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  1. didadic

    Advice for a new satanist.

    My considered advice would be to find someone in the real world who you can talk to face to face and who has been involved with Satanism - of whatever variety - for a while and so can speak about Satanism from personal experience. You'll then have a chance to judge the individual in person - go...
  2. didadic

    Guiding Principles of the LHP

    I agree, and well said. I think you've summoned two of the most important things about esoteric quests in general, as well as the LHP.
  3. didadic

    Guiding Principles of the LHP

    The O9A understanding is that it is: "The amoral and individualistic way. In the LHP there are no rules: there is nothing that is not permitted; nothing that is forbidden or restricted. That is, the LHP means the individual takes sole responsibility for their actions and their quest, and does...
  4. didadic

    Favorite "satanic" symbol

    I've been trying to figure out that ONA sigil for a while, and still don't have an explanation for its meaning - it even took me some time before I was able to correctly draw it for myself :facepalm: So it'll be interesting to learn what others make of it. I've always assumed it has some...
  5. didadic

    Favorite "satanic" symbol

    I prefer the Order of Nine Angles unique sigil, and I've yet to see a reasonable discussion, anywhere, about it. For it's not, as some have rather inanely claimed, just an inverted pentagram with two extra points added - just try adding two points to an inverted pentagram. Also, how many...
  6. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    Exactly. As if David Myatt - he who has always denied involvement with the ONA and satanism - would (a) post on some satanist internet forum, and (b) post old material attributed to him or written by him and which old material he has repeatedly disowned and renounced. That some people have...
  7. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    He occasionally posts new material to both his blog and his website. His latest (Sept 2013) article is David Myatt - Suffering, Human Nature, and The Culture of Pathei-Mathos Anyone who reads his blog, his website, or the books he's published in the last year or two, knows that claim is...
  8. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    Your reply - that the 'complete Oxford English Dictionary' is not a reputable dictionary - says it all. Any further argument is superfluous :) Perhaps you could get these "very real reliable real world sources" of yours to find out in which monastery Myatt was a monk, which school he attended...
  9. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    I think this is called clutching at straws. For there is no such thing as a "majority meaning" of a word. When a word has a variety of meanings, as in this case, each meaning is valid in its own right. Ergo, Myatt is a scholar. Or perhaps you dispute how the Oxford English Dictionary define...
  10. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    Agreed, and well expressed. Similarly, 'Anton Long' is "a scholar in the University of the Black Arts that is the Order of Nine Angles", having also spent many years in intense study and actual practice of those Dark Arts germane to the ONA.
  11. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    I suggest you consult the complete Oxford English Dictionary (in 20 volumes) - which I just happen to have on my bookshelves. Among the definitions there are - 1. One who is taught in a school; esp. a boy or girl attending an elementary school 2. One who is receiving, or has received, his...
  12. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    I agree. If one is considering occult knowledge, theory, and praxis.
  13. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    By the way, Flowers did not translate the Greek hermetic texts himself - he used the translations of others. Plus, his book was published by some 'new age' (a non- academic) publisher. Plus, his university degree was not in the subject he wrote that book about. So you trust what he writes...
  14. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    One based on (1) what the original Greek texts say about what we now term 'hermeticism'; or (2) one based on the development of and assumptions about a 'hermetic philosophy', and a cobbled together occult praxis, as propagated by individuals and groups in the 19th and the 20th century and based...
  15. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    I, respectfully, disagree. The Greek texts concern a rather mystical way of discovery with the goal being 'becoming of theos' (not God) and not 'being a god on earth'. That's an important distinction, plus there is also nothing 'magickal' - in the sense of rites or occult techniques etc -...
  16. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    What you gave is the understanding, the interpretation, of hermeticism as developed in the 19/20th century and as propagated, e.g., by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. However, to "become of theos is the noble goal of those who seek to acquire knowledge" (and so on) is what the original...
  17. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    That quote just about sums up the Corpus Hermeticum. The first, the Pymander, part of the Corpus mentions the 'anados', the journey of the human being up through the 'seven spheres' (the harmonious structure) to where they can be reunited with theos and thus achieve immortality. The Pymander...
  18. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    I think you'll find that the Order of Nine Angles radically dissents from this commonly held - and accepted - view. Perhaps the only modern LHP movement to do so. According to them, the original sources - as in the Corpus Hermeticum - were of a hebdomad (the septenary system), as distinct...
  19. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    While that's an interesting work which gives the novice a reasonable overview of the topic, it's still reliant on the translations of others. For instance, re the Corpus Hermeticum he at one point quotes Scott whose sometimes wild emendations of the Greek text, and 1920s era translation, are now...
  20. didadic

    What are ya'lls opinion on this?

    One of the main problems re its use by occultists and those on LHP is not the original Greek text itself but the translations. If you compare the translation you linked to with David Myatt's recent translation and notes of the first part (the Pymander section) you'll see the difference. A...
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