by RegentLynx » Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:37 pm
Thanks for this great book, "Pearls of Wisdom", Jim, you have a real talent for stripping away the obscurities and getting to the essence of the teachings, thanks for your efforts. Reading Chapter 7 on The Hexagram Ritual reminded me of something I have never been able to understand. The section I am particularly talking about is the one beginning on page 84 where you discuss the Analysis of the Key Word. Here you say, "Because this...formulation is based on the exact resurrection myth of Osiris that Thelema rejects...most Thelemic magicians reject this formula". Then you offer three solutions to this problem, i.e. 1.) Discover and Use a New Formula 2.) Substitute and use the Qabalistic Cross instead 3.) Use the traditional Osirian Formula anyway since it does represent some apparent facts of nature, for example, your example of the Stages of Loss and Grief. I certainly too can see and feel the outdatedness of the Osirian World Myth, especially the concepts of the Glorification of Suffering and Vicarious Atonement. Ok, I'll quit rambling about all of these things which seem self evident. What has always puzzled me is why The LVX signs which are so tied up with this Dying God Formula are yet in fact the A.'.A.'.'s 5=6 Grade Signs?
"Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains."