Download or read book Naturalistic Occultism An Introduction to Scientific Illuminism written by IAO131 and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naturalistic Occultism: An Introduction to Scientific Illuminism is an attempt to introduce the approach of Scientific Illuminism to occultism. It is in line with the motto of Scientific Illuminism, "The Method of Science, the Aim of Religion." Naturalistic Occultism approaches the theory and practice of occultism in a way that is scientific (using the scientific method and being up-to-date in current scientific knowledge), naturalistic (not supernatural), and pragmatic (whatever works is provisionally 'true'). This book represents an honest attempt to separate the gold of the practice of magick from the dross of superstition and dogma.
Download or read book The Method of Science written by various contributors and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Method of Science, the 6th issue of the journal of the Irish Order of Thelema is an anthology on the theme of scientific illuminism, a theory of skeptical occultism espoused by Aleister Crowley. As well as content supporting his position, there are developments, counter images and critiques to this approach. Contributors include: IAO131 (author of Naturalistic Occultism), Frater Achad (author of The Anatomy of the Body of God), Alan Moore (author of V for Vendetta), Lupa (author of Nature Spirituality from the Ground Up), Anne Ruadh, Brian Breathnach and others... Also including ritual and book reviews, Method Of Science is essential reading for those interested in scientific illuminism and its implications...
Download or read book The Equinox written by Ordo Templi Orientis and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fresh Fever From the Skies The Collected Writings of IAO131 written by IAO131 and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: This is the paperback edition. 'Fresh Fever From the Skies: The Collected Writings of IAO131' represents an anthology of writings over the 7 years spanning 2007-2014 e.v. from the author IAO131. IAO131 is the author of 'Naturalistic Occultism: The Introduction to Scientific Illuminism, ' 'Thelema Sutras, ' and 'The Parables & Lessons of Liber LXV.' He is also the co-creator of the Speech in the Silence podcast, the creator & editor of the Journal of Thelemic Studies, the creator of 2nd Century Thelema, the creator of The Grady McMurtry Project, and his works have been featured in many publications including U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis' official organ 'Agape.' His writings span various topics on Thelema, Magick, Aleister Crowley, and the occult. Many of his writings have not been available in published form previously, and now they are all collected together in 'Fresh Fever From the Skies.'
Download or read book The Problem of Disenchantment written by Egil Asprem and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges the conventional view of a disenchanted and secular modernity, and recovers the complex relation that exists between science, religion, and esotericism in the modern world. Max Weber famously characterized the ongoing process of intellectualization and rationalization that separates the natural world from the divine (by excluding magic and value from the realm of science, and reason and fact from the realm of religion) as the disenchantment of the world. Egil Asprem argues for a conceptual shift in how we view this key narrative of modernity. Instead of a sociohistorical process of disenchantment that produces increasingly rational minds, Asprem maintains that the continued presence of magic and enchantment in peoples everyday experience of the world created an intellectual problem for those few who were socialized to believe that nature should contain no such incalculable mysteries. Drawing on a wide range of early twentieth-century primary sources from theoretical physics, occultism, embryology, radioactivity, psychical research, and other fields, Asprem casts the intellectual life of high modernity as a synchronic struggle across conspicuously different fields that shared surprisingly similar intellectual problems about value, meaning, and the limits of knowledge. The Problem of Disenchantment is, in its entirety, extraordinarily well researched, argued, and writtenrepresenting at once the most complete and nuanced treatment of the notion of disenchantment within this network of scientific, religious, philosophical, and esoteric discourses and currents. Nova Religio
Download or read book The Equinox Vol 1 No 9 written by Aleister Crowley and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serving as the official text of the A/ A/, the Equinox Volume 1 has proven an elusive addition to the occultist's library. With only a few printings available in over one hundred years, copies of this text fetch upward of $2,000 per book. Now, this text is available at an affordable price. Unedited, and unabridged, this printing contains all the original text and images (B&W) released in the original 1909 printing by Crowley himself. Only now, it is in paperback, and within reach of ownership. (Hardcover available by Spring 2014). The editor and publisher have made no attempt to add to this work in any manner. There is no need for improvement, as these works stand as classics in occult literature even today. The Equinox (subtitle: "The Review of Scientific Illuminism") is a series of publications in book form that serves as the official organ of the A/ A/, a magical order founded by Aleister Crowley (although material is often of import to its sister organization, Ordo Templi Orientis). Begun in 1909, it mainly features articles about occultism and magick, while several issues also contain poetry, fiction, plays, artwork, and biographies. Sections/Chapters: Frontpages Editorial The Temple of Solomon the King ("Continued") Lines to a Young Lady Violinist on Her Playing in a Green Dress Designed By the Author Energized Enthusiasm The "Titanic" A Literatooralooral Treasure-Trove Threnody Dischmatal by Night. By Arthur Grimble A Quack Painter At Sea Cancer? Dumb! The Vitriol-Thrower The Fairy Fiddler. By Ethel Archer An Evocation of Bartzabel the Spirit of Mars The Testament of Magdalen Blair Ercildoune. By Aleister Crowley Athanasius Contra Decanum My Crapulous Contemporaries. No. VII. A Galahad in Gomorrah How I Became a Famous Mountaineer. By Percy W. Newlands, P.R.A.S., P.R.B.S., P.R.C.S., P.R.Y.S., P.R.Z.S., Etc., Etc. The Tango: A Sketch. By Mary D'este and Aleister Crowley The Big Stick Reviews
Download or read book The Equinox written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book HRILIU Symbolic Explorations of the Gnostic Mass written by IAO131 and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-04-23 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'HRILIU: Symbolic Explorations of the Gnostic Mass' is an in-depth look at the central ritual of Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). The first half of the book gives a general overview of the Gnostic Mass from several different perspectives, including an examination of the basic symbols at work in the mass, the Officers, magical energy, and how Baphomet might play a major factor... The second half of the book is a detailed analysis of the rubric of Liber XV: Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Canon Missae, the ritual text of the Gnostic Mass itself. IAO131 goes line by line through the text and goes into symbolic aspects of every part of the Gnostic Mass. The book takes its title 'HRILIU' from the climax of this ritual, when the Priest and Priestess simultaneously utter this angelic word in rapturous communion. Overall, this tome comes in at almost 400 pages of symbolic and Qabalistic exploration of this beautiful and sacred Rite."
Download or read book The Journal of Thelemic Studies The Mysteries of the Gnostic Mass written by IAO131 and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Journal of Thelemic Studies: Volume III, Number 1' is a special issue devoted exclusively to the central public and private rite of Ordo Templi Orientis, Liber XV: The Gnostic Mass. This issue has over 15 articles from a diverse group of Thelemites writing on a wide variety of topics from the Creed, to magical energy in the Mass, to preparation of Cakes of Light, to music in the Mass, and more.
Download or read book Practical Occultism written by Ernest Loomis and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Occultism in a Nutshell; Marriage; How to Create Opportunities; Your Talents; Health; Health Recipes & Methods of Using Occult Power.
Download or read book Key Truths of Occult Philosophy written by Marc Edmund Jones and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Equinox written by Aleister Crowley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serving as the official text of the A/ A/, the Equinox Volume 1 has proven an elusive addition to the occultist's library. With only a few printings available in over one hundred years, copies of this text fetch upward of $2,000 per book. Now, this text is available at an affordable price. Unedited, and unabridged, this printing contains all the original text and images (B&W) released in the original 1909 printing by Crowley himself. Only now, it is in paperback, and within reach of ownership. (Hardcover available by Spring 2014). The editor and publisher have made no attempt to add to this work in any manner. There is no need for improvement, as these works stand as classics in occult literature even today. The Equinox (subtitle: "The Review of Scientific Illuminism") is a series of publications in book form that serves as the official organ of the A/ A/, a magical order founded by Aleister Crowley (although material is often of import to its sister organization, Ordo Templi Orientis). Begun in 1909, it mainly features articles about occultism and magick, while several issues also contain poetry, fiction, plays, artwork, and biographies. Sections/Chapters: Frontpages Editorial Liber XIII [vel Graduum Montis Abiegni: A Syllabus of the Steps Upon the Path] AHA! By Aleister Crowley The Herb Dangerous (Part III): The Poem of Hashish. By Charles Baudelaire (Translated By Aleister Crowley) An Origin. By Victor B. Neuburg The Soul-Hunter Madeleine. By Arthur F. Grimble The Temple of Solomon the King (Book II "Continued") The Coming of Apollo. By Victor B. Neuburg The Brighton Mystery. By George Raffalovich Reviews The Shadowy Dill-Waters. By A. Quiller, Jr. Stop Press Reviews and Endpages Special Supplement: Liber DCCCCLXIII. the Treasure-House of Images
Download or read book John Dee s Occultism written by Gyorgy E. Szonyi and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the towering figures of Renaissance mysticism.
