tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post4665511176834545660..comments2024-03-25T14:09:59.347-05:00Comments on Augoeides: Office of the Readings for 2017Scott Stenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-19440807030268804962017-03-22T11:02:24.275-05:002017-03-22T11:02:24.275-05:00I will definitely look into that when I get a chan...I will definitely look into that when I get a chance. I honestly feel that Thelema, like other spiritual concepts out there, is more intune with the teachings of the Christ, than the dogmatic views of either the orthodox or the catholic church so I'm highly interested in incorporating those concepts more thoroughly. To be more exact, I want to understand how can an individual balance their need of spiritual and material fulfilment with the virtue of helping others, in a way that each side won't interfere with each other, but rather work together for the benefit of all. It's complicated :) Anyway, thanks for the answer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-13343712849594283252017-03-22T10:40:19.032-05:002017-03-22T10:40:19.032-05:00Most of the first readings for each day are from t...Most of the first readings for each day are from the Holy Books of Thelema, received texts of various sorts written by Aleister Crowley. Most of the second readings are from others considered "Gnostic Saints." For example, Siddhārtha (that is, Siddhārtha Gautama, the Buddha) is a Gnostic Saint, so some of the readings are from Buddhist sources. There are also Gnostic Saints who were Christian, such as Hippolytus, who are likewise included. Here's the full official list:<br /><br />http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Gnostic_Saints<br /><br />It should also be noted that in the Christian tradition, Augustine delivered the following statement as part of a sermon on the First Epistle of John, which sounds pretty Thelemic to me:<br /><br />"Love and do what you will. Whether you hold your peace, through love hold your peace. Whether you cry out, through love cry out. Whether your correct, through love correct. Whether you spare, through love must you spare. Let the root of love be within. For of this root can nothing come except that which is good"<br /><br />Augustine also put forth other ideas that are particularly problematic from a Thelemic standpoint, such as the original sin/"total depravity" doctrine. But you can still see glimmers of Thelemic ideas in quotes like that above. Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-41048921041501649592017-03-22T07:33:14.487-05:002017-03-22T07:33:14.487-05:00I'm soooo amazed with the diversity of materia...I'm soooo amazed with the diversity of material in these readings!!! Too bad i'm such a lazy bum and it's hard for me to read all of them :) Is this all part of Thelema? I mean you the readings are from Gnostic, Budhist, Christian etc. sources... I was fascinated by Thelema since the first time I've read about it in various conspiracy theory websites (you know, the ones that say Thelema is satanic and Crowley is the Antichrist and so on haha), even though i couldn't understand it at the time in esoteric terms, so to speak. But after i started researching into magick and began practicing the damn thing it was like a veil was lifted off my eyes and i understood things more in their real meaning. What blew me away was the doctrine of "Do what thou wilt...", which was something i knew on the inside all my life i think, but i couldn't express into thought, let alone into words. <br /><br />Anyway, i don't want to change religions or anything, because even though i'm an orthodox christian who thinks he believes the real meaning of Christ's teachings, i mostly agree with every system of belief out there, whether it's pagan, eastern, african, amazonian, (satanist) etc. and i see it as part of the whole thing. So, i suspect that there are certain books, texts and articles that explain the doctrine of Thelema out there and even though i dislike reading in general, i kindly ask you to point me to those texts :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com