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Post by N0T 2 on May 5, 2015 11:32:38 GMT
Incidentally, once the final trilogy volume ( The Ninth Arch, for anyone who has just beamed down from another planet) has been republished, there are more publications by Kenneth Grant planned. One of them is a volume which collects together the articles, introductions etc which Kenneth published in various books, magazines and encyclopedias over the decades. This will of course not include the various articles collected in At the Feet of the Guru. This collection should be published in 2016. Hurrah!
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Post by Sarah-Jayne on Jul 8, 2015 9:01:08 GMT
Paolo! What a fantastic idea!
I can see that this was started some time ago, is the study group still going on and where are we up to? I'd love to jump on board!
And if not, perhaps we could revive some interest in this!?
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Post by triveni93 on Jul 8, 2015 12:06:14 GMT
Sarah-Jayne, I think (at least I hope!) you can jump in to the study group at any time... I just started re-reading the Trilogies and hope to post questions and insights here and there as they arise.
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Post by artilect on Jul 8, 2015 18:30:10 GMT
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I'm very interested in reviving the study group as well. To facilitate this I think a couple of things may need to happen:
1. For consistency, we should create threads now for each particular book chapter within its appropriate book folder. I volunteer to do this and propose using the naming convention of 'CH # Chapter Title', but...
2. So that the chapter threads don't become jumbled and out of order (looking sloppy), a mod should pin the chapters chronologically to the top of each book sub-board. Comments and topics that span or are outside the scope of single book chapters (but are still focused within a book vs. the Trilogies generally) can go in new threads underneath those that are pinned.
3. If we agree on the naming convention from point 1 above, a mod would need to retitle the existing 3 Magical Revival chapter threads by removing the book title from the heading (these were created before the dedicated Trilogies sub-boards came about).
This would all keep in the spirit of people having a place to comment as and when they are immersed in a Trilogies book, be it now or later.
Thoughts?
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Post by chapter53 on Jul 9, 2015 14:01:47 GMT
I am very excited about the renewed interest in the studies group and really want to participate. I've been lurking pretty hard here since the study group fizzled out and I really haven't had much to say so I'm really looking forward to trying this again.
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Post by eric on Jul 9, 2015 14:56:53 GMT
I second that, I have a digital copy of magickal revival and would just love to read through it with some folks
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Post by Michael Staley on Jul 9, 2015 17:58:33 GMT
-- MODS PLEASE READ -- I'm very interested in reviving the study group as well. To facilitate this I think a couple of things may need to happen: 1. For consistency, we should create threads now for each particular book chapter within its appropriate book folder. I volunteer to do this and propose using the naming convention of 'CH # Chapter Title', but... 2. So that the chapter threads don't become jumbled and out of order (looking sloppy), a mod should pin the chapters chronologically to the top of each book sub-board. Comments and topics that span or are outside the scope of single book chapters (but are still focused within a book vs. the Trilogies generally) can go in new threads underneath those that are pinned. 3. If we agree on the naming convention from point 1 above, a mod would need to retitle the existing 3 Magical Revival chapter threads by removing the book title from the heading (these were created before the dedicated Trilogies sub-boards came about). This would all keep in the spirit of people having a place to comment as and when they are immersed in a Trilogies book, be it now or later. Thoughts? It's my opinion that the study group lapsed because people are at different points in their reading and studying of the trilogies, and so did not wish to read through in sequence. The simplest way round this is to have a study group which takes in all nine volumes. I agree that the threads ought to remain in the existing boards for the individual volumes - The Magical Revival, Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God, etc. It's a good suggestion that you make, Artilect, and I'll certainly consider it. We might, though, create a study group sub-forum within the forum for each book, and take it from there. However it's done, it's something we'll implement soon.
