I just came through a search engine loop that further led me on Aleister Crowley, once again on Jake Stratton-Kent, one of the hardest of the three bells of Western magic.
And, behold, now turns himself a Jake (!!!) in general against (the formation of) secret societies.
(I do not know how he would then laughed at me or even ridiculed only mild, I would have predicted that he would probably ascend even to so much Gnosis, at some point in his intelligence if possible, even in this incarnation. Maybe I've even times done, but I remember at least not exactly.)
http://aaronleitch.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/jake-stratton-kent-vs-magickal-lodges-pt-1/
Who has nothing with the whole Crowleyanischen stuff, Thelema, Golden Dawn ritual magic and so on hat, nevertheless may interested in what this tough, old, wily bone today says.
An excerpt:
"The whole model is not only Secret Society unhelpful, but Actively counter-productive. It is the principle reason why so much energy is expended fighting tiny little wars between factions (between witch groups, between rival Golden Dawn, between thelemic groups etc etc). Energy did could be better spent elsewhere - like Incorporating the real advances in recovering our tradition made Possible by * non-secretive * sources like academia ".
"The whole secret society model is not only unhelpful but actively counterproductive. It is the principal reason why so much energy during the fight out of tiny wars between factions is consumed (between witches groups between rival Golden Dawn, between Thelemic groups, etc. etc.). Energy that would be better used elsewhere -. As the incorporation of real progress in the recovery of our tradition that made by 'non-secretive' sources such as academic possible "
You can omit the witches, etc., and the wars fall between large secret societies sometimes slightly larger than between the supporters neocrowleyanischer factions and Winzorden.
Yes, dear Jake, for a good, easy access, it's just never too late.
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Comments in English are welcome
