Dust-Devils
Part of an Image by J. Edward Cornelius (1951-2023) So long as a person centers themselves in “I,” they can do not one thing to change the world for the better.…
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January 7, 2026
On the Three Experiences of the Holy Guardian Angel
Christopher Reed Johnson Overview: Three Experiences of the Holy Guardian Angel In this post, I focus on the three stages of experience of the Holy Guardian Angel.These three experiences correspond to…
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April 19, 2025
On the Importance of Looking Back at Earth
Christopher Reed Johnson One of the foundational principles of magick is the Circle Squared. The square is Matter; the circle is Spirit. God’s actions (circle as cause) created Man (square as…
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April 18, 2025
Christopher Reed Johnson’s Illumination of Thelemites’ Origins and Destinies in The Book of Archai
Reading Christopher Reed Johnson's emerging introductory essay to J. Edward Cornelius' Book of Archai has been helping me clarify some big existential answers about Thelema. When I wrote The Snake Who Made…
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April 1, 2025
On Crowley’s Authority to Found the A.’.A.’.
Aleister Crowley, 1875-1947 Overview Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) took initiation in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. At some point he became convinced it was no longer initiating. He wished to…
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December 5, 2024
The Holy Guardian Angel and the Daemon, Revisited
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…
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October 28, 2024
The Unknown Angel
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…
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October 22, 2024
Stealing the Fire of the Gods
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.
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October 16, 2024
ON CHASTITY – PART 3 (CONCLUSION)
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.…
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October 13, 2024