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Post by eric on Jul 9, 2015 18:02:24 GMT
I will be eagerly watching for this to begin, I should be able to pick up some more copies of the trilogy at the end of next month
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Post by artilect on Jul 9, 2015 19:42:46 GMT
It's my opinion that the study group lapsed because people are at different points in their reading and studying of the trilogies, and so did not wish to read through in sequence. The simplest way round this is to have a study group which takes in all nine volumes. I agree that the threads ought to remain in the existing boards for the individual volumes - The Magical Revival, Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God, etc. It's a good suggestion that you make, Artilect, and I'll certainly consider it. We might, though, create a study group sub-forum within the forum for each book, and take it from there. However it's done, it's something we'll implement soon. Fantastic! Study group sub-forums found in each book forum is a great idea. At first when the old study group was going I wasn't sure the chapter-by-chapter method would work, that it was too granular. But now that there are dedicated book forums to capture the 'big' general ideas that a particular book deals with, the study group sub-forums could very easily contain the same chapter-by-chapter thread listing that Paolo had originally started for the Magical Revival as seen here. In re-reading the trilogies (back to front I might add, so I can attest to reading out of order) my mind was blown by the entirety of some of the chapters, particularly in Outer Gateways. For this reason, keeping the chapter-by-chapter thread format (set up in advance) might be something to consider and people could just drop their ideas/observations in as their reading schedule permits. Any way that it is done I will be looking forward to it!
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Post by Sarah-Jayne on Jul 9, 2015 22:50:56 GMT
As am I!
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Post by Michael Staley on Jul 12, 2015 9:19:00 GMT
I've created a 'Study Group' board within the forum for Outer Gateways. The Study Group board has within it further sub-boards for each chapter. This may be better than the original idea for a thread for each chapter. Let's see how it works out; we can always think again if a better way becomes apparent.
Over the next few days I'll create Study Group boards for the other volumes of the Trilogies.
By the way, I started with Outer Gateways for no other reason than the fact that I'm preparing it for republication. Though it is my favourite of the Trilogies.
Feedback on the new structure is welcome.
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Post by Michael Staley on Jul 12, 2015 10:44:18 GMT
The Study Group for The Magical Revival has now been created. As with the Study Group for Outer Gateways, it consists of a sub-board for each chapter. There were three existing threads about chapters 1, 2, and 3 respectively, and they've been moved to the Study Group.
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Post by artilect on Jul 16, 2015 15:54:02 GMT
This is great! Thanks for putting the study group into action. It looks like triveni93 has already taken the plunge; good to see!
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Post by eric on Jul 20, 2015 18:33:44 GMT
So, will we be starting this soon?
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Post by artilect on Jul 20, 2015 21:35:07 GMT
So, will we be starting this soon? Hi eric; I think it's already started. I believe the format for the study group is just that the boards are ready and waiting (many are there; I think the Admins are going to create the rest of the chapter boards as time permits) and people can post for any of the books as questions/comments/observations arise during their reading. Jump in!
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Post by eric on Jul 31, 2015 20:51:32 GMT
Thank you
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Post by SonOfTheGods on Aug 28, 2015 1:57:41 GMT
I'm interested as well
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Post by The Double-wanded One on Jun 10, 2018 0:37:31 GMT
On Grant in general: As a Thelemite (I am very syncretic though btw), I actually have far more respect and admiration for Kenneth Grant than most commentaries on Aiwass' Liber AL Vel Legis and Aleister Crowley's work. The majority of modern Thelema, I consider to be a fan-club style parody of what Thelema once was but that is aside from my point. Kenneth Grant, while fallible, is a truly extraordinary mind and has certain qualities to his work that actually makes oneself think outside the box. I am very fond of the Typhonian Trilogies and what they stand for within the bigger scheme of things. Kenneth Grant's own received text " Wisdom of S'lba" is also very beautiful and is a useful text in my life, as with Liber AL Vel Legis and other significant religious/spiritual texts. Grant's various commentaries of Liber Legis in books like Hecate's Fountain and Outer Gateways are also quite mindblowing to read, even when I occasionally find myself disagreeing with his conclusions. Along with the Setian commentaries (I am interested in Setianism too), they seem to provide more Gnosis then you get anywhere else, even among Crowley's commentaries. I'm also a big fan of The Ninth Arch, despite it's infamy for how dense it is. Liber Okbish is a curious text, I tend to view it more along the lines of Crowley's " Vision and The Voice", then Liber AL but it is a text (and the larger book itself) that really does something to me when I read it. As someone once mentioned here (I forget who or where), it is a grimoire in itself! So yes, I have a great respect and love for Kenneth Grant's work and thought I'd just do a little write-up 93 93/93 TDWO
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