The Adeptus Exemptus Thesis The Exempt Adept will possess a thorough knowledge of all these courses [Student Grade through Adeptus Major Grade] and present a thesis of his own, as a general Epitome of his own Attainment as reflected in the sphere of the Mind. (Curriculum, THE EQUINOX No. XI) The Adept must prepare and […]
Aleister Crowley
Book: The Beast 666
In the spring of 1945, Parsons met a new aspirant to the Great Work, a young man called Ron Hubbard. Hubbard’s magical potential was very great and he made a considerable impression upon the members of Agape Lodge, especially on Betty, the mistress of Dr Parsons; she soon found herself sleeping with him. Frater 210 […]
Book: The Magical Revival
THE MAGICAL REVIVAL1 Kenneth Grant2 SKOOB BOOKS PUBLISHING LONDON © Kenneth Grant 1972, 1991 © Skoob Publishing 1991 Acknowledgements The author has at his disposal the entire body of Aleister Crowley’s writings (published and unpublished), and wishes to thank Mr. John Symonds – Crowley’s literary executor – for allowing complete freedom in the use of […]
Book: L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman?
One definition of magic is, “Total commitment to get, to achieve, to win – with such totality that one’s life itself becomes the ritual of that commitment.” (It has been noted that, when that commitment “is malevolent, the magic is black.”) For Hubbard, morality was a straitjacket worn by fools. Morality was utilized only when […]
Lecture: Development of Scientology: Characteristics of Living Science
I was sitting there tonight trying to pretend that this had been a very brave voyage of adventure because it had been so dangerous and there’s so many men fall on their faces doing this. As a matter of fact it has not been a very dangerous voyage. But uh… the point is that an […]
Lecture: Games/Goals (4)
The limitation in the rules of games, the limitations on self and others, is necessary for there to be an interplay. There’s got to be a limitation. There’s got to be some frame of reference. That limitation can only be as light as an ethical understanding. We’re going to operate within ethics. And the reason […]