My Lineage is as follows:
In the A.·. A.·. and the Society O.T.O. my Superior is David Bersson, his Superior Marcelo Ramos Motta, his Superior Karl Germer, his Superior Aleister Crowley.
(I am fluent in English and Russian and aspirants can write me in either tongue.)
Change in Perceptions
Written by Frater Thoth aka Frater Odin Ferus
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
On the mysterious path of the Great Work the Aspirant meets with strange and mystifying phenomena that not only occurs around him but within his very soul. As for instance when the Aspirant first begins active practical work which aligns him with the magickal current of the system in which he is developing it fills his soul with mystical energy which is only accessible by more creative and perceptive few. This feeling of spiritual intoxication is the first really pleasant gift of spiritual discipline and no matter how long it will last its prints will always remain curved in the heart of a student who as a consequence of his new magickal consciousness becomes more perceptive to the subtler phenomena that go unnoticed by majority of the commoners.
The aim of initiation is to discover the True Will when the aspirant moves forth as Hadit Unto Nuit unto infinite possibilities to assimilate new experiences thereby broadening the horizons of his consciousness upon the path of the Great Work. Yet with each new experience and with time our views and perceptions of the universe and ourselves change unconsciously and independently of our reasoning faculties. Despite of that we remain as we are and not other, our different perceptions are but various expressions of our One Will. This observation shows that reason is a lie recognized as such only by those who can intuitively feel the silent voice of their True Will.
It may seem a hypocritical statement to all these who have not yet aligned themselves to the Current of Θελημα without considering that members of the slaves cults are the real hypocrites and traitors to the various phenomena of their natures by persisting in the same Old Aeon worn out dogmatic behavior throughout their lives and resisting change for they understand not that change is evolution that brings more advanced understanding of their being.
When a Probationer of A∴A∴ signs the Oath and pledges to discover the nature and powers of his own being he must realize that he is not to rationalize what his nature is but instead go forth boldly and experience, and through each event he uncovers and acquires new intuitive perception of his being, and by careful meditation on his reactions in a particular situation he is able to come a step closer to the consciousness of his own Identity of a star among other stars. This consciousness of Identity is not static but dynamic, it changes as time goes on, yet he feels that the core remains the same, that different perceptions are mirror images of his own nature.
Some students have a problem of disordered ruach; they constantly rationalize without the guiding light of intuition. The problem of disordered ruach has a very simple cure; magickal discipline which seals the aura energizing the vehicle of the aspirant and protecting him against the forces of dispersion. The student will himself understand his problem and get read of it when the energy of our Magickal Current begins to erupt from his being. Unfortunately, few with disordered ruach have even little intuition to know this, soberly follow the advise of their Instructor and keep fidelity to their Oaths. When the will and sincerity are present in the character of the student then all problems may eventually be cured, if lacking, the best efforts are being wasted.
Ego misinterprets change as death while change offers a more complete understanding which now involves more then one perception. Hadit is Unto Nuit. Go then forth, boldly and having no fear of death, and become wise and immortal as Serpents shading your skin with every season and delighting in the warm rays of the sun of your spiritual aspiration!
Love is the law, love under will
A Key to Character Divination
Written by Frater Thoth aka Frater Odin Ferus
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
Character divination is very important to a modern mystic who lives and practices magick within a society. Basic psychology, especially knowing the body language combined with various magickal techniques of divination will be of great assistance when selecting a sexual partner, business partner, a Candidate for our Orders or simply knowing the character of any stranger whom you may suddenly meet on your way.
More then one factor plays in my natural attraction to Runic method of divination which I have practiced for some time now, one of them is the beauty of an ancient mystical tradition that is attached to those sacred letters of the Gods. Therefore I will refer to them in writing this essay having many direct experiences of their divination powers. Obviously, the key to becoming an expert in a particular divination tool is keeping the magickal records of your experience of working with it, in that way you will be able to check and judge more carefully and learn.
