Bend Over And Think Of Baphomet I – Towards A Queer Sex Magick (The Bent Pentacle)
(The title of this series is shamelessly stolen from the title of a previous work by Phil Hine. Credit where credit’s due.)
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
The following is part of a series I wrote a few years ago whilst quite new to a thelemic order, and as I was forming a relationship to its central philosophy. How did I relate to this? Is the law really for all and if so what is the sexual ethic of a new day?
In the occult traditions we work with what can be considered hidden knowledge. This knowledge is not hidden because it is locked away in sealed epistles, but because it is written upon the earth and within the stars. Each person is uniquely positioned between these two to gain this hidden knowledge, a deep and fulfilling knowledge of their spiritual nature.
Of this experience of occult or hidden knowledge it must be said that the road to discovering it is deeply personal and unique to the individual. Although friends, working groups and family often accompany many on their path it is ultimately an initiation between the individual and the Gods.
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