Become a living god!

[Irish Murdoch]

Have you ever thought to yourself, "Gosh, I'm a bit bored: I wish I could do something interesting, like learn to speak German, take up golf, or become a living god".

Apparently you can do the last one. Really. You can become omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. This chap can tell you how, which is jolly decent of him (though I think it costs money):

http://www.becomealivinggod.com/

I suppose, at the very least, being a living god is better than being a dead one.

 

[Bikewer]

Wow, I'm almost ready to get out my credit card. If you actually click on one of the upper links, you get to the second page where you see that spiritual advancement involves hot chicks too...

I loved this bit:

"5 Steps For Accessing The Most Prestigious Astral Realms

Did you know that it's a privilege to enter many astral worlds? You literally need permission to access these magick realms and study inside their spiritual temples. Learn how to get a VIP pass into these prestigious learning centers.."

Who knew? I guess they have spiritual bouncers for the riff-raff.

 

[Lucian]

What do you mean "become"?

Is magic somehow more magical if you slap a "k" on the back of it?

 

[The Shrike]

I'm thinking about summoning a demon to do my bidding, because they are older than the universe itself and have attained forbidden knowledge. When I get that demon to stand before me, I will command it to determine for me why this donkey-clown spells magic with a k.

 

[Irish Murdoch]

You can find a video of him giving a seminar on YouTube. I couldn't stand more than 10 minutes of it. But it struck me how odd it is that, given his omniscience, it takes him a while to find the board marker.

 

[Weak Kitten]

Wouldn't a living god be uninterested in materiel things like human money? If you can literally raise mountains and cut rivers you really have no need for silly little pieces of paper. Unless, of course, I'm being way too demanding in my definition of a god.

 

[Lucian]

Wouldn't a living god be uninterested in materiel things like human money? If you can literally raise mountains and cut rivers you really have no need for silly little pieces of paper. Unless, of course, I'm being way too demanding in my definition of a god.

You're being naive: the modern living god about town needs to make a good impression. Gods can't mosey about looking like hobos, or people will start writing syntactically awkward songs wondering what would happen if God was one of us. Blech. No, a god wants to make sure everyone knows that he or she is NOT one of them. What's the point of being a god if you can't lord it over other people?

 

[Belz...]

Been there, done that.

 

[Ellen Travis]

What do you mean "become"?

Is magic somehow more magical if you slap a "k" on the back of it?

The "k" was originally used by Crowley to signify a sexual element to the proceedings. Something to do with the Greek latter ketis which, according to old AC, signified the female genitalia.

Nowadays just about every new age entrepreneur uses the spelling with a K although I doubt that many of them understand the origin of the spelling

edited to add a photo, image of the 1st ed of MITAP (1929) the 1st ed was, AFAIK, the 1st use of the spelling

 

[CORed]

The "k" was originally used by Crowley to signify a sexual element to the proceedings. Something to do with the Greek latter ketis which, according to old AC, signified the female genitalia.

Nowadays just about every new age entrepreneur uses the spelling with a K although I doubt that many of them understand the origin of the spelling

edited to add a photo of the 1st ed of MITAP (1929)

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IMO, every magic(k) spell should start with a good old-fashioned orgy. That way, even if the spell doesn't work, at least you got to have the orgy.

 

[Checkmite]

What's wrong with new-fashioned orgies?

 

[IMST]

Do you get an exemption from entropy?

 

[azzthom]

The funniest website since that 'Quantum Medicine' site a few weeks ago. Still, I can't help thinking that it's time that arrests were made for that sort of fraud.

 

[Lukraak_Sisser]

Hmmmm, yes, shaping reality to my whims and forcing the laws of physics to bend to my will DOES sound appealing, but I'd like to be the only living god. Does this mean you have to kill off the previous one?

 

[Ellen Travis]

IMO, every magic(k) spell should start with a good old-fashioned orgy. That way, even if the spell doesn't work, at least you got to have the orgy.

Well, the orgies have been going on for some time.

There was a Christian sex cult somewhere in Hackney, London 70 or so years ago, I did a lot of research on it and still have various screen grabs of satirical publications criticising it.

There was also a sex cult in New York, US that established itself sometime around 1910. The sister of one of AC's scarlet women Leah Hirsig got involved with it and later published a book under a pseudonym titled something like "my life in a sex cult a warning to young girls".

I don't have all the info on these cults easily to hand right now but it is fascinating how long these kinds of things have been going on for. Sadly it's not all orgies and fun, there is a long and horrible history of young women and girls being abused and pimped out and vulnerable people being conned out of their inheritances and homes in relation to these kinds of spiritual movements.

eta

the Hackney cult was older than I remembered
wiki on it here if anyone is interested
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapemonites

 

[Irish Murdoch]

Hmmmm, yes, shaping reality to my whims and forcing the laws of physics to bend to my will DOES sound appealing, but I'd like to be the only living god. Does this mean you have to kill off the previous one?

Yes, quite. Why are these supremely powerful people interested in creating other people as powerful as them? Who needs the competition?

Couldn't be anything to do with money, of course ....

 

[Akhenaten]

Been there, done that.

^ This.

 

[Irish Murdoch]

^ This.

What, you paid your money and became a living god??? What was it like? Are you still one, or have you retired?

 

[s4zando]

What's wrong with new-fashioned orgies?

The Herps. Also phone cams. And free Web MD apps. Sigh.

 

[Akhenaten]

What, you paid your money and became a living god???

I joined one of those Pyramid scheme thingies.

What was it like?

Was?

Are you still one, or have you retired?

Still on the active list. Am I to infer from this question that you haven't been sending tribute?

You're in big trouble, mortal.