tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post4614450033427635493..comments2023-09-03T05:52:27.906-06:00Comments on The Magical Witch: No such thing as secrecyMorgan Drake Ecksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258538066497554895noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post-42777750818194622852012-05-17T16:58:06.438-06:002012-05-17T16:58:06.438-06:00@ Pallas--I should have made it clearer that I was...@ Pallas--I should have made it clearer that I was mainly talking about the non-believer here. Opps, I be bad writer.<br /><br />@ Rufus One of those I had already listed in my outline for this series; the other one I have added. Stay tuned--I will get there eventually.<br /><br />@ Andrew Someday, I have to hunt down those exact quotes. I agree that it is wrong to share the secrets of teachers who are using the money to buy food and pay rent.Morgan Drake Ecksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258538066497554895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post-45239147707555325682012-05-16T17:54:58.691-06:002012-05-16T17:54:58.691-06:00I'm minded to agree with Ben Franklin, who in ...I'm minded to agree with Ben Franklin, who in his autobiography said that one could shout the secrets of Freemasonry from the rooftops, and it wouldn't make one whit of difference, because no one could make use of them without the experience... and that for many of the secrets, they were very ordinary things derived from common sense.<br /><br />I'm also minded of my friend Jim, who said that Crowley said, "protect the mysteries — reveal them openly." I don't know that Crowley said that, but it seems to be a useful mindset, nonetheless.<br /><br />(Except RO's and Jason's stuff, of course — I bought their courses a while back, and I'm enjoying them, but it seems improprietous to share their materials when they're using the income to fix cars and pay bills..)Andrew B. Watthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648607752310525039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post-87546238526219498862012-05-15T09:19:04.211-06:002012-05-15T09:19:04.211-06:00Where does "All your esoteric secrets are bel...Where does "All your esoteric secrets are belong to us" fall in the spectrum? That is, the belief that all esoteric secrets were revealed by spirits, and therefore with the proper conjure techniques, you can get access to them directly yourself?Rufus Opushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806987441760167537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post-79723356492890406582012-05-15T00:47:36.798-06:002012-05-15T00:47:36.798-06:00Being pretty firmly stuck in the "the experie...Being pretty firmly stuck in the "the experience is in the work" camp myself, this one stumps me a little. To my mind, saying "there are no secrets" either implies that (1) You already know everything (ie, nobody knows anything you don't), or (2) it's all bullshit (ie, there are literally no secrets). I could see an atheist or other "nonbeliever" off-the-scale in this way, but where would we find an esotericist adopting this point of view?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15009778570667265968noreply@blogger.com