Frater Mithra
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Imperator of A.'.A.'. in Albion, a dual lineage descended from Frater A.M.A.G. (Israel Regardie), and Soror Estai (Jane Wolfe).
Speaking of martial arts and the need to be a ‘good boy’, I trained to Shodan (1st degree black belt) in Aikido. Before you get the black belt you want to impress the instructors, after you get it you want to impress the students.
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Speaking of martial arts and the need to be a ‘good boy’, I trained to Shodan (1st degree black belt) in Aikido. Before you get the black belt you want to impress the instructors, after you get it you want to impress the students.
The thing that keeps me on the A.’.A.’. path when everything else falls away is this, there is no room for ‘good boy’ spirituality. Nobody cares if I practice or not, not even my superior in the Order. There are no other members to impress and no scope for practice to devolve into social signaling.
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The thing that keeps me on the A.’.A.’. path when everything else falls away is this, there is no room for ‘good boy’ spirituality. Nobody cares if I practice or not, not even my superior in the Order. There are no other members to impress and no scope for practice to devolve into social signaling.
Much like my experience with Thelema, I got on much better with Zen Buddhism before I met actual Zen Buddhists. However I can’t ignore the possibility that I’m the problem.
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Much like my experience with Thelema, I got on much better with Zen Buddhism before I met actual Zen Buddhists. However I can’t ignore the possibility that I’m the problem.
The older I get the more I’m convinced that astral visions and imagery is more pronounced in beginners. It’s really not hard to go on an astral journey. What is hard is not being deceived by the visions we encounter.
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The older I get the more I’m convinced that astral visions and imagery is more pronounced in beginners. It’s really not hard to go on an astral journey. What is hard is not being deceived by the visions we encounter.
I was thanked for my service by a well meaning American lady the other day. To be honest I can’t think of anything more odious than to be thanked for my part in subjugating the locals in the ‘war on terror’ of the early 2000’s.
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I was thanked for my service by a well meaning American lady the other day. To be honest I can’t think of anything more odious than to be thanked for my part in subjugating the locals in the ‘war on terror’ of the early 2000’s.
Once it sinks in that the vast majority of DNA in my body isn’t even human the sense of self as a singular thing looks like nonsense.
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Once it sinks in that the vast majority of DNA in my body isn’t even human the sense of self as a singular thing looks like nonsense.
Whenever ‘God’ is ascribed any particular attributes, you can be sure that those are attributable to the ideals and aspirations of the believers.
If your god is jealous and desires worship, what does that say about you?
If your god is jealous and desires worship, what does that say about you?
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Whenever ‘God’ is ascribed any particular attributes, you can be sure that those are attributable to the ideals and aspirations of the believers.
If your god is jealous and desires worship, what does that say about you?
If your god is jealous and desires worship, what does that say about you?
While interacting with online spiritual groups, especially when there is one ‘teacher’ who dishes out the wisdom, it’s all too easy to gather a group of admiring followers who ate all to happy to gassho and gush at Roshi’s superior wisdom. That would go to anybody’s head, it’s a spiritual narcotic.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
While interacting with online spiritual groups, especially when there is one ‘teacher’ who dishes out the wisdom, it’s all too easy to gather a group of admiring followers who ate all to happy to gassho and gush at Roshi’s superior wisdom. That would go to anybody’s head, it’s a spiritual narcotic.
Checking in to Zen Buddhism forums, it’s hard to take a teacher seriously when he spends his time telling strangers on the internet that they don’t understand zen. To my mind, if you understand something then you can explain it, and if your explanation doesn’t help people, you don’t under either.
October 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Checking in to Zen Buddhism forums, it’s hard to take a teacher seriously when he spends his time telling strangers on the internet that they don’t understand zen. To my mind, if you understand something then you can explain it, and if your explanation doesn’t help people, you don’t under either.
Whenever I see a YouTube video with an obvious AI generated opening picture I assume the rest of the content is also AI generated, and usually click ‘don’t recommend’.
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Whenever I see a YouTube video with an obvious AI generated opening picture I assume the rest of the content is also AI generated, and usually click ‘don’t recommend’.
Having been responsible for overseeing the intake of students now for about a decade, I’ve more than once considered closing the doors for good just to get a break from the stream of spiritual tourists. I can quite understand why Crowley instigated 5-years of silence.
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Having been responsible for overseeing the intake of students now for about a decade, I’ve more than once considered closing the doors for good just to get a break from the stream of spiritual tourists. I can quite understand why Crowley instigated 5-years of silence.
One of the lures of the pseudo-mysticism of fascism and communism alike I the lack of personal accountability. “I did it for the cause” or “I was just following orders”. Responsibility is diluted in the mass consciousness of the movement in an almost religious bliss that is mistaken for freedom.
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
One of the lures of the pseudo-mysticism of fascism and communism alike I the lack of personal accountability. “I did it for the cause” or “I was just following orders”. Responsibility is diluted in the mass consciousness of the movement in an almost religious bliss that is mistaken for freedom.
Over the years one thing I’ve come to believe is that there is no higher self, that it’s just me. That’s not say that the HGA is pure fantasy, but that he/it is neither some more powerful aspect of myself nor a separate but related angel sent to take care of me.
October 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Over the years one thing I’ve come to believe is that there is no higher self, that it’s just me. That’s not say that the HGA is pure fantasy, but that he/it is neither some more powerful aspect of myself nor a separate but related angel sent to take care of me.
