From:    Christeos Pir                          Area: MagickNet
To:      Donald C. Ives                         30 Jul 93 18:14:34
Subject: Hello...                               UpdReq 

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 Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
 DCI> I been doing some reading, and I like
 DCI> what I see in Thelema. 
 Welcome, brother!
 Love is the law, love under will.
      - Christeos Pir
 ... At the end, be the end far distant as the stars

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From:    Christeos Pir                          Area: MagickNet
To:      DOMINIC ASPEL                          30 Jul 93 18:18:16
Subject: Seven                                  UpdReq 

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 Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
 DA> In all the religions I've studied, the numbers 3, 7, 10, 40, and
 DA> 144,000 keep comming up.  Seven comes up more than the word "and" in
 DA> some religions. Anybody got any ideas as to why seven is so important? 
 Well, for starters, you have seven days of the week that correspond to
 the seven known planets (we're talking about the Old Days, remember),
 the seven whole tones of the Western musical scale, and Seven Brides
 for Seven... oops, sorry.
 DA> Or is it just a  mystery.
 Hmmm... homework time, bro! <G>
 Love is the law, love under will.
      - Christeos Pir
  ... If I say Come up upon the mountains! the celestial waters flow

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From:    Chris Olmstead                         Area: MagickNet
To:      Azoth                                  30 Jul 93 10:42:56
Subject: THE NECRONOMICON                       Rec'd UpdReq 

Hi Azoth,
Just wanted to drop you a note thanking you for the most interesting post I've 
read in quite a while.  I've snagged it whole to stuff into my evolving FAQ 
file on the N., and will some day trace down all those leads.  You've offered 
a number of tangents (about the 'mystery' religions) that are useful...I've 
got THAT general heading on my 'list' of things to do some day too.
Once in a while I find writers out here who make me want to ask "Who _IS_ this 
guy, anyway?" (Wishing I knew more details about you.)  Both you and Mark O. 
Garrison merit that distinction.  I'm starting to ask it of Josh Norton, too. 
 Some day I shall gratify myself enormously by sticking the 3 of you into a 
room, tossing in something like a golden apple of Occult conversation, and 
watching the fun.  This has been great.
Regards,
Chris

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From:    Chris Olmstead                         Area: MagickNet
To:      DOMINIC ASPEL                          30 Jul 93 10:52:56
Subject: Seven                                  UpdReq 

  DA> In all the religions I've studied, the numbers 3, 7, 10, 40, and
  DA> 144,000 keep comming up.  Seven comes up more than the word "and" in
  DA> some religions. Anybody got any ideas as to why seven is so important?
  DA> Or is it just a mystery.
Hi Dominic,
I don't have the reference now, but if I were you I'd hunt down a couple of 
anthologies of Isaac Asimov's essays in the S&SF magazines, and later in his 
own magazine.  SOMEWHERE in the formidable volume of his efforts, he wrote a 
lengthy and charming essay on numbers, numerology, and how such things get to 
be sacred and secret.  I vaguely recall that he treats this number at some 
length, neatly inter-relating it to several early calendars, the fact that it 
is prime, and so on.  I think he also might have had some interesting 
Pythagorean things to say of it.
Later I'll try to hunt down another book I've got hereabouts, on numbers.
Just now I'm cramped for time.
Regards,
Chris

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