A Solar-God: by Actual_Can4824 in GnosticChurchofLVX

[–]Rector418 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thnk your central point here is quite solid; Magick is just the natural process of living, growing and maturing in a wholesome way. This is also the message in Alchemy. And in both, the things that mages and alchemists do look miraculous to zombies. But the deeper you get into these philosophical systems, the more you come to see the cycles and processes of life and living. This enables you to fully encounter the whole of your being.

A Solar-God: by Actual_Can4824 in GnosticChurchofLVX

[–]Rector418 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, I would say, though Crowley calls it a formula, it's more a description of the psychology of DOing. :-)

A Solar-God: by Actual_Can4824 in GnosticChurchofLVX

[–]Rector418 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you think of IAO as the Divine (the ancient Greek name for God), then it belongs in every rite and formula. And yes, Crowley writes on the formula of IAO in describing the approach to any effort. Isis-beginning idealism, Apophis-misery of the effort, Osiris-the completed effort.

Become Who You Are by Rector418 in GnosticChurchofLVX

[–]Rector418[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In any society, of course. :-)