Of course you can’t tell them that they’re deluding themselves. If you try that then stubbornness kicks in and you become a threat to their worldview. Bob Marley had it right: “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds”.
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Of course you can’t tell them that they’re deluding themselves. If you try that then stubbornness kicks in and you become a threat to their worldview. Bob Marley had it right: “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds”.
There’s a terrible irony in the fact that the need for independence and freedom that drive so much contrarian thinking are precisely the handles by which they are enslaved.
October 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
There’s a terrible irony in the fact that the need for independence and freedom that drive so much contrarian thinking are precisely the handles by which they are enslaved.
Contrarianism and a desire for hidden knowledge are common pathways into the occult and esoteric spirituality. However if we are to progress from delusion to real knowledge, at some point we have to develop a real sense of what actually is, and a lot of bullshit gets left behind.
October 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Contrarianism and a desire for hidden knowledge are common pathways into the occult and esoteric spirituality. However if we are to progress from delusion to real knowledge, at some point we have to develop a real sense of what actually is, and a lot of bullshit gets left behind.
One of the strangest aspects of Christian mysticism is praying for more faith or deeper love of God. I can’t help thinking that if God wanted me to have more faith or love then he would know what to do. So it seems that I have exactly the amount of faith and love that God wants.
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
One of the strangest aspects of Christian mysticism is praying for more faith or deeper love of God. I can’t help thinking that if God wanted me to have more faith or love then he would know what to do. So it seems that I have exactly the amount of faith and love that God wants.
While I can’t knock Outer Order practice as it’s undoubtedly useful and necessary, there seems to be a trend of assuming that the spiritual path is essentially an elaborate psychological process and that individuation = K&C of the HGA.
October 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
While I can’t knock Outer Order practice as it’s undoubtedly useful and necessary, there seems to be a trend of assuming that the spiritual path is essentially an elaborate psychological process and that individuation = K&C of the HGA.
I have to wonder, with the positive attitude towards chemical inebriation in Thelema, whether the religion is essentially materialistic.from a traditional mystical position this is intoxicating the outermost, not the innermost, and liable to mislead, hobbling spiritual progress.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I have to wonder, with the positive attitude towards chemical inebriation in Thelema, whether the religion is essentially materialistic.from a traditional mystical position this is intoxicating the outermost, not the innermost, and liable to mislead, hobbling spiritual progress.
Over time what emerges in my consciousness is that Thelema was an expression of the Zeitgeist of the period to come (1913 to 1945) dominated by the fight between liberty and oppression, and the politics of that period were abortions of the New Aeon.
October 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Over time what emerges in my consciousness is that Thelema was an expression of the Zeitgeist of the period to come (1913 to 1945) dominated by the fight between liberty and oppression, and the politics of that period were abortions of the New Aeon.
When Thelema gets mixed up with politics it falls to the same fate as communism. What looks good on paper falls fouls of human nature and becomes a tool of power and oppression.
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
When Thelema gets mixed up with politics it falls to the same fate as communism. What looks good on paper falls fouls of human nature and becomes a tool of power and oppression.
The conditions of a solitary bird are five:
First, that it flies to the highest point.
Second, that it does not seek after company, not even its own kind.
Third, that it aims its beak to the wind.
Fourth, that it has no definite color.
Fifth, that it sings very sweetly.
Juan de la Cruz
First, that it flies to the highest point.
Second, that it does not seek after company, not even its own kind.
Third, that it aims its beak to the wind.
Fourth, that it has no definite color.
Fifth, that it sings very sweetly.
Juan de la Cruz
September 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The conditions of a solitary bird are five:
First, that it flies to the highest point.
Second, that it does not seek after company, not even its own kind.
Third, that it aims its beak to the wind.
Fourth, that it has no definite color.
Fifth, that it sings very sweetly.
Juan de la Cruz
First, that it flies to the highest point.
Second, that it does not seek after company, not even its own kind.
Third, that it aims its beak to the wind.
Fourth, that it has no definite color.
Fifth, that it sings very sweetly.
Juan de la Cruz
Often I feel as though the path has stopped, that the angel has departed or perhaps never was, and that all is darkness of spiritual amnesia. But then, this darkness itself is an invitation to be alone, silent, and allow the soul to sing its dark song.
September 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Often I feel as though the path has stopped, that the angel has departed or perhaps never was, and that all is darkness of spiritual amnesia. But then, this darkness itself is an invitation to be alone, silent, and allow the soul to sing its dark song.
When I began the A.’.A.’. in 2010, the lineage wars were in full flow and it was easy to fall foul of the idea of ‘fake lineages’ and the ‘One True Order’ as if the at indicated that one particular lineage was the real deal. This caused self doubt at the time, but later I realised my mistake.
September 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
When I began the A.’.A.’. in 2010, the lineage wars were in full flow and it was easy to fall foul of the idea of ‘fake lineages’ and the ‘One True Order’ as if the at indicated that one particular lineage was the real deal. This caused self doubt at the time, but later I realised my mistake.
One thing humans are good at doing is locking the barn door once the horses have already bolted. I have a friend whose father only quit smoking after a terminal lung cancer diagnosis. Ecologically speaking we as a species are doing the same thing.
September 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
One thing humans are good at doing is locking the barn door once the horses have already bolted. I have a friend whose father only quit smoking after a terminal lung cancer diagnosis. Ecologically speaking we as a species are doing the same thing.