Stair Way to Thelema

March 2011 e.v. (Spring Equinox)
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Bran=903 Submission Appears in AGAPE

Bran=903, who has submitted content to LOGOS in the past, had a selection of his appear in the latest edition (Vol. XI, No. 4) of Agape.

The selection: 'A Blizzard in the Sahara' by Aleister Crowley was first published in 1911 in the Bystander.

Bran=903 came into possession of this rare essay by Crowley, by way of Hymenaeus Alpha.

Kenneth Grant is Dead, Alas

by Frater 222

On February 1st of 2011 Starfire Publishing publicly announced that Kenneth Grant passed away on January 15th, 2011.

In 1944 a 20 year-old Grant became a student of 69 year-old Crowley and it appears he was his last living student. Grant was also a close friend of the godfather of Chaos magick, Austin Osman Spare.

An obituary on the Llewellyn Blog rightly pointed out:

"There is no doubt that Grant was a controversial figure. Still, without him we might not have had the current interest in the works of Nema, Spare, Achad, Lovecraft, and the actual practice of magick (as opposed to the theoretical study of magick). Without Grant, Chaos Magick might not have developed."

Hymenaeus Beta, in his essay "Culture v/s Cult", said Grant's:

"...excellent book The Magical Revival indeed contributed to a genuine revival in the early 1970's...We count some of Mr. Grant's most enthusiastic readers among our members."

Grant's books are known to sale for hundreds of dollars on the used book market and his last book, Beyond the Mauve Zone, is currently going for $849 at Amazon.

Perhaps, an obituary on Kenneth Grant is best summed up in a quote from his second book Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God.

"The keen and persistent practice of Thelema by even a few dedicated individuals will effectually overthrow society and thereby facilitate the unhindered development of the New Aeon and the reintegration of human consciousness."

Sources:
http://www.starfirepublishing.co.uk/main_frames_page.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Grant
http://volesoft.com/2011/02/01/kenneth-grant-is-dead-great/
http://volesoft.com/2011/02/06/kenneth-grant-aossic-aiwass-memories-are-made-of-this/
http://www.llewellyn.com/blog/2011/02/a-sad-loss-kenneth-grant/
http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/02/kenneth-grant-1924-2011.html
http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-4872.phtml
http://rodneyorpheus.com/?page_id=110

A Received Transmission by Soror Akanada

429
She? Sheba?
Conquil

Retract and protect. Blessings.
The quickest way is diagonal, contrary to most.
She will appear many times on that path starting young, then growing, then at her height at the End. Then a new path begins. This cycle goes on infinitely. She is not there to assist, but to distract, until you reach the End, then her fullness is known.

(A female voice, not her, but her Mother. The first cannot speak, she is another product of Sophia and her consort.)

The purpose of these children is to test. Some are more horrific than the first.

(This energy is both retractive and reflective.)

Her image appears again in young girl form. She is completely wild, like she was raised by animals. She has many snakes, in her hair, hands, and around her waist. But all knowledge resides in her eyes. This image may be what eventually became Medusa. ( In a previous transmission, it was said that to stand before Medusa was a form of initiation; those who could accept her gaze (knowledge) were unharmed and were blessed. Those who feared her and were not accepting of the scope of her knowledge, perished. Her eyes first look human, then go black.)

The act of transferring knowledge into action is symbolized by the eye in the palm of the hand. The element associated with this shift is fire.