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Ahh, see I quite like the verbosity (although I've yet to actually achieve the end result) although so far working with Samekh (yes I know the original is headless) is achieving some results and there's some interesting chakra flavoured interpretations I'm smearing over it like greasy pie. A great excuse to mix oils and incenses none the less :)
TAC? Is this some acronym for his nibs Master Therion I've not heard yet? Interestingly I've heard it said that much of his version actually comes from Iehi Aour.
Nice to see others doing similar work at least, gives me hope I can get to the end.
TAC? Is this some acronym for his nibs Master Therion I've not heard yet? Interestingly I've heard it said that much of his version actually comes from Iehi Aour.
Nice to see others doing similar work at least, gives me hope I can get to the end.
Well makes sense, sadly I always find I need more barberous goodness to make my me-brain let go and get on with things, although I'd be interested in hearing about your ritual if you ever wished to discuss it.
As for stuff that happens several people I've met have suggested that the best route for stuff like this is not to expect giant visitations or a reply of someone elses experience you've heard about, but to look for what happens and pay attention (which is where I start to cross over between Western stuff and the mindfulness of Zen).
For TAC I must agree he had some bad behaviour in his personal life (and some good), but I find his work mostly quite good, although sometimes heavy going on the gematria front, and I think he really needed an editor, from reading a couple of the letters someone like Lady Frieda appears to have taken no shit so she may well have been good for the job, if only they'd met earlier.
Whats your opinion on his Tarot by the way?
As for stuff that happens several people I've met have suggested that the best route for stuff like this is not to expect giant visitations or a reply of someone elses experience you've heard about, but to look for what happens and pay attention (which is where I start to cross over between Western stuff and the mindfulness of Zen).
For TAC I must agree he had some bad behaviour in his personal life (and some good), but I find his work mostly quite good, although sometimes heavy going on the gematria front, and I think he really needed an editor, from reading a couple of the letters someone like Lady Frieda appears to have taken no shit so she may well have been good for the job, if only they'd met earlier.
Whats your opinion on his Tarot by the way?
My ultra-simple ritual is basically lifted from The Camel Rides Again. Some preliminary results came amazingly quickly - the next day after [/i]deciding[/i] to do something like this, not even after doing anything like it; currently things are on hold because I got told to use a certain Ceremonial Chemical that I'm too damn busy with con prep to make time for.
The sense of person I get hiding behind Crowley's texts is why I use that name for him; also of course it helps me to not take anything entirely seriously, which I feel is important in fooling myself into letting go and Doing Stuff.
I liked his Tarot enough to use it as one of the primary sources for mine, though I didn't go with his amendments to the Majors.
The sense of person I get hiding behind Crowley's texts is why I use that name for him; also of course it helps me to not take anything entirely seriously, which I feel is important in fooling myself into letting go and Doing Stuff.
I liked his Tarot enough to use it as one of the primary sources for mine, though I didn't go with his amendments to the Majors.
Interesting, I've read "Advanced Magick for Beginners" and thought it was excellent, so I may have to go and pick that up. Have you read any Jan Fries? I think you'd probably like him quite a bit, try Visual Magick if you've not and if you do any Heathen flavoured stuff get a copy of Helrunar, its still my favourite rune book. And good luck with your ceremonial chemical, although I'm not sure what that entails.
On preliminary results, I've had a few so far, I occasionally go through dryish patches, but its more that I'm getting general mystic experience but seemingly not anything I can construe as contact with anything or that leads in a specific direction yet.
In contrast to simplicity I actually picked Samekh instead of the Headless-One/Something-lighter as I wanted to try to use a really heavy ritualistic method for daily ritual and I get on with a lot of bits of Thelema, although it must be said I tend to do it slightly lighter than the full temple and regalia, I find all I really need is a place to work and an incense stove.
On the Crowley front its true I feel about parts of his character, but not others, although as you say important to take everything with a giant pinch of humorous salt (praise Eris) but then some of his interactions with people like A.O. Spare just lend themselves to that :)
And indeed, seen your Tarot, if you ever get a publisher I'm ordering a set pronto, I'm in the process of moving house at the mo so a bit too light on readies to try and persuade you to make a set by hand for me, although maybe next year.
In fact your tarot was I think the thing I found first that lead me to be watching you here eventually, I like a lot of the symbology used, and the gracefulness of the images you drew in general.
On preliminary results, I've had a few so far, I occasionally go through dryish patches, but its more that I'm getting general mystic experience but seemingly not anything I can construe as contact with anything or that leads in a specific direction yet.
In contrast to simplicity I actually picked Samekh instead of the Headless-One/Something-lighter as I wanted to try to use a really heavy ritualistic method for daily ritual and I get on with a lot of bits of Thelema, although it must be said I tend to do it slightly lighter than the full temple and regalia, I find all I really need is a place to work and an incense stove.
On the Crowley front its true I feel about parts of his character, but not others, although as you say important to take everything with a giant pinch of humorous salt (praise Eris) but then some of his interactions with people like A.O. Spare just lend themselves to that :)
And indeed, seen your Tarot, if you ever get a publisher I'm ordering a set pronto, I'm in the process of moving house at the mo so a bit too light on readies to try and persuade you to make a set by hand for me, although maybe next year.
In fact your tarot was I think the thing I found first that lead me to be watching you here eventually, I like a lot of the symbology used, and the gracefulness of the images you drew in general.
I will keep an eye out for those books!
I'm glad to know my deck connects with people. I drew it in part because most decks mean jack shit to me; mine quite definitely speaks my language. And that of a lot of other people.
I would say more but I have a con to go to tomorrow!
I'm glad to know my deck connects with people. I drew it in part because most decks mean jack shit to me; mine quite definitely speaks my language. And that of a lot of other people.
I would say more but I have a con to go to tomorrow!
Great, now I'm going to spending an hour trying to figure out exactly how you achieved that prismatic effect. I mean, a lot of the character work is most likely your usual (fun as hell to watch) sketch-then-vector, but I cannot think of an easy way to achieve this watercolor look without a few layers of painted bitmap. And then "easy" is relative.
Draw wings in greyscale. Use this as the opacity mask for a rainbow circular gradient. Then do a low-quality radial blur to the opacity mask. (I almost always do my radial blurs at low quality, they get all textured and lovely that way.)
Then scribble white lines on another layer over 'em.
I can't remember if it's a separate layer for each pair of wings or one for all six. I'm too lazy to load it up and check.
There's a lot of little tricks for doing vector stuff that gets all gritty and pixelly. Some people think they're sacrilege and insist that everything has to be "pure" but I like the option of texture I don't have to manually draw!
Then scribble white lines on another layer over 'em.
I can't remember if it's a separate layer for each pair of wings or one for all six. I'm too lazy to load it up and check.
There's a lot of little tricks for doing vector stuff that gets all gritty and pixelly. Some people think they're sacrilege and insist that everything has to be "pure" but I like the option of texture I don't have to manually draw!
I figured it was something like that, but it's good to know the details.
Yeah, I love the way everything you do has such wonderful texture to it. It combines rather handsomely with your clean, modern approach, and gives the final product a poster sort of feel that has a final polish that most people just don't ever arrive at.
Yeah, I love the way everything you do has such wonderful texture to it. It combines rather handsomely with your clean, modern approach, and gives the final product a poster sort of feel that has a final polish that most people just don't ever arrive at.
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