Stair Way to Thelema

March 2011 e.v. (Spring Equinox)
Frater Volo Adamo (Bodymaster) | Frater Vesanus Coprocapitus

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.

Audio of 'Thelema and Humanistic Psychology' Lecture

Audio of the lecture is featured in episode 16 of The Speech in the Silence Podcast. A longer version of the lecture also exists.

This lecture occurred on February the 26th, 2011 at the Dove & Serpent Oasis Temple. The lecture was based on the essay 'Thelema and Humanistic Psychology' by Frater 222 written in 2001.

A version of this essay can be found at Frater 222's website.

And the essay also was included in his book: The Red Planet Arrives.

Special thanks to Brother B. for audio recording and editing of the lecture.

Crowley Mass Song

DISCLAIMER: This post is an item of historic interest. According to Frater Bran=903 it was sung to Hymaneus Alpha by the local OTO body of the time. Frater Bran=903 tells us that Hymaneus Alpha received the song with great amusement "all the time". The humor of the song should not be interpreted as a comment on the present discourse on basic points such as "who is in charge of the OTO."

The Crowley Mass Song

Post presented by Donald Correll

Is Aleister Crowley really dead, really dead.
Did he do those terrible things they said, things they said.
Is he but dust beneath the sod, beneath the sod.

Or was Aleister Crowley really god? Really god.
Hark what's that shuffling host, shuffling host,.
Good grief it's Aleister Crowley's ghost, Crowleys ghost.

Holy of holy is the game and Aleister Crowley is the name.
Praise the name.
Evoe Pan was his favorite Hymm, his favorite Hymm.
Because it reminded him of him, him of him.

Heroin was his favorite dope, it cures from love, peace and hope and the pope.
Is Aleister Crowley really dead, really dead.
Did he do those terrible things they said, things they said.
Is he but dust beneath the sod, beneath the sod.
Or was Aleister Crowley really god? Really god.
Crowley had a wife her name was Rose.
Tis said she had a very pretty nose, pretty nose.
And he himself regarded it with awe,
It lead to the receiving of the law. The Book of the law.
Twenty thousand feet over Chogo Ri, Chogo Ri.
Crowley and Oscar Eckenstein laughed with glee, laughed with glee.
Nobody else had climbed so high, One more step by god they'd touch the sky.
Is Aleister Crowley really dead, really dead.
Did he do those terrible things they said, things they said.
Is he but dust beneath the sod, beneath the sod.
Or was Aleister Crowley really god? Really god.
Victor Newburgh was his favorite acolyte
Tis said he kept him late at night
And when the eye of Horus he had kissed
He cried I am a fundamentalist.
Crowley had some squares of Abramelin.
T'is said he used them to keep a dog from yelling.
The beast of hell was the product of the fun.
He cried by god look what I have done.
Is Aleister Crowley really dead, really dead.
Did he do those terrible things they said, things they said.
Is he but dust beneath the sod, beneath the sod.
Or was Aleister Crowley really god? Really god.
Nobody knows whos Lodge is whose.
Nobody pays his fucking dues.
There is only one thing I don't know, who's in charge of the bloody OTO.
The last word on Crowley was Sashas
For she was last to ever haul his ashes.
One night in a fit of drunken Glee
She dashed them 'neath that north NJ tree,
A lone pine tree.
Holy, Holy, Holy
Aleister Crowley
One hand to Malkuth,
The other to the Crown

Untitled Poem by Soror Reynard

Untitled Poem 

by Soror Reynard

Do we come together for the wine

and fornication, master?  Painting

my eyes dark and plaiting my hair,

am I an offering devoid of finer fiber?

Who can say as the cigarettes rise

and fall that we are anything

but base matter. 

As the wine tumbles and breath

hitches in the throat, try a new spell.

Weave your fingers upon my heart.

Call the moon into this room, crazy

as she is and full of foam; let me

hitch up my skirt and defer to God.

What spirit enters in that hour

will leave the bells trembling and

strike swiftly on the altar of night.