tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post4892278197462558853..comments2023-10-11T03:48:57.606-04:00Comments on Head For the Red: An Inconvenient TruthRufus Opushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10806987441760167537noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-29593044976630373432009-02-03T17:02:00.000-05:002009-02-03T17:02:00.000-05:00Rock on Brother!You are laying down some truth.Rock on Brother!<BR/><BR/>You are laying down some truth.Jason Miller,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03034226672257024583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-46615906633229749542009-02-03T13:50:00.000-05:002009-02-03T13:50:00.000-05:00David,I'd love to compare notes with you about the...David,<BR/><BR/>I'd love to compare notes with you about the Goetia! I totally did the same thing with their ranks and legions to figure out what their capabilities are, and have a spreadsheet of their attributes comparing them to Weier's Pseudomonarchia. <BR/><BR/>Good stuff. Maybe we can do a joint-effort series of blog posts where we each discuss our experiences with the spirits we've worked, if they aren't too personal.Rufus Opushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806987441760167537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-51791495343005028212009-02-03T13:46:00.000-05:002009-02-03T13:46:00.000-05:00Scott,It does move a lot faster than anticipated, ...Scott,<BR/><BR/>It does move a lot faster than anticipated, no? I think that has a lot to do with your clergical initiations too. I'd been through a huge spiritual transformation that lasted a couple of years right before getting K&C.<BR/><BR/>I personally think "transcendence" might actually be about our personal environs more than we think. I think a lot of the ideas out there about "transcendence" are pretty selfish, based on not wanting to hurt, not wanting to deal with the material world any more. It's a cop out, in a way. Transcendence may be more about getting integrated than the West knows. Certainly more than RO ever suspected. :)Rufus Opushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806987441760167537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-5240244270517074932009-02-03T13:17:00.000-05:002009-02-03T13:17:00.000-05:00Ha! A wizard after my own heart! Nice to meet you ...Ha! A wizard after my own heart! Nice to meet you brother.Undsalsufyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121819759530828428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-85277245465684873342009-02-03T12:56:00.000-05:002009-02-03T12:56:00.000-05:00Lavanah:Your main problem isn't that you haven...Lavanah:<BR/><BR/>Your main problem isn't that you haven't read Mathers; it's that you're not effing stupid. I'm sure you've found that out already once or twice, but I just thought I'd remind you.<BR/><BR/>Also, you probably weren't indoctrinated by Crowley to the extent I was. I glommed on to him early on in my "Magickal" career, and read a lot of stuff written by him in Liber ABA, especially Book IV. Not only that, I hung out with CMs who believed what they heard about the HGA instead of doing the research themselves. Like any gullible fool, I believed the hearsay and built my expectations of K&CHGA around that rather than on the source materials or experiences (of which I had zero; didn't stop me from making a lot of assumptions).Rufus Opushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806987441760167537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-42962201228886648752009-02-03T12:42:00.000-05:002009-02-03T12:42:00.000-05:00Thanks for saying that Rufus. I was rereading Aaro...Thanks for saying that Rufus. I was rereading Aaron's book the other night and was surprised to find that he tried to dismiss and downplay the value of the book of squares in Abramelin. I agree with you - the operation of the Angel is an essential foundation, but how anyone could claim that they're enlightened and the magical work is finished once they've met up is beyond me. Who's afraid of the big bad daemons?<BR/><BR/>I've been practicing a lot of goetia lately and gotten some wonderful results out of it. I really worked some of the spirits and got them involved in world issues, but so far they've done marvelously. I actually had to start taking notice of ranks and number of legions in order to know how far the goets could (or could not) go. I've also been learning a lot more about theurgia-goetia and the magic of the elementals and other more neutral spirits of Malkuth. Commanding them requires more purity, and I'm looking to integrate more of the T-G, the Black Pullet, and Bardon's PME into my work.<BR/><BR/>I've been bugging Aaron to put out some more information about the squares. Its strange, but it seems that even people who've met up with their Holy Angel are still afraid of the final book. I've only constructed a chapter or two of the squares and I still have some business to work out with the kings, but I am hopeful that I'll be working more with them throughout this year.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the final book is the ultimate test of our faith and our magic. Are we satisfied only with the Wisdom, or are we willing to take up the Power necessary to make that Wisdom manifest? Is our magic just an exercise in spiritual masturbation, or can it change the world in the ways that Abraham of Worms did? Can we effect spells of paranormal and supernatural magnitude, or will our magic forever be condemned to meaningful coincidences? I hope you will write more about this in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-28035148480881173092009-02-03T10:51:00.000-05:002009-02-03T10:51:00.000-05:00Excellent post, I agree completely.Excellent post, I agree completely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-2288840683459587882009-02-03T10:10:00.000-05:002009-02-03T10:10:00.000-05:00I'm finding this as well, as I continue to do Abre...I'm finding this as well, as I continue to do Abremelin (Which seems to be going quite quickly). I'm asking the Most High for the HGA, but when the HGA makes some contact (which it has before and does now sporadically), it's more concerned about ME personally, and my environs, than about transcendence. I asked about commanding the Lords of Hell, and it said soon.<BR/><BR/>Strange and interesting, I have to admit. The Synchronicities are coming fast and furious, or else I'm simply more aware of them.Monsignor Scott Rassbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685549734111626335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25882546.post-80635439729789572062009-02-03T09:10:00.000-05:002009-02-03T09:10:00.000-05:00No shit (she said respectfully) but then, I never ...No shit (she said respectfully) but then, I never read the Mathers translation of Abramalin-maybe the problem is there?Lavanahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295089071497942411noreply@blogger.com