Monthly Archives: May 2023

In a discussion several years ago, someone raised the following about Setian “taboos.” My thoughts on LaVey on a personal level have changed a good deal since I originally wrote the following. However, it remains something I stand behind.  The Taboo of Satanism: Do we forget or avoid the idea we have Satanic roots? It’s ourContinue reading “The Taboo of Satanism”

Several years ago, an Adept commented that Anton LaVey’s The Satanic Bible was a cynical approach to occultism. I countered that I saw it less as cynical than the first serious, magical response to those people Paul Ricoeur termed ‘The Masters of Suspicion.” Who were the Masters of Suspicion? They were those figures who, at the endContinue reading “The Age of Satan and the Masters of Suspicion”

Although certainly, some may have thought themselves Magi, none were regarded as such by other magicians of the Aeon of Horus. No one had come forth within the Western Esoteric Tradition. No one had come forth in the Easter Esoteric Traditions. The only one who did come forth and was arguably Recognized by the WorldContinue reading “The Magus in the Age of Satan”

While flipping through the first volume of “The Magickal Link” I came across the following in Vol. I, No 5 May 1981 in the column “Grand Lodge Report”:  A few weeks ago, the Grand Lodge met with the three principal officers of the TEMPLE OF SET. this body has no relationship to Grant’s work orContinue reading “Grady McMurtry on the Temple of Set”

The history of Thelema as a social movement can best to understood comprehensively through the following list of resources https://blog.thelema.dev/thelemic-history-reading-guide/ Alan Willm’s blog is an excellent resource for those seeking to understand the A.’.A.’. system and the people who continue to work it. His history guide provides insights from first person accounts from practitioners, non-practitionerContinue reading “Thelemic History Reading”

By the design of the A.’.A.’. a Recognition was supposed to coincide with the Recognition of another into the Degree you were vacating. Before you could become a Zelator, you were supposed to find someone to take your place as a Neophyte. This design would ensure that a superior could teach something to an inferiorContinue reading “Other Magi of the Aeon of Horus”