333 wrote:
  or are you talking about some kind of *actual* GWB?

George W Bush? I'd heard he was once in the AA, or needed to be, or
something like that. I know that there is supposed to be a connection
between Crowley, Skull and Bones and Bohemian Grove in there, somewhere what
with Aleister Crowley being Bush's grandfather on his mother's side and so
ON. It's ALL connected. ...Tea anyone?

hail stan:
Alamantra
www.alamantra.org

On 9 April 2010 02:58, 333 <nagasiva@...> wrote:
>
> hi Jake,
>

hi,

sorry to have awoken the sleeping Cyclops, that's what happens when
you try and be helpful in an idle moment.

> > > Does any one know who or how we could get
> > > recognition from either an official
> > > governing A.'.A.'. body
> > >
> > > or is anyone interested in exchanging peer
> > > to peer recognitions.
>
> "jakeus72" <jakestrattonkent@...>:
> > not in my experience.
> > The one and only 'real AA' is that Eternal Order
> > to which all enlightened persons belong by inviolable right.
>
> so once one becomes enlightened one becomes a member?
>

yup, and seeking approval would be an unlikely concern.


> > Recognition and occult paper trails are trivial baubles.
>
> they were talking about paper? I think the A.'.A.'. is
> transcendental to paper. oh but there was Liber 31 and
> the Gems from the Equinox and all the stuff that George
> Cecil Jones and Aleister Crowley and Jane Wolfe and
> Marcel Motta promoted. isn't that the AA too? or are
> you talking about some kind of *actual* GWB?
>


  the actual and the manifested can be identical or at least overlap,
but like the moving finger which writes, the spirit too moves on.

What I'm (avoiding?) talking about is the not uncommon assumption that
some authority can or should recognise a descent from Crowley proven
by 'relevant'  documentation; that such 'proven' descent is the
supreme validation of membership in the Eternal Order. Perhaps, dear
Revolutionary, you are acquainted with this notion?

Descent from Diogenes seems more likely, though his approval is
remote. There is of course something they - like Alexander - could do
for him.

ALWays

Jake

do as you please.

"Alamantra" <alamantra@...>:
> I've been surfing through, what is proving to be, a fascinating
> book a friend gave me a couple of days ago. It is called The
> Sorcerer's Handbook by Wade Baskin. ....

thank you for mentioning this. I have recently become reacquainted
with the fact that i loved Baskin's "Dictionary of Satanism" far
more than i liked the Satanic Bible, and i hadn't moved to the next
stage of wondering what other wonders than "Satanism: A Guide to the
Awesome Power of Satan" (Citadel reprint of the dictonary). :)

> ...the author/editor has sympathy for and who he is against.
> ...he considers himself a member of the "authentic" Golden Dawn
> tradition and, this being the case, he necessarily "hates"
> Aleister Crowley.

how exciting. I've never nown anything about Baskin. you're swell.

> ...So the information Mr. Baskin is kind enough to provide tells
> us that the A.'.A.'.  was little more than a sad, failed attempt
> to avenge a "failed" Golden Dawn member's hard feelings for
> having been "expelled."

given One Star in Sight, that is a sound evaluation.

> It doesn't bother to indicate the goals of the A.'.A.'.

unimportant.

> or to give any objective information about it.

who would have any?

> It concludes with a dwindling membership. The use of the
> word "illustrious members" tells us a bit about the
> author/editor's own preferences in shopping for a
> secret order to join. ....

lol. goodness, i hope he corrects the Yeats initials!
maybe i will write to him if you do not. ;)

> "Crowley, Aleister: Scottish Satanist (1875-1847)

LOL!!!!!

> founder of a cult violently opposed to Christianity,
> and editor and author of many works on the occult.
> His numerous magical writings include many articles
> published in The Equinox (a journal which he founded),
> contributions to a number of obscure magazines, The
> Kabbalah Unveiled,

*what*?

> Magick in Theory and Practice, and Moonchild, an
> occult suspense tale.
>
> Crowley claimed to be a reincarnation of Edward Dee.

WHAT??
LOL -- uh oh.

> ...one has to wonder at Mr. Baskin's preference for
> painting Crowley as being particularly Scottish.
> I presume that this may have something to do with
> the author's choice to contrast Crowley's "fateful"
> accomplishment with the miraculous "weather" magic
> of MacGregor Mathers.

I'm unsure. becoming Scottish (as Mina and S.L. did)
was all the rage at the time. wasn't their a kilt
shot of Crowley being all OTO? this may be a VERY
humorous slam at Crowley's apparel.

> Crowley ...claimed to be the reincarnation of every
> magician from Cagliastro to Eliphas Levi, claimed
> to have been the reincarnation of Edward KELLY.

oh. I only knew about Levi. where are all these other
claims of his?

> ...one shouldn't be too surprised to find such
> distortions as he acknowledges having benefited
> from the writings of A.E. 'White' (should be Waite).

LOL!! oh my! well Waite was helpful in his content.

> ..the inconsistency of the cremation and the burial to be quite
> averse to common sense. As I recall,

maybe it was just a ceremony at which the Hymn was read.

