Cor Lucis http://corlucis.org Know Thyself Mon, 06 May 2013 17:41:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Read My Letter to God http://corlucis.org/letter-to-god/ http://corlucis.org/letter-to-god/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 17:39:35 +0000 Frater MO http://corlucis.org/?p=1001 I wrote this one a number of years ago and it got picked up in an anthology. Hopefully you will still find it relevant.The following has been reprinted with the expressed permission of Beyond Borders Press 2002 from The World Healing Book. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. A Letter [...]

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]]> http://corlucis.org/letter-to-god/feed/ 0 Pretending I Know http://corlucis.org/pretending-i-know/ http://corlucis.org/pretending-i-know/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:34:28 +0000 Soror CC http://corlucis.org/?p=967 When I was a kid, my dad used to ask me the most annoying question ever. I’d ask him for help with a problem– math, science, boys, whatever, and he’d give me this look, like he was like some sort of sage on high. You know the look: pursed lips, furrowed brow, fingers templed in [...]

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]]> http://corlucis.org/pretending-i-know/feed/ 2 Leviathan in my Closet and Getting Initiated http://corlucis.org/leviathan-my-closet-and-getting-initiated/ http://corlucis.org/leviathan-my-closet-and-getting-initiated/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:30:03 +0000 Frater MO http://corlucis.org/?p=932 Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Yes I can recall that cold blustery evening, the night I decided to claim my magical right, claim the power I knew resided inside of me. I was using my homemade cluster candle, made of several different candles all melted together, that I had [...]

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]]> http://corlucis.org/leviathan-my-closet-and-getting-initiated/feed/ 0 Leviathan in My Closet and Getting Initiated, part 2 http://corlucis.org/leviathan-in-my-closet-and-getting-initiated-part-2demon-in-my-closet-2/ http://corlucis.org/leviathan-in-my-closet-and-getting-initiated-part-2demon-in-my-closet-2/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:28:32 +0000 Frater MO http://corlucis.org/?p=944 In the blink of an eye I knew, This is a big mistake. All of a sudden I knew I was in over my head. I knew Leviathan couldn’t fit in this tiny closet, especially with me already in it, but it was too late. I felt a wave of fear crash over me like [...]

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]]> http://corlucis.org/leviathan-in-my-closet-and-getting-initiated-part-2demon-in-my-closet-2/feed/ 0 The Break Up: Thelema Style http://corlucis.org/the-break-up-thelema-style/ http://corlucis.org/the-break-up-thelema-style/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:45:37 +0000 Frater MO http://corlucis.org/?p=927 The Break Up: Thelema Style is a mildly updated version of a previously published story, which was one of my first essays I have ever written about my experience of… well… breaking up. As Cor Lucis updates this site, we will be presenting some of our older material during the reorganization. Now sit back and [...]

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]]> http://corlucis.org/the-break-up-thelema-style/feed/ 2 Thelema Xmas Dinner http://corlucis.org/thelema-xmas-dinner/ http://corlucis.org/thelema-xmas-dinner/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:01:05 +0000 Frater MO http://corlucis.org/?p=919 Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. This story is a mildly updated version originally called the Recipe, which was written many moons ago. These reruns are coming because of the new Cor Lucis web site and its new internal structure. Enjoy this timely holiday classic about a Thelema Xmas. I [...]

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]]> http://corlucis.org/thelema-xmas-dinner/feed/ 3 How I Became the Black Magician http://corlucis.org/how-i-became-the-black-magician/ http://corlucis.org/how-i-became-the-black-magician/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:24:36 +0000 Frater MO http://corlucis.org/?p=896 Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. How I Became the Black Magician is a mildly updated version of the Outing, which was one of my first essays I have ever written about my experience as a Thelemite. Who is the Black Magician? I was the “Black Magician”. At least that’s [...]

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]]> http://corlucis.org/how-i-became-the-black-magician/feed/ 0 Magick and Life http://corlucis.org/magick-life/ http://corlucis.org/magick-life/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:34:00 +0000 Frater MO http://corlucis.org/?p=886 Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Magick Memories From as far back as I can possibly remember I have been fascinated with the idea of Magick. I remember at a young age reading Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and I think that’s where it started. I would wander through the forest [...]

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]]> http://corlucis.org/magick-life/feed/ 2 The Tree of Life and Thelema http://corlucis.org/the-tree-of-life-and-thelema/ http://corlucis.org/the-tree-of-life-and-thelema/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:09:00 +0000 Frater MO http://corlucis.org/?p=825 Cor Lucis has successfully used the Gra Tree of Life frame as the basis of its initiatory process for almost a decade. I want to tell you a little about the Gra Tree, because I love it. Before I do, there is a little pesky history to share first. The Tree of Life and the [...]

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]]> http://corlucis.org/the-tree-of-life-and-thelema/feed/ 2 The Gra Tree: A New Perspective on the Tree of Life http://corlucis.org/the-gra-tree-a-new-perspective-on-the-tree-of-life/ http://corlucis.org/the-gra-tree-a-new-perspective-on-the-tree-of-life/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:07:41 +0000 Cor Lucis http://corlucis.org/?p=851 For over eight years, Cor Lucis has been working on refining our initiatory program. It’s an experiment that we’ve embarked upon which I consider not only fruitful but actually inspiring. Here are the details: When Cor Lucis Started Using the Gra Tree The story starts at the turn of the century. Two adepts (who had [...]

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