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aethyrflux Apr 07, 2006 12:24

for the past couple of days, NPR has been running a story on The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot

although the themes are not really anything new to Gnostic scholars, this document (which has been out of circulation for 1700 years or so) does offer explicit appreciation for Judas's role in revealing the Gnosis... here's an excerpt from the NPR ( Read more... )

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Half A Day

aethyrflux Jun 13, 2004 07:34

I quite enjoyed writing this essay for my english class. I'm sure that it could be improved; but it was fun writing.

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There are many questions to be answered in analyzing the short story, _Half A Day,_ which was written by Naguib Mahfouz, a contemporary writer living in Cairo, Egypt. The title itself gives us a significant clue as to what the ( Read more... )

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The Feminine Archetype in Thelema

aethyrflux Apr 29, 2004 21:00

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

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Although Isis is certainly central to the Golden Dawn system... and the Great Whore of Babalon is definitely an important archetype in Thelema... they are but facets of Nuit, who is revered as the supreme feminine force, and to whom the first chapter of the Book of the Law is dedicated...

( ` ` From the primal Nuit is created Babylon, and from her is Isis, but what of Nepthys? ' ' )

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every living creature dies alone.

aethyrflux Nov 08, 2003 01:01

( but, did donnie darko need to die? )

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OK, I couldn't resist...

aethyrflux Mar 29, 2003 04:49

i thought that i could avert the insanity of quiz posting, but alas... i have been infected ...thank you circusavatar

When I took this test originally on 032903...

I was Hastur!

The Unspeakable One is the master of those who seek to unveil the mysteries of death. It is through meditation upon the Yellow Sign that the devotee of Hastur seeks ( Read more... )

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Subsistence Among the Orang Asli

aethyrflux Mar 15, 2003 15:03

( let_us_return_to_indigenous_culture )

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