I find a lot of value in his work. For me yet another inspiration picked up from reading the
Typhonian Trilogies! At this point most of my library is probably subjects and authors that I first heard mention of from the writings of Grant
As I reread the Trilogies (many times over), I've started to keep a reading list for just this reason. There is a web of literature that unfolds, largely from the bibliography and the footnotes, and an interesting approach to sort of get around some karmic items I suppose (or, some other dynamic, and not the bookburners, Crowley wrote about how he was bedeviled every step of the way on some publications
1, an example being the Scented Garden of Abdullah
2), Grant seems to have devised a relatively effective method to avoid detection)...along the lines of 'that guy over there wrote something sort of interesting' (Arther Machen and Sax Rohmer, Lovecraft), and asymmetric glossaries. When studying a topic it is easy for me to get distracted by following these webs and find myself asking...what was I researching again? So techniques like making the reading list and going no more than 2 degrees of reference from the original topic help.
In the cases of Castaneda I find he refers to content to reinforce or provide a different perspective, a lot of the references focused on the egg and assemblage point it seems.
It is incomprehensible how he not only was able to make these connections, but had access to such a vast corpus of literature which even by today's light speed internet libraries standards would be a challenge, many decades ago. Truly astounding genius, and priceless gifts he has given to mankind. Without his work I feel so much would have been lost to humanity, as what tattered remnants there were slid ever further into the dustbin of history to be lost forever. Even Crowley barely scratched the surface, and without Grant his efforts would have been wasted, as it was it seems its purpose was to usher in Aossic to bring it home. What he did, except for Aiwass inspired, is really not that innovative. But as Schulke
3 has pointed out, Masters will come to set things right periodically.
If Grant referenced some other material, it's legit, period. Which in many but not all cases, if he didn't, its probably not relevant. I didn't find many cases where he was negative on something, its just not referenced. On the other hand, things that are not referenced, or referenced only once in an obscure place and never again, are VERY important
4. Add to that unique Kabalah, I've seen critics ding some Kabalah, gematria...like the number 23 and Babalon...how did he get Babalon from 23, he must be bad at arithmetic...lol. NOPE. The troubling thing is, if someone of this caliber came here to do this, to help us, to give us what are tantamount to weapons of war, to prepare...what the heck are we up against?
To be fair, he does mention threats to mankind, the brink of destruction. If taken at surface value, it would imply a concern relating to nuclear annihilation. How does this technology help prevent or survive nuclear war, inter-dimensional technology influencing mundane affairs to prevent nuclear war...maybe, so far so good I guess. But maybe there is something else, I've been thinking relating to the Vedic scriptures, and the pereiorchis, Oppenheimer's curious confession about the 'Destroyer of Worlds'. Perhaps I overanalyze it, but seems like a lot of 'juice' to put out there, purely for spiritual advancement or occult science for it's own sake to advance the field.
When I was in my early 20s, I encountered an entity that showed me technology of an intergalactic scale and immeasurable antiquity. What was shown is difficult to cast into words, but it had to do with stellar networks of energy that connect all stars in a web of light, although this is a terrible analogy as there is much more to the medium and transmission than 'light' or even gravity. There were other ancient structures that were related, I hesitate to call them galactic computers, but that is as close as I can relate. As with all these experiences I've had with other civilizations and entities, this was entirely telepathic and image based, with empathy from whoever this star-brother was.
These structures are different than stellar tides, as they are permanent and relatively fixed conduits. I since learned that in the early 2000s some discoveries came about which indicated the gravitational nature of these networks, but the information I received indicates there is more to it than gravity. I'm having trouble finding references to the science of it, but it has been formalized to some degree, as much as mundane science has advanced. But the hypothesis put forth by Grant and other is that the nukes, operating at the foundation of spacetime continuum, cause the subtle filaments of these networks to shimmer like a spider web, where entities are alerted to the presence of life within this network based on the effects of the conduits traversing the solar system. Others have provided similar hypothesis, with variations that the barriers surrounding the Elysian Fields have deteriorated, allowing unnatural traversal and intrusions by alien energies. Possibly all of these can coexist in this type of construct, the result being, some sort of threat to terrestrial life by one or more alien forces.
A quick diversion along these lines, as if I have not already nuked this thread, is a curious relation of Zos' influence on a series of articles culminating with a curious piece by British physicist Banesh Hoffmann
5. Hoffmann was a mathematician and physicist who had worked with Einstein at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies on gravitational equations. Zos was working on illustrations for Mystery Magazine for Michael Hall, and in issue 5 there was an article about Zos himself called 'The Mystery of an Artist' by Hannen Swaffer
6, exploring elements of automatism and psychic inspiration. It seems this started a trend, with the next issue featuring an article called 'The Birth of an Idea' by Algeron Blackwood. Following these were articles of 'Mind to Mind', and out of nowhere followed by an article 'Mind to Mind - but How?'
7 by Banesh Hoffman.
Zos had responded with his own proposed article called Mind to Mind and How
8. Sadly, this was cut from publication as deemed not appropriate for the magazine. I doubt the audience would appreciate or was worthy of what Zos had to say. Who is to say Zos and Hoffmann did not collaborate outside this forum. But here we have a chain of causality, an influence, on an Einsteinium gravity physicist, from a London artist living in the slums and illustrating to keep himself fed. The reason I mention this, is related to the star network, its potential relation to gravitational forces, and the influence of Zos on not just the current of the magazine but this person in particular, indicates these fundamental forces of the universe are intimately related to the nature of reality and potential inter-dimensional threats, and armaments which Grant has furnished us with.
If one reads about the specific areas Hoffmann focused, and how Zos drew, there are some illuminating commonalities, between, one could argue, Einstein and Zos. Banesh Hoffman appears to be a rare scientist who was able to sense connections between advanced mathematics and esoteric concepts, and reading his essays, books, and even looking into his differential equations developed with Einstein is quite fascinating. His books are available on Kindle and the wiki has links to his research. Also, the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies is a hotbed of strangeness, where initial research into chaos theory, chaos mathematics was born, from there one can trace threads of fractal math and non-linear physics among other cognate areas.
In any case, trying to find more insight into Grant's corpus overall, the work of Castaneda and the subtle body, and advanced nuclear and gravitational physics which may not only have initiated the threat, but may hold keys to the fight, if that is what Grant was warning us about.
So how is that for thread drift? I apologize, maybe I can get this back on track, but a slight walk through the woods, maybe will have a positive effect.
1. John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, (Penguin Group, New York 1979)2. Aleister Crowley, The Scented Garden of Abdullah The Satirist (Martin P. Starr, The Tietan Press, Inc, Chicago 1991). This for obvious reasons drew the ire of authorities and most copies were destroyed - but, this book is emphatically not homosexual - it is actually one of Crowley's highest initiated works aside from 31 IMO. The homosexual aspects are veils, and he gives the keys in the book. Still, it is difficult to get past the graphic nature, which is what he wanted, and is probably the only reason any copies survived regardless of the authorities3. Daniel A. Schulke, Lux Haeresis, (Xoanon 2011) p. 234. Kenneth Grant, Nightside of Eden (Skoob Books Pub. Ltd 1995) glossary5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banesh_Hoffmann6. Phil Baker, Austin Osman Spare The Life and Legend of London's Lost Artist (Strange Attractor Press, 2011) p. 229-230
7. Ibid. p. 230, Volume 1 no. 7 www.philsp.com/homeville/cfi/t518.htm#A10119