Death according to Typhonian Tradition

[merlin]

What is the view of death according to Typhonian Tradition? Is there any concept of the soul, reincarnation, life after death? Perhaps we should start, as a basis to build on, with the concept of death in Thelema?

[Sutekh]

Many beliefs about death and the afterlife come from the cycles of the Sun and Seasons.In the Aeon of Osiris this produced the concept of the dead and resurrected gods, due to the observation of the Sun 'dying' in the evening and being 'reborn'in the morning.In the Aeon of Horus we look to the Book of the Law as received by our Prophet Aleister Crowley and find in the first chapter verse 26 ...the consciousness of the continuity of existence...there are a couple of references to death in the Book of the Law,the small quotation came to mind and is not one of these but seemed pertinent.

[merlin]

Then are you saying that there is some concept of continuity of existence after death in Thelema, in some ways similar to modern Paganism and eastern religions?

[Michael Staley]

Yes. In my opinion the phrase "the consciousness of the continuity of existence" implies not survival of the individual, but of the background of consciousness of which the individual is a transient outcropping.

[Raj Don Yasser]

Jan 12, 2017 11:35:23 GMT Michael Staley said:

Yes. In my opinion the phrase "the consciousness of the continuity of existence" implies not survival of the individual, but of the background of consciousness of which the individual is a transient outcropping.

That's also how I understand "the consciousness of the continuity of existence".

A day or two after the solstice last month I was asked my opinion regarding the survival of the individual consciousness/soul/etc after death during a conversation with a co-worker. I replied that the question is loaded, as the question implies that there "is" an individual being/soul/consciousness to survive. A basic online lesson in Gestalt psychology demonstrates that "some" of the borders we experience are, in fact, non-existent upon further examination. What then of my perceived "border" when distinguishing "myself" from "not-myself"; how, then, can "myself" survive outside context of "not myself" when the border is lost.