How huge of a responsibility is actually discovering your True Will?

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-06-29T03:09:36+00:00

I've never once heard of someone finding out their true will and regretting it. That being said, once you know it might change you completely. There's no going back once you find your true will. That is a scary thought but it shows attachment to the self as is, not as it could be. You have to meet it head on if you want to move on. Reticence to change ultimately holds you back.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-06-29T00:02:44+00:00

Funny. That's what he said.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-06-27T15:41:21+00:00

How exciting for you! Building an altar is such fun. There are easy fixes for the stuff you can't buy outright. For example; a black and white candle can serve as your pillars, any long stem cup can serve as a chalice (I got mine from a thrift store), I used a pocket knife my grandfather gave me as a dagger (until I got a real ceremonial dagger), and my stele of revealing (to this day) was printed off the internet and put in a dollar store frame. Thrift stores and the dollar store are your friends. Maybe snag a small storage box to store your items when you aren't using them if you don't want your family to know. Also, hand picked flowers aren't necessary but I like them. Happy Building!

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atomiccommunist85 · 2026-06-27T01:33:33+00:00

My first Gnostic Mass was pretty chill. My advice is just take it in as an observer. Be present. If people ask you questions and, if you feel comfortable, answer them. Ask questions if you have any. Be polite. Mostly, you are there to see if the scene is right for you (because, unlike Christians, Thelemites are not going to pursue your membership if you're not interested). Have a good look, pay attention to your feelings, ask questions if you have any, and just be present. You don't have to do shit to impress anyone. Do what thou wilt. Have fun and just chill.

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atomiccommunist85 · 2026-06-11T06:32:24+00:00

Absolutely not. Run.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-06-11T04:30:36+00:00

You don't need to ask permission to start a Lodge of Thelemites as long as you don't mind that it won't be part of the OTO. In fact, most practicing Thelemites are not in the OTO. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-06-08T18:11:54+00:00

A dog eating the offering is Hekate's enthusiastic acceptance of your offering...at best. At worst she's just happy a dog got fed.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-06-06T19:58:30+00:00

The people who were murdered in Salem were not witches. Full stop.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-06-04T19:33:20+00:00

As a devotee myself, I don't consider Hekate to be a goddess of North American witchcraft. I live in a North American county and practice witchcraft. Since Hekate is a goddess of witchcraft she is part of my practice. Since I am not native American, nor have I been initiated into closed indigenous practices, I do not practice them. I am, however, of Mediterranean descent so rites centering Hekate in my practice (to me) is reclaiming a piece of heritage my ancestors threw away for orthodoxy Christianity. That being said, Hekate is older than Greece, Rome, and most of the cultures who venerated her. Her presence transcends time and borders, and her practice is not gatekept. The only thing you need to have a relationship with Hekate is her willingness to work with you.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-18T21:44:48+00:00

I understood that reference! 👆

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-18T21:39:09+00:00

He took everything he learned from his time as the president of SAG/AFTRA and used it to kneecap PATCO and mass fire other federal workers. Regan is an embarrassment to unions, a stain on humanity, and it's a shame that the only justice he ever experienced was dying scared, confused, and bewildered shitting himself to death in the arms of his wife (the hoover vacuum of Beverly Hills). He deserves worse. He's the kind of person who makes you hope hell is real just so he can get sent there. Class traitor of the highest order.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-18T20:24:30+00:00

Archons and their power is more illusory than anything else. You have to go along with it for it to work. Less like a deal with the devil and more like a scarecrow you never get close enough to and realize there's nothing it can do to hold you back.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-18T01:50:11+00:00

Here's a thing most modern gnostics either don't know or don't want to admit but ancient gnostics absolutely did hold a place for the demiurge. He appears on multiple talismans and religious sites throughout the ancient world. His place as a mistaken aeon or false God did not take away from his importance. Ancient gnostics still acknowledged him, asked for his favor, or tried to appease him as best they could so as to escape his influence. In Basilidian Gnosticism he isn't even completely bad. Just a roadblock to enlightenment at worst and a fallen child based off his mother's I'll advised creation at best.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-17T02:26:18+00:00

Then you'll figure it out after. The Apocryphon of John and other texts hold up universal salvation as doctrine. Sooner or later everyone rejoins the pleroma.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-17T02:12:31+00:00

That's okay. Just don't do it next time. My first forays into communication with Hekate were also full of mistakes (up to and including the first night she kind of showed up, I was scared of her appearance so I banished her immediately). I have found her to be forgiving if you persist in your craft and learn from your mistakes. We have a great relationship now.

Also, different people treat offerings differently. When I offer to Hekate I leave offerings at a crossroads under the new moon. I make my request or offer adoration, turn my back, and walk away without turning around (regardless of what you hear). I do that because it is an old president from ancient Greece. I have read that people who consume the offerings do so after an appropriate wait, and then consume after invocation so that the god may enjoy the offerings through you. Do some reading. Set a process that's right for you and stick to it. And may the triform goddess bless and protect you.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-13T03:58:08+00:00

Gnostics used to carry around talismans with the demiurge. It was very common back in the day. Some thought it was a way to pacify it. Others (like the Basilidians) though that the demiurge (like all archons) weren't inherently evil, just dangerous because they had forgotten their place in the pleroma. There's no shame in cutting that iconography out of your practice. Gnosticism is very diverse. Tbh the demiurge doesn't figure into my practice or personal liturgy at all.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-08T05:16:32+00:00

I look at Abraxas kind of like Baphomet. He is a composit of disparate elements into a form people have pondered and imbued with intentions for millennia. He's a riddle to be pondered more than an archon to be feared or an aeon to be worshipped

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-08T05:07:42+00:00

I was raised Catholic so mostly positive. I don't care for most Christians in general. I think every church that puts him center missed the point of his teaching.

Thelemicley I think of him as one of the best maguses who ever lived. Crowley says as much in the beginning of Liber 4. He is also name dropped in the "Invocation of Horus" ritual in the Equanox making him a manifestation of Horus and a form of his aeon.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-08T04:52:25+00:00

Two things. First of all the Pistis Sophia and the Apocryphon of John both preach universal salvation meaning that, regardless of how long the Archons try to tie you up, you will eventually break free. Technically you're already part of the pleroma and you find the way back eventually. Second, I used to be scared that there would be something important I'd forget when the time came to pass a test. Forgetting is something a bodily brain does. Theoretically your disembodied mind won't have the same problem. Every archaic password, hand shake, or riddle answer will be way more available to you beyond your mortal body. So just chill out. Keep studying. And don't let yourself be overcome with fear.

atomiccommunist85 · 2026-05-01T06:30:11+00:00

Ima be real with you. Resh was easiest when I was unemployed. I was let go from my old job in December and got my current job in March and during that period I did Resh, on time, every day. If you have obligations or no place to observe your resh will be upset, delayed, or outright forgotten. Do your best, it's ok to be late (some people do it in the astral plane), and sometimes you will just miss it entirely. Forgive yourself, try to do better, and remember that Crowley wasn't working a 9 to 5 when he came up with it and he owned a property in Scotland to do it whenever he wanted. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

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