Psychography is the term applied to texts that have been written by disembodied spirits or beings. There are several forms of this, ranging from the spirit taking full motor control of the scribe to simply working from an intuitive influence. It is considered a form of automatic writing, but unique in that the scribe is generally aware of what is being written (as opposed to going into a trance state).

The values and principles by which we live emerge from one’s deepest, most genuine self—and the genuine self emerges dynamically out of our lived values and principles.

It is certainly true that the universe opens continually, an ever-blooming flower, an eternally-flowing sacred river of becoming. It is certainly true that the human mind can be trained to see this emergent reality, to swim in the current of Now. But we are more than observers; yea, we are dancing particles in this sea of being. And make no mistake, we can affect the course of our path. It is not enough to be aware—we must use the gift of agency to guide our ships with all the love, strength, knowledge, and wisdom we can muster. Take comfort, take comfort, yes, take comfort, for you exist, and in your existence you are connected to all things and all things are connected to you. Yes, take comfort in the cradle of the fellowship of being and realize that your every thought, your every movement through time and space is a vital note in the symphony of the All. Let your connection flow through you, that True Will of glorious ancestry unbroken from the first moment of time, that Will which is incredibly and perfectly You.

Ever hear of apophenia? It is the perception of apparently meaningful connections derived from otherwise unrelated phenomena or data. Taken to its worst extreme, apophenia can be found amongst schizophrenics who believe they see patterns that support their delusions. Many such people report delusions of reference, where everything in the environment somehow becomes related to them personally, such as the television giving them direct messages. A more specific form of apophenia is pareidolia, which is the perception of significance derived from a vague and random stimulus, such as an image or sound.

Today is Martin Luther King day in America. While it would be a stretch to call Dr. King a Thelemite, he certainly manifested some of Thelema’s core principles.

First and foremost, he fought for liberty. The liberty he struggled and eventually died for was not some abstraction, as is all too common amongst modern day Thelemites, but flesh and blood reality. The people for whom he spoke and marched with were impoverished, brutalized, and often murdered without an ounce of justice being done. Dr. King fought against real oppression.