Month: April 2013
Concerning Therion: It is my unconfirmed opinion that Crowley may have been referring to the beast from beauty and the beast, not strictly himself. I highly recommend reading the original fairy tale, as well i equate this beast with the Bear from the tale “east of the sun west of the moon.” Bjorn, which means bear, is also an epitaph of Thor, which i equate with the chaotic discharge between the crossing of poles (see Havamal33’s post on God).
Wouldn’t it be more likely he’s referring to the Beast of Revelations, considering he calls Babalon two seconds later?
Image by Carl Gustav Jung, from the Red Book
The Serpent – The Beast
Songs in the Key of My Babylon
Ave Babalon
Banishing?
So now that I’ve gone and written out in detail my own banishing ritual, I think I’m gonna try the Star Ruby tonight. The only problem I have with it is calling on Therion. My biggest problems with Crowley’s magick comes from when he tries to insert himself into it. As long as I keep in mind Therion is the Beast and not Crowley, I think it will go well.
Oh wait, there’s an earlier version of the ritual (presumably made before Crowley became full of himself) where he call out “Chaos” in the east. Looks like I’m running with that.