Subject: Re: What is a 'Black Brother'Re: NASA paranoia
From: nagasiva@luckymojo.com (nigris (333))

Orig-To: thelema93-l@hollyfeld.org

49991206 IVom Hail Choronzon!

The word of Sin is Restriction.

correspondent A wrote:
#>#> ...A Black Brother is as you proberly know very far in his 
#>#> or hers Great Work....

thus making a claim about another as such is also a claim about
oneself and one's own "progress". typically those who shout
most loudly about how others are 'Black Brothers' come the
closest to achieving the evil themselves.

correspondent B wrote:
#># Ok, I hear this term coined quite a lot in thelemic circles, 

yet another indicator of the growth of the Crowleyan cult.
it is used as a means of slamming those who will not submit
to the Herd and disempower themselves for the Grand Project
of the Babalonian Vampirism. the Cup of Blood is the Blood
of the Saints, these being self-erasing lemmings with noble
ideals content to think themselves grand while entertaining
delusions of grandeur. beware this subtle quagmire, O Chosen!

#># ...Crowley used it both to describe christian priests and 
#># (i think) exempt adepts who failed at crossing the abyss 
#># (which is in itself a bit of an odd description - does one 
#># get only one shot?) - but it's all pretty vague, the only 
#># description is something like 'those who shut themselves 
#># up' - from what? The Universe?  How exactly *do* you shut 
#># yourself up from the Universe, given that *every man and 
#># every woman is a star*? Or is it meant in a literal sense, 
#># those who shut up while they should speak? (This in light 
#># of Liber B, and probably attainment to Magus?)

Crowley used it to identify the force of his Shadow. he was
quite afraid of the egotism he manifested. all of these
fancy titles and ridiculous spiritual offices merely
conceal a sham and a farce, demonstrated so by the Beast's
own hagiography.

correspondent A wrote: 
#> ...Crowley did not despise the [Black Brothers]? Just 
#> because a BB was once a burgeoning, smiling, loving, 
#> Adeptus Exemptus, devoted to the Great Work, doesn't 
#> mean one should have any other emotion for them than 
#> pure opposition....

the fallacy is that the supposed 'Great Work' has somehow
been abandoned, that we have 'fallen from the Path', and
that the smug evaluator can discern this. it is just one
more means to dismiss and contend. Frater Nigris and that
black one Grant had it arightly when correcting Crowley
on this subject (and others).

by despising your superiors you merely come to a greater
and greater error, mistaking shams for sensei and masters
for malevous.
 
#> Basically, from what I gather, you only get one shot.  

that is the general Judeochristian slant, as well as the
materialist existentialism. but one shot at what? at some
fabled 'Jump Across the Abyss'? why jump over? why not
dive into Her? too many teeth? what IS this "Abyss"?

#> When the Adeptus Exemptus enters into the Abyss they 
#> must drain every last drop of their blood into the cup. 

sacrifice themselves utterly to something of which they
know little? doesn't this sound like just one more self-
destruction ritual from the Old Aeon? why should we
treat it differently? I consign you to your Cup of
Blood, but I don't think it Thelemic and oppose it as
a Slave Panacea.

#> [I have taken this to mean completely destroying the
#> ego, but that's just because I really don't want to 
#> look forward to the day when I am compelled to slit 
#> my wrists :-) ]
#> 
#> If the Adeptus Exemptus fails in this, then s/he 
#> becomes a Black Brother.

and this is completely misunderstood by Crowley and his
cultists -- there are as many pitfalls to be found in
the 'White Brotherhood' as there are amongst the Black.
having lost connection in the Adventure of the Abyss,
the White Mage presumes himself omniscient, when in
actuality he just takes appearance for truth. it is sad
to see the mage fall prey to the oldest trap in the book
(self-delusion and self-aggradizement leading to the
bloated corpse of sordid insufflation). like beached
whales, they prey upon the newbie and weak of will in
order to validate their incompetence, propped up as a
'Great Accomplishment Worthy of Perpetual Attention'.

correspondent B wrote: 
# ...what I despise is the enslavement of
# mankind rather than the "uplifting" Crowley mentioned 
# frequently .. the propogation of freedom. 

consider the comparison between 'necessity of sacrificing
every drop of your blood in order to achieve' and 'the
enslavement of mankind'. I think there is a direct and
obvious relation. Crowley's Choronzon was having a field
day with cultist followers to come.

# Perhaps I am 
# not evolved enough to dissociate the men from their mission.

or to discern the actuality of their mission indeed.
 
# >I keep hearing Yoda in the background!  Eeek!
# 
# Anyone know if Lucas is a Thelemite? 

mere foundlings as philosophers, the Star Wars efforts
reek of dry sub-abysmal tediums while briefly sparking
yodaesqes leave the viewer wanting more (where is tao?!).

# The Jedi are obviously warrior monks, sacerdotal knights etc.. 

yes, but individualists? the Dark Side is more about anarchism.
each has much to learn from the other, of course. even Crowley
realized it, which is why he pretended to offer new translations
of "Tao Te Ching" and "I Ching" (they were interpolations of
Legge, a cheap rip-off with little merit).

# Well, I know 2 exist. Other than that, I have no idea. 
# I do not know who they are, nor anything else about them, 
# other than that they are active now.

how do you come by the knowledge you have gleaned thusfar?
 
# ...I don't think most BB's go into the Abyss with
# the intent of staying there, but  delusion blinds the exit.
# they

crafting a Tower of will, the Black Brother seals hirself 
in for the Theravadic Great Work, becoming the Guardian of 
the Threshhold and uniting with the Abyss.

from below, we scold them for their selfishness, their
blatant egotism (rather than trying to film it over
with misty, unconvincing triteness as Crowley preferred).
instead, we should leave them to their means and just
comment upon what it looks to us (the method of science
leaves no room for moralism).

even your Master, oh cultists, encourages you to rejoice
in our activities, rather than to condemn us.

	O my Son, know this concerning the Black 
	Brothers, them that exult: I am I.  This 
	is Falsity and Delusion, for the Law endureth
	not Exception.  So then these Brethren are 
	not Apart, as they vainly think being wrought 
	by Error; but are peculiar combinations of 
	Nature in Her Variety.  Rejoice then even in 
	the Contemplation of these, for they are 
	proper to Perfection, and Adornments of Beauty, 
	like a Mole upon the Cheek of a Woman."
	______________________________________________
	Liber Aleph, Chapter 166.
	---------------------------

from the point of view of the moralist, those of a
different and alien path are Wrong Wrong Wrong, yet
the true scientist knows better than to demonize,
cautions due to ignorance rather than condemning
due to ignominy. to engage in the latter is truly to
become the very Black Brother you may so heartily despise.

further concerning the verity of the Path of the Black
Brother and Crowley's mistakes concerning this may be 
found at:

  http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/shaitan/libernigris.fn

I am I!
Invoke me under my stars, blessed beast!

nigris (333)