Aleister Crowley in Magick in Theory and Practice has written that a magician has to be careful with his thoughts when operating a divinatory session for he may in a subtle way influence the answer i.e. he may get only that answer which he wants to hear at that moment.
My experience with Runes has showed it to be a fact, your mental state does influence your divination session but I was not very satisfied with uncertain divinations and decided to carry on my experiments to see whether I could uncover another magick key to Runes which were considered to be a Holy Letters believed to have great magickal powers given as a gift to mankind by Odin. Well, practice makes perfect and after a while it dawned me in a sudden flash that the key to divination of characters lies in Thelemic metaphysics where it is explained that every man and every woman is a star, and that all other stars are just a reflection of ourselves and vice versa. Of course, in order to realize that firmly and inwardly many practices of Liber V would have to be performed by the diviner, in fact Liber V has real magick power to influence us on different subtle planes, including divination.
The character diviner has to realize that other people are affected by his or her mental state and energetic field. It is a fact that the diviner may unintentionally effect his answer and that is the whole subtle point of it for it is so with everything that he comes accrose with, not only the divination. The divinatory tool shows you your inner fear or confidence, calmness or worries. If for example I see an attractive woman whom I like but get somehow unconfident feeling during the divination about her not being attracted to me the Runes may well tell me that she is not a woman for me. If I am confident and calm about this same woman, the Runic answer will be very positive and truthful. The divination tool shows you your perception of the universe and the outcome of your attitude towards it. If you are sorrowful then flowers will fade and your path will resemble a graveyard. If you are powerful, strong and ever joyous then anything you touch will turn into gold, be it people, situations or objects. That is the magick which is the change caused by will. Change yourself, change your attitude towards any object in the universe, and you will see how the object of your experiment will change as if echoing your inner state. Any diviner must consider that his or her future, his or her relation to other stars is entirely at his or her own hands.
Through divination we become sensitive and aware on other planes and by experience we gain the power to control them and create a desired change. What the commoners call divination is but a tip of an iceberg! We see now that a diviner is not a mere fortune teller who casts Runes or Tarot Cards to amuse himself and others mocking in folly the true magick art, a true diviner is a skilled magician who has the power to change the past, present and future at his will.
Love is the law, love under will
The Circle
Written be Frater Thoth aka Frater Odin Ferus
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
The circle of a magician is his own particular universe which is a reflection of his own being and vice versa. Therefore, any change that occures in his circle effect him directly, as well as the change in the magicians being effects his circle.
The magician selects such items on the Path which in his view will assist him with the Great Work. The magician must be careful and strict conserning the selection. Each object we accept in our circle, each person we come into a close contact, each carries its own karma and energetic field into your circle and producing change.
As the magician develops he becomes more and more sensitive to the changes these items couse. He begins to feel the energetic field (the aura) of every item.
For instance a seemingly harmless thing as a cursed religious image in your house will couse a serious damage in the magician's energetic field. A person whose energetic field is a mess may couse real disturbances in yours. Any item or person with a bed karma and dirty energetic field may couse a magickal attack.
The purpose of ritualy cursing the slave cults and our present Master's (Frater Sphinx's) advise to avoid contact with all the expeled persons may now become evident to the reader. The warning is a very serious one, for if the magician is not carefull with the selection he will be dispersed into dust and eventualy die magickaly or physicaly.
Likewise, any item with a good karma and clean energetic field will couse positive changes in you and your circle and even inspire you.
As you purify and consecrate your circle you become more pure in heart, more rightuous and confident in your decisions, having no remorse.
The stronger and purer the magician's energetic field the better he passes through any ordeal. The physical and mental strength increase your energetic field as well, learn the secret language of Nature and understand that the most dominative male in the animal kingdom is also the strongest and the boldest one, and the most able to servive in the times of natural disaster.
To a person who would become an Adept it is extreemly important to keep himself holy and his circle pure.
Love is the law, love under will