> ...Crowley's ashes were allegedly scattered by a tree
> somewhere in New Jersey.

oh goodness, that does sound deliberate. the tale i heard was
that they were upset in someone's back yard and lost during
some misplaced incident, kinda like zatoichi's gold or the
gold from the Sierra Madre.

> author's wish to diminish the A.'.A.'., he has to
> begrudgingly state, "His writings are largely
> responsible for the revival of magic today.. "
> which he cannot leave to stand as a complete
> sentence but is willing to risk the very premise
> of his book by reducing it to a view of the
> world that had been antiquated by the 17th
> century ...and, thus, as something that stands
> in opposition to the Renaissance. That revival of
> magic(k) of which he admits only with contempt,
> is the very thing that enabled Baskin to get this
> book published in the first place.

while true, it should be said that he was referring
to the *writings*. this was because of the book
butchers and reprinters who set about using
Crowley's writings to sell books on occultism. one
might also mention Waite's text, which is,
especially as out of US Games, far more influential.

> Even more puzzling, in light of the rhetoric of
> the other listings, is Baskin's entry for "Magick
> in Theory and Practice: One of the best books ever
> written on the subject of magic. It was published
> in 1929 by Aleister Crowley, the self-styled
> 'Great Beast.'"

he's a queer one, Mr. Baskin. not only is the text
NOT a very good book on magic (its Magick is strange
and limited to quasi-Hermetica), but it is only part
of another book (Book Four: Liber ABA).

>  We also find notable omissions from the listings
> such as: Thelema, Ordo Templi Orientis.

bah, those are religions.

> However there is a separate listing for Astrum
> Argentinum: "A secret society founded by Aleister
> Crowley. The scandalous behavior of those who
> entered his Abbey of Theleme in Sicily
> discredited the society." ...

LOL! wonderful!!! he omits GCJones completely!
I love Baskin.

> Indeed. That's why it's never a good idea to hide
> behind 'Glass' while throwing stones. We have
> sufficient information to suppose that this
> confabulating the A.'.A.'. titles with the
> petty criminal activities described was
> intentional when we look up the entry for
> Ipsissimus: "The highest of the ten grades or
> ranks in Aleister Crowley's cabalistic system."

absolutely. Baskin often seems to know exactly
what he is doing, then makes weird flubs. :)

thanks again.

333

333:
>>  or are you talking about some kind of *actual* GWB?

"Alamantra" <alamantra@...>:
> George W Bush?

course not silly, the Great White Brotherhood which must,
at all costs, exclude Paschal Beverly Randolph.

> I'd heard he was once in the AA, or needed to be, or
> something like that.

perhaps they had similar politics. I know Crowley was
all hot on martiality and had a secret fetish for
fascism.

> I know that there is supposed to be a connection
> between Crowley, Skull and Bones and Bohemian Grove
> in there, somewhere what with Aleister Crowley
> being Bush's grandfather on his mother's side

that was one of Obama's relatives.

> and so ON. It's ALL connected. ...Tea anyone?

is *that* what is involved in those parties?

> hail stan:

Blvd

333

333:
>> or are you talking about some kind of *actual* GWB?

"Alamantra" <alamantra@...>:
>> George W Bush?

>course not silly, the Great White Brotherhood which must,
>at all costs, exclude Paschal Beverly Randolph.

So that would be the magical link to the Pulaski Courthouse crowd via Albert
Pike that I've heard so much about but never actually seen any proof of?


> I'd heard he was once in the AA, or needed to be, or
> something like that.

>perhaps they had similar politics. I know Crowley was
>all hot on martiality and had a secret fetish for
>fascism.

One can say all they wish about ye olde Aleister Crowley. They can call him
the wickedest man in the world, heroin addict, yadda, yadda, yadda ...but
they cannot say he was a dry drunk that was appointed POTUS by the Supreme
Court. They cannot say he ever said, "let them eat cake" (yellow cake
uranium, that is) and left a great American city to drown. When it comes to
wicked, Crowley was strictly amateur hour. ...But as V.P. Dick once said,
"deficits don't matter."

>> I know that there is supposed to be a connection
>> between Crowley, Skull and Bones and Bohemian Grove
>> in there, somewhere what with Aleister Crowley
>> being Bush's grandfather on his mother's side

>that was one of Obama's relatives.

Now, just wait a minute ... I thought Pres. Obama was Cheney's cousin.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21340764/

Re: Crowley/Bush:
http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/04/george-w-bush-barbara-bush-and.html

Now, where's my Govt. CHEESE :-)

Alamantra
www.alamantra.org

Magnus Nominations for the Coming Year

Once more it is the season in which persons propose nominations for
the prestigious Magnus Award!!!!
Who will be the lucky recipient of this coveted prize this year?
Nominations, as usual, in the following exciting categories:

Nominations of Individuals

1. Religious Bigot of the First Pressing.
2. Conspicuous Thelemic Saint.
3. Citizen of the Republic of Genius. (Awarded posthumously.)
4. Occult Fossil Find.
5. Defiler of the Hermetic Mystery.
6. Harmless Eccentric.
7. Dangerous Right Wing Mystic.
8. Totally Utterly Unknown Secret Chief.
9. Persons whose Names Must Be Said Backwards Lest The Force
Unleashed.... etc. etc.
10. Consorter with Fictional Sludge Monsters.
11. Ye Child that was to Come.
12. Pompous Old Philistine.


