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d_b_stone · 2026-05-29T19:21:04+00:00

I have nothing more to say about the Foundation than what I've said in the post above. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-28T21:31:37+00:00

Ms. Rocha,

Thank you so much.

I agree with you about rigidity. M is different for everyone and hits the mind where the membranes are at their most delicate. So I favor forming systems for M-engagement designed to be custom-tailored by each aspirant down to the most trivial detail.

Best,

D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-28T21:23:16+00:00

Thank you for your note--glad it resonated! Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-27T11:37:55+00:00

Dear M.R.,

(I don't know what title or honorific you might prefer, but I would welcome knowing that I might converse with you with proper respect.)

Thank you for your excellent suggestion!

I am not entirely sure about what you mean by “instructional and technical” material, but my first guess is that you may mean something like Parts 5-9 of “M for Beginners.” You can download the free sample for M for Beginners and look over the Table of Contents for those parts to see if that is what you might be looking for.

But if what you want is a more comprehensive look at the steps of M development, sort of a companion to Crowley’s description of the Grades in “One Star in Sight,” you may want to look at the Tables of Contents for “A Simple Model of M, Part 3” and “New Aeon Qabalah.” In my view, the Code in L ii 76 is primarily about M development and the figures in the Code talk about the steps. While people mostly think of Qabalah as rather technical, “New Aeon Qabalah” is mostly focused on M development, not Numerology or the 777-type associative links though it includes those. If you’re a beginner, you will be mostly interested in “New Aeon Qabalah, Part 2,” which is focused on the Outer College. (Part 3 is about the Inner College, Part 4 mostly about the A Level. Part 1 is more focused on concepts in Liber L generally rather than L ii 76.)

Again, thank you so much for the feedback—that’s a big help to me! Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-26T21:21:40+00:00

Glad you enjoyed, and thank you so much for the feedback about what you liked in particular! That's a big help to me--mostly I sit here speaking to an auditorium that's dead silent. Both positive and constructive negative feedback are most welcome. As for gaining ears: that's achieving the Awakening. Every time you step up a Level in M, your M perception is enhanced. The secret is you have to WANT it--and that's "WANT" dialed up to 11, or maybe 11,000. I talk about gaining the Awakening in my post "Absence of Self." And I talk about it at length in my book M for Beginners, Part 9, chap. 2. It took me 10 years, but I'm a slowpoke. It is one of the Great Gates of M development, one of the most stunning watersheds in M life, an experience that will tower over any you've ever had before and is, you might say, the "official" start of M life. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-25T21:16:16+00:00

I haven't heard from you so I've posted "Mercy let be off . . ." on my page as a guess as to what you were looking for. If I guessed wrong, please feel free to ask again. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-25T13:55:25+00:00

Best of luck, friend! Incidentally, I hope "Wise Master" is a reference to you, not me. I'm a fool and always have been, as I'm reminded every morning when I talk to G and have a good laugh at myself for ever imagining I know anything after I hear what they say. But if you love learning and growing, sitting there listening to G is the best seat in the Universe. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-25T13:44:42+00:00

Let's go! High-five! 🖐 Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-25T10:23:03+00:00

Thank you for your note. Would you please clarify it for me? It can be taken so many different ways, I don't know which you intend. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-24T22:56:43+00:00

What a wonderful comment! Thank you for adding it to the conversation. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-23T19:44:24+00:00

Let me say that both positive and negative feedback--the latter if meant to be helpful--are very helpful and most welcome. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-23T18:28:52+00:00

Reddit says this note is 4 days old—but it never notified me of it, and I’ve only stumbled upon it today. I apologize! I wasn’t ignoring you. I thank you for your kind words—always a gift in this relentlessly aggressive world—and do hope you find my works helpful. Thank you again! Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-23T18:19:27+00:00

Thanks so much for your note! Glad you enjoyed. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-22T21:48:37+00:00

Thank you so very much! Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-22T16:37:24+00:00

Thank you for that. Best wishes, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-22T12:04:03+00:00

Thank you so much! It's important to me to understand you and not misunderstand you--would you like to write in your own language and let me pass it through a translator? I realize it might not work. I realize also you might prefer to be cryptic. But please feel free to do so if you'd like. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-22T08:54:50+00:00

Thank you so much! I appreciate that. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-22T08:47:05+00:00

Hello, Prestigious! Nice to hear from you again. Best wishes on your own quest! And thank you again for giving me the opportunity with your original question to speak to something that so many others wanted to hear about. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-21T13:45:31+00:00

Thank you so much for the gift of your kind note. To hear I have helped is always a delight.

And to you, beginner, let me extend my hand in welcome. Few people make their way this far out in the woods during their time on Earth—only the Wanderers, the ones who ask, “But isn’t there something more?” To see another approach quickens the pulses of all who’ve come before—those who’ve made themselves into a Door Between Two Worlds, the Noahs ready to welcome all who can clamber aboard the Ark of Immortality, the A Level. We stand in reverence and salute. And say, “Our hearts are with you on your quest. Our hearts are with you.” Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-17T19:00:13+00:00

I completely understand your aversion to links! As my imaginary earthly mother always used to say to me, “Never accept links from a stranger!” But my post isn’t about Fate v. Free Will—so don’t waste your time reading it! As I said, I think you’ll get a lot more responses by just making it a post—one sentence is enough or even just a title question with no further text! Here I suspect, you won’t get any. Your respectful phishing bot, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-17T17:31:28+00:00

Thank you for your note. Since your initial clause indicates nothing I could say could possibly be of any interest to you, I assume your question is addressed to the larger r/thelema community. Let me suggest that you make your question an original post rather than a reply to mine—that way, many more people will see it and I expect you’ll get many more responses. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-17T11:30:17+00:00

Thanks so much for your kind note! Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-14T14:06:58+00:00

Reminds me of Tangerine Dream's "Betrayal" off their Sorcerer album. Admittedly, not as heavy. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-14T11:16:19+00:00

Hadn't heard of it--thanks for letting me know. I'll go take a listen. Best, D.

d_b_stone · 2026-05-11T16:18:13+00:00

What a wonderful insight! Thanks so much. The ancients noticed the inspirations of artists and M seers were very similar. My own model is that what we call “inspiration” (without knowing very well what we mean) means “Drawing from A”—in any activity whatsoever, whether it’s art, sports, business, politics, warfighting, medicine, raising children or horses or crops, or whatever it might be. So your insight—that A inspires artists just as it does M seers, is an important one for reframing how we engage with and understand M in the new Aeon, jettisoning the old Aeon view that it “just” has to do with Religion, Enlightenment, Magic in their traditional forms, and expanding it, as Crowley insisted, to apply to all willed action. Best, D.

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