I, a nobody, have had the tremendous pleasure of being considered worthy of joining the ever so glorious Lord Manticore on one of his most illustrious and chivalrous magical campaigns recently, although the reasons behind it allude me so far, as I am in no way some kind of magical bigshot. Quite the opposite.
It was a rather short campaign, but of great intensity and marked by a more than decent amount of difficulty. Each day presented more and more challenges to overcome, yet thanks to the superb leadership and commanding skills of Lord M it has ended in complete and total victory! Towards the end of the campaign his most enchanted Lordshipfulnessest performed what is likely to become stuff of legend: an even more highly advanced ritual on top of a highly advanced one!
It is far beyond me to even speak of such unimaginable techniques that surpass the imagination of an ordinary occult practitioner, which confirms my suspicions that Lord M must be some sort of Magister Templi. What I can say is that the base technique is one only a Senior Adept in the Golden Dawn can perform, while the latter is something only his most superior, over-the-top-ness-est can do with the added skill of linking the two techniques perfectly.
Which brings us to the meme in this article. It is not my intention to make fun of GD people, especially those who lean towards the traditional Golden Dawn current. I have great respect for them, as I have gained a lot from interacting with one such person who opened my eyes to what lodge magick is really about, and not just some silly characters posing as magicianists while wearing goofy headdresses.
My intention is to observe the fact his most superiornessest has gone his own way from the GD and has achieved his own level of mastery based on his own preferences. And this is something I'm constantly cheering for in the occult field - pioneering! I'm overlooking the fact he's trying to contaminate me with his vastly enriched, allergic-to-Qabalah system, because my Crowley-ripoff is working good for me so far and it requires considerable less time to do a ritual using it. Yet I'm "borrowing" from his most illuminatednessest whenever I see something shiny and to my liking in his most phenomenal magical style. Not that his style isn't shiny, but its brightness blinds me, so I merely borrow the stuff that a just close to burning my retina.
Hail Lord Manticore!
Hate on, dum-dums!
The Great Gazoo
(This article is somewhat of a parody based on inside jokes, yet it has at least a kernel of truth)
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