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Post by IMIL ˙.˙ on Feb 25, 2022 23:07:25 GMT
Hello! My name is Arthur. I am very new to Grant and the Typhonian Tradition. I read "Hidden God" around 10 years ago, maybe longer, but it's contents flew way over my head. I was not prepared for the wealth of information that came pouring out. I set that aside and focused on other things. I have now circled back. The local OTO body I am apart of has a Grant discussion every month. We work our way through the books and as a result of my involvement has led me to seek admission into Ordo Typhonis and consequently my learning of this forum. I have been lurking for a while and reading old posts and trying to piece some things together. I plan on reading through the trilogies one after another and reading through the corresponding forum threads in parallel so as to maximize the learning potential. I read a post a while back here where someone said they were curious why some feel fear when it comes to this path. I am likewise curious. I am beyond intrigued. I am an aspirant of this stellar wisdom. I look forward to delving into the Trilogies, aligning my life with this current, and learning and sharing with such fine company as this.
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Post by Michael Staley on Feb 28, 2022 12:50:16 GMT
Welcome to the forums, setimaatheru.
When I first read Outside the Cicles of Time in 1980, once past the first few chapters I found it incomprehensible and put it aside in frustration. In 1989 I was asked to write a couple of pages about Lam – something which had never interested me previously. I therefore went through the indexes to the volumes of the Typhonian Trilogies then published, and most of the references were in Outside the Circles of Time. Whilst following up those index references, I came across passages that were now rich with meaning and suggestion, and it seemed incredible that I had found the book incomprehensible just a few years before.
This is a process that continues. At one time I favoured the first few volumes of the Trilogies, but now on balance I prefer the later volumes.
On a more general level, it's often the case that coming back to a book after a few years, we see different things, more horizons opening up, because our magical and mystical experience has changed our perception, opened up our awareness. I have read Against the Light hundreds of times, but doors seem to open up with each new reading. I remember, too, the first time that I read Magick in Theory and Practice; it was largely incomprehensible, but became clearer with each reading.
Anyway, I wish you and your fellow body members a fruitful study.
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Post by IMIL ˙.˙ on Feb 28, 2022 22:30:16 GMT
I agree. We're about halfway through Hidden God now and already its far more comprehensible than it was a decade ago. I've ordered most of the trilogies now, half of which have arrived. I'm patiently awaiting the rest of the 2022 reissues.
I had a similar experience with Magick in Theory and Practice. Holy Books of Thelema as well.
I'm very eager to see where this current takes my life and work.
Thank you for having me!
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Post by The Double-Wanded One on Mar 10, 2022 1:17:13 GMT
Greetings. I'm envious your OTO has a KG study monthly Yes, getting used to KG does take time because of the overall density of basically all his material. The more you've soaked up Liber Legis and Liber 231, the more everything he goes over congeals. In my experience, I went into the deep end first. The title of "Outside the Circles of Time" and "Outer Gateways" allured me, so I went and read those first, didn't understand a thing, was still intrigued but I tended to ignore it for some time. The relevance of KG continued to draw me back again and again though. As a very ardent Thelemite, I find KG to be the most important development of Thelema after Crowley's death (and therefore also the most relevant of any of the OTO OHO claimants to be successor). I also like the way he incorporates AO Spare and other things. One criticism I often read is that people like The Magical Revival and AC& The Hidden God but don't like the rest of the Typhonian trilogies. Something that was the inverse for me is that, given I started in the deep end first, only recently did I realize how great The Magic Revival and AC& the Hidden God actually are, given that they were books in the Typhonian Trilogy I tended to neglect earlier on because I had presumed them as less important. My favorite KG book is Hecate's Fountain, also The Ninth Arch is very significant in my view to the future of Occultism and Thelema.
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Post by IMIL ˙.˙ on Mar 10, 2022 2:17:24 GMT
Yes, we always joke that its going to get us kicked out for sure. lol So far we've been ok. I don't really much care what others think about it in the order. I think their position is mostly as long as everyone is civil it doesn't matter if you're Typhonian or not. I've been testing the waters with conversation and posts on socials alluding to my involvement in the Typhonian Tradtion, so far nothing has happened. Suppose it depends on who you talk to. I'm taking my next degree init next weekend as a matter of fact. Grant's material is starting to become more clear. It just takes me a moment longer to digest, which is quite refreshing actually. I have most of the books now and I'm waiting on the reissues currently pending. I also recently picked up 5 volumes of Starfire Magazine. Vol.1 4-5 and Vol.2 2-4. Should be enough to properly melt my brain! I have a decent understanding of Liber Legis, but it's always evolving. C'est la vie. I would think one would need a greater understanding of Eastern mysticism, of which I know next to nothing. I'll have to expand the library even more now... That room is nearly wall to wall bookshelves... I'm hoping the next step in Ordo Typhonis gives me some more to work with as I'm just working through my chosen practice and it's kind of bugging me not knowing if its something that will even get me through the door. lol I'll see in a few months I suppose. I'm eager to get the rest of my books, because most of the ones you mentioned aren't here yet. I'm sure they'll be appealing to me. I crave new, strange, dark, "other" things. I am not a "white-lighter".
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