Chaos Magik

[Cain]

The OTO = jacking off, pretending to be Uncle Al, litigation and pissy ethnocentric wars.

[LMNO]

The OTO = jacking off, pretending to be Uncle Al, litigation and pissy ethnocentric wars.

The only TRULY TRUE PATH is the venerable SSOOKN.

[Jenne]

Damn, this thread is now full of win.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Rat, great AC quote...

But if that's one of his aims of Magick, then he is truly the only Honest Macgikian the OTO has ever known.

Lon Milo Duquette would also fit that description, I think.

I thought you might like this quote from Crowley as well...

I am not so foolish as to think that my doctrine can ever gain the ear of the world. I
expect than ten centuries hence the "nominal Crowleians" will be as pestilent and
numerous a body as the "nominal Christians" are to-day; for (at present) I have been
able to devise no mechanism for excluding them. Rather, perhaps, should I seek to
find them a niche in the shrine, just as Hinduism provides alike for those capable of
the Upanishads and those whose intelligences hardly reaches up to the Tantras. In
short, one must abandon the reality of religion for a sham, so that the religion may be
universal enough for those few who are capable of its reality to nestle in its breast,
and nurse their nature on its starry milk. But we anticipate!

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

This entire thread is TL;DR

but... based solely on the title i will declare it to be EPIC FAIL

[Lies]

This entire thread is TL;DR

but... based solely on the title i will declare it to be EPIC FAIL

Based solely on your name I declare you to be a MAN! 

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

This entire thread is TL;DR

but... based solely on the title i will declare it to be EPIC FAIL

NO YUO!

[Pope Shiny Beads]

I too am not a person into Magic(k) (however you want to deal with it) but I am into ritual, the sociocultural side of ritual, why we do specific things and how to break the ingrained rituals of others which have become outmoded and without reason anymore.  Not everyone liked the book "Company" by Max Barry, but I rather enjoyed it, especially the ministory about the Chimps.

They did an experiment with Chimpanzees, they would have like 20 chimpanzees in an enclosure, and they would offer a Banana to a nearby Chimp, the Banana was rigged however that if they Chimp took it, it would electrify the floor, they quickly figured out grabbing the Banana was a bad idea.  So no one went for the Banana anymore.  They took out a few chimps and put in some new chimps, then they offered the Banana again, the new chimps not knowing went for the Banana, and the knowing chimps beat on the new guys mercilessly, eventually the new chimps learned not to go after the Banana, not because it electrified the floor, but because the other chimps would beat them up if they did.  So they removed some older chimps and put newer chimps in, and the cycle continued... eventually there were no chimps in the enclosure that knew that grabbing for the Banana would electrify the floor, but anyone chancing a grab at the banana would get beaten up because thats what they ended up being taught without knowing WHY it was wrong to do so.

Ritual sometimes has importance, and usefulness to everyone, sometimes we do it because its FUN.  But we have to not accept rituals blindly, unless we enjoy them enough that it doesn't matter.  Its important to question things, but also to enjoy things that make us happy.

PSB

[Jenne]

Ritual is, I've found, entirely human.

The thing is to notice when the ritual becomes less than a ritual or more than a ritual.

Then it's time for a change.

[Doktor Howl]

Hello all. Last few weeks in the Apikoros Household have been, shall we say, difficult. Where has all the laughter gone? Anyways, Daybreaks and I wanna do a chaos magik banishment ritual do get rid of some of the negative vibes. I got this site I googled: http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/chaos_all.php but I'd love some suggestions. Or obnoxious comments intended as wit. Or wit that becomes obnoxious. All Hail Eris!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Jasper]

Oh man.  Oh god.  Oh MAN.  OH GOD.

[Cain]

Wow, I was much more charitable in this thread than I would be nowadays.

[Freeky]

Oh man.  Oh god.  Oh MAN.  OH GOD.

[AFK]

Apik, I strongly suggest you perform the Sacred "Smacking Yourself In The Nuts With A Clawhammer" Ritual.

I think this is still the correct answer. 

[Telarus]

"Pondering the difference between affirmations to invoke positive personal qualities & willful ignorance of personal flaws: where's the line?" -St. Autumn Tyr-Salvia