Apart from Facebook and Twitter (of which are still somewhat 'toys' to me) I have not been online very much the past few weeks, months, etc..
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Number two is that thelema has become a line in the sand between members of the OTO and people who dislike the OTO. It has become impossible to be an OTO ambivelent practioner of Thelema.I don't believe that for a minute, because my direct experience contradicts it. I would say that in a larger sense, people who are interested in thelema qua thelema (known by that name and related to the current that was expressed by Rabelais and Crowley) are a pretty small slice of the population pie
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I hear what you're staying. I've often thought that I would have become a Thelemite if it hadn't been for the Thelemites - much like I would have joined the OTO if it hadn't been for the OTO. I hope your year ends well. This toddler thing is pretty challenging, I'm discovering.
i'm relatively ambivalent about the oto. i also don't call myself a thelemite, although i probably wouldn't object too hard if someone else called me one -- i do have a certain investment in crowley's writings. but i wonder if the impression that one cannot be ambivalent is related to the fact that one either has to JOIN or NOT, and JOINING is always made out to be a very big deal by those inside.
also, the internet is the best place to find the vocal, highly opinionated minority on any issue. if your main interactions with a group are there, the group is always going to look fraught.
it's been a hard year for y'all. i hope 2009 will be better.
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I hope your year ends well. This toddler thing is pretty challenging, I'm discovering.
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also, the internet is the best place to find the vocal, highly opinionated minority on any issue. if your main interactions with a group are there, the group is always going to look fraught.
it's been a hard year for y'all. i hope 2009 will be better.
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