Laughing Lion Lesson II: Eight Principles

BY ORDER OF THE

SECRET CHIEFS

OF THE A.'.A.'.

The Principles are Utterances of DIONYSUS 9=2 and are in Class A;
the short explanations following are the Interpretation of Fr. E.I.V. & thus are in Class B


[NOTE: Fr. E.I.V. says "I mean" but Fr. E.I.V. and DIONYSUS 9=2 are not the same identity - one is a funny fellow on the planet Earth and the other is the Light of the World itself... although they utilize the same mind & body to manifest! -E.I.V.]

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Lesson II,

known also as "8 Principles"
of the Laughing Lion,
Dionysus 9=2

The Word of TO MEGA THERION 9=2 is THELEMA, or Will. This Word is not abrogated nor superseded but re-affirmed with renewed vigor. The essential principles of this Law have been collected below:

"Every man and every woman is a star." -AL I:3
"The word of the Law is THELEMA." -AL I:39

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." -AL I:40
"The word of Sin is Restriction." -AL I:41
"So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will." -AL I:42
"Love is the law, love under will." -AL I:57

"There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt." -AL III:60

The Word of DIONYSUS 9=2, known also as the Thundering Roar, is GROWTH.

8 Principles emanate from the Song of this Word:

i) Man is a Kosmos; Kosmos is a Reality

I mean: Every Man and every Woman is a Universe (a phenomenological field of experience, to use a scientific term) and perceives Itself from the center in terms of place (three-dimensional space) and time.

ii) Kosmos can be perceived as both None & Two, Continuous and Dis-continuous

I mean: Man can understand Himself as both a finite being immersed in a world & as an infinite being containing & coterminous with the world. These are both valid: Man is both Finite & Infinite. The world as Two is when Kosmos becomes split between Man AND World; The World as None is when Kosmos becomes united where Man IS World.

Further, it is a limitation and a Restriction to conceive one's Kosmos as only One or only Many. This is specifically warned against in Our Most Holy Book: "If this be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks, saying: They are one; or saying, They are many; if the ritual be not ever unto me: then expect the direful judgments of Ra Hoor Khuit!" One must realize it is both One and Many, None and Two in the language of Thelema.

iii) Man perceived as Two is a curse for the un-initiate; Man perceived as Two is a sacrament and a perpetual blessing for the initiate.

I mean: For the normal person - identified mainly with their personal accomplishments, relationships, and possessions - the idea of Unity is, at the best, an intellectually appreciable and emotionally uplifting idea... but it is a not an experiential reality for them. For those who have shut themselves up in themselves, intentionally or unintentionally, Unity may even seem hostile... which it is, to everything they consider important. To the initiate, the world of Two appears as the projection or emanation of the None in order for possibility of Experience. Experience requires Time, Place, Causality and the like which, in a Continuous state of No-Difference, is not a possibility. Therefore, to the initiate, the World perceived as Two represents Possibility of Experience itself, and the world becomes a contemplation of divine wonder.

iii) Life is a series of Events, which are each a Union of Man with a particular Possibility; each Event can be assimilated & incorporated through Love under Will or the Event can be denied.

I mean: From a certain perspective, Kosmos is Perfect so every Event is necessary. The acceptance of each Event-Experience is an act of union & assimilation - that is, Love under Will - and the denial of each & any Fact of Experience is a denial of part of the Kosmos and therefore a denial of part of Oneself. The lack of acceptance & assimilation of each Event - often because it is seen as a threat - will cause suffering and engage the natural defense mechanisms in every man & woman, including denial, repression, and distortion. That is, if one does not perform Love under Will in each Event of Life, one does not accept Life as it is - instead one will feel the need to deny, repress, or distort the Event, causing a split in oneself.

iv) The mode of Will is Love, which Union of a Man with a Possibility. The Nature & Intent of this Love under Will is GROWTH.

I mean: While the only Law is DO WHAT THOU WILT, this Law is accomplished through acts of Love. These acts of union contain pure joy, of course, but to understand which Possibility to fulfill out of the Infinite available we must summon the word of Dionysus 9=2, GROWTH. What it means to Grow, the extent & direction of Growth, what is considered Healthy Growth, and who exactly is Growing changes through the different Initiations.

v) GROWTH means achieving higher, stronger & more expansive balance in all things & all ways, degrees, and directions.

