The following examples may help the new student
understand what is really being said on such occasions.
What they say |
What they mean |
"It's beyond your grade" |
I don't know |
"Meditate on it" |
I really don't know |
"It's revealed wisdom" |
I made it up |
"Taking this path to initiation will
accelerate your progress on the Path" |
Your husband/wife will leave, you'll lose
your job, a meteor will strike your car and your dog will
die |
"Well I suppose everyone has their
own way" |
Fine, don't do what I say ... but you'll
be wrong |
"Your diary has some interesting
political implications" |
MI5 just called and we turned you in |
"The ritual should be quite powerful" |
It's a combined Horus invocation / Choronzon
evocation with a little Chthulu thrown in for good measure |
"That's an unusual interpretation
of the Cosmic Doctrine" |
Dion Fortune is spinning in her grave
fast enough to generate electricity |
"The workshop was fun
... you know the usual" |
There were three major philosophical schisms,
two magical duels to the death and a group version of the
Great Rite |
| "In terms of physical phenomena, the ritual
was fairly successful" |
The cat exploded |
| "That lecture was certainly informative" |
How dare you break so many oaths |
| "Their temple has a lot of energy" |
They haven't banished since 1967 |
"Their workings are aligned to the
Devotional Ray" |
There's not enough sex and violence |
"Their Group is very independent"
|
They're planning to invade Jersey |
"The author wishes to acknowledge
Soror Timshel's input on one or two of the above points" |
Huge sections of the above have been shamelessly lifted from
Sr. Timshel 's article in Baphomet Breeze Vol III no. 2 |
