Good Friday and thoughts on Charity
04/15/22⊙ in ♓︎ I am writing this on the evening of Good Friday following some recent meditations on Charity, and having read some literature relevant for today's date. This coming Sunday, my wife and…
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Mayday about Louis Lingg
The title of this post is a bit tongue-in-cheek where my intended meaning with the wording is 'Help me about Louis Lingg'. How, or why is this the case, you ask? My intent behind…
ReadMeditating on Agape and Thelema
A Thelemic critic posted: '#Thelemites qualifying "love" as "it's agape, which is not your normal idea of love" are the most ridiculous people. Αγάπη literally means "love." The usual kind, between you and your…
Read‘Kill the Buddha’
I had provided a rudimentary explanation on the previous passage, but won't here yet. Another post in the future, perhaps. The Case: A Zen student approached the Master.'I've come for the lesson of Mu.'The…
ReadClinging to Thelema
When I decided to restart this blog (simply throwing posts in The Stream), I had intended to do more Buddhism-related posts, as I have grown a great affinity for exploring the many aspects of…
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The Drug and Other Stories
A long while back I was a participating in a Facebook group discussion wherein a question was posed about the Wordsworth Editions volume of Aleister Crowley's short stories titled The Drug and Other Stories.…
ReadIn Response to ‘Is Thelema Fascist?’
D.T. Suzuki had said of Zen that it is extremely flexible in adapting itself to almost any philosophy and moral doctrine and 'may be found wedded to anarchism or fascism, communism or democracy, atheism…
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Zen Sex – The Way of Making Love
Zen Sex by Philip Toshio Sudo is a wonderful meditation on directing love to another, self-love, and surprisingly, the teaching of Zen. Published in 2000, I had purchased the book among a pile of…
ReadSudden Enlightenment and Thelema
For the past 4 years Zen Buddhism has taken over as my prominent system of study, and I often find myself in reflection on Thelema as it expedited my understanding and approach of the…
ReadCtenodiscus Crispatus
This exchange has been given the name Ctenodiscus Crispatus, but is sometimes referred to as Initiation. The Case:The Master sat under a fig tree where he oversaw an aspirant tending the garden. Covered in…
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