I mean: GROWTH means different things to different people at different stages in their life. Physically, GROWTH refers to the natural, biological developmental process but also to the ability for us to train, become strong, quick, and athletic. Emotionally, GROWTH refers to understanding & control of one's emotions; in this New Aeon, we do not look down upon the emotions or even up to them but see them as powerful engines which could propel us into the sky... or over a cliff. Mentally, GROWTH refers to the accumulation of knowledge & understanding about the world and oneself; it also refers to the steadying & control of thought. Spiritually, GROWTH refers to the constant striving to deeper abysses of wisdom and higher mountain-peaks of insight into our true Selves. All of Life is subservient and permeated by this Will-to-Growth.

vi) Good and Evil must arise out of one's own Law of GROWTH.

I mean: What is Good is what helps oneself Grow; What is Evil is all that prevents, restricts, thwarts, or stifles Growth. The values with which each person understands & works in the world must arise out of their own circumstances, needs, and abilities. Evil itself is merely a reminder to do one's own Good, for the natural result of Evil - going against one's own Law - is suffering.

vii) Death is not cataclysmic but one Event that contributes to one's GROWTH.

I mean: Death of both the body and the ego are no longer seen as cataclysms. In fact, we should "Die daily" in that we are born anew each day... no, each moment! The body's birth allows for the possibility of Events and its death is a seal on its Attainments. The ego's birth allows for normal functioning in the world and its death heralds the shift of identity from ego-self to the true & Supreme Self. The death of the ego, especially, is not seen as a tragedy but a necessary step of Growth of a Flower, just as Winter comes to make ready the New Harvest.

viii) Take Joy in all things & all circumstance, knowing each Event is a crystallization of all past GROWTH as well as the beginning of all future GROWTH.

I mean: Every Event is the result of virtually infinite circumstances in the past and stands before infinitely more Events in the future. GROWTH extends back into history and desires itself to make new histories. Joy is the natural by-product of following one's own Law of GROWTH, being the natural expression of the free fulfillment of one's powers from the mundane to the subtle; as it has been said, "Existence is pure joy."

And these Eight are One,
which is None.

IO IO IO IAO SABAO | KURIE ABRASAX KURIE MEITHRAS KURIE PHALLE.| IO PAN, IO PAN PAN IO ISXURON, IO ATHANATON IO ABROTON IO IAO. XAIRE PHALLE KAIRE PANPHAGE KAIRE PANGENETOR. | HAGIOS, HAGIOS, HAGIOS IAO.

Laughing Lion Lesson I: Echoes of Fire

BY ORDER OF THE

SECRET CHIEFS

OF THE A.'.A.'.

This text is in Class B, as it is inspired
writing but not Utterances of the
Supernal Triangle, except for the 13-word
phrase which precedes the three sections

[NOTE: References are collected by Fr. E.I.V. at a later date]

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Lesson I,
known also as "Echoes of Fire,"
of the Laughing Lion,
Dionysus 9=2

The Laughing Lion emerges from his cave to travel Downward; all Lions must travel Downward at some times, their blood needs re-boiling. A Lion is one who goes Downward into their own Depths, knowing their mind is no inert vessel to simply be filled but a dynamic, flashing flame to be ignited.

Yes, Lions visit Hell from time to time, but only for a small bit of Refreshment. Hell is the Core of the Earth, but that is where the Hidden Stone always abides. The Laughing Lion licks up lava-lakes of inspiration, heat-waves of Godhead pulsing uncontrollably; his Mane melts into the Sun, becoming One, both fans of Flame.

The Laughing Lion chews a black stone, the splinters of which contain the Averse words of Hell. On one of these Splinters is this First Lesson of the Laughing Lion...

What is Averse in the old Aeon is often Upright in the New


This lesson meets the Lion, combines with & is considered by Him, generating these Examples, called Echoes of Fire, having 3 parts:

i) Demon est Deus Inversus

Once people saw through a glass darkly, and through a mirror backwards. Some spit and a hammer, then! [1]

Outside of beginning & end, the Silence exists; and the Silence was with Myself; and the Silence is Myself. She was beyond beginnings & endings with Me. All things came into Becoming because of Me, and there is no Sound apart from the Silence. In Me is death, and death is the Light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness... doesn't care to comprehend! [2]

The Devil is the only one strong & proud enough to reach up to Heaven. Indeed (but truly in-heart), one must descend to the lowest nadir and scramble over the Devil's back... don't you know a way to the Highest is a piggy-back ride on the Lowest? [3]

I am a way, a truth, and a life; my way is the High Way, whose only entrance can be found by climbing up through underground tunnels. And those tunnels can only be dug with one's own blistered & hardened hands! [4]

