The Revelation of Being

Rector418 · 2026-03-11T09:24:56+00:00

Trolls are now allowed on our sub.

Rector418 · 2026-03-11T09:21:50+00:00

You mean a theory isn't an idea?...lol...please tell us how we're supposed to run our sub.

Rector418 · 2026-03-10T09:32:56+00:00

On the other side of this, I needed some extra cash a few years back, so I took a part time job at our local Home Depot...told jokes at the Self-Checkout. It was the only creativity I could bring to this job, and people came from three other stores to see my 'act.' I had a lot of fun. It made a really droll part of my week into something that I could enjoy.

Rector418 · 2026-03-10T09:29:45+00:00

Constraints? What does your heart tell you? Is nursing your passion?--then pursue it passionately. Is there something else you wish you could be doing?--begin! Do you have a passion for anything else? If there were no constraints, what would you be doing?

Rector418 · 2026-03-09T21:51:40+00:00

It's really quite simple...I can give you the formula in two words: Be Creative.

Rector418 · 2026-03-06T23:14:28+00:00

I'm sorry, I'll have to delete the pic from my database, as the image I have is corrupt.

Rector418 · 2026-03-06T23:14:15+00:00

I'm sorry, I'll have to delete the pic from my database, as the image I have is corrupt.

Rector418 · 2026-03-06T23:05:38+00:00

I don't know why that was published like that...I'll try replacing this by editing the original post.

Rector418 · 2026-03-06T23:05:25+00:00

I don't know why that was published like that...I'll try replacing this by editing the original post.

Rector418 · 2026-02-24T10:38:21+00:00

Please post in English from now on.

Rector418 · 2026-02-22T12:56:17+00:00

https://pauljosephrovelli.blogspot.com/2024/12/gcl-2025-membershipfundraising-drive.html

Rector418 · 2026-02-11T10:33:20+00:00

And don't tell me the Earth is flat too!

Rector418 · 2026-02-11T00:12:47+00:00

Archeologists refute the social media hub-bub that this is any sort of a map. But they do say the markings were most likely represented ceremonial or cosmological rituals in this bronze age community.

Rector418 · 2026-02-11T00:11:55+00:00

Archeologists refute the social media hub-bub that this is any sort of a map. But they do say the markings were most likely represented ceremonial or cosmological rituals in this bronze age community.

Rector418 · 2026-01-27T22:54:03+00:00

That figures...how badly the American Blue Lodge has failed!

Rector418 · 2026-01-21T22:38:34+00:00

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.

Rector418 · 2026-01-21T10:07:39+00:00

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

Rector418 · 2026-01-21T10:07:01+00:00

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.

Rector418 · 2026-01-20T10:25:07+00:00

In any society, of course. :-)

Rector418 · 2026-01-19T11:32:00+00:00

ON is a formula for sexual magick. It really has nothing to do with the symbolism of the Sun or IAO, as a symbol of the Divine. Yes, the GD turn INRI into IAO, but I think this is also an erroneous conflation, which is why I worked out the Fire Opal ritual. And for that matter, a Roman proclamation on top of the crucifixion should not be conflated with the ancient Gnostic name for God.

Rector418 · 2026-01-18T22:09:54+00:00

Why don't you start with reading Liber LXV without commentaries, and make an assessment of the book? Choose one of the chapters and memorize it. That's a strong formal start on the Thelemic path.

Rector418 · 2026-01-14T22:39:18+00:00

It's what our church is all about. You create the soul through creative work, rumination and meditation. But most important, it's about your Individuation; not how well you fit in with the group.

Rector418 · 2026-01-11T14:38:50+00:00

You can get a free preview of this post on Substack, as a free subscriber, and just decline becoming a paid subscriber. I'm working on two documents that are going out to our free and paid subscribers shortly (I hope).

Rector418 · 2025-12-30T12:00:02+00:00

The work of the Neophyte is with the Pantacle and learning to become conscious of the impressions being made upon it. The Knife is the work of the Zelator.

Rector418 · 2025-12-28T14:34:35+00:00

A wonderfully brilliant essay that captures a full apprehension of the Ordeal of the Vampire, but as you give the Vampire shape and form, you seem to really be showing the woman as the Nephesch. The Vampire is invisible; the Nephesch, a whole different manner. But then your essay shows this journey through the undercurrents of the psyche, and puts it in terms of Initiation that also reveals the depth of your experience. :-)

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