Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00348)

Brenda in thoughtful mood quotes:
> Harmonious vibrations cause the Ego to look out and as it recognizes
> pleasure the latent power is poured out - during which time the Ego
> formulates its own being. It sees itself in the concrete.

This is why the path of the ascetic is a bum steer. Pleasure draws us out
and into the world. While as students of the middle path we eschew the
hedonistic "Do what Thou Wilt" teaching.

For the rest of it you have demonstrated an investigation through study and
living. But somewhere along the line somebody must have arrived at these
thoughts through pratical occultism, or otherwise it was pure speculation.

Besides the founding members did have a fascination with "phenomena" of one
kind or another. They wished to make the spiritual physically manifest, as
in ectoplasm and Felt's magic shows. It was a symptom of the times
materialism. They wanted to prove certain spiritual facts through
'materialisations'.

Fond Regards,
Bruce