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Ouroboros News
****** The electronic Newsletter of Ouroboros Camp O.T.O. ******
Editor : Soror Nuntias
Ouroboros News is published in cooperation with Modem Magick BBS
& Ouroboros Camp, O.T.O. Copyright 1991 @ Ouroboros Camp. All
rights reserved. Please feel free to pass this Newsletter to
other BBS's.
The contents of the articles contained here are not always the
opinion of the editor or anyone affiliated with Ouroboros Camp,
Modem Magick or the O.T.O. No one agrees all the time!
You are encouraged to submit articles, letters, opinions, etc..
to FidoNet Node 1:202/311
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Table of Contents
1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
2. BBS NEWS ................................................. 9
3. WORD SCRAMBLE PUZZLE ..................................... 10
4. ADS ...................................................... 11
5. CAMP NEWS ................................................ 12
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ARTICLES
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An IIIxxi e.n. July 5, 1991 e.v.
Sol in Cancer
Luna in Aries
We have three very interesting articles lined up for this issue
of the OCN, so let's get on with it!
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WHAT IS MAGICK?
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Perhaps the easiest way to answer the question above is by
asking: "what ISN'T Magick?". The following is a VERY
incomplete explanation of the many facets of the wonderfully
complex concept which was the prototype for science and the
forerunner of astronomy.
Aleister Crowley has written such a thorough essay on this
subject that I find myself incapable of adding anything which
does not echo his definition. Read the introduction of his
opus "MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE".
One must keep in mind that Magick demands repetitious study. It
is foolish to assume you have understood something unless you
have read it several times and have been able to achieve the
same results every time. One must approach Magick the same way
a scientist attacks his experiments in the laboratory; by
keeping notes. KEEP A DIARY!
Ask anybody what Magick is and the first answer you will get
will have to do with either the superstitious mumblings of the
Fanatical Fundamentalist or the ridiculing rhetoric of the
Senseless Skeptic. This Skeptic fellow has got one up on our
Fundamentalist friend in that he can still control some of the
activity in his brain. There is hope for this one.
Aleister Crowley defines Magick as "The Science and Art of
causing change to occur in conformity with Will".
Ambrose Bierce defines Magic as "An art of converting
superstition into coin".
Notice the difference in the spelling.
To distinguish illusionary Magic from real Magick, Crowley
chose the Elizabethan variation by using the K at the end of
the name. This changes the numerical value of the word and
should be studied.
OURNEWS 1-02 Page 2 8 Jul 1991
Magick is the method by which all things (be it conscious or
not) exist and live their lives. Magick will not transform one
into something which they are incapable of being. Magick will,
however, allow you to recognize who and what you are so that
your full potential may be realized.
So much beauty and mystery is found in the surviving literature
of those who practiced the Art that many artists are
instinctively drawn to Magick by verse and song. Ceremonial
Magick is the physical expression of the great struggle of
evolution put into mystical dance, it is the essence of what we
have been, what we are now, and the attempt to assist Nature,
Our Great Mother, in what we are to become by self-discovery
and by assisting in our further development.
In order to understand how Magick works, a few things must be
said about the mind. The brain doesn't just store memory; it
is also capable of behaving as a receiver. It registers memory
and then executes the appropriate response.
Thought & information is maintained within our cells. The DNA
of which we are composed carries within it not only genetic
information, but specific experiences, thoughts, and patterns
of personality from our parents. This is often what a person
experiences in "past life" episodes. Energy (memory) is
released by the cell and the brain picks up and processes the
genetic information retained within the cell. The brain does
all this in its efforts to answer those haunting questions:
Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?
Each cell is a separate, living, conscious, life form. Just as
we are. The problem is that we are not, as a rule, consciously
capable of releasing the data within these cells.
For the most part we are created, and shaped according to other
people's fancies. It begins very early in childhood when
parents, (being ignorant of their own wills) impose certain
things on the child which may be at odds with, could be in
alliance with, or may not have anything to do with the child's
True Self. As a result people live their lives to please those
around them instead of recognizing who they truly are. The
longer we are forced to do this, the deeper we hide ourselves,
the harder it is for us to find who we truly are.
There are two manuscripts which intermingled, have become the
source of knowledge for the modern-day Magician.
The first is called "The Book of Solomon". It is believed to
have been written between 100 and 400 A.D. It is based on the
myths found in the Old Testament, the Talmud, and the Koran
revolving around Solomon the King; the author of Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs and Wisdom.
With the assistance of Demons subdued by a ring given to him by
the angel Raphael, Solomon built a Temple dedicated to the
evocation, prosecution, classification and identification of
OURNEWS 1-02 Page 3 8 Jul 1991
malignant spirits. This manuscript includes information as to
what names were used to call them and constrain them, as well as
an elaborate hierarchy based on their power and abilities. He
forced demon after demon to concede their name, power, and the
name of the angel who could be called to control them. This
work has been looked upon as the greatest contribution to
Ceremonial Magick by those who practice it, as it is a very
complete genealogical tree drawing from Persian, Greek, Jewish,
and Christian mythology.
The second is a series of elusive writings received during
several crystal gazing sessions by two Elizabethan magicians
named John Dee and Edward Kelley, from 1582 to 1587. Dr Dee
anticipated that one could better communicate with the angels
of God if he could speak in their tongue. He thus hired the
assistance of Edward Kelley, a medium, to communicate with the
angels who would eventually divulge the language of the angels
called: Enochian. This strange speech was believed to be the
language which Adam used t