A little bit of light blinds us from the Night of star-gods... infinite light blinds us from crossed-eyes and all 'things,' having thereby become a light-giving Star ourselves. Those with pure eyes are those who have eliminated "purity" and "impurity;" those with virtue are those who have eliminated "virtuousness" and "vice." Besides: A bit of impurity gives a stone its color, and vices are a convenient way to hold ourselves in place! [5]

Those who shall believe in me shall deny themselves - but whosoever wants a house to stand should not divide it against itself... therefore be skeptical of me and believe in oneself! [6]

ii) Saturn Stories

I heard once of Lords & Lambs... I heard once much talk about 'redemption' and 'retribution' and 'revenge' and places where moths and dust do not corrupt... Yet I am not a great fan of fiction (this world is far too interesting!). Give me Lions & Laughter and the victory-cry over fresh-spilled blood... of a Lamb!... Give me Corruption & Conflict. They call themselves 'moderate' but they are simply misspeaking the word 'mediocre:' what does one expect when one's mouth is filled with the un-chewed cud of 'sin' and 'salvation.' Didn't they ever learn to never speak with their mouths full?

Whoever spends time sweeping for lost coins is a miser... and misses the chance to put their purse to any use! I once had one hundred sheep following me until one went astray and got lost in the mountains. Verily, I followed it as "a good shepard," not in search of my one lost sheep, but in the hopes he had lured a Lion out of its den! The Lamb will certainly lay down with the Lion... as its dinner! Those with mouths to eat, let them eat! (Perhaps I am a wolf-lurer in sheep-tamer's clothing?) [7]

I once heard a creature proclaiming "Rejoice greatly & shout! behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass." ..."He must have weak legs of his own, then!" I replied. Then I turned to look, yet only saw a bunch of asses. True Royalty doesn't desire reverence but bestows Kingship... desires new Self-Revered Ones.

I heard once heard a powerful voice say "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child" and I bellowed in delight... then he continued "but when I became a man, I put away childish things." Ah! and there was your error... As if "maturity" consisted in the oak cuttings off its own acorns! [8]

I once came upon people bent on their knees [9]; I looked down to meet their eyes and asked "What? Have you lost something?" Who exactly could stars themselves look up to? They seek only to Go & Bestow... and they don't even seek these, they simply exude them!

Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the songs of the air came and lifted it up to the Heavens. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, for its strength found roots even in hard places: And when the sun was up, it was chilled by the breeze; and because it found roots even in hard places, it grew tall. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and threatened it and through overcoming such threats, yielded voluminous fruit. And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred. But this fruit was soft and bruised, having known only a life of luxury. And he said unto them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear [10]

iii) Winter Words

Foolish wisdom: Children believe the world is destroyed when their hands cover their eyes and recreated anew when they pull their hands away.

The lesser always ask for equality for the same reason a losing political party desires "bi-partisanship"... because thereby are the Haves brought down to the level of the Have-nots!

First Psalm of the Jester-Initiator: I walk in the counsel of the righteous, and turn them to paths of wickedness. I stand in the way of saints, and whisper secrets of sin. I sit in the seat of the friendly and mock their shallow "virtuousness." [11]

The darkness encompassed the light, but the light called it "Villain!" in incomprehension.

Only an idiotic (even insane?) potter would punish his pots for being deformed. [12]

If God is the Word I am the Guffaw.

Buddha's attaining of the pinnacles of Spiritual Insight did not spare him a death accompanied by severe diarrhea.

References
for satisfaction of the Ruach

[1] 1 Corinthians 13:12
[2] John 1:1-5
[3] Dante's Trilogy where the protagonist must go down to the lowest circle of Hell and crawl over the Devil's back before he makes the trip up through Purgatory to Heaven
[4] John 14:6
[5] Titus 1:15
[6] Matthew 16:4
[7] Parable of the Lost Coin & Parable of the Lost Sheep
[8] 1 Corinthians 13:11; the "powerful voice" was Paul who is one of the large reasons "Christianity" as such exists
[9] The general attitude of prayer as a petitioning of & supplication to a higher authority . It makes no sense to pray when there is no Spiritual Power above Oneself.
[10] Mark 4:1-20
[11] Psalms 1:1
[12] So some "creatures" believe of their "creator"!


IO IO IO IAO SABAO | KURIE ABRASAX KURIE MEITHRAS KURIE PHALLE.| IO PAN, IO PAN PAN IO ISXURON, IO ATHANATON IO ABROTON IO IAO. XAIRE PHALLE KAIRE PANPHAGE KAIRE PANGENETOR. | HAGIOS, HAGIOS, HAGIOS IAO.