16 February 2025
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Let’s get something out of the way first: I have no idea what I’m talking about here. Well, that’s only partially true. I have some idea. But this isn’t my area of expertise. However, I have enough understanding (as a...
09 February 2025
1The core material was originally written for and posted on May 03, 2020. Updated with introduction, new material, minor corrections, and footnotes in 2025.Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. During the COVID lockdown years, I spent some time writing a...
02 February 2025
1Originally written in 2007. Minor textual corrections and footnotes in 2024.Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.2Crowley, Aleister. 1989. The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography....
26 January 2025
I pulled a letter out of my archives and decided to share it with you this week. It was written in 2020, around the second anniversary of my dad’s death. I was in the middle of a summerlong experiment of “writing real (snail mail) letters” on various formal topics to...
19 January 2025
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. For decades, the assumption in Thelemic communities has been that everything can be mapped to the Tree of Life. And that may be true. Frankly, Miss. Scarlet W., I don’t give a damn. I think the Tree of Life is the most...
12 January 2025
1Originally written in 2011. Minor textual corrections in 2024.Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. “But, but, but … The Comment!,” you say to me. And, in some kind of faux-shock, I offer a sarcastic “Right?” in return. How many times have we heard...
