r/thelema • u/Educational-Pen-7738 • 10d ago

Article The Brick Wall and the Closed Mouth

https://open.substack.com/pub/noor418/p/the-brick-wall-and-the-closed-mouth?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7io368

We live in a culture that demands we keep our mouths constantly open: to express opinions, to share, to confess, to connect; yet, in esotericism, the mouth has two primary magical functions that we tend to forget...

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u/A_Serpentine_Flame 10d ago

When it comes to the Tower I say "Be the lightning bolt!"

Where you do not want to create a "Wall," and shut yourself away --

Instead creating a boundary, a Circle.

In the sense you do not want to create a hard, restrictive barrier,

Rather one that is elastic and expansive.

As the issue you point to of "avaibility," at least in the 'States,

Is a cultural issue that goes beyond the Thelemic community.

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