And for Organisations:

1. Babylon of the Seven Hills.
2. Masonic Banking Achievements.
3. Relic Rustling.
4. And shall these winds be so mighty as to lay low the hills?
5. Silliest Name/Oddest Beliefs.
6. Drab Or Detestable Orthodoxy.
7. Most Successful Imaginary Entity.
8. True Possessors of the Apostolic Succession.
9. Brilliant Front for Something Else.

darketoilerider <darkrider@...> wrote:
<<<<<
I have been involved with an independent A.'.A.'. type organisation
for a number of years.  Does any one know who or how we could get recognition
from either an official governing A.'.A.'. body or is anyone interested in
exchanging peer to peer recognitions.
>>>>>

Actually,

A.'.A.'. is definitely NOT an organization. Nor is it only ONE in the material
world. There are many such bodies (I prefer to say) claiming that they are the
ORIGINAL one.
But, all that stuff is pure bureaucracy and administration, nothing of that is
spiritual.
I had been involved in such kind of bureaucratic A.'.A.'. in the past, and soon
realized that it has nothing to do with the spiritual advancing. The 'members'
started to meet each other, to organize 'meetings' (just bubbling and discussing
formalities), then they began to evaluate each other, to compare with others,
and it was really a mess and disgusting thing, nothing to do with pure idea of
GWB (Great White Brotherhood, not Bush). So, I abandoned it as a rubbish.
Every man and every woman is a star. Just DO what thou wilt, and that is enough.
No papers, no documents, no recognitions. No genius has ever been recognized by
his or her contempories.
Why the need to be recognized? Just DO. Thelema and Agape.

Best Regards
and Happy Feast to All!

Victor Adamanteus Alteon


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On 10 April 2010 12:04, Viktor Radun <vnicornvs@...> wrote:
>
> darketoilerider <darkrider@...> wrote:
> <<<<<
> I have been involved with an independent A.'.A.'. type organisation
> for a number of years. Does any one know who or how we could get recognition
from either an official governing A.'.A.'. body or is anyone interested in
exchanging peer to peer recognitions.
> >>>>>
>
> Actually,
>
> A.'.A.'. is definitely NOT an organization. Nor is it only ONE in the material
world. There are many such bodies (I prefer to say) claiming that they are the
ORIGINAL one.
> But, all that stuff is pure bureaucracy and administration, nothing of that is
spiritual.
> I had been involved in such kind of bureaucratic A.'.A.'. in the past, and
soon realized that it has nothing to do with the spiritual advancing. The
'members' started to meet each other, to organize 'meetings' (just bubbling and
discussing formalities), then they began to evaluate each other, to compare with
others, and it was really a mess and disgusting thing, nothing to do with pure
idea of GWB (Great White Brotherhood, not Bush). So, I abandoned it as a
rubbish.
> Every man and every woman is a star. Just DO what thou wilt, and that is
enough. No papers, no documents, no recognitions. No genius has ever been
recognized by his or her contempories.
> Why the need to be recognized? Just DO. Thelema and Agape.

hear hear, with the rider that some such groupings do hold each other
in respect and not all claim originality. Nor could they, even in the
terms Crowley proposed (his adoption of Blavatsky and other
predecessors as 8=3 etc., shoots down in coruscating flame the notion
that he was the founder and all important charter signatory, rather
than an organiser of a particular manifestation). Not that I propose
any type of magical order is necessary, just stating things for the
record.

ALWays

Jake

Viktor Radun <vnicornvs@...>:
> > A.'.A.'. is definitely NOT an organization. Nor is it only
> > ONE in the material world. There are many such bodies
> > (I prefer to say) claiming that they are the ORIGINAL one.

it descends, it appears, from the hands or heads of Crowley
and the GCJones person. does anyone know anything about this
Jones other than that he participated with Crowley in making
an A.'.A.'.?

> > But, all that stuff is pure bureaucracy and
> > administration, nothing of that is spiritual.

you know, there are those what try to combine the two.

> > I had been involved in such kind of bureaucratic
> > A.'.A.'. in the past, and soon realized that it
> > has nothing to do with the spiritual advancing.
> > The 'members' started to meet each other, to
> > organize 'meetings' (just bubbling and discussing
> > formalities), then they began to evaluate each
> > other, to compare with others, and it was really
> > a mess and disgusting thing, nothing to do with
> > pure idea of GWB (Great White Brotherhood, not Bush).
> > So, I abandoned it as a rubbish.

without establishing a tutelary relation from the outset,
why should any evaluation be taken seriously? within the
artificiality of a system, even a bad yet tangental
review might catalyze the inward turning.

> > Every man and every woman is a star. Just DO what
> > thou wilt, and that is enough.

unless doing what thou wilt means doing
administration or making groups out of AAs.

> > No papers, no documents, no recognitions.

that challenges me to imagine the benefit of these.

	 I think there were some for oneself supplied
	 by some of the AA sources. almost without
	 fail members of these groupless 'bodies'
	 attest to their exalted status as Ipsissimus
	 or some other ladder rung on the inner mount.
	 do they need paper to back them up? not really,
	 but it might lend some enthusiasm to their own
	 self-confidence to know that they have really
	 and truly 'evolved' or transcended the mundane.

