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Whooaaaa
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Guessing that’s the book @bcbishop was being asked about by Darren…
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@jay956 Aleister Gordon was an account that was used intermittently throughout Tension. It was a sort of secondary account that some people spoke with and was used to sometimes deliver hints and clues to us that wouldn’t be done through the main Tension account
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Sick burn on fb, @bcbishop. Sick burn.
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@pandace88 – On second viewing, looks like it was posted to The Lust main FB page.
Perhaps I was mistaken on its source.
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@thegilded Quite common for Aleister to post the same thing as the main Facebook account so could be that it was originally on Gordon’s account but got deleted (which seems to be a new trend with social media posts…)
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It was suggested to me by someone who is a student of Egyptian history that the symbols on the spine represent. As quoted by her:
“That is a bad omen – it’s Irkmunuk – black death – disease. Could also mean something dying on stone, or by fire. But yes, as a whole. It’s not a word, it’s a concept. google Ir, Kemet, Ankh if you want to break it down. What is important is the the kemet is to the left of the ankh.”
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@meghanmayhem Wow that’s awesome, you have some valuable sources on your team! I had no idea any of that is even how Egyptian hieroglyphs (if they even count as hieroglyphs) worked. I think @thegilded is right on when he suggests that Egyptian symbols or something we’re gonna be seeing a lot more of in the future. Keep your Egyptologist friend on standby!
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Is the word “motel” written on the sheet there along the fold? It looks like sharpie – it’s weird, though, right?
Also, images seem to be the Eye of Horace, an Ankh, and… well, a triangle. Each of these have a meaning in isolation, but I don’t know the significance of them when placed in that particular arrangement… I will defer to the expertise of Meghan’s Egyptologist friend, though.
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More input from sources:
“Is there anything masonic involved in the game? Because Thelema repurposed a lot of egyptian symbolism as well.
Among the Egyptians, the darkness through which the candidate for initiation was made to pass was symbolized by the trowel, an important Masonic implement, which, in their system of hieroglyphics, has the form of a triangle. The equilateral triangle they considered as the most perfect of figures, and a representative of the great principle of animated existence, each of its sides referring to one of the three departments of creation, the animal, vegetable, and mineral.”Not a crazy theory, a “perfect self”
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I would also defer to @meghanmayhem’s colleague before any of my cobbled together research. Go to!
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@meghanmayhem wrote
“That is a bad omen – it’s Irkmunuk – black death – disease. Could also mean something dying on stone, or by fire.
Maybe the compound because it was torched to the ground? Who/what/when is the Phoenix and when will he/she/it rise?
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Mr. Crowley was a very known cult leader, disciple of the occult, practician of magick. Not the account, the real man. Upon googling him you will find he did tons of occult rituals near or in the pyramids of Egypt. He also founded Thelema in which he “was the prophet that would guide humanity into the aeon of horus”.
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@mike Rebirth by fire?
“This fire does not burn what we are, but simply all that we are not”Again, the translation is not a promised answer. It’s a suggestion of interpretation. Several of the people I asked seem to be struggling with the meaning behind that particular triangle.
The thing everyone seems to agree on is this:“Egyptians believed that one’s earthly journey was only part of an eternal life, the ankh symbolizes both mortal existence and the afterlife. The eye above the other two can mean it’s “watching over” whatever is below it, whatever it transpiring and transitioning.”
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@meghanmayhem, awesome job!
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Okay, so now this is getting super “new agey”, but I found something that links the Sothic Triangle (which is the hieroglyph for the constellation Sirius and symbol of eternal light) to Aleister Crowley, the eye of Horus, and the word PHOENIX (also symbol of constellation Sirus and secret password for the Freemasons as well). And tantric sex.
http://www.magia-metachemica.net/uploads/1/0/6/2/10624795/grant_kenneth_-_magical_revival.pdf
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Okay, so now this is getting super “new agey”, but I found something that links the Sothic Triangle (which is the hieroglyph for the constellation Sirius and symbol of eternal light) to Aleister Crowley, the eye of Horus, and the word PHOENIX (also symbol of constellation Sirus and secret password for the Freemasons as well). And tantric sex.
@sfire8, it’s worth considering that “super new agey” could be the point. I mean, it’s Noah. Dude is arguably not a master of occult wisdom. He’s exactly the kind of huckster who thrives on throwing out a handful of mystic symbols, letting us dive into rabbit holes of our own creation, and find our own esoteric truths — truths he can sit back and take credit for. It’s one of the oldest grifts in the book, the wise master who lets his students do all the work.
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@sfire8 Aleister Crowley. Now you have piqued my interest. The black mass would be an excellent tie into the OOA. I think DLB mentioned that LUST was going to be about Sex – Dark and nefarious!
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Late to the “game” here, but @meghanmayhem were did your friend get “kemet” from this? The symbols appear to be “ir-di-ankh” the second one being.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread-cone_(hieroglyph). di-ankh is commonly seen together and usually means: “gives life”. Ir is an eye and means “to see” or something like that depending on context.
I could be completely wrong here given that it could be a complete word (and not three separate words).
Kemet means black (km) but could also just mean Egypt (km.t) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Km_(hieroglyph)
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