Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.pagan.magick,alt.thelema,alt.magick Subject: Re: Mastery and the middleground References: <1nRT8.10020$54.34067@typhoon.sonic.net> <10cff505.0207011739.82504b2@posting.google.com> From: nagasiva Reply-To: spam@yronwode.com User-Agent: nn/6.6.0 Lines: 19 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 09:50:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.201.242.18 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 1028713804 208.201.242.18 (Wed, 07 Aug 2002 02:50:04 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 02:50:04 PDT Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:33880 alt.pagan.magick:33710 alt.magick:312372 50020807 VII om nagasiva: >> ...Poke ...is more in line with >> the Neopagan contingent and Thelemites, self-responsibility >> and the ascent of the spirit to mastery. :>). eyeofhoor@yahoo.com (Prophet of the Star Key): > Who are these Masters? the identities vary depending on the social relation to the tradition of mysticism with which they may have become enmeshed. typically they are legendary persons whose personal features may be crafted to suit one's purposes, historical persons whose involvement could not be ruled out, and the semi-concealed identities of founders of the lineage which one has approached. nagasiva