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One person can overpopulate the world if they pump enough shit in the water and poison in the air.
Its hard to get a grip on ethics at the best of times, let alone Thelemic ethecis!
I'd go from here first and keep reading AC.
POSTCARDS TO PROBATIONERS
by Aleister Crowley
from EQUINOX Vol. I No. 2
THEOREMS
I. The world progresses by virtue of the appearance of
Christs (geniuses).
II. Christs (geniuses) are men with super-consciousness
of the highest order.
III. Super-consciousness of the highest order is obtainable
by known methods.
Therefore, by employing the quintessance of known
methods we cause the world to progress.
ESSENTIALS OF METHOD
I. Theology is immaterial; for both Buddha and St. Ignatius
were Christs.
II. Morality is immaterial; for both Socrates and
Mohammed were Christs.
III. Super-consciousness is a natural phenomenon; its conditions
are therefore to be sought rather in the acts than in the words
of those who attained it.
The essential acts are retirement and concentration -- as
taught by Yoga and Ceremonial Magic.
MISTAKES OF MYSTICS
I. Since truth is supra-rational, it is incommunicable in
the language of reason.
II. Hence all mystics have written nonsense, and what sense
they have written is so far untrue.
III. Yet as a still lake yields a truer reflection of the sun
than a torrent, he whose mind is best balanced will,
if he become a mystic, become the best mystic.
THE METHOD OF EQUILIBRIUM
I. THE PASSIONS, Etc.
I. Since the ultimate truth of teleology is unknown, all
codes of morality are arbitrary.
II. Therefore the student has no concern with ethics
as such.
III. He is consequently free 'to do his duty in that state
of life to which it has pleased God to call him.'
.... and so on
Remember magick is about adopting a method that works, not belonging to a religion or cult and adopting what and how you are told to be and think according to anothers conclusions.
Also someone may have a True Will to be theif, a murderer or whatever. But the rest of us have a True Will to retain property and live. Thelema eventually becomes a social experiment and one can theorise till the cows come home and go back out and come back home again about how it works, but you wont really come to any real helpful conclusions until you put it into practice.
Its hard to get a grip on ethics at the best of times, let alone Thelemic ethecis!
I'd go from here first and keep reading AC.
POSTCARDS TO PROBATIONERS
by Aleister Crowley
from EQUINOX Vol. I No. 2
THEOREMS
I. The world progresses by virtue of the appearance of
Christs (geniuses).
II. Christs (geniuses) are men with super-consciousness
of the highest order.
III. Super-consciousness of the highest order is obtainable
by known methods.
Therefore, by employing the quintessance of known
methods we cause the world to progress.
ESSENTIALS OF METHOD
I. Theology is immaterial; for both Buddha and St. Ignatius
were Christs.
II. Morality is immaterial; for both Socrates and
Mohammed were Christs.
III. Super-consciousness is a natural phenomenon; its conditions
are therefore to be sought rather in the acts than in the words
of those who attained it.
The essential acts are retirement and concentration -- as
taught by Yoga and Ceremonial Magic.
MISTAKES OF MYSTICS
I. Since truth is supra-rational, it is incommunicable in
the language of reason.
II. Hence all mystics have written nonsense, and what sense
they have written is so far untrue.
III. Yet as a still lake yields a truer reflection of the sun
than a torrent, he whose mind is best balanced will,
if he become a mystic, become the best mystic.
THE METHOD OF EQUILIBRIUM
I. THE PASSIONS, Etc.
I. Since the ultimate truth of teleology is unknown, all
codes of morality are arbitrary.
II. Therefore the student has no concern with ethics
as such.
III. He is consequently free 'to do his duty in that state
of life to which it has pleased God to call him.'
.... and so on
Remember magick is about adopting a method that works, not belonging to a religion or cult and adopting what and how you are told to be and think according to anothers conclusions.
Also someone may have a True Will to be theif, a murderer or whatever. But the rest of us have a True Will to retain property and live. Thelema eventually becomes a social experiment and one can theorise till the cows come home and go back out and come back home again about how it works, but you wont really come to any real helpful conclusions until you put it into practice.