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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
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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.
-=-
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