> > No genius has ever been recognized by his or
> > her contempories.

nonsense. artistic, political, technical genius has in
many instances been soundly recognized. it just had to
be stark against the rabble of the ungifted.

> > Why the need to be recognized? Just DO.
> > Thelema and Agape.

because the system comes itself with a sand foundation.
it doesn't perpetually provide for the aspirant a sure
fire test that will confirm one's status or condition.
you can hardly find fault therefore with a sincere
aspirant who seeks what will never be provided.


Jake Stratton-Kent <jakestrattonkent@...>:
> hear hear, with the rider that some such groupings
> do hold each other in respect and not all claim
> originality. Nor could they, even in the terms
> Crowley proposed (his adoption of Blavatsky and
> other predecessors as 8=3 etc., shoots down in
> coruscating flame the notion that he was the
> founder and all important charter signatory, rather
> than an organiser of a particular manifestation).

I thought that his personal expression pertaining to
his ethics and aesthetics displayed for all to see
that his employment of Magick was a failure and his
spiritual development stunted. perhaps it takes a
certain standard of evaluation to arrive at this
less than enthusiastic conclusion. more evaluation.

> Not that I propose any type of magical order is
> necessary, just stating things for the record.

that extending out of the non-physical into the
reality of the mage has always been significant
to me, and its possible influences unexpected.
is it an order, or a chaos? isn't it amusing that
they called them 'Secret Chiefs'? Scotsmen all.

333

On 10 April 2010 14:31, 333 <nagasiva@...> wrote:
> Jake Stratton-Kent <jakestrattonkent@...>:
> > hear hear, with the rider that some such groupings
> > do hold each other in respect and not all claim
> > originality. Nor could they, even in the terms
> > Crowley proposed (his adoption of Blavatsky and
> > other predecessors as 8=3 etc., shoots down in
> > coruscating flame the notion that he was the
> > founder and all important charter signatory, rather
> > than an organiser of a particular manifestation).
>
> I thought that his personal expression pertaining to
> his ethics and aesthetics displayed for all to see
> that his employment of Magick was a failure and his
> spiritual development stunted.

though a different issue, I don't disagree. While lacking the same
kind of appeal, Annie Besant demonstrated more social conscience and
better organisational abilities. Maybe if she'd been a junkie nympho
she'd get the same attention. ;-p

>perhaps it takes a
> certain standard of evaluation to arrive at this
> less than enthusiastic conclusion. more evaluation.

and either not caring for or getting over the 'kind of appeal' alluded
to above.

Nevertheless he wrote some inspired texts more important than himself
or his usual output. His personality unfortunately impedes wider
appreciation of the few significant contributions he made. Doubtless
you disagree about their importance, but we probably don't understand
them in the same terms.

> > Not that I propose any type of magical order is
> > necessary, just stating things for the record.
>
> that extending out of the non-physical into the
> reality of the mage has always been significant
> to me, and its possible influences unexpected.
> is it an order, or a chaos?

assuming I understand you, wielding influence or noteworthy
'creativity' is not necessarily aided and can be impeded by founding
Orders willy nilly, why occultists seem to find them obligatory is a
puzzle to me nowadays.

>isn't it amusing that
> they called them 'Secret Chiefs'? Scotsmen all.

just an evasive substitute term for (tutelary) spirits as far as I can
see, and its notable which has proven most universal, enduring and
significant.

ALWays

Jake

TAHUTI LODGE, O.T.O., NYC, OPEN EVENTS FOR MAY, 2010 E.V.



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THELEMIC MIDDLE PILLAR RITUAL

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Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O. in the Valley of New York City
is pleased to announce the return of

Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass to Manhattan

Tahuti Lodge under the aegis of Ordo Templi Orientis &
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica presents:

A PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF ALEISTER CROWLEY'S GNOSTIC MASS

Sunday, May 2, 3:00PM


LOCATION:

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O. T. O.
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Canon Missæ


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Thursday, May 6, 2010 e.v.

MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE STUDY GROUP

OPEN EVENT: 7:30 pm

We will be studying this most important textbook
on magick theory and practice a chapter at a time.

Please bring your copy of MTP or download from the web and read it in advance.

Chapter 1: The Principles of Ritual

Download here: http://hermetic.com/crowley/book-4/chap1.html

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Saturday, May 8, 2010 e.v.

AN INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF REIKE

OPEN EVENT: 4:30

Reiki is a system of healing that uses ambient 'life-force' energy to restore
balance on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. Originated in Japan in the
early twentieth century, it has since been experienced by millions of people
worldwide.

Join Reiki Master Frater Aryeh for an interactive presentation on the
fundamentals of Reiki.

All participants will be offered training and attunement to the First Degree of
Usui Reiki, empowering everyone to practice Reiki on themselves and others.

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Saturday, May 15, 2010 e.v.

TAROT STUDY GROUP: A Continuing Series

OPEN EVENT: 2:00 PM

This Session we will explore ATU VI: THE LOVERS

A different card will be studied each month, in a continuing series on the
Tarot.

Our aim is to provide a forum to encourage the study and exploration of Tarot.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own Tarot deck and any books they
have found helpful in understanding the topic at hand.

