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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (Hsi Wang Mu) Subject: Re: A.A. and O.H.O. Date: 9 Mar 1995 11:00:18 -0800 49950302 Do what you please, for that is my Law. Quentin (rakestrw@qns.com) writes: |What do the initials "A.A." and "O.H.O." stand for? I have most often heard the following: OHO - Outer Head of the Order This is a sort of visible representative on the most gross plane to which the Order may manifest. Sometimes this OHO is accorded very important powers and abilities, sometimes she is totally a servant of the organization which she represents. Sometimes she shares administrative power with an administrative assembly or body. The OHO corresponds to the ego in many psychological models, an identity or personality which may be associated with the whole or the central principles of the Order. AA - Argenteum Astrum (Lat., 'Silver Star') (There are similar others.) The AA manifests in exoteric and esoteric forms of varying degress of substance as an Order of sometimes purely tutelary and human construction and sometimes purely nonphysical or astral dimensions. To my knowledge the name 'AA' (often written "A.'.A.'." along masonic conventions) derives from Crowley's understanding and interpretation of the concepts surrounding this social body. It is usually associated with spiritual instruction and edification, often designated as influencing the course of magical and/or religious organizations, currents and movements, and is sometimes said to be made up of a combination of human and spiritual entities. Very often this is associated with the Rosicrucian notions of the Great White Brotherhood, and sometimes with other entities such as the Body of Christ (in Christian Mysticism) and the Celestial Masters (in Taoist religion and elsewhere). AA - Angel and Abyss These are said by many to be the two significant events in the life of a mage, especially within the Hermetic tradition as popularized by those such as S.L. MacGregor Mathers and Aleister Crowley. The angel, often spefi- cally the Holy Guardian Angel, is usually associated with the 'High' or 'True' self, perhaps comparable to the Brahmanic 'atman' or the Christian 'soul'. It is the personal expression of our most perfect and refined characteristics -- an aspect of ourselves often connected to a perspective beyond our finite lives. The Abyss is an ineffable movement through or into another level of being, usually beyond the realm of dual-natured and limited experiences, sometimes involving the shedding of the ego and the facing of our Shadow or Beast, Choronzon, sometimes fully connecting the deepest aspects of ourself with the most tangible and real aspects of the divine (these being in essence identical from the beginning and separated through our ignorance and error). For Qabalists, these two events are associated with the sphere Tiphareth and the pseudo-sphere of Da'ath, respectively. Free love, right now! Hsi Wang Mu tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com
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