Download or read book Science and Occultism written by I. K. Taimni and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire in the Minds of Men written by James H. Billington and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the origins of a faith--perhaps the faith of the century. Modern revolutionaries are believers, no less committed and intense than were Christians or Muslims of an earlier era. What is new is the belief that a perfect secular order will emerge from forcible overthrow of traditional authority. This inherently implausible idea energized Europe in the nineteenth century, and became the most pronounced ideological export of the West to the rest of the world in the twentieth century. Billington is interested in revolutionaries--the innovative creators of a new tradition. His historical frame extends from the waning of the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the beginnings of the Russian Revolution in the early twentieth century. The theater was Europe of the industrial era; the main stage was the journalistic offices within great cities such as Paris, Berlin, London, and St. Petersburg. Billington claims with considerable evidence that revolutionary ideologies were shaped as much by the occultism and proto-romanticism of Germany as the critical rationalism of the French Enlightenment. The conversion of social theory to political practice was essentially the work of three Russian revolutions: in 1905, March 1917, and November 1917. Events in the outer rim of the European world brought discussions about revolution out of the school rooms and press rooms of Paris and Berlin into the halls of power. Despite his hard realism about the adverse practical consequences of revolutionary dogma, Billington appreciates the identity of its best sponsors, people who preached social justice transcending traditional national, ethnic, and gender boundaries. When this book originally appeared The New Republic hailed it as "remarkable, learned and lively," while The New Yorker noted that Billington "pays great attention to the lives and emotions of individuals and this makes his book absorbing." It is an invaluable work of history and contribution to our understanding of political life.
Download or read book Magic written by Manly P. Hall and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pamphlet is an essay enabling individuals to distinguish between 'black' and 'white' magic, thereby avoiding practices and disciplines which may be detrimental to character and dangerous to physical health. As Paracelsus noted centuries ago, the invisible realms of nature are governed by immutable laws which cannot be violated with impunity. In recent years researchers in many fields have been exploring the hidden side of life and nature, but few of them have given serious consideration to the moral and ethical responsibilities associated with their labors. The tendency has been to assume that the transcendental arts, like the resources of the physical world, can be exploited without regard for consequences. As in the case of the sorcerers of long ago, the principal objective is the binding of invisible energies for the advancement of personal ambitions. Many innocent persons have become involved in magical practices and disciplines which are detrimental to character and dangerous to physical health. The abuse of powers and forces as yet but partly understood must result in both psychical and psychological tragedy. In this little essay, I have attempted to present in concise form a code of rules which, if faithfully followed, will protect both the individual and society. We are fully aware that the materialistic approach on any level of esoteric knowledge is contrary to the universal plan. We must all accept the burdens that come from the exploration of natural mysteries and dedicate our findings to the glory of God and the well-being of all humanity. Topics include: Children of the False Darkness The Philosophy of Opportunity The Fruitage of Black Magic: The Left-Hand Path The Fruitage of White Magic: The Right-Hand Path The Mechanics of Opportunity Definitions of Magic The Power of Demons The Source Power in Magic The Power of Black Magic The Demoniacal Powers of the Ancients Spiritual Research The Mechanics of Magic