While Thelemic Tarot images will often be the centerpiece of our discussions,
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the variety of interpretations of a given card.

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Saturday, May 22, 2010 e.v.

LIBER RESH CLASS

OPEN EVENT– 4:30 PM

Frater D.S.W. invites you to join him in exploring Aleister Crowley's
Liber Resh vel Helios: it's methodology, significance, history and practical
aspects
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Sunday, May 23, 2010 e.v.


A PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF ALEISTER CROWLEY'S LIBER XV: THE GNOSTIC MASS

OPEN EVENT – 2:00 pm


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XV: The Gnostic Mass, our central ritual both public and private.

An ideal introduction into the Mysteries and Magick of O.T.O.

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Orientis


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Sunday, May 30, 2010 e.v.


A PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF ALEISTER CROWLEY'S

LIBER XV: THE GNOSTIC MASS


OPEN EVENT – 2:00 pm


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Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O., invites you to join us for a public celebration of Liber
XV: The Gnostic Mass, our central ritual both public and private.

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Orientis



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JUNE 5, 2010 e.v.


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June, 6, 2010 e.v. 3:00 pm


Tahuti Lodge, O.T.O. in the Valley of New York City
is pleased to present

A PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF ALEISTER CROWLEY'S GNOSTIC MASS


IN MANHATTAN

Time: 3:00PM


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Liber XV
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Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ
Canon Missæ


This Event is OPEN
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93

I am doing a bit of research on the life of Crowley's
first child. having pieced through his "Confessions"
i see that he mentions having written "elsewhere"
about the incident of his learning of his child's
death after his travels to Shang Hai and America
in 1906 e.v.

do you know where else he wrote of this incident or
anything else concerning this child (w/ Rose)?

thanks,

333

ps
one of the Thelema sites has her first name as 'Nicole'
rather than 'Nuit'! her full name is said to have been
Nuit Ma Ahathoor Hecate Sappho Jezebel Lilith Crowley
born 5 days after her mother's birthday, July 28, 1904,
the same year as the reception of the Beast's Lawbook.

Care Fr. 333,

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.


> do you know where else he wrote of this incident or
> anything else concerning this child (w/ Rose)?

From what i've read his daughter died of Typhus while he was away and as you
made mention found out about when he got home to Britain. I don't know of any
other book that Crowley made mention of this in but I do know from Wikepedia
that "The Great Beast" mentions the incident in about 2 pages. You might want to
check there too brother!

Love is the law, love under will
Fr. Dominion

--- In thelema93-l@yahoogroups.com, 333 <nagasiva@...> wrote:
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> 93
>
> I am doing a bit of research on the life of Crowley's
> first child. having pieced through his "Confessions"
> i see that he mentions having written "elsewhere"
> about the incident of his learning of his child's
> death after his travels to Shang Hai and America
> in 1906 e.v.
>
> do you know where else he wrote of this incident or
> anything else concerning this child (w/ Rose)?

In The Commentaries of AL Crowley mentions the death of his child in a brief
commentary on verses III:12-15:

"Verses 12-15. This, read in connection with verse 43, was then fulfilled May 1,
1906 e.v. The tragedy was also part of mine initiation, as described in The
Temple of Solomon the King. It is yet so bitter that I care not to write of it."

>>>>>
Rex R <born_again_anti_christian_2004@...> wrote:
Care Fr. 333,
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

> do you know where else he wrote of this incident or
> anything else concerning this child (w/ Rose)?

From what i've read his daughter died of Typhus while he was away and as you
made mention found out about when he got home to Britain. I don't know of any
other book that Crowley made mention of this in but I do know from Wikepedia
that "The Great Beast" mentions the incident in about 2 pages. You might want to
check there too brother!
>>>>>>

All I know is that he blamed Rose for the child's death.
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Professor Terri burns gives a stunning review of two fine and limited edition
works from 'Hell Fire Club Books' which:

'constitute two critical links in the transmission of the underground current of
physical alchemy':

http://www.jwmt.org/v2n17/burns_review.html

JOURNAL OF THE WESTERN MYSTERY TRADITION


both are avaiable directly through:

http://www.hellfireclubbooks.co.uk/alchemy.html

and

http://www.hellfireclubbooks.co.uk/frederick-hockley-golden-dawn-alchemy.html


A description of the books follows.....



1)

A Facsimile Rosicrucian Alchemical Manuscript
On the Philosophers Stone.

Containing the Three Magisteriums of the Art
Attributed to Edward Kelley 1592-97

The companion of Dr. John Dee



From an unpublished handwritten notebook circa 1860 which reflects the secret
alchemical traditions of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia
and the Hermetic Society of the Golden Dawn

Limited edition of 500 copies


The original notebook of 1860 appeared in the collection of a practising
alchemist, now deceased.
It has never been part of a large collection, never publicly viewed, nor its
contents printed before.








Finely bound in an edition of 500 copies, each copy in full black niger with
dark non-pareil marbled endpapers chosen to match the original manuscript
notebook. Pages sewn in signatures, endpapers stiff-leaved to the text.

To the front of each copy is a gilt talisman designed after a Rosicrucian emblem
found at the end of the manuscript: a squared cross of parallel lines enclosing
the four letters I.N.R.I. in gothic characters, surrounding a tripartite crown,
each corner of the device flanked by decorative scrolls and leaves.

