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This feels dog whistle-y.

Everyone in the US should start getting colonoscopies at 45, the recommended age. Colon cancer is quite preventable if you catch it early, and insurance is legally required to cover preventative screenings after that age.

If you have a family history of colon cancer in a first degree relative, talk to your doctor about getting screenings approved at an earlier age.

Save your ass, save your life.

6 times 6 equals 36. Add every number between 1 and 36 and it equals 666.

What does it mean!?

Not ‘til after Lord of the Rings!

Conan or Miles? Yes.

When I try to click on the games on the homepage, it says I need a premium account. Am I missing something?

Edit: I see—it’s only for the things labeled “other events” that premium is required. No horsie racing for me, I guess. ☹️

Seems to be about equally expensive as a normal streaming service.

Where can I see if I’m on the list? I want to be on the list!

Edit: I’M ON IT! I would like to thank the academy…

Uh…what’s the P word?

Completely. We have a saying in Thelema: the method of science, the aim of religion. We apply the scientific method to spirituality by trying any method from any background that catches our interest, and we let the results be our guide. Our Thelemic practices are a synthesis of ideas from other religions in an attempt to make a cohesive picture of the fundamental concepts being explored.

A common belief amongst Thelemites is that all contradiction is resolved in the highest levels of consciousness, so there is no dualism beyond the illusion of it in the lower levels. All paths are valid if they be your Will.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

I think I’ll start a Thelema community when I’m back home at my computer, and I’ll send you the info when I do. Thanks for your interest—it has reignited my desire to have a place on Lemmy for people to learn about the Law.

Here are resources for you:

https://sacred-texts.com/oto/index.htm This is an online collection of our sacred texts. The ones marked class A are considered to be channeled from supra-human contact as the result of magickal operations. Our primary text is Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law) which is document CCXX in this list.

https://m.youtube.com/@Arcanumluminarium/videos?ra=mOur primary fraternal organization is the Ordo Templi Orientis. Lon Milo DuQuette is the archbishop of the OTO, and he does daily videos that are easily digestible for a new person who is interested in Thelema. This link is a collection of those videos, and new ones come out almost every single day.

https://m.youtube.com/@TempleoftheSilverStar?ra=mThe Temple of the Silver Star is an academic and initiatory organization that both teaches and performs the rituals of Thelema. They have instructional videos, as well as books on how to live your day to day life as a modern Thelemite. Their founder, David Shoemaker, can be reached via Instagram or email for questions and initiatory possibilities.

Further suggested reading would be Perdurabo by Richard Kaczynski, which is a scholarly biography of the life and teachings of Aleister Crowley. Also, I would recommend Living Thelema by David Shoemaker for a handbook about living life as a Thelemite in the new millennium. Another good one is Adventures of a Magus, which is a textbook style guide to performing our rituals with included diagrams and pictures—it is great for visualizing what this stuff actually looks like. Lastly, I’d recommend In The Center of the Fire by James Wasserman for a history of the modern OTO as it was reformed in the mid 70’s.

I would like to add that the best way to find out if Thelema is bullshit or not is simply to try it out. There is no commitment required to do our rituals (do what thou wilt, after all). I became a Thelemite because I tried it and it worked. It defies logic sometimes, but it has transformed me as a person exactly as advertised. Maybe it’s my brain chemistry that is wired for this and other people aren’t, maybe I’m delusional, or maybe magick is real on some fundamental level—I choose not to look a gift horse in the mouth. The practices of Thelema have made me a more confident, open minded, brave, and compassionate person, plus my love life got way more exciting and I met a bunch of cool friends. To me, that is delivery of the only promise we make: that you will Know Yourself through these practices.

I have been (and currently am) a member of multiple initiatory organizations, and I have never been asked to do anything that violates my morals or that I believe is harmful to anyone. I have been tested and pushed to find my limits, but it has all been consensual and joyous, even after all these years. Results may vary, but I feel safe in recommending the path to anyone since my experience and the experience of my friends has been largely positive.

Lastly, if you would like to meet some real life Thelemites, the best way to do so is to visit an OTO lodge. They are in most states in the US, as well as many countries around the world. Their primary public ritual, the Gnostic Mass, can be attended by anyone who shoots them an email and expresses interest.

https://a.co/d/0gYBMq61All rituals have been published in books and are only secret as a matter of personal honor, so if you have anxiety about any part of the system, you can pick up a copy of The Secret Rituals of the OTO and read up on exactly what will happen in each grade. That said, there is a true beauty in going in blind—it will give you a raw version of the experience that I believe makes initiation more impactful. That decision is very personal though so…do what thou wilt.

Love is the law, love under will.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

I started one on Lemmy World when I first joined, but abandoned it when I moved to DB0 due to lack of interest from other users. I would be happy to start one on DB0 if people were interested, and I am always open to DM’s if you have any questions or would like to discuss it. I would never try to convert anyone, but I’m always available to any aspirant or interested party. I consider it part of my personal duty as a magician.

Love is the law, love under will.

(Apologies for the weird mumbo jumbo at the beginning and end of that, it is a Thelema thing that makes sense when you’re initiated. Thanks for understanding or tolerating it to those who think I’m a weirdo, lol.)

Christmas is around us,Come on and let it snow.

Bro, all of Christianity is a fan-fic.

Jesus never once sought out a literate person to write down his teachings in his lifetime. Everything we know about him was written by his fans quite a while after his death. The New Testament was cobbled together by several different writers and then attributed to the apostles.

If that ain’t fan-fic, I don’t know what is.

Comparatively, Mohammed had three scribes take down his words. If the story of Moses is to be believed, he delivered the Ten Commandments on a stone tablet with his own hands. Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon himself (or translated it himself from golden tablets if you believe that). Aleister Crowley wrote his own holy books and graded them with a system to let readers know which documents were sacred and which ones were commentary. The teachings of Buddha are similar to Jesus in that they were passed down orally for generations before they were written down, but nobody is claiming that those documents were penned by the Buddha or anyone who knew him in his lifetime.

So, as far as claimed prophets go, the story of Jesus is one of the most fan created documents of them all.

That’s nice, grandma. /s

As a Thelemite, we don’t expect to be included in the first place.

Molten steel, usually.

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Oh shit, he's doing the 67 thing!

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I might have missed something profound.

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Are Latter-day Saints Christian? The U.S. Defense Department doesn’t appear to think so.

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Are Latter-day Saints Christian? The U.S. Defense Department doesn’t appear to think so.

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