Thelema

Amanda Hammock, 8 months ago

And here I thought you were going for horns on your head..

I am happy to see this larger then your thumbnail portrait. Wonderfully done.

Thomas Dodd in reply to Amanda Hammock’s comment, 8 months ago

Thanks Grace!
(soundtrack “Mister Crowley” by Ozzy Osbourne… ;P)

Jaeda DeWalt, 8 months ago

What a wonderful homage to the “Master Therion”!
An amazing self-portrait.
I am drawn toward your intense gaze and the commanding way your eyes meet the camera.
I also like the way you kissed it with color, creates an interesting splitting effect.

B R A V O

Thomas Dodd in reply to Jaeda DeWalt’s comment, 8 months ago

Thanks so much my dear friend…
I do love playing with the history brush sometimes!
(takes a bow)

butchart, 8 months ago

the shawdow behind you looks almost distorted into a “yoda” personage…. intentional? very cool regardless…........

Tony Elliott, 8 months ago

Also glad to see this full size. The simplicity of the alter – the so very non-panto-pagan reality of the craft and the shadow cast on the wall speaks of…

...knowing.

Excellent.

vonne, 8 months ago

Well there you are! Nice to see you = ) Great photo!

Thomas Dodd in reply to butchart’s comment, 8 months ago

Yoda? me no try!

lol
Thanks man!

whisperingruth, 8 months ago

LOL! You don’t look too ‘beastly’ to me . . . LOL . . . Wonderful rule to live by!

Thomas Dodd in reply to Tony Elliott’s comment, 8 months ago

Thanks Tony – I need to hire you to write my photo-descriptions!

Thomas Dodd in reply to vonne’s comment, 8 months ago

Why thank you kindly Madame!
;D

Thomas Dodd in reply to whisperingruth’s comment, 8 months ago

Ruth – you obviously haven’t seen me before I’ve had my coffee!

which rule is that? “Love is the Law”?

Rowan, 8 months ago

Something about him always creeped me out…you certainly captured that here in your shot.
Good work

Thomas Dodd in reply to Rowan’s comment, 8 months ago

You calling me a creep Rowan?
:P

Rowan, 8 months ago

haha, no I’m just messing with you!
the lighting and that stare set a certain mood though…

S.I. Sheehan, 8 months ago

Our dear friend Edward Alexander Crowley was a highly gifted sentient being who often times misunderstood and occasionally misused his ability to work with energy. You have captured the essence of energy work in your self-portrait. Very nicely done. Here’s hoping your work with energy is used effectively ….. ~S

Thomas Dodd in reply to S.I. Sheehan’s comment, 8 months ago

Definitely misunderstood and most assuredly under-rated. Explorer, charlatan, satirist, poet, and all around clown/genius/philosopher… My energy work is mostly art-related so I think I’m safe (and I don’t expect to turn into a camel anytime soon!)

Thanks for the comment and fave add!

legi0n, 8 months ago

YelworC! I was hoping to be the first to comment on the shadow, but got beat to the punch. It’s very Nosferatu. Slick image, man.

“Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.”

Thomas Dodd in reply to legi0n’s comment, 8 months ago

Thanks legi0n!

“The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter. “

burningark, 8 months ago

practise a thousand times,and it becomes difficult;a thousand thousand,and it becomes easy;a thousand thousand times a thousand thousand times and it is no longer.thou that doeth it,but it that doeth thee.not until then is that which is done well done- the great mans words

Scraggy Hag, 7 months ago

i want to see what’s in the box…

Thomas Dodd in reply to Scraggy Hag’s comment, 7 months ago

Ok Pandora!

JOSEPH VALCOUR..., 6 months ago

intense bold intellectual anger power submission hate—i see all this in this fabulous portrait.

Krisso, 6 months ago

Oh, very cool. I shall go and google this Therion you speak of!

Wizard, 5 months ago

Aleister would be chuffed I’m sure ;-)

gypsycaster, 5 months ago

Really well done!