Posts Tagged ‘feasts’

Anniversary of Crowley’s Death

Today is the 77th anniversary of the death of Aleister Crowley, who died at Netherwood in Hastings, East Sussex in 1947 at the age of 72.   “The feast for life is at a birth; and the feast for death at a death. It is of the utmost importance to make funerals merry, so as

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Crowleymas

Greetings of Crowleymas! Had he not died on December 1, 1947 e.v., Aleister Crowley would be celebrating his 149th birthday today.   Edward Alexander Crowley was born on this day in 1875 e.v. at 30 Clarendon Square, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in the West Midlands of England.

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Equinox Greetings

Greetings of the September (Southward) Equinox, which is the time that the sun crosses the projection of the earth’s equator (at 180° ecliptic longitude) into the southern hemisphere, and enters the sign of Libra, the cardinal sign of Air.  According to NOAA, it is the beginning of astronomical autumn in the northern hemisphere, although meteorological autumn

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First Night of the Prophet and His Bride

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Greetings of the First Night of the Prophet and his Bride!  Today is the 121st anniversary of the marriage of Aleister Crowley and Rose Edith Kelly (Soror Ouarda), who played a critical role in the Cairo Working, which led to the reception of The

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June Solstice

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Greetings of the June (Northern) Solstice! Today, June 20, at 20:50 UTC, the Sun will be at 90° ecliptic longitude, at its most northerly position relative to Earth, directly above the Tropic of Cancer; where it will enter the sign of Cancer, the cardinal sign of

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Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law: Third Day

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Salutations on the third day of the Feast for the Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law! “Fear not at all; fear neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any

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Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law: Second Day

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Felicitations on this second day of the Feast for the Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law! “But exceed! exceed!” Love is the law, love under will. -Sb

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Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law: First Day

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Greetings and blessings on this the 120th annual commemoration of the First Day of the Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law! At noon on April 8, 1904 in his flat in the Būlāq district of Cairo, Egypt, Aleister Crowley–following the

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Equinoctial Greetings

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Greetings of the March (northward) equinox, which is the time that the Earth’s tilted axis is perpendicular to the rays of the Sun.   Tomorrow at 03:06 UTC, the Sun crosses the projection of the earth’s equator (at 0° ecliptic longitude) into the Northern Hemisphere,

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Solstice Greetings, December 2023 e.v.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Greetings of the December (Southern) Solstice, which is the time that the Earth’s north pole reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun, and the Sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation in the northern sky.  Tomorrow at 03:27 UTC, the Sun will

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