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The Tor stands nigh, a lonely hill Though ghosts of women walk it still Attendants of the well are gone—I sing, with pain, of Avalon Where now, the blossoms and the fruit? The sacred ways of leaf and root? The pool of Sight we looked out on—where now, the songs, of Avalon? - From the song "Lament" by Jhenah Telyndru Just as King Arthur rests eternally in Avalon's safe keeping, so too does the memory of the Holy Isle endure, embedded in the lore and legacy of Britain's legendary king. What remains are but tantalizing glimpses of the Apple Isle and her inhabitants—a barge full of mourning queens … a samite-enrobed arm emerging from the surface of a glassy lake, ...
The rising of the new day's dawn is not in wait for the 2012 enlightenment clock to strike. And while it is incredible that there is any debate at all regarding the fact that the clean-up crews in the Gulf of Mexico will suffer life-threatening consequences without respirators and safety suits (remember what happened to the Exxon Valdez crews of 1989), most hold little doubt that a more insistent wake-up alarm has already sounded. The astrology of 2010 underscores the fact that it is a pivotal year for the evolution of the collective consciousness. In fact, we have been on the clock since Pluto first entered Capricorn in 2008. Noting that Pluto corresponds to the evolution of the soul ...
A shortcut to initiation. That was the promise of the magical order G∴B∴G∴—The Great Brotherhood of God—and the promised benefit in The Complete Magick Curriculum of the Secret Order G∴B∴G∴ by Louis T. Culling, originally published in 1969. What do we mean? "Initiation" is one of those multiple-use words that can mean many different things. It is commonly used to describe the relatively innocuous (usually) social rituals for pledging and hazing of college students into fraternities and sororities; to describe often physically and sexually abusive (and not always voluntary) admission into teen and criminal gangs; the ceremonial ...
Instructions for the Magickal RetirementYou must first learn this ritual by memory so that you can speak the words and perform the gestures freely and without hesitation of memory. The retirement is for three days and three nights, in a location where there are no distractions. You can drink water but eat no food. If deemed necessary for your well-being, you may take nourishment in liquid form only. The ritual and your written record in your blank book marked "Book of [insert your Magickal Name]" is to be performed eight times daily, at one or one and one-half hour intervals. You may arrange this schedule in two parts so that you may have a siesta period. Do not neglect to write your ...
