Aeon418
The Warrior of Thelema.
http://thelemicgoldendawn.net/documents/warrior.htm
http://thelemicgoldendawn.net/documents/warrior.htm
Recommended social actions?Grigori said:Where is the line between the realities of the universe (as understood in the BoL) and the recommended social actions of a Thelemite.
and later:wikipedia - Nemesis said:In Greek mythology, Nemesis (Greek, Νέμεσις ) [...] was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods).
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The name Nemesis is related to the Greek word νέμειν [némein], meaning "to give what is due".
wikipedia - Nemesis said:The word Nemesis originally meant the distributor of fortune, neither good nor bad, simply in due proportion to each according to what was deserved;
then, nemesis came to suggest the resentment caused by any disturbance of this right proportion, the sense of justice which could not allow it to pass unpunished.
O. Gruppe (1906) and others connect the name with "to feel just resentment".
From the 4th century onwards, Nemesis, as the just balancer of Fortune's chance, could be associated with Tyche.
In the Greek tragedies Nemesis appears chiefly as the avenger of crime and the punisher of hubris, and as such is akin to Atë and the Erinyes.
She was sometimes called Adrasteia, probably meaning "one from whom there is no escape";
her epithet Erinys ("implacable") is specially applied to Demeter and the Phrygian mother goddess, Cybele.
What is Vengeance but the righting of a wrong, a payback in kind, a redressing of the balance.Grigori said:I see vengeance and karma as quite different, to me karma seems to fit better with Adjustment, while vengeance more fitting for The Tower.
Vengeance also indicates violence and great fury. But, as I tried to point out before, the martial aspect is only destructive if you are out of alignment and fighting against it. Once you cease to block and present resistance, the energy works through you (Lust) rather than against you (Adjustment).Romans 12:19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Aeon418 said:What is Vengeance but the righting of a wrong, a payback in kind, a redressing of the balance
OldComment said:3. This whole book seems intended to be interpreted literally. It was so taken by the scribe at the time.
Yet a mystical meaning is easy to find. Exempli gratia; vv. 4-9.
from New Comment said:It seems as thou this "god of War and of Vengeance" is then merely one who shall cause men to do their won Wills by Going as Gods do, instead of trying to check the irresistible course of Nature.)