Aloha,
On 5/13/2013 2:21 AM, D G Mattichak jr wrote:
>There has been a debate in the Thelemite world lately over a proposed
change to the text of the Book of
>the Law by OHO of OTO William Breeze. It thought that this might be of
interest to some of the people
>here on the list.
A few thoughts & observations:
1.) It appears the Crowley was not a particularly careful editor or
manager of the publishing process. No reason that he should have been.
But uncertainties about authorial intention and document content
arise later because of it.
2.) I swear that I've read similar arguments about a number of authors
and works in a number of literary journals over the years. Reminds me
that lit crit techniques and outlooks may bear even on matters of
occulture.
3.) The change from "fill" to "kill" does alter the meaning of the poem. I
suppose that it equally alters the conditions of rituals proceeding from
the poem.
So, for OTO practitioners, the change of a word holds greater import than
a footnote about variant readings would have for a reader (like me).
4.) If discarnate entities want us human practitioners to transcribe their
words as communicated, then they probably owe us a great deal more on
the unambiguity front. Why not, in the early 20th Century, use radio and
Morse code, for example? Maybe Crowley wasn't really certain which word
Aiwass communicated--Some noise in the psychic channels!?! Peculiarities
of accent?!? A moment's distraction?!?
5.) What really surprised me was that OTO practitioners took to Change.org
to petition for and against this change of a word! It somehow normalizes
the
role of the Interwebz in occulture in a manner that I hadn't noticed.
Something
for me to remember when one of the Trads I'm affiliated with has a dispute.
Musing Agitation In The Etheric World! Rose,
Pitch
has taken psychic dictation and made errors
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