Courage

[Oppositional Defiance]

I can't see how a self-righteous soccer mom from canada can have you all running around in fear. I understand that things can be frightening to different degress especially when you have childhood trauma in your past, but I urge all who this applies to to start fostering in yourself courage to see past fear, wisdom to laugh in the face of fear, and might to defeat all who oppose you. You must learn this for yourself; society does not teach you this, because society serves its own interests; it serves your interests only as far as you serve society's interests in turn. Do not be servile. The slaves shall serve. Be a one man or woman army. Be your own president, your own general, and your own James or Jane Bond. Nobody will tell you this, because most are slaves. Do not live your lives in fear! If you are frightened for your personal safety, buy a gun and learn how to use it. If you are frightened for your legal safety, learn and exercise the legal realities of your predicament. But never, never let your enemy see when you are frightened. Never let your enemy see where you are weak. This is the art of war. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law; love under will; there is no law beyond do what thou wilt!

[Anonymous]

Oh, my GOD! She's from CANADA! Geez - I feel like an idiot. Thanks for reminding me of my 6th grade geography lessons! Duh!

On 2004-08-02 14:55:00, Oppositional Defiance wrote:

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I can't see how a self-righteous soccer mom from canada can have you all running around in fear. I understand that things can be frightening to different degress especially when you have childhood trauma in your past, but I urge all who this applies to to start fostering in yourself courage to see past fear, wisdom to laugh in the face of fear, and might to defeat all who oppose you. You must learn this for yourself; society does not teach you this, because society serves its own interests; it serves your interests only as far as you serve society's interests in turn. Do not be servile. The slaves shall serve. Be a one man or woman army. Be your own president, your own general, and your own James or Jane Bond. Nobody will tell you this, because most are slaves. Do not live your lives in fear! If you are frightened for your personal safety, buy a gun and learn how to use it. If you are frightened for your legal safety, learn and exercise the legal realities of your predicament. But never, never let your enemy see when you are frightened. Never let your enemy see where you are weak. This is the art of war. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law; love under will; there is no law beyond do what thou wilt!




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[Antigen]

It's "An (as long as) ye harm none, do as thou wilt." Try harming me and all bets are off.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
-- Charles Barkley, on hearing Tonya Harding proclaim herself "the Charles Barkley of figure skating"

[Anonymous]

Nah, It's "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law, Love under Will."
Dictated to Aleister Crowley by his Holy Guardian Angel in 1912 along with the rest of the Book of the Law. Since "Love is the law", as long was one does his or her true divine will, which is much different from what you may mentally choose or emotionally desire, you will not interfere with someone else doing his or her will. "The word of sin is restriction" embodies the thelemic view that to arbitrarily restrict someone from doing something else is the only sin you can do. Or something like that. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that "An it harm none, do what ye will" is the Wiccan Rede,  and it came 50 years LATER after Crowley recieved the Book of the Law. Gardner wrote the Rede, and Gardner was a Thelemite, so he made the crede of Wiccans to be a Wiccan derivative of "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law". Any questions?

[Anonymous]

Yeah. What's thelem? Thelemic?

[Oppositional Defiance]

To be a thelemite is to take responsibility for your words, thoughts, and actions. To be a thelemite is to pursue your own true will, and allow others to do the same. The word was coined by Aleister Crowley, who also wrote the book of the law, which was a recieved book in where the primary Male, Female, and Child aspects of the universe dictated to him the thelemic principles, but the idea of thelema is as old as history itself. Old Aeon was based on power and authority, life and death. The New Aeon is based on growth and freedom, life and life. Most thelemites are practitioners of High Magick. This differs from pagan magick because it takes years of work and study and work and did I mention work to be a high magician, but the rewards are TREMENDOUS. If you are interested in Thelema, the Ordo Templi Orientis is the world's largest thelemic brotherhood/sisterhood, and it was started by Aleister Crowley himself. here's the website: http://www.oto-use.org if you are interested.

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