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- From: ba@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (B.A. Davis-Howe)
- Subject: Re: Ritual without a Framework
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:44:57 GMT
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- Thyagi@cup.portal.com (Thyagi Morgoth NagaSiva) quotes:
-
- >"Of the Invocation
-
- >"...The secret of success in invocation... is an exceedingly simple
-
- >"[Noted:] There is the general metaphysical antithesis that Magick
- >is the Art of the Will-to-Live, Mysticism of the Will-to-Die; but -
- >'Truth comes bubbling to my brim; Life and Death are one to Him!'"
- >
-
- >Aleister Crowley, _Magick_ [Parts I, II, and III of _Book Four_],
- >published by Arkana Books, 1989, pages 251-2. Bracketed comments
- >are my own.
-
- Argh! I suppose it had to happen...a whole long section of Crowley that I
- agreed with. *sigh*
-
- Enjoy the journey!
- --Br'anArthur
- Queer, Peculiar, and Wyrd! :-)
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- "We are secretly replacing the fine quartz crystals this medicine pouch maker
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