If you do--at all--you should be reading the good Frater AM over at Light of a Golden Day. It's like a Master's course in Qabalistic theory and understanding. Go and read him. His level of understanding is very high, so it may be difficult for the beginner to grasp everything he's giving... but it's completely worth applying yourself and trying. Excellent blog.
Nsala malongo, So.....powers. They exist. You work your alchemy, and they start popping up. It isn't what you expect. It's not like the comics. Subtle things happen. You get a little something here, a big something there. Some of them appear useless at first. Some years ago, after work in the upper cinnabar field, I gained the dubiously awesome ability to see a sort of spirit double floating around people. At first I was BEYOND stoked, and thought I was well on my way toward ascension from my normal state into a vicious and powerful spiritual overlord, as was foretold. By me. When I was like, fourteen. Then, after the wonder wore off, I realized that this was absolutely useless. The double gave me no information about the person, no power to manipulate myself or the other. It was just there. So. Countless hours of heat and concentration, and the end result was this? Of course it *was* useful in the long-run, as a mark of my developing spiritual s
I completelty agree and second our opinion. I regard Olen Rush as the greatest Qabalist in the Hermetic tradition (and perhaps even outside of it as well) living today. Add to this a solid understanding of the Hermetic Arts, such as Alchemy and Golden Dawn (R.R. et A.C.) theurgy, it makes him an ideal teacher.
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Yes, Olen is a tremendous Qabalist, a living treasure. I've been blessed with a couple of his books to review, and am late doing so because I am barely qualified! I'm having to read slowly and study carefully in order to grasp. His understanding is profound.
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