Posts Tagged ‘feasts’

Greetings of the Equinox

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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Happy First Night of the Prophet and His Bride!

Today (this evening) is an official feast day in Thelema–an anniversary celebration of the date that Aleister Crowley and Rose Edith Kelly (Soror Ouarda), were married 118 years ago. Kelly later played a critical role in the Cairo Working, which led to the reception of The Book of the Law. “A feast for the first

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Solstice Greetings

Greetings of the June (Northern) Solstice! Tomorrow at 3:32 AM UTC, the Sun will be at 90° ecliptic longitude; and will enter the sign of Cancer, the cardinal sign of Water. In the contiguous continental U.S., this will occur today between 8:32 pm PDT and 11:32 pm EDT. 

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The Third Day of the Writing of the Book of the Law

Salutations on the third day of the Feast for the Three Days of the Writing of the Book of the Law! “Success is thy proof: argue not; convert not; talk not overmuch!” 

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The Second Day of the Writing of the Book 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 ye, o my people, rise up & awake!”

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The First Day of the Writing of the Book of the Law

Greetings and blessings on this the 117th 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, following the instructions of Ouarda the Seer, Aleister Crowley sat down at his writing

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Greetings of the Northward Equinox

Greetings of the Equinox of the Gods! “A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods.” – AL II,40 “The Supreme Ritual is the Invocation of Horus, which brought about the Opening of the New Aeon. The date is March 20… The Equinox of the Gods is the term

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Greetings of the December Solstice

Greetings of the December (Southern) Solstice! Tomorrow at 10:02 UTC, the Sun will be at 270° ecliptic longitude; and will enter the sign of Capricorn, the cardinal sign of Earth. In the Continental U.S., this will occur early tomorrow morning at 2:02 AM PST for those of us on the West Coast and 5:02 AM EST for

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Crowleymas

Greetings of Crowleymas! While it is not an official holiday on the Thelemic Calendar, today marks the 145th anniversary of the birth of Aleister Crowley, a commemoration often referred to as “Crowleymas.”  Edward Alexander Crowley was born on this day in 1875 e.v. at 30 Clarendon Square, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in the West Midlands

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Greetings of the Southward Equinox

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

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