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To: alt.satanism From: xeper@aol.com (Xeper) Subject: GBM Significance Date: 18 Jan 1999 23:58:23 GMT -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In article <7806dk$pgu$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>, "belial" wrote: >No, I don't hate Aquino, I just think he's a bit umm.. stupid, >in some ways. I mean, he's obviously intellegent, but if he >expects people to believe that set talked to him, hes a moron. >and if he truly believes that set dictated a book to him, then >he's only a few steps higher than egan in the moron stakes >(at least he doesn't claim to have had sexual relations with set.. >well.. I hope he doesn't). - From my _Black Magic_ within the _Crystal Tablet of Set_: ********** As with any Greater Black Magic (GBM) working, the _Book of Coming Forth by Night_ will assume different significance to different people. Skeptics might consider it merely a work of fantasy or self- delusion; religious fanatics a message from the Judaeo-Christian Devil; old-time occultists an imitation of Aleister Crowley's _Book of the Law_. There is nothing to gain by debating such points of view. As is discussed later in _Black Magic_, any GBM working is necessarily a supra-rational experience, not a logical, scientific, or artistic exercise. It will be most meaningful to its celebrant, and it may or may not be meaningful or even intelligible to others. What I *will* assert is that, as far as *I myself* am concerned, the _Book of Coming Forth by Night_ was and remains authentic: the noetic apprehension of an intelligence "not myself" which reduced certain statements, judgments, principles, and symbols to a text. This text was so meaningful to me that I have since ordered my life and philosophy by its principles. The other founders of the Temple of Set accorded it a similar trust and respect. Even though they had not participated in the working itself, many remarked, they felt that the text itself carried its own aura of authenticity and conviction. In the years that followed, countless others have been moved by it in a similar fashion. When I accepted the _Book of Coming Forth by Night_, it was in a deliberate, reflective way - with a resolve to undertake the creation and care of the Temple of Set proper, and to patiently allow history to validate or disprove any principles that the Temple might propose or practice. This has remained my attitude ever since that serene and sublime experience. As for the text itself, I am content to comment upon it as best I can, then let others judge it as they will. For me it is now, as then, a simple, beautiful, and purposeful statement from the sentient being whom mankind has loved, hated, worshipped, cursed, praised, and reviled as the Prince of Darkness. To echo the words of G.B. Shaw in _The Devil's Disciple_: "I promised him my soul, and swore an oath that I would stand up for him in this world and stand by him in the next." ********** Michael A. Aquino, Ph.D. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.0.2 iQA/AwUBNqPJUWRWyNykJwrDEQK3rACgrSrJuJI4Vc36EWLuB+ZSx7HLntUAoI+E kcXQLD45nYyOROkzojfVt3L6 =TNvC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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