Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cmu-cs-k.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cmu-cs-k!tim From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Crowley's sense of humor. Message-ID: <468@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 19:54:38 EDT Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-k.468 Posted: Mon Jul 1 19:54:38 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 00:23:52 EDT References: <437@cmu-cs-k.ARPA>, <5429@cbscc.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, Networking Lines: 22 No, the figure 150 is from the book, which you'd know if you read things before criticizing them. I did not tell you the meaning of that passage because it is the antithesis of occultism to ask someone else to lift a veil for you. Remember that occultism is the uncovering of what is hidden, the lifting of veils. It has nothing to do with trusting you or not. I would not tell anyone, because doing so cannot conceivably lead to virtue. I do not know why anyone told you, unless it was simply that they were tired of hearing this discussion. I have never twisted your expositions of Christianity. All my statements about Christianity come from study of the scriptures and history of the religion. If my knowledge were from second-hand introductions on the network, I would simply keep silent. Finally, I did not and never have referred to the passage as a joke. It is a veil cast across a particular technique. If you wish to see some humor in it, fine, and if not, fine. -=- Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University, Networking ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: seismo!cmu-cs-k!tim CompuServe: 74176,1360 audio: shout "Hey, Tim!"