Ditto, and thank you.
C
Ty Falk wrote:
> I sure am! Thanks!
>
> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Lloyd Keane <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Hello Morgan,
>
> My Masters thesis (on Jung and Crowley) and my PhD thesis (an
> Analytical
> Psychological approach to the Western Esoteric Tradition) may help
> in some
> way. I don't go into any great view of the science of Magick but I do
> mention it in the PhD dissertation a bit. I think this is an
> interesting
> and important area of research, I would very much like to hear how you
> progress.
>
> My web site has a pdf of both papers if you are interested:
>
> http://www.freewebs.com/lkkeane/academicwriting.htm
>
>
> Good luck,
>
> Lloyd Keane
>
>
> On 09/05/08 6:03 AM, "Morgan Leigh" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> > Greetings all,
> > I have just started a PhD at the University of Queensland, in
> the school
> > of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics. Having done a bit of
> > reading, I am now at the stage of actually, exactly nailing down a
> > precise thesis idea. Being as I am very interested in the
> intersection
> > of science and religion, particularly the position that magic
> holds in
> > relation to these two categories, I am thinking of doing an
> analysis of
> > the diaries of Aleister Crowley and Leah Hirsig, for such period
> as the
> > diaries of these two overlap, and considering if they support the
> > contention that magic is science. IMHO magic is a technology.
> Moreover
> > the process of learning magic is a scientific process,
> especially when a
> > magical diary is used, to exactly what degree being the question. I
> > would be most obliged for any input whatsoever any of you wise souls
> > might have regarding my humble yet superlative idea, especially
> vis a
> > vis interesting things to read, similar things that have been done
> > before, ideas about where to see copies of Hirsig's diaries (I know
> > about the copy in the witchcraft museum - Thank you Dave Evans for
> > writing Aleister Crowley and the 20th Century Synthesis of Magick).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Morgan Leigh
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ty Falk
> ~~~~~~~
> Erisian
> Anthropologist
> Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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