In response to those who have contended that the #Ave
Babalon tag is nothing but an excuse for porn, I hereby state that I will post
any picture submitted to me, of any individual invoking Babalon, in any state
of dress or undress, with the tag #Ave Babalon.
And anyone who believes that Babalon is not a goddess of
love, lust, and sex workers, should just go worship Athena and get on with
their life.
In the end, any magus that continues to practice the art will eventually shift their practice away from Operative Magick to Illumination. Illumination starts with finding one’s True Will, but often includes exploring the nature of the universe the magus is a part of. The realization of universal consciousness is a good start, but to truly internalize such an idea requires repeated altered states of consciousness. The absolute acceptance of the unity of consciousness remains elusive for most of us. No ritual or spell, no single exercise can lead a magus to true realization. It requires a lifetime, or some believe, lifetimes to accomplish. The Protocols of the Order of Emergent Magi state, “EMK is the slow magick; the long invocation.” EMK accepts that a magus does not manifest their True Will in any given moment, but creates a life that embodies it.
Completing a course in
Liber F, and continuing to practice these exercises, helps protect the
individual from the perils of being a magus. Before you discount that statement
as hyperbole, we have already put
forth that taking mind altering substances can be a key to magick. Few would
argue that drugs don’t take a toll on the individual mentally and physically.
To believe you can do these things without any ill effects is the epitome of
hubris. Like much in this book, Liber F is simply our take on practices that
have been used for thousands of years and proven to work. Having the ability to
stick to a routine, calm your mind, and control impulsive thoughts goes a long
way in helping prevent addiction and other complications.
It may seem incredulous,
but doing magick can lead to bizarre and often self-destructive thought
patterns. To believe what the majority of society tells us simply does not
exist places stresses on the mind and tends to isolate an individual socially.
To be constantly contemplating spiritual questions, (Why are we here? What is
the nature of the universe? What is truth?) can lead to obsessive behaviors.
We do not take this
lightly because we have lost friends to mental illness. While no hard data
exists, those who practice magick have noted that magi do seem to suffer from
psychological conditions more frequently than the general population. Consider
Liber F to be a vaccination against those maladies. In fact, a magus should
make routine a priority in their day-to-day lives. So when you do occasionally
participate in activities far outside the norm, you can easily recover. This
will make it that much easier to hold down a job, provide for loved ones, and keep
social ties outside your magical circle.
Part of what sets Liber F
apart from other courses of this kind is that it encourages the magus to start
working with a group as soon as possible. Those who work in substance abuse
treatment have proposed that the opposite of addiction is not abstinence, but
connection. Those who have strong social bonds and favorable living conditions
are able to recover from addiction and are less likely to become addicted in
the first place. This applies to other mental compulsions as well. EMK favors
group magick not only to create better magick, but so that each magus has the support
network they need to prevent harm caused by the dangerous work of magick
itself.
I’ve come to inform you all the Ancient Greeks spelled Thoth, the Egyptian deity, as Θώθ
hey, thanks! now die
Actually, Ancient Greek thetas had a dot in the centre, and lowercase letters wouldn’t be invented for several hundred years.
You mean ΘΩΘ
Behold the face of your god.
BEGONE, ΘΩΘ
i mean i have to
Back then mortals worship you
Now mortals use your as a meme phrase
i mean if you ascribe to the belief of collective effervescence being what powers gods in their existence in the first place, shit like this is what raises them back out of the primordial ether
Thank you @rembrandtswife I’d also like to add that Djehuty has some great epithets attached to him as well. Among them, “Lord of wine who drinks abundantly” which I can personally relate to and, “Who pleasures the Mistress of Men (Hethert/Hathor) with script” basically making him the god of smut.
