When people hear the sort of work we are involved with in the Order of Thelemic Knights, I am often asked why we believe that something like Thelema, when many of its adherents show a disdain for compassion, respect and hard work, would have anything life enhancing to offer individuals, much less the world at [...]
Alembic
(Alchemy) In alchemy, the top part of a still. Often used to refer to a complete still. An instrument used for distillation.
Archigenitor
(Gnostic) The “first begetter”. A Greek reference to Yaldabaoth.
Cenobite
(Ecclesiastic) A member of a religious order choosing to dwell within a convent, monastery or a community, as opposed to a hermit, who lives in solitude.
Evocation
(Magick, [...]
About the Artist
My interest in photography began when I was very young. My father was one of the best known photographers and “print men” in Argentina, and since he had a lab in our house I had plenty of opportunities to watch him perform his awe-inspiring magick in the darkroom. I watched and learned and, [...]
Akashic Record
(Yoga, Theosophy) A term invented and popularized by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. The idea is that the Akasha is a thought substance which can be imprinted by experience, making it possible to retrieve otherwise inaccessible information from the past, such as a person’s past life. This is remarkably close idea to the concept of Jung’s [...]
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About the Artist
My interest in photography began when I was very young. My father was one of the best known photographers and “print men” in Argentina, and since he had a lab in our house I had plenty of opportunities to watch him perform his awe-inspiring magick in the darkroom. I watched and learned and, [...]
Agape
(Ecclesiastic) Greek αγαπη Unconditional love. Godly love. The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken in connection with the communion. Originally a Hebrew funerary ceremony during which wine and milk were poured into the earth over the grave, and food was passed in to the corpse through a hole in the [...]
Agnosia
(Gnosticism) The state of not having insight or Gnosis. This is the root for the word “agnostic,” also meaning a person who does not have Gnosis.
Barbelos
(Gnosticism) A very confusing concept due to plethora of ways it has been used. It is masculine gender, but is used to stand for Sophia as a woman who is [...]
June 5, 2009 by Gerald del Campo
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Air
(Alchemy) One of the Four Elements of alchemy believed to carry the archetypal properties of spirit into the visible world. It is linked to the process of Separation and corresponds to the metal Iron.
Cassock
(Ecclesiastic) A full-length gown with sleeves and collar worn priests, bishops and helpers.
Nephesh
(Qabalah) Hebrew The animal soul that corresponds to animal/ vegetable [...]
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Ain Sof
(Qabalah) Hebrew “Without end.” A reference to God, who is everywhere and in all things. If Ain is the number 0, then Ain Sof is the number 1 and represents creation as it is about to manifest. Because Ain Sof represents a pre-existent state and is infinite, it can have no attributes. Ain Sof [...]
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ATTENTION MUSIC RETAILERS, DISTRIBUTORS, and FILM MAKERS
Portland, Oregon, March 30, 2008
A new and exciting music album has been released by Portland musical project, Ego and The Ids, entitled Almost Masons. This marks their full-length recording debut.
According to project mastermind Gerald del Campo, Ego and the Ids’ new album boasts a sonic pallet of [...]
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