I Do Not Exist
Yesterday I wrote a singularly unpopular post on Love—what is meant by Love in The Book of the Law. Almost nobody wants to hear that the ordinary love, the one limited…
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August 30, 2025
The Lesser Feast of J. Edward Cornelius
J. Edward Cornelius, Thelemic Author and Adept (July 14, 1951 through December 8, 2023) Today we raise a glass in honor of the Lesser Feast of Jerry Edward Cornelius, Thelemic Author…
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July 14, 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 the Pontiff
"The Hierophant", Oil on Canvas by J. Edward Cornelius In the A.'.A.'., we progressively realize and live the truth that there is no personal will, only the True Will of Humanity.For…
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February 26, 2025
After the Death of J. Edward Cornelius: Cornelia Cornucopia
“Admittedly, in August of 1985, I went into a total emotional tailspin. Like a child without a father, I felt lost thinking about Grady’s death. I had no direction and I…
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February 2, 2025
A Brief Timeline of the Grady Louis McMurtry Lineage of A.’.A.’.
(with Pertinent Events Regarding the O.T.O.)updated 1/6/25 e.v.downloadable pdf of the timeline that followsJanuary 1, 1915 – Aleister Crowley grants Charles Stansfeld Jones (Frater Achad) a patent to establish Agape Lodge…
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December 20, 2024
The Greater Feast of J. Edward Cornelius
Frater Achad Osher 583 VIII OTO (J. Edward Cornelius, July 14, 1951-December 8, 2023) One year ago today, the world lost a Magus and great teacher guiding humanity forward: Frater Achad…
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December 8, 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
210 — Three Personalities for Three Grades
"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…
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October 18, 2024