With respect to religious traditions, I'm a pretty serious student. I was an extremely active member of a western Sufi order for over two years. I've studied Fourth Way (Gurdjieff/Ouspensky), Golden Dawn, and Thelemic traditions. I also have a background in Reformed Christianity (traditional Presbyterianism) and consider myself to be well-versed in both mainstream Christian scholarship and esoteric Christian thought. I'm also basically a non-theist and consider my spiritual interests to be "psychological" in nature, though that in no way diminishes their significance for me.

As I am a student and as it is finals week, most likely I won't be able to post a proper introduction of myself until Thursday, May 13, 2010 (four days from now). I just wanted to say this so that my blogging privileges won't be revoked before that.

It is worth noting, however, that the avoidance of masturbation whilst in the midst of such stress may prove to be something of a challenge.

Until Thursday: pax vobiscum

Hello,

Well, this is my first post here.. But I am not new in this community.. I have been visiting this website from past 1-1.5 years.

I will tell something about myself:

I am 20 years old computer engineer & I am pure atheist (proudly) .
I have read many blogs by Marnia & I really wish to thank her a lot
for helping me to get my life back on track. There is an ancient

hey everybody, nice to see there is a forum for someone like me.

I'm a 37-year-old single man who has a long history of experimentation with sexual alchemy with little success. Having found this site, I'm hopeful that the approach here might actually work for me, as I've definitely resonated with the idea of me being a slave to dopamine in many ways as well as other things. As you read what I hope doesn't become a long, self-absorbed treatise on my entire life, you might be able to help me as I start out on this new and exciting path. I also hope to bring my experiences to this community and help those who I'm able.