Lonelygirl15

[sororyzbl]

OK, there has been a ton of misunderstandings and flared tempers on the board, and I think we need to clear some things up.

First of all, the Thelemites on the board are *not* here to be assholes. We're clearing up misconceptions, and making sure that our faith/philosophy is portrayed accurately and fairly. To be honest, other than Daniel's little "Kidnapped a girl" rumour about AC, there hasn't been much at all in the way of bad talking of any Thelemic concepts in the videos themselves. The problem has come up on the forums, with people doing their own research, and saying "Well, this website says this, so you're wrong". When people do some search and find a copy of one of our Holy Books or official rituals and say "this is what's gonna happen!", we're going to tell you it's probably wrong, or state the purpose of that book, or tell you what is required of the person, or basically say "this is not gonna happen in LG 15 because..."

Between Me and Tannhaus, there's probably about 30 years of study of Thelema. I don't know who Thelemaman is, but he's also knowledgeable about Thelema (even if he doesn't understand (care?) that Caliphate is a bad word). So yeah, telling us we're WRONG is going to upset us a little bit, we've yet to annhilate the ego. We're going to defend ourselves. But, as Tannhaus has stated, none of us hate anyone on here (well, I kinda think JJ is an a*****e, but that's just cuz he's from Jersey).

Please, please do not take it personally if we state that a particular thing is incorrect. At the same time, we could be wrong. There could actually be a secret society called the Order of Denderah that celebrates the Goddess Hathor and hails AC as a saint for all the three of us know. Hell, I know of at least 3 or 4 groups that WORSHIP Aleister Crowley. Not as a man, or a prophet, but as a second coming of the antichrist kinda guy. There are offshoots of Thelema that 5 people have heard of, and those 5 people are the only ones in it. Hell, you should see the huge grand EGC cathedral I have in my head.

The point of this post is two fold. First of all, we're just here to tell people that the practices portrayed in LG 15 are NOT mainstream(ha ha) or orthodox Thelema. It is either a fictional religion, or super double secret probation sect.

Second of all, I dunno about the other two, but I'm f'in addicted.
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[Sheikh Gomelez]

Seconded. Or it'll all end in tears. If we don't stop our bickering, our actions could bring on terrible consequences. Perhaps we'll fall pray to a penny dreadful character and finish our virtual lives as object-lessons in what happens when people who behave wickedly become prey for worse sinners.

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd.
His skin was pale and his eye was odd.
He shaved the faces of gentlemen
who never thereafter were heard of again.
He trod a path that few have trod
did Sweeney Todd
the demon barber of fleet street.
He kept a shop in London town.
Of fancy clients and good renown
and what if none of their souls were saved
they went to their maker impecably shaved.

sweeneyiswatching
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[Sfonzarelli]

As someone who's into Aleister Crowley, my main beef with you guys is that you're giving the uninformed the impression that everyone who's into Aleister Crowley is a humorless quasi-Scientologist minor bureaucrat/pendant incapable of percieving irony and obsessed with sociopolitical legitimacy.

"Enemies have two notable weaknesses.
1. No sense of humor. They simply don't get it.
2. They totally lack understanding of magic.."
-William S. Burroughs

You may have #2 down, but where's #1?

You guys seem to be stuck in 1910 - obsessing over details of Crowley's biography, defending reactionary and outdated aspects of his philosophy, and clinging to gimp incarnations of defunct organizations. You probably still think A.O. Spare is evil. It's as if you guys were physicists who refuse to acknowledge any progress in the field of physics after Einstein because you've built a cult of personality around Einstein. You want to correct misconceptions about your religion and defend your religion from percieved slander and malicious attack - why? Why are you expecting anything constructive to come of immitating the tactics of Mormons, Scientologists, and Wiccans? How do you reconcile this with Crowley's own love of furthering misconception about aspects of his life? Do you honestly think he'd care? Crowley was a mischief-maker and a revolutionary, not a pencil-pusher.
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[sororyzbl]

[spaciegirlreturn]

I totally agree..(mostly).''I appologize for implicating you in my arguements previously. I, for one, have no issue with Thelema or the fact that you are defending it.I simply had an issue with the tone and manner in which Tannhaus does so. I also do agree that things have gotten blown way out of proportion and that discussion has moved off topic. I can't stand being misinterpreted or misrepresented, which is what, I feel, has been taking place. (not by you at all) I'm over it. It's squashed. My original intent at posting anything at all in this topic was to squash it....though, admittedly, it has turned into something else, which is partially my fault.
P.S. Sororyzbl, I also think that you are, by far, the most attractive woman on this forum..for what it's worth.
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[sororyzbl]

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[tannhaus]

[foolslovehermits]

[iamcool]

is it just me that thinks tannhaus is a complete tool?
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[Kasdeja]

Wow, way to bring the idiotic flaming back...AFTER Nora just locked a thread...JUST FOR THAT. And, this thread was started to cool jets. If you want to flame people, go to MSN chat.

[sororyzbl]

[Kasdeja]

Pas de quoi

[Sheikh Gomelez]

Time for the Jets to cool. And Sharks, you need to chill, too.
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Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tension, apprehension,
And dissension have begun.