I haven't viewed the MMs in quite a while, but by an interesting turn of synchronicity your intro touches on a question I came by to ask today, of all days.
I've read a good portion of your occult books, and it struck me a few a years ago that the concept of "love" generally seems to be absent from your occult instruction.
I suppose I wouldn't even had noticed, but its omission seemed rather pointed as I looked through other texts. One example might the word's prominence in Iolo Morganwg's Druid's Prayer. Or John Gilbert's work, where the word "love" tends to appear. I think it pops up in the Book of Druidry as well ("Truth, Beauty and Love").
My question is: what accounts for this lack of emphasis on the concept of "love" in your writings?
This isn't a complaint by the way. I find it a kind of mercy to not have to run into the word for a variety of reasons. My reaction prompted a lot of meditations on trying to figure out why I was so happy with your works not touching on it. Some were 1) its New Agey schmaltzyness, 2) its association with Christianity, which despite being one of Christianity's better features sometimes gets misused, or overused. 3) the tendency for people to weaponize love as kind of manipulative tool and 4) its general numbing and soothing effect, which could be ill-suited to a spiritual path that works to increase one's sensitivity and awareness.
I suppose a more specific question is whether the lack of invoking "love" is more of a personal quirk, or if it derives from your own past occult instruction and traditions?
The concept of "love" in occult instruction
I've read a good portion of your occult books, and it struck me a few a years ago that the concept of "love" generally seems to be absent from your occult instruction.
I suppose I wouldn't even had noticed, but its omission seemed rather pointed as I looked through other texts. One example might the word's prominence in Iolo Morganwg's Druid's Prayer. Or John Gilbert's work, where the word "love" tends to appear. I think it pops up in the Book of Druidry as well ("Truth, Beauty and Love").
My question is: what accounts for this lack of emphasis on the concept of "love" in your writings?
This isn't a complaint by the way. I find it a kind of mercy to not have to run into the word for a variety of reasons. My reaction prompted a lot of meditations on trying to figure out why I was so happy with your works not touching on it. Some were 1) its New Agey schmaltzyness, 2) its association with Christianity, which despite being one of Christianity's better features sometimes gets misused, or overused. 3) the tendency for people to weaponize love as kind of manipulative tool and 4) its general numbing and soothing effect, which could be ill-suited to a spiritual path that works to increase one's sensitivity and awareness.
I suppose a more specific question is whether the lack of invoking "love" is more of a personal quirk, or if it derives from your own past occult instruction and traditions?