The body of the text is an exact reproduction of the handwritten original,
reproduced by offset lithography onto 120gsm oyster wove paper and displaying
all the features of the manuscript pages in full.



"..Manuscriptial Compendium

During 1592-1597 …"

This unique document opens with a curious history relating to the Emperor Rudolf
II and his court physician Sennert, who were involved in the discovery of an
alchemist `Kallnuss', his eventual imprisonment and attempted escape, which lead
to his `..breaking four ribs..' and dying `soon after..'. This legend of Edward
Kelleys (here misnamed Kallnuss) demise is a variant of the famous story found
in Francis Barrett's `Magus' and in Elias Ashmoles early account,; the
manuscript itself contains much material not found in any of the surviving
Kelley material (either the `Tractatus de Lapide Philosophorum' or in the
collection of texts which survived through the agency of Sigismond Bacstrom).



The alchemical traditions of the Hermetic Society of the Golden Dawn are derived
through the agencies of Fredrick Hockley et al, yet it is widely believed that a
connection with the older tradition is to be sought in the German Gold und
Rosenkreuz formed in the late 1500's. Our manuscript is clearly a translation
from a German original, as we know it is Kelleys recipe, could the transmission
of the alchemic mystery in the Rosicrucian Orders have come ultimately from the
experiments of Dee and Kelley?...

Prefixed to the treatise is a chapter `Magnalia' which exhorts the aspiring
alchemist in highly religious language to be `…as cunning as the Serpent and
candid like the Dove..for who, not possessing these qualities in this sedimental
earth, will be attacked by men and beasts, even devoured by dogs..'. The path of
Initiation in the Western Mysteries is clearly alluded to here, and the work
herein described contains many deep allusions to the esoteric mysteries for
those who `know, and well consider..'.










A most curious and dark passage on

`..The Hand of the Philosophers..'



from wherein is mentioned a `Philosophical Club' to which the aspiring student
must swear and bind himself as a servant and `truly as an alchemist', to learn
the secrets of the `Hand' which contains the secrets of the masters of the art…

This strange anonymous `Philosophical Club' with its religious language, its
sacred oaths, is this the invisible college of the Rosicrucian Fraternity?

Immediately following the previous passage is a lesson on the Four Lettered Name
of God and the ten qualities or `Image' of the true alchemist, an elevation to
god-like status for the natural man, the `..true footsteps of the Image..', a
work of prayer which leads to the Heart of the Father, `by which he extracted,
cleansed us, reconciled, and made us lovely to God..'..




Following is a fulsome account of the

V.I.T.R.I.O.L.U.M.

from which the `Philosophi Adepti' prepared their `First Stone', their starry
regulae and `sap of the wise', a substance both solid, powder, and limpid
liquid, quick in its agency and startling transformations!



An extended rehearsal of its names and attributes follow, taken from Valentine,
hosellanus, Romanus, Erbinacus, Hollandus &c &c..

This same `Vitriol of the Wise' spreads as a vapour, and our author likens it
well to the potency `..thrown into the large Vessel of nature..' at the time of
the incarnation of the deity, `..opened with the menstruum which closes the
whole world..' a Rosicrucian mystical cipher for the enlivening of the natural
elements by the spirit…

A careful instruction on preparing this flower `..in a glasse, in the balneum..'
which then is putrified, the crystals dried and `..you will receive in your eye
and hand an liquorum unctuosum which the Philosophers give different names..'
encompassing the dry, wet, and middle passages to the `Golden Fleece'..

Our Manuscript details both the processes of the `Dry' and `Wet' alchemical
paths, both the processes and the various secret names by which they are known,
followed by a disquisition on the Red Philosophical Egg and its procedures given
in terse language and each page bristling with alchemical signs and symbols of
the work, a hidden language of the Adepts…





Next comes the largest and most significant section of the manuscript:

`..To Prepare The Red Elixir..'

Being the actual recipe for the projecting powder used by Edward Kelley in
Bohemia in the 1590's. Kelleys Famous red tincture was reputed to have been
found at Glastonbury alongside an indecipherable manuscript, but the initiated
tradition maintains that he discovered the secret himself, with the blessing of
his Angel, and practised it with great effect:

`..Edward Kelley made projection with one small grain (of the red elixir) upon
one and a quarter of common mercurie..' from which he produced an ounce of pure
Gold, as Elias Ashmole attests in his Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum of 1652.

Kelley was known to have produced the second magisterium of the art, in the
healing of his one time master Willem Rozmberk, shortly before his arrest and
detention at Krikovlat. He was subsequently transported to the Castle of Moste
where he wrote the `Tractatus de Lapide Philosophorum' a general treatise of the
Stone which has none of the detail or practical instruction found in our
manuscript.

Page after page of the chapter of `The Red Elixir' details Kelleys experiment
and application of its secret, this unique historical document puts Kelleys
contribution to the science on a par with any of the great operative alchemists.
A series of `Questions and Answers in the Work', (an explication of the dry
path) shows an advanced practical application alongside the more mystical and
religious sentiments expressed elsewhere in the manuscript. Every hidden
operation leading up to the stage of the Red Powder is discussed with a
profusion of chymical hieroglyphs throughout the text…



Simplicitas Sapientiae Sigillum

Here follows a passage on the multiplication process, its vitues in the second
magisterium (the art of healing) its stages and procedures…



Purificatio Salis Mirabilis Philosophica

Where the process of preparing the `Sea of the Wise' is given in clear practical
language, followed by..



Praeperatio Menstrui Apollonici & Preparatis Menstrui Mercurialis

which give in detail the materials, equipment and procedures necessary to these
two compartments of the `Tablet' which follows, a diagrammatic illustration of
the Great Work in a four-fold process of transformation:

`..who exactly understands this Tablet wil he know how one takest origin out of
the other..'





A mystical-chymical expression of the formula of Tetragrammaton expressed at the
commencement of the manuscript. More extraordinary is what follows, a complex
alphabetic cipher, given in the form of a conjuration to the reader and to the
book itself, that it fall into no unworthy hands, culminating in the final
symbolic design of the manuscript: a Rosicrucian cipher of the five elements
written in cruciform design in the letters of the name `YHSHVH' which appears in
the 18th Degree of the Rose Croix of Heredom and is ultimately derived from the
Kabbalistic speculations of Johannes Reuchlin and the renaissance magicians…

2)

A Facsimile
Frederick Hockley/Golden Dawn
Alchemical Manuscript





Finely bound by hand in a limited edition of 120 numbered copies.



Printed on fine laid paper hand sewn in folio; this new enlarged edition ( 290mm
x 225mm ) has each copy in quarter leather using a rich grained dark blue
goatskin, a fine cloth in deep wine red, and incorporates French marbled
endpapers of non-pareil design showing layers of reds and purples intricately
melted together.






To the front board is a paper title label its design reflecting Hockleys'
characteristic interlinked circles on his title page, we announce:



`A Manual
of a
Rosicrucian Philos(ophus)
From April 30th to June 15
1797

Containing the
Process of the philo-
sophers stone, and some
valuable experiments
inventions, astrolo-
gical ingredients
&c

Transcribed from
The original manuscript

By
Frederick Hockley
January 8th
1833'




Legend of a secret alchemical tradition within the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn has persisted, from the earliest days members were devoted to the practise
of a physical and spiritual alchemy that had its roots in the earliest
Rosicrucian Societies.





Hockleys influence on the Golden Dawn and thus upon the whole of western
esotericism is now undisputed, his priceless collection of books and papers
built up over a lifetime of buying and himself transcribing rare works informed
generations of leading adepts. Here we present a full facsimile printed
lithographically in an enlarged edition of Hockleys priceless `process of the
philosophers stone' communicated to him by the famed Rosicrucian Dr Sigismond
Bacstrom, and to him by the Comte du Chazal.

Reproduced here is Hockleys transcription of series of alchemical experiments
carried out in 1797 by Bacstrom, as part of his work in the Philosophus grade of
Chazals `Society of Rosicrucians'. Each experiment is accompanied by an
astrological chart and detailed observations on the material, apparatus, times
and conditions of the work. Diagrams of the flask, burning lamp and seals convey
the precision of Bacstroms approach, far removed from the vagaries of published
alchemical treatises.







Stages of the work are clearly marked, dates and times for all the experiments
are given with the positions of the planets at the time, the measure of heat
used is given precisely, variations and alterations to the method and apparatus
are noted carefully throughout.

`…may 23rd… there are proofs here that a simple matter without any addition
might be brought to perfection…'

The authors exhilaration at witnessing the `Peacocks Tail' (the effective
degeneration of the substance) and its producing a most wonderful display of
bright colours which `..remain as brilliant as before..' show that this work was
clearly part of a much larger and longer series of experiments no doubt
undertaken with the direction of his initiator into the Rosicrucian mysteries.



`…My new subject taken from its mine June 4th 3pm 1797..'



Bacstroms operations, of which we have Hockleys precise transcript, is an unique
view into the inner world of alchemy as practised by the adepts before and at
the inception of the Golden Dawn. Described by Fulcanelli as `Archimie', it was
a process of the exaltation of gold learnt from Yardley in 1716. But it was not
only the philosophers Stone that these men were pursuing, in their search they
sought the `Animal Stone' a means of prolonging life, an inner alchemical
process whose methods lie in the earliest teachings derived from the
associations between organic life and the inner world of man.

This `Animal Stone' is a precise operation involving much detailed and careful
work, it is only given to members of the `Internal College', the inner order of
the Rosicrucian Society, and constitutes the real secret of inner alchemy
transmitted through the `Gold un Rosenkreuz' order founded in 1580.







The manuscript reproduced here is part of that genuine transmission of hidden
alchemical lore, Hockley learnt from Bacstrom, who learnt from Chazal. The Comte
Luis du Chazal in turn received it through Cagliostro, whose Egyptian Rites were
of such great interest to the founders of the Golden Dawn and their teachers in
the `Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia', the `Fratres Lucis' of Kenneth Mackenzie
and the `Society of Eight' of F.G.Irwin et al.

