment.

Food - It will eat perty much everything. Any meat will do, a predator will eat when hungry.
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These beasts are popping up worldwide, and a few have reached maturity.

My question is, why do we continue to make them? For the top 1%? Which means 99% of all humanity is just taking the hit. Hasnt the beast been fed enough? Our value as individuals is measured as such, individualy. There is no weighing in this matter, because we are all different we are all worthe as much as the other. The only thing higher or lower is ones thoughts on the matter at hand. The medium is the same as ever, if not just worn from the weather.

[scarletharlot]

It is hardly surprising things are the way they are when the Hindu scriptures say that this Kali Yuga is when the demons prevail. Thus it is hardly surprising that people would be pre-occupied with the sort of things demons delight in: cruelty, suffering, and the obsessive preoccupation with bodily appetites, preferably the bestial and deviant kind. It is much easier to fall than to rise, after all!

The kali Yuga is, not surprisingly, the shortest of all the Yugas; the demons make such a mess of everything that everything implodes upon itself, the demons are destroyed, aand the "Sat Yuga' (Aeon of Truth) begins once again.

The funny thing is, is that Crowley says much the same thing: once the Aeon of the Child ends, the Aeon of Truth (Ma'at, Themis) will establish itself.

[scarletharlot]

It is not allowed to discuss the Book of the Law but it is not forbidden to discuss one's experiences involving the Book. My first encounter with the Book was when I ran an 'occult shop " in my late twenties/early thirties. I had had a run of people asking about getting copies of the Book, and so I was able to read it. The reason I know for sure that I read it at some point was because I remembered the part about "rose and jasmine".

I was not impressed with it, and even less so with the calibre of people who espoused Aleister Crowley and his "Thelema"; they were without exception, a distinctly seedy lot. It seemed to me that they were looking for an 'excuse' to combine religion with "low practices".

Little did I know that I too would embark on the "Left Hand Path" of "Westen Tantra" before the millennium was out!

[Sammy]

Ones path is vast in direction.

[scarletharlot]

The Left Hand Path is also known as "The Path of Woman" The Sanskrit work 'vama" (as in "Vama Marg";"marg" means "path"; "vama" means both "left-hand" and "woman")

The trouble with most methods of spiritual attainment is that they are meant for MEN. Thus, when a woman tries to use these methods they have a detrimental effect on her progress.. I was able to work out a method of spiritual development based in the advice given in the Book of the Law, which can be considered a sort of 'textbook for "Left-Handers".

But, specifics on the method cannot really be given out, since it was peculiar to me, and a good part of the Left Hand Path is dependent on one's own capacity for imagination, and a willingness to go to places that are generally avoided. Crowley specialized in this; he made rather a point of putting himself in risky situations and forcing himself to be dependent on his own "smarts" to get him out.

I will say, however, that a preliminary mastery of the Tree of Life (i.e. Qabalah) is absolutely essential; it is the "passport" that helps keeps one safe (the Names) and also a means of being able to interpret what one encounters in the Inner Realms. Without it, one is like a wanderer in a foreign country with no knowledge of the languag and no 'connections" to anything.

For me it was more of an inner process; I used some methods that would have been considered quite radical and some things not at all associated with "spirituality". One forces oneself to 'see God in everything". Most people associate "Hod" with everything "good" and "the devil' with everything 'evil" but the fact is, is that God alone is responsible for the existence of everything we see around us, good, bad, or indifferent, and thus the "God-seeker" must force one's mind beyond this artificial duality in order to see it for the "illusion" it is. This is part of "crossing the Abyss".

The same principle applies in the Bhagavad-Gita, when Arjuna has the vision of the Universal Form, and is told that the complete and utter destruction of his foes is what is called for; it is what God wishes to have happen!

The notion that even something as terrible as internecine war can serve God's greater purposes is a radical one, terribly subversive of the notion that "God is good". Most people would shy absolutely away from the idea that God would call for the destruction of a whole family line, yet that is exactly what happens, and moreover, it is what is meant to happen; God willed it and so it must be considered "righteous". Arjuna is assured by the great and terrifying form of God as the Lord of Time and Death (Mahakala) that the course of action on which he is about to embark (i.e. war against his relatives and guru) is in fact the 'right' one!

Mist people will not be able to accept such a notion, and thus they could never last on the Left-Hand Path, which is a "quick-and-dirty" method of enlightenment. It is also for this reason terribly dangerous, because the radical methods employed are meant to shatter one's prejudices, and illusions that are keeping one from enlightenment, and most minds would not be able to survive this sort of treatment; mental derangement is one of the hazards of this particular Path, and even with the best methods, there is always a period of "madness" to be undergone, as the mental processes are "rearranged".

Shri Ramakrishna was an initiate of the Left-Hand Path. From a pious country brahmin he evolved into the Maitreya; this, of course was his destiny, so there was no danger to him at any time. However it still was not an easy Path; he himself endured periods when he was considered "mad", and it was only because he had the protection of the immensely wealthy steward of the Temple of Dakshineswar (Rani Rasmani and her son-in-law Mathur Babu) that he was kept safe from the greater part of the opprobrium his erratic behaviour aroused in his fellow priests.