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Babalon Rising 2008
June 5 - 8, 2008
Our Haven Nature Sanctuary
French Lick, Indiana
Ages 18+ ONLY!
The Babalon Rising Festival is a place for occultists of all kinds to come together to discuss and perform magick
and ritual, and to live the law of Thelema in a clothing-optional, primitive camping environment. Babalon Rising encourages self-exploration, spontaneous ritual, and lively magick.
The 2008 festival theme was...
"Gnosis"
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Babalon Rising thanks author Donald Michael Kraig for joining us at the 2008 festival. |
Keep in Touch!
Want to stay up-to-date on the planning of the festival and stay in touch with new and old friends from past festivals? Join the Babalon Rising Festival Yahoo Group, where you can vote in polls to influence the themes of future festivals, plan ride-shares, ask for camping advice, and share ideas with fellow Thelemites! You can also keep in touch with us through our Babalon Rising Festival MySpace page. Just "friend" us to recieve all the latest bulletins and information!
The 2008 Festival
Babalon Rising had daