The Angel, Uncaged Guardian Angel by Pietro da Cortona, 1656 In the last blog post, The Unknown Angel, we discussed how Aleister Crowley invented the term "Knowledge and Conversation of the…
Angel and Demon, Oil Painting by J. Edward Cornelius What is the Holy Guardian Angel? Someone recently asked me what the Holy Guardian Angel is. To answer that question, we have…
"As man loses his personality in physical love, so does the magician annihilate his divine personality in that which is beyond."--Aleister Crowley, Commentary to "The Gun-Barrel", Chapter 15 of The Book of…
"The Emperor", Tarot Card painted in Oil by J. Edward Cornelius (1951-2023) Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. --AL, I:40 Hadit “I am still one-pointed, at…
It’s not what you know that counts in magick. Rather, it’s who you are as a knower that gets results. Ideally, you configure the way that you know so as to create an alignment with the One Will.
ON CHASTITY - PART 3 (Conclusion) [T]he first step of the Aspirant toward the Gate of Initiation tells him that purity - unity of purpose - is essential above all else.…
ON CHASTITY - PART 2 The Word Chastity is used by initiates to signify a certain state of soul and of mind determinant of a certain habit of body which is…
ON CHASTITY - PART 1 The virtue of Chastity [is] cardinal to the Gate of Wisdom….The Chastity whose Magical Energy both protects and urges the aspirant to the Sacred Mysteries is…
Paschal Beveral Randolph (1825-1875), genius Sexual Magician and Social Reformer The Life of Paschal Beverly Randolph Today is the Lesser Feast of the genius Paschal Beverly Randolph (1825-1875), pioneering sex-magician: "Sex…
Recently we had a student ask us a couple of interesting, albeit blunt, questions regarding the roles of teacher and student in the A.'.A.'.: “What kind of a ‘student’ needs a…