Rodney Orpheus
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Abrahadabra: Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Magick
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1995
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Grimoire of Aleister Crowley: Group Magick Rituals
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2011
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Trojan Horses
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1989
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The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Need to Know to Become a Qabalist
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2001
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From a Drop of Water - A Collection of Magickal Reflections on the Nature, Creatures, Uses and Symbolism of Water
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2009
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The Fenris Wolf 1-3
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2011
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Gothic II
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"This one of the best introductions to the thelemic system out there, very well written, easy and enjoyable to read that also takes the subject matter very seriously. Written by celebrated artist, musician and Thelema practitioner Rodney Orpheus this "
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“The word “religion” has been hi-jacked and debased by the priests of faiths like these, until now it has become a dirty word amongst intelligent, right-thinking people in the Western world. The word “religion” springs from roots meaning piety, the Latin religio, the opposite idea to negligens, negligent, uncaring, unaware. It also springs from a root meaning to join together things that are separate, which in fact is the same meaning as the word “yoga” (compare the English word yoke, which ties oxen together, for example). So religion is a word which describes the process of becoming aware and unified, of joining together all things which are diverse; it is the union of body and spirit, self and not-self, human and god.”
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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
― I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
“She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).”
― Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
― Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
“For this was the other thing that Elric knew: that to compromise with Tyranny is always to be destroyed by it. The sanest and most logical choice lay always in resistance.”
― The Revenge of the Rose
― The Revenge of the Rose
“Ah, I feel a sadness on me, Dane. That's how the Irish people say it. In their language, you can't say, "I am sad," or "I am happy". They understood what we English have long forgot. We're not our sadness. We're not our happiness or our pain but our language hypnotizes us and traps us in little labelled boxes.”
― The Invisibles, Volume 1: Say You Want a Revolution
― The Invisibles, Volume 1: Say You Want a Revolution