Daimonosophy

by Sakaki 4

Representing the central teachings of the Esoteric Order of Beelzebub, Daimonsophy approaches the questions of consciousness, the Black Flame, the origins of human life on Earth and the possibility of humankind's forgotten past with beings of a higher cosmic order. Sakaki 4, a Magister Templi and Grand Master of the Order shares many of his ideas, practices, and personal experiences gathered over an 23 year-long career in the Temple of Set.

186 pages, Paperback

First published March 9, 2011

Reviews

[Äsruþr Cyneaþsson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sadly disappointed with this work. It had been on my shelf for a while, the strange and annoying formatting of the text making me reluctant to sit down and spend time with the text. Ultimately, my respect for much of the Setian thought that comes out of the Temple of Set overcame this minor issue and I sat down with the book. The notion of Daimonosophy is one that holds great promise, running close to my own ontological notions (that will later be released as a complete text, but for now are merely mused upon within my fictional works).

For someone of Sakaki's position, I expected more. A rehash of Gurdjieffian approaches is interspersed with a small amount of Aquino's work, yet without clarity and purpose. Sakaki fails to wholly convey the benefits of the approach of the Esoteric Order of Beelzebub or successfuly reason for statements he makes. I found the lack of a well reasoned ontological argument for the idea of Daimonosophy in explaining our individuated consciousness to be immensely disappointing. There are just too many points of conjecture that remain unresolved to make the text as valuable as it should be.

It is a shame, as the work of Malphas in 'the Black Ship' set the expectations high. 'Daimonosophy' failed to meet that standard. Sakaki set the target up and took aim, but fired well wide of the mark.