John Griogair BellApr 1, 2024

“It is BABALON. TIME IS. Ye fools. Thou hast called me, oh accursed and beloved fool.”

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"It is BABALON. TIME IS. Ye fools. Thou hast called me, oh accursed and beloved fool." - The Hermetic Library Blog

It is BABALON. TIME IS. Ye fools. Thou hast called me, oh accursed and beloved fool. Jack Parsons, Liber 49, 3–4 Consider also: “That’s the great trouble when a new thinker comes along. They all moan that they can’t understand him; the fact annoys them very much; and ten to one they persecute him and […]

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Show thread12pt9Mar 26, 2023

#Bales2023FilmChallenge March 26: Someone wearing #purple on #PurpleDay / #InternationalEpilepsyDay

Both in The Wormwood Star (Curtis Harrington, 1956) and Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (Kenneth Anger, 1954) Marjorie Cameron wears shades of purple. Professionally known as #Cameron, she was a follower of #Thelema, the philosophical movement founded by occultist Aleister #Crowley.

Meanwhile in 1946, rocket scientist Jack Parsons and (pre-Scientology) #SciFi author L. Ron Hubbard worked on a series of Crowley-related magic ceremonies named Babalon Working. After Parsons declared the initial rituals a success, he encountered Cameron in his own house. She became the element required to continue the ceremonies, this resulting in her being declared Babalon, the #Scarlet Woman.

#film #cinema #MarjorieCameron #JackParsons #JLP #Liber49 #AleisterCrowley #SexMagic #Magick #Babalon #Thelema #FilMastodon #CineMastodon @film https://letterboxd.com/12pt9/list/bales2023filmchallenge/

Bales2023FilmChallenge

The kids in the Fediverse are playing a game. Find the rules at the clubhouse and play along! Coming up in April: 21 Fiddler Playing in Movie 22 Lots of Rain in Movie 23 Scene in a Laboratory 24 Someone Screaming in Movie 25 License Plate Seen in Movie 26 Main Actor/Actress is Australian 27 Morse Code Heard in Movie 28 Comedy You Can Watch With Kids 29 Someone Looking Through a Telescope 30 Someone with a Wild Hairdo