The Flying Scrolls of Logos

A Life Without Law.      I dream of a world where there is no need for law. Being an optimist, I think that one day humanity will be, in general, motivated towards the greater good of the whole, that people wouldn't always have selfish desires, that I could walk down the street without worrying about being robbed or murdered. I dream of a world where these things happen without the necessity of fear to keep the populace in line. This world does not yet exist, in case you were wondering. Anarchy is not possible because humanity lacks causal responsibility, humanity believes that its good intentions exonerate it of the negative down-stream effects of its actions, humanity believes that positive input means that its actions are necessarily good, and humanity bases its system of morality on the fear of consequences.     The problem with anarchy, as I see it, is that most humans are almost completely driven by their instinctual needs to receive positive input from their peers and

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.      I have noticed a terrible disturbance in the nature of how the work of the initiate is portrayed, since I started practicing about eight years ago. There is a philosophy that is proving to be a bar to noble results and occult understanding within the modern magical current. Too often, I see novice magicians electing Enochian and Goety as introductory works, lest they be labeled as "armchair magicians." This faulty logic--where if the magician lays down a solid edifice of understanding before going on to do advanced work--gives the novice the erroneous impression that results are more important than the understanding of the system with which they are working. And what do we consider a solid result anyways? Many of the great practitioners I have come upon claim that they lack the visionary experiences associated with, say scrying the Aethers, calling Ourabas, or scrying on the Tree of Life. This is a problem!

Introduction to the Fall "The voice of my undying and Secret Soul said unto me--'Let me enter the path of darkness and, per adventure, there I shall find the light. I am the only Being in an Abyss of Darkness; from an Abyss of darkness came I forth ere my birth, from the Silence of a Primal Sleep.'"[1]   Few statements describe the magick of initiation as clearly and succinctly as the speech of the Hierophant after the the oath of the Neophyte has been given. The 21st century magickal current--one rife in obscure symbols, rites of initiation, obscure medieval grimoirs, and riddled with cryptic axioms and metaphors--has as its core the elevation of the spirit towards the greater good of of personal freedom, charity, universal brotherhood (or sisterhood, as the case may be), and a profound knowledge and acceptance of one's own relation with the natural world. In recent times, there has been a growing popularity for the aesthetic and the intellectual backgroun