An early member of the Golden Dawn, the Reverend Alexandre Ayton told W.B.Yeats
that he had made an elixir of life which he had shown to a French alchemist,
undoubtably Eliphas Levi who visited England for that purpose in 1861, Levi
himself wote:

`…I have seen the secret fire produced…I know what can be done with gold, but
believe me when I say that I will never do it…'

Percy Bullock himself bought a copy of this manuscript, and showed it to
A.E.Waite after Hockleys death, Waite mentions this in his book `The Brotherhood
of the Rosy Cross' where he refers to

`… a very curious manuscript on diurnal proceedings in a laboratory undertaken
for the purposes of the Great Work…..'


Appended to our Hockley manuscript on the alchemical operations, is another
shorter piece, a certificate and relation of an initiation into the Rosicrucian
Society, being:

`Copy Of the Admission of Dr Bacstrom
Into
The Society of
The ROSY CROSS
[with the philosophic seal of the Society of the Rosicrucians]

By
The Compt du Chazal
At the Island of Mauritius
1794

Transcribed by
Frederick Hockley'




This short document is again an important artefact in its own right, and a link
in the chain of initiation from the earliest European Adepts through to the
founders of the Golden Dawn and all those it has influenced up to the present
day.

The ancient charges of the Roisicrucian Society are given in full, in a style
both simple and sublime, equally respecting the admission of male and female
members into their ranks who are desirous of performing the Great Work.

At the end of the certificate is the `Seal of the Society of the Rosicrucians',
an image of angelic transformation, a circle squared and the perfection of the
elements `…the best magnet for continually attracting and preserving the
Universal Fire of Nature in the form of Incorporeal Spiritual Fire for the
regeneration of Matter…'

hello 93, stumbled upon your link thru some thelemic material, looking to learn
more. thank you for having me

Rex R" <born_again_anti_christian_2004@...>:
>...his daughter died of Typhus

Typhoid Fever, yes.

> ..."The Great Beast" mentions the incident in about
> 2 pages. You might want to check there too brother!

thank you, Fr. Dominion. I will do that and if i get
more information than that Crowley claimed that Rose
failed to wash the bottle nipple and subjected the
child to the germs, i'll post that here.

333

"herupakraath" <herupakraath@...>:
> In The Commentaries of AL Crowley mentions the death of his child in a brief
commentary on verses III:12-15:
>
> "Verses 12-15. This, read in connection with verse 43, was then fulfilled May
1, 1906 e.v. The tragedy was also part of mine initiation, as described in The
Temple of Solomon the King. It is yet so bitter that I care not to write of it."

indeed, precisely what is drawing my attention to this incident.
thank you.

333

E6 mike,

"mike" <corpsegrinder_420@...>:
> ...stumbled upon your link thru some thelemic material,

welcome.

> looking to learn more.

issue questions related to 'Thelema' and some small group
of us at least will do our best to address those.


> thank you for having me

you're welcomed.

333

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93,Does anyone have an image or know of one that depicts the topaz mounted cross
that Crowley used for the 418 working?
Thanks,
Tom

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93 Tom,

At 04:59 PM 7/1/10 -0700, you wrote:
>93,Does anyone have an image or know of one that depicts the topaz
mounted cross that Crowley used for the 418 working?

There's a photograph showing it in Equinox Vol. I, No. 3, facing page 10.
It's in the lower left hand corner of the Crowley picture titled "The
Student".  The design is quite simple: a latin cross of flat material
(probably metal painted crimson) with the faceted stone filling the center
of the intersection of the arms and extending slightly into each arm at
that point. It was suspended from a ribbon.

However, that's not a real topaz.  It's called a "honey topaz", as
distinct from a precious topaz.  A "honey topaz" is a variant of yellow
quartz also known as a "citron".  I bought a 90 karat one back in the
1970's, for under a US$ per karat.  Unfourtunately, mine is eliptical
while A.C.'s was round.

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Bill Heidrick

Thank you Bill. Is there a link to said image? I need it for an illustration
reference.
As an afterword, does the said artifact still exist and does it reside in an
archive?
Tom

--- On Thu, 7/1/10, Bill Heidrick <heidrick@...> wrote:

From: Bill Heidrick <heidrick@...>
Subject: Re: [t93] 418 Cross
To: thelema93-l@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 9:01 PM
















 









       93 Tom,



At 04:59 PM 7/1/10 -0700, you wrote:

>93,Does anyone have an image or know of one that depicts the topaz

mounted cross that Crowley used for the 418 working?



There's a photograph showing it in Equinox Vol. I, No. 3, facing page 10.

It's in the lower left hand corner of the Crowley picture titled "The

Student".  The design is quite simple: a latin cross of flat material

(probably metal painted crimson) with the faceted stone filling the center

of the intersection of the arms and extending slightly into each arm at

that point. It was suspended from a ribbon.



However, that's not a real topaz.  It's called a "honey topaz", as

distinct from a precious topaz.  A "honey topaz" is a variant of yellow

quartz also known as a "citron".  I bought a 90 karat one back in the

1970's, for under a US$ per karat.  Unfourtunately, mine is eliptical

while A.C.'s was round.



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93 Tom,

At 11:47 PM 7/1/10 -0700, you wrote:
>Thank you Bill. Is there a link to said image? I need it for an
illustration reference.

http://www.the-equinox.org/vol1/no3/images/103_010.jpg

>As an afterword, does the said artifact still exist and does it reside in
an archive?

Not as far as I know.

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Bill