Lac Virginis, The Virgin's Milk

The Lac Virginis is the mercurial medium of conjunction for the union of Sol and Luna at the chemical wedding. At the point of conjunction it becomes one with the opposites and so ceases to be known under that name. Moreover, the philosopher's child, which is born of the union of Sol and Luna, is nourished by virgin's milk, and this is the food which allows him to grow to maturity. This substance is then something which transforms the opposites, transcending their inevitable conflict, and allowing something new to be born in consciousness. In Jungian psychology it is the apperception of the psychic image, the living symbol, which is behind the operation of what Jung calls the transcendent function. It is only after the full painful experience of living with the tension of the opposites that such a movement can occur. Only then are we nourished by the virgin mother which is the unconscious psyche. It is in accepting the helplessness of our ego-attitude in the face of primordial conflict, and thus admitting our childlikeness, that we open ourselves up to this mothering. The son of the philosophers is the divine child, the Self.

Virgin's Milk Lodge is a gathering of occultists, magickians, psychonauts, etc.; people seeking psychic/spiritual liberation and transformation, to exchange information and ideas and perform ritual and workings together as equals in a non-heirarchical framework. Personally, I believe helping people to wake up (as I wake myself up) to their true natures as co-creators of the universe, and free themselves (as I free myself) from destructive, conditioned patterns of thought, belief and behavior that keep them enslaved, and thus moving the evolution of the human race along, to be my purpose in this life. I am a healer; an integrated energy therapy master and certified hypnotherapist. I am also a professional astrologer and tarot reader. I have been involved with various forms of ritual magick for 20 years. My focus is on transformation, and more specifically, the reconciling of inner polarities and conflicts, part of the "great work," thus the name of my first site and my identity as an artist, The Alchemical Wedding. www.alchemicalwedding.com
I was granted the lodge charter through a line of succession going back to the occultist Michael Bertiaux, and further back to Crowley and others. This doesn't really mean much to me in and of itself, and if you're impressed by that, we probably wouldn't work well together. As I said, I'm interested in freedom from outwardly imposed authoritarian structures. However, this specific tradition has evolved into a non-heirarchical one, and it is nice to have a network of others involved in the same work for support and resources.
I am a very practical magickian (mercury/mars in capricorn) and am more interested in taking action than in armchair theorizing. I am, however, always interested in learning, discussion, new information and alternative points of view.
The current focus of the lodge is on developing our own system of magick: Transformational Body Magick.
You can e-mail me at: JAron98449@aol.com

David Aronson