Date: Feb 19, 2008 09:05
bobo wrote:
>> they are from Liber Aleph, by Crowley. I enjoyed that more
>> than all others of his works save his "Book of Thoth".
>> Joseph's been posting them in sprinklings, and i hadn't
>> checked for any patterns, precisely. :) I wasn't even sure
>> they were from Aleph, but i confirmed it here:
>> http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/aleph/tbwf1.html
Joseph Littleshoes isp.com>:>The kernel of wisdom buried in the magnificent prose that strikes me
>most forcibly is the idea of letting the child express itself
and then afterwards disowning or denying the child's authority?
Crowley did this to his "Magical Child" Frater Achad merely,
if stories be believed, because the latter had deigned to
turn the Tree of Life on its head (admirable, i say!).
>and any fundamental orientation it may have before a
>superstructure is imposed on that child.
that's a style of "loose" parenting. one might say that
the "Tough Love" movement runs counter to this theme.
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