Newsgroups: alt.lucky.w,alt.fan.kali.astarte.inanna,alt.magick,alt.sex.hello-kitty,alt.meter-maid.lovely.rita,alt.thinking.hurts From: abullwin@mv.us.adobe.com (amacker) Subject: Magickal Purity Test Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.0b27.5 Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 00:19:33 GMT T H E M A G I C K A L P U R I T Y T E S T _______________________________________________________________________________ Version 0.1 (?) Pre-Release Mon Jul 18 19:50:20 CDT 1994 _______________________________________________________________________________ (K) All rites reversed _______________________________________________________________________________ --- ALL TECHNICALITIES COUNT --- _______________________________________________________________________________ Have you ever: KETHER . believed in a Universal Mind, Ultimate Intelligence, Prime Mover, or so on -- any intelligent being or group of beings either responsible for the creation of the universe or functioning as an absolute, infallible moral judge? . believed in objective reality? CHOKMAH . willingly given materials usable as a homeopathic link (fingernails, blood of any sort, semen, and so on) to a magickally aware individual? . willingly given materials usable as a homeopathic link to a magickal group? . used any "magic system" from a role-playing game as a basis or aid in developing your own understanding? . attempted to participate in a discussion involving quantum physics or chaos theory without having studied said topic in the slightest? BINAH . owned a Tarot deck, set of runes, or similar divination device? . been a neophobe? (Neophobes irrationally prefer old ideas over new.) . been a neophile? (Neophiles irrationally prefer new ideas over old.) . demonstrated a tendency to approach philosophical questions from an engineering perspective? . studied sex magick of any tradition? . studied quantum physics, chaos theory, memetics, semiotics, Jungian psychology, or non-Aristotelian logic? . studied gematria? . studied C/K/Qaballah? . been an introvert? . preferred intellect over emotions? CHESED . been a born-again or fundamentalist Christian? . self-identified as a "white magician" of any particular variety? . believed yourself to be participating in an empathic or telepathic link with any individual? . found any individual whom you sincerely believed to be your "soulmate"? . found more than one individual whom you sincerely believed to be your "soulmate"? . used any device composed in any part of crystals or feathers as a personal talisman, focus, fetish, or other power object? . claimed to be participating in a line of unbroken tradition extending more than five thousand years before your birth? . preferred emotions over intellect? . been decidedly a vegetarian? GEVURAH . been a solipsist? . studied Goetia? . used a Major Arcanum as a significator in Tarot divination? (Does not count if the significator was chosen randomly.) . used magickal techniques during sexual contact for purposes other than increasing enjoyment of sex? . violated an initiatory oath? . used Tantric techniques to amplify orgasm? . had sex in any ritually prepared and/or consecrated space for the purpose of desecrating that space? . gone through a Bible, Torah, or Koran looking for the nasty bits? . been decidedly an omnivore? . been decidedly a carnivore? . used blood for magickal purposes? . taken life for magickal purposes? TIPHARETH . had sex in circle, or some other ritually prepared and/or consecrated space? (You and/or your partner must have taken part in the preparation of the space for this point.) . participated in the depositing of semen in the vagina, recovery of the semen via cunnilingus, and oral sharing of the recovered semen? . ingested mixed menstrual blood and semen? . invoked a fertility deity for the purpose of enhancing sex? . owned a copy of the Kama Sutra? (Extra kudos for the Pop-Up Zero-Gravity edition.) NETZACH . been a formal initiate, of any degree or grade, of any magickal group? (Freemasonry counts.) . taken an initiatory oath? . administered an initiation? . been a pagan or neopagan? . been a Wiccan? . been a Thelemite? . been a Mason? . been a Chaote? . been a Discordian? . performed divination of any sort for cash or barter? . participated in a Gnostic Mass? . been an extrovert? HOD . knowingly used any magickal technique to create or amplify emotional attachment in another person? (Love spells.) . knowingly used any magickal technique to create or amplify sexual desire in another person? (Lust spells.) . knowingly used any magickal technique to intensify enjoyment of sex? . made it rain? YESOD . had your partner apparently transform into any archetypal fertility deity (Pan, Cernunnos, Ishtar, Tana, and so on) during sex? . cultivated aspects of appearance, personality, presence, and so on which are commonly thought of as vampiric? Answer yes if you have ingested fresh human blood. MALKUTH . existed? --amacker "Your mind is made up But your mouth is undone." Accidents Will Happen, Elvis Costello