I'd Like To Thank Harry Potter

I love the fact that we have a whole generation of children who are hearing stories of magic. Now I'm sure most, if not all children in recent history were told fairy stories, that include witches, wizards, magic curses and the like. However I feel there's a difference with the Potter serise. For one, children are all hearing the same story. This gives them a commen language and commen ideas, I think that allows for more descussion and allows for more ideas to be exchanged. The other important difference is that a large part of the books is a focus on the wonder, power and danger of magic.

Now, obvously the way magic is depiceted in the books is not really what they are going to find later in life, should they look, but with all the children reading the books, there's a good chance that some of them will look. Not all of them will find their way to Thelema, or even the occult, but some will and of those, some won't like what they find, others will.

Of those that don't, if the stories leave them with a sense that the powers of the universe exist within themselves and not within the book or those that claim to represent it, then we will hopfully be left with a few less sheep, looking for shepherds.

Why am I here?

While I'd love to understand why, in the grander sense, I'm here in the universe, I'll start by talking about why I'm writing this blog. Although I might explore the former question in a later post.

The main reason for this blog is that I want somewhere I can record my thoughts on how the many different things I see around me relate to Thelema. It's one thing to describe something in large, vague terms, but relating that to day to day life is a different task and one I am going to attempt here. By writing my thoughts down here, I hope to be able to revisit them and see contradictions when they occur. That will force me to rethink certain trains of thought and ideas, but if they are floored, that can only be a good thing.

Another reason for this blog is that as I travel around with work and for pleasure and I get to meet people from all over, I get to see things from a different point of view and hear other sides of the same story. One of the advantaged of travelling with work is you have no choice but to get to know the people native to your destination. I also enjoy seeking out advice others may have, even if I don't then choose to follow it. Many of people I meet have wise words to share. So I thought it would be good to note what I find and hear, for myself and others.

Then lastly, as I travel, I also like to note the way I can be the other side of the world, in a culture very different from mine and yet see things so familiar to me. It reminds me how universal some things are. So as I note my observations, I'll add my own thoughts as well.

From these notes, I hope to be able to build useful essays, but for now I'll start by taking notes.