Succession

Do what thou whilt shall be the whole of the law.

Christianity, with Jesus and the New Testament, claims to be the updated form of Judaism. Islam, with Muhammad and his Quran, claims to be the updated form of both of them. They form a chain of succession.

The Baha’i faith claims to be the next step after Muhammad and the Quran; that of Baháʼu’lláh with his Kitáb-i-Aqdas. His holy book is largely instructional and has very little narrative. The bulk of it is made up of rules to follow.

The Faithists claim the same succession from Christianity as Islam does, but with John Newbrough and his Oahspe. It’s a pretty bizarre tome and it’s massive. I haven’t studied it in depth though I do own a copy.

Thelema falls among these as well with Aleister Crowley and his Book of the Law. It’s the succession of Islam. Crowley received The Book of the Law from the Angel Iwass much like Muhammad did from the angel Jibril.. It’s the succession of Islam. The Book of the Law and the other Holy Books of Thelema are the new holy book for the new æon; the æon of Horus, the crowned and conquering child. It is the æon of the individual. Muhammad is a Thelemic saint, and a new Kaaba is Boleskine House.

“Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all words and signs. Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at the Equinox of the Gods; and let Asar be with Isa, who also are one. But they are not of me. Let Asar be the adorant, Isa the sufferer; Hoor in his secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating.” –The Book of the Law I:49

Love is the law, love under will.

Confident,
Vanessa

A Moment Lost

Do what thou whilt shall be the whole of the law.

The Christmas truce of 1914 was a moment where humanity won. But it wasn’t to last. Instead of using that momentum to change the course of history. To stand up to their leaders and refuse to fight and forever do away with war, prejudice and national barriers. However everyone went right back to fighting the next day as if nothing ever happened. Letting that moment slip away. Humanity is tragic like that. Everything dark eventually snuffs out the light if we let it. Everything can go right back to the mundane ignorance of life, of love, and of freedom if we do not stand guard against such things. Do thy will, not the will of some pretentious “leader”. After all…

Love is the law, love under will.

Hopeful,

Vanessa

Yuck!

Given the subject matter I’m going to forgo the typical pleasantries.

I’ve watch a lot of videos about pedophiles getting caught and arrested. Stuff like To Catch a Predator. I find them cathartic seeing them be caught. People who without ambiguity deserve it. It’s a nice escape from the fucked up world we live in because it’s this little bubble of real world cases of people being stopped from being able to harm children. Every time they get out the handcuffs it’s a little moment of justice and it keeps my hopes up that there’s still good in the world and it’s worth fighting for. In this society so often the bad guy wins but in cases like this it’s nice to see the good guys win for a change, and outside of fiction to boot.

The demographics of what kind of people do this have been interesting. Never have any of them been women. Some of them have been gay. Plenty have been from all different ethnicities. However its only ever been men. I wonder why and I’d love to know the answer.

Throughout these videos, I’ve seen a disturbingly high number of times where they try to use Christianity as an excuse for their behavior or tried to use it as a distraction. No other religion has been used or even mentioned in all the hundreds of videos on this I’ve watched.

Beyond these videos, there’s been so many pedos who were church staff that got caught over the years that I’ve seen in the news. And there’s the whole thing about the Roman Catholic Church that I feel like I don’t even need to get into. So then, my question is, what is it about Christianity specifically that either creates or entices pedophiles? And why only ever men?

Rise of the Triad Ludicrous Edition

Do what thou whilt shall be the whole of the law.

Rise of the Triad Ludicrous Edition just dropped. Rise of the triad is what Apogee developed after Id broke off to work on Doom. They used the Wolfenstein 3D engine and massively upgraded it. The original version was Rise of the Triad: The HUNT Begins was the shareware version. Then the retail version Rise of the Triad: Dark War was released, but it doesn’t include the content from the shareware game so it’s technically the sequel to that. Then later they released an expansion pack called Extreme Rise of the Triad. Then nothing for years until 2011 when the fans created a sequel in the GZDoom engine. It’s a standalone iwad. It replicates the design and gameplay from the original but expanded in ways that take advantage of the features in GZDoom. Then after a little wait, in 2013 they officially released Rise of the Triad (2013). It’s an upgraded game utilizing full 3D graphics. Despite the name, it’s not really a remake as it doesn’t attempt to replicate the levels etc from the original game but rather be an entirely new game.

More recently, the original Rise of the Triad game was released on Steam. When you open it, you have the option of selecting between The HUNT Begins, Dark War, and Extreme. Then recently a new project appeared on Steam slapped with a “coming soon” release date called Rise of the Triad Ludicrus Edition. It’s an updated version of the original games plus Return of the Triad, the fan game. Words cannot express how cool that is that they turned a fan project into an official game. I haven’t had the chance to pick it up yet now that it’s out, but I tried the demo and I’m already impressed. I’ll be grabbing it next paycheck.

Love is the law, love under will.

Excited,

Vanessa