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- Letters to the Editors
- Will and Word Winter Solstace 1990 ev
-
- These letters were pre-Autarchy. The Charter had not been
- purged of the tenancy towards power concentrating in the hands of
- a few individuals who would be officially recognized as "officers".
- E.G.
-
- Editors:
- Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
- From the Supreme And Most Holy King Of The Neo-Thelemoid Clique:
- Greeting to all points of the Triangle!
- This letter is an attempt at answering the charges levelled
- at us by the Sorers of the Man of Earth series of sexism.
- Specifically the language of our initiation rituals. Well, all I
- can say to that is that that's the way Crowley wrote them for us,
- so that, as they say, is that. Now, some Fraters and Sorers will
- point to the recent interpretations of some of The Great One's
- writings leading to revision of our initiation rituals and ask why
- we can't change the wording of these rituals with regards to its
- "sexist" terminology as well. All I can say is that since nobody
- in any position of authority seems to be offended by this alleged
- "sexist" terminology, we simply do not recognize any valid reason
- to change the language. It is symbolic. It is understood that when
- you call everyone present "he" you include women as well. Its just
- more convenient and familiar to us that way.
-
- Dear Editors:
- Do what thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
- You read the letter from our esteemed Supreme and Holy Queen
- the same day I did and I know that some of you are as disturbed by
- it as I am.
- Personally I am fascinated by this curious disregard of the
- Magickal effects of language by our leadership, which represents
- itself collectively as practicing a system of Magick intimately
- connected with Quaballah; which is itself a sophisticated and
- beautiful language/symbol system. To tell a quabalist that there
- is no psychological, psychic, or other impact in calling all
- persons present "he" (or even "she") because it is "symbolic" or
- "conventional" or "less cumbersome" [translates: easier], is at
- best unconscious, at worst stupid. Please. Don't insult me again,
- gals.
- The current Neo Thelemoid Clique leadership's position of
- cringing behind Big Daddy Crowley's Authority for the sexist shit
- spattered throughout Her writings (scattered amongst the
- revolutionary/evolutionary messages from Liber AL like dead roaches
- in a chalice of communion cakes) is enough to make me laugh until
- I cry. Have you people even heard about Orwell, or Korzybski, or
- Burroughs or any of the Feminist thinkers at all?
- This kind of unconsciousness is exactly the kind of thing that
- keeps us out of the O.T.O.!
- Please, guys, try to imagine the frustration of listening to
- this same old male supremacist (and I use the term quite
- specifically!) Old Aeon/Osirian Bhalasti over and over again from
- people who smugly purport to be evolved beyond such things! You
- make a mockery of your Grades. You are testament to the fact that
- the people involved with leadership positions in the Thelemic Arena
- are just as much victims of the sexist assumptions of Crowley's
- English Gentleman Upbringing as he was! Arrrgh. What you people are
- essentially saying is that it is OK to continue sanctioning this
- attitude because Crowley did it. So, Crowley had a problem So that
- makes it OK?
- Even worse for the Neo-Thelemoid Clique as a whole, is that
- we face the same kind of problems that our friends in the O.T.O.
- are facing the worst of which are:
- 1) Universal lack of business administrative skills among the
- leadership.
- 2) Disaffection of some of the members with the more dogmatic
- interpretations of Liber Al and our body of Crowley rituals being
- made by the leadership.
- Hey, don't get me wrong, just because I got no swinging dick
- doesn't mean I don't like the folks attached to theirs, but I do
- object to this frustrating and tedious perpetuation of that same
- ol' Osirian Ol' BOYS Network.
- I listen to some of these glassy-eyed fanatics as they declaim
- on the glories of the New Aeon of the Child and try not to snort
- too loudly when I contemplate the deadly inaccuracy and
- neuron-level self deception necessary for them to maintain sexist
- attitudes in this environment of Thelemic ritual and rhetoric.
- I have nothing more to say except that the Committee Charter
- Revision will also involve our Clique's Charter Revision, no matter
- what the various officers of the Councils, Colleges and Senates
- think.
- Love is the Law, Love under Will
- Sorer Eris
-
- Letters To The Ed.-Post Revision
- I would like to thank all you folks for the help you've given
- me in the past year since the Charter Revision. The backlog of
- letters has been amazing. It seems that Charter Revision has met
- the approval of the membership.
- Ed.
-
- Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law,
- Greetings from the valley of the Neo-Thelemoid Clique to all
- points on the Circumference of the circle!
- The Hermits Pro Temp of the Neo-Thelemoid Clique wish to
- announce our endorsement of the Charter. We feel that this is a
- structure far superior to the pyramidical masonic/catholic church
- set up that we used that Crowley had set up for the O.T.O. We have
- been using that structure too long.
- Thelemoids will be best served in the context of the Committee
- if we the Neo-Thlemoid Clique decentralize ourselves. It is
- unfortunate that those claiming degrees within the Hermit Circle
- had to be purged. Those of us formerly holding those degrees have
- conceded that none of us can in fact meet the requirements for the
- Hermit Degree (See the revised Charter under Blue Circle
- Requirements) and although our Clique's membership received word
- in the mailing following the Charter Revision, we wanted to restate
- the fact to the membership of the Committee at large.
- Love Is The Law, Love Under Will
- The Hermits Pro Temp
- xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
-
- Dear Editors:
- An Orgonic friend of mine recently got arrested for breaking
- into houses in a ritzy section of -- . Now, this was not for
- purposes of stealing, he was leaving copies of a little booklet
- entitled A Book of Shadows behind him, each left on the pillowcases
- of the beds of the owners, and in the dresser drawers of any
- youngsters in the house. In case they wanted to check theirs out
- even if mom and dad didn't want them to keep it.
- The cops and legal parasites are blown out of their pants by
- this weirdness. Now check this out. One of the solid citizens who
- came to the police during this spree to report her pillow
- vandalized by a booklet, is claiming some mucho expensivimo jewelry
- was stolen. I bet its insured to the max. Now, I know the man
- accused personally as a close friend for many many years. I believe
- him when he says he didn't steal the necklace and stuff. It looks
- bad though, since none of these people can believe that someone
- could actually break into 14 homes in 6 days that they know about!
- for the purposes of making an artistic statement. What should we
- do?
- Shine On Brothers And Sisters,
- Severian
-
- Dear Severian and Co:
- After everyone gave their opinions as to how to approach this,
- we have a number of effective options for you to consider. We have
- mailed these to you because the effectiveness of many of these
- scenarios is cancelled by their being public knowledge. Please feel
- free to use the Security Hotline according to the procedures
- outlined in the material we sent. Keep in touch.
- Eds.
-
- Dear Editors,
- What this magazine needs is a comic!
- Sorer N.O.S.
-
- Dear Communications Subcommittee:
- When are we going to get the Newspeak dictionary, first
- edition?
- Zed the Impaler
-
- By next issue! E.G.
-
- SEX IS PEACE
- TRUE WILL NOT SLAVERY
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS STRENGTH
-