From:    Frater Almost                          Area: Thelema
To:      Merlin                                  1 Apr 92 03:24:38
Subject: Templars                               Sent UpdReq 

As a Templar-in-Training, I agree with the chivalric portrayl of thhe 
organization.  However, were you aware that the Templars are still in 
existence?  We are! :)  Seriously, though, what do YOU feel the true 
"treasure" was?  (Their chivalric and passionate devotion towards religion 
was, of course, a treasure in it's own but what was there that eventually 
lead to their downfall?  Was it money?  Or something more?  What was Phillip 
the Fair after, eh?)  :)  Pax!  93


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From:    Bobby Meizer                           Area: Thelema
To:      Steven Craig                           30 Mar 92 20:56:00
Subject: RE: Re: Law                            UpdReq 

I may be wrong, but I think Mark's point was that Thelema as a whole would be
unlikely to develop into something really dogmatic because many of the
adherents are too strong-willed to accept someone else's dogma (though they
might cling to personal dogmas with great vigor!). I think it is true that
"Thelema-as-a-whole" will never follow a single dogma, though I can see how it 
could develop into a 'rubric' for a myriad of schismatic dogmas clustered
about various strong personalities, almost all tracing their 'lineage' to
Crowley, all making some connection with the BOTL. In fact, this seems to be
the historical trend so far in the short life of the creed (unless you count
Rabelais, but then I've not heard of any Rabelaisian Thelemites who predate
Crowleyan Thelema, though a few have popped up since AC's time!).


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