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Ch 1 .... the call of Nuit resonates highly with me . That is understandable if you saw my natal chart
Also the 'True Will' * and of course 'Love is the Law ' .
* I mentioned earlier that it is an old concept ( and IMO of extreme importance ..... also living one's 'True Will ' is a key component of Eudamonia - sort of like the opposite of depression ) and was taught by Zoroastrians ;
Khvarenah
[Also spelt khvareno, khvarana or khwarnag (the 'khv/khw' are at times denoted by 'hu'). Middle Persian Pahlavi: khwar, khwarr, or khwarrah. New Persian: Khorra(h). Related Old Persian: farnah. New Persian: farr.]
The khvarenah is the archetype of the person one can grow to if allowed to grow to the limit of her or his capacity in grace, that is, in keeping with the
and thereby in keeping with Divine purpose. In the Avesta, the khvarenah is frequently described as 'Mazda-datem', i.e. God-given or God-gifted.
The khvarenah is also a person's higher calling - their meaning in life [the Middle Persian Pahlavi rending of khvarenah is khvesh-kari meaning own-work or own-purpose (in keeping with Divine purpose i.e. the higher calling)].
Every human being is endowed with natural talents that can be harnessed and developed to achieve one's highest potential or one's higher calling [sometimes thought of as one's latent destiny in life]. Alternatively, through choice, these talents can be employed to achieve base ambitions.
, the path of goodness, and pursue her or his calling without expectation of reward.
The khvarenah is specific to a person and is different for each person.
There is a strong implication in Zamyad Yasht (Yt 19.46-57) that the khvarenah that does not belong to a person cannot be seized by another person. The implication is that we should be content with our khvarenah and not be jealous or greedy of the other's khvarenah (here, good fortune).
When all human beings realize their calling or full potential in grace, the world will attain
Human beings often limit or loose themselves. In either case, they do not achieve their full potential or capacity.
While to some extent, a person's lot in life is determined by birth and circumstance, a person can find her or his latent khvarenah or calling by envisioning the person one aspires to become in grace, and then taking steps to realize the khvarenah despite daunting obstacles and adversity.
To loose oneself is to loose one's khvarenah.
In mythology, the khvarenah is like a bird that hovers over a person, and one that can fly away. If grace is replaced by evil ambitions, the bird is replaced by serpents growing out of that person's shoulders [see
The source of the khvarenah is said to be the divine spiritual light that is eternal and which casts no shadow (Denkard Madon 347.6-7).
A person's realization of her or his khvarenah is evidenced by a halo (farr in Persian), glowing brightly over her or his head - radiant as the sun (khvar/khor). (See portrait of Zarathushtra at the top of the page - a physical representation of something perceived by the spiritual eye and senses.) The opposite of the light of a halo is darkness - like a dark cloud hanging over someone.
A person's realization of her or his khvarenah cloaks that person with the aura of charisma and grace, the kind possessed by
Khvarenah and the resulting charisma enable leadership that does not rely on authority.
[For those interested in the etymology of the modern Persian names; Farr, Farah, Farahmand, Farrokh derive from the Old Persian farnah. Farr is translated as halo or nimbus - the aura of spiritual light, a light that casts no shadow, that surrounds a person filled with goodness and grace.]
12. Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill of love!
13. I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy.
- Many religions 'God's' require obedience , subservience , fear even ... ''Fear God ! '' - not thanks .... Pass !
and of course this ; '' the work of the wand and the work of the sword; these he shall learn and teach.'' - see recent comments on martial arts and magick
41. The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bond that can unite the divided but love:
57. Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well!
58; I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life,* upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice.
* I can personally attest to this ( again see 'Eudamonia ' ) . .. no sacrifice
and this ritual ;
61. But to love me is better than all things: if under the night stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. For one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. Ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in spendour & pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come to my joy. I charge you earnestly to come before me in a single robe, and covered with a rich headdress. I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous, I who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendour within you: come unto me! ''
( I have access to desert - its amazing out there under 'her body' - ecstatic ;
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Hang on ... who entered 'cosmically ordained' into this formula ?
What you list can be indications of 'True Will' as one finds their way towards it .
what is this 'Cosmic true will ' you speak of ? crowley never called it 'cosmic true will )
Ahhh ... I see now .
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Do what thou wilt ..... even after death ?
From the Gnostic Mass;
Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true Wills; whether they will absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills.
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I love that you referenced the Gnostic Mass in that last statement there. I have always been confused about what i should expect of my work after death. I wont take this as an apsolute without research, but i sure as hell will try to incorporate that quote into my workings
I think this 'harmony with universe' is an illusion. Someone uncovers their 'true will' is to become a gymnast, what they are doing is just seeing their inner tendencies, emotions, etc etc collating and making them think the universe gives a shit what they do lol
True will is somewhat ill defined but at least in my understanding is a cosmic scale issue. What is one's true will in the unveiling of gnosis or enlightenment in the cosmos (which Crowley basically implies across several writings).
Having said that, it also has different levels and is sort of holographic. You can speak of a person having their true will being a gymnast but that would only be for a particular period of time in an individuals lifetime (although perhaps gymnastics is the best exercise for that particular body in this incarnation).
The actual true will is at a cosmic level and always involves the further spiritual evolution of humanity and/or the cosmos.
Talking about LHP, one can make the proposal that FS is one of the first original LHP currents, like another Thelema offshoot, Kenneth Grant and the Typhonian O.T.O.
Sure, one of the "modern" ones (taking modern to start with the Golden Dawn or their offshoots or perhaps Crowley, etc.). But Huysmans clearly shows in La Bas that LHP's were current by the late 1800's but still pre-Golden Dawn (unless one thinks that Huysmans made it up).
