In 2016 Erica M Cornelius had risen up to the grade of Adeptus Minor 5=6 in Aleister Crowley's A.'.A.'. Her first goal was to learn that the light of her inner Star doesn't always shine unhampered. As an Outer Adept, her goal was to lift these phantoms she has created which control her 'personality' or ego. Like a scientist she began researching what was real and not, vanquishing every aspect of false Knowledge that has hindered or would hinder her growth. Being in the A.'.A.'. is like sitting on a psychiatrist's couch. It's not all about doing rituals or taking on some fancy-sounding title as if that alone was proof of an accomplishment. It's realizing that you've chosen an incarnation in order to gain a certain experience. We call this experience our True Will. This book details one woman's journey and magickal struggle to fulfill the Adeptus Minor's first obligation, which is learning how to use a Bullshit Meter. On Getting a Bullshit Meter is as much an example of a critical piece of one Adept's Adeptus Minor (Outer) work as it is a description of it. As a result it is sometimes very raw. Cornelius had to work through intense shame and anger at having allowed herself to be swindled by a Carlos-Castaneda-copy, "Toltec" cult leader with whom she had been involved before she joined the A.'.A.'. Any cult leader spends almost his entire life clashing with others, intentionally making them feel as though they cannot live without him, intentionally making them planets around his star instead of allowing them to be the stars they were meant to be. Indirectly his entire goal is to foster 'Restriction' in his students, which is the greatest sin of Thelema, the spiritual philosophy of which Crowley is the prophet. The process of getting a Bullshit Meter opens up this former 'black box' of beliefs and attitudes, exposing the ego as a construct and giving the Adept an opportunity to correct those parts built on a faulty foundation. Numbered, signed, limited to 200 copies.

On Getting a Bullshit Meter, Or, If I Remember Lemuria, Will You Pay Me $100 a Year?

Erica M Cornelius

CORNELIUS

A collection of essays of the McMurtry-Cornelius lineage of Aleister Crowley's A.'.A.'. The essays were written by J. Edward and Erica M Cornelius. Many were written in response to a student's request for information which they deemed not clearly explained in Crowley's writings. Since many students ask the same questions, J. Edward Cornelius started writing his replies in the form of essays which could later be handed out or emailed to other students who might be asking the same if not similar questions. In this light the essays run the gamut of thought from easy magickal foundational information to more intricate theories related to the Qabalistic spheres on the Tree of Life in which the student resides. It is also important to note that some of these essays were written to male students, while others were written to female students. All these essays are considered foundational stones designed to open a dialogue between a student and their teacher on often-difficult topics. This issue contains J. Edward Cornelius' essays on the Third Degree Ordo Templi Orientis and the first part of a lengthy essay on the Scarlet Woman.

Essays No. 5

J. Edward Cornelius

Essays Included: ON THE MAGICKAL LINK: ON ART by J. Edward Cornelius STEPPING OUT OF THE OLD AEON INTO THE NEW by Frater Achad ENOCHIAN MAGICK by J. Edward Cornelius AN ESSAY IN ONTOLOGY by Abhavananda [Aleister Crowley] ON CROWLEY'S GUIDING THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE AS ABSOLUTE NOTHINGNESS: "BERASHITH" BEFORE AND AFTER THE BOOK OF THE LAW by Erica M Cornelius, Ph.D. ON GETTING NOTHING FROM SOMETHING: THE IMPORTANCE OF ThIShARB by Erica M Cornelius ON BEING-WITH THE UNFIT by Erica M Cornelius ON THE UNREDEEMED AND THE REDEEMED by Erica M Cornelius ON HARMONY IN ACTION by Erica M Cornelius ON THE FIRST FOUR GATES, An Excerpt from Jerry's Autobiography by J. Edward Cornelius THE EUCHARIST by Georges Le Clément de Saint-Marcq NORMAN MUDD, a biography by J. Edward Cornelius ON BEASTLY LIMERICKS by J. Edward Cornelius ON VENUS RETROGRADING by J. Edward Cornelius ON MAIMONIDES by J. Edward Cornelius ON MY THELEMIC RIGHTS by J. Edward Cornelius ON BEING A BLACK BROTHER by J. Edward Cornelius ON POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES: A THELEMIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE BRET WEINSTEIN CONTROVERSY by Erica M Cornelius ON REVEALING OTO SECRETS: Where do Minervals Begin, Chokmah or Malkuth? by J. Edward Cornelius

Essays No. 8

ALEISTER CROWLEY

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On Getting a Bullshit Meter, Or, If I Remember Lemuria, Will You Pay Me $100 a Year?

Essays No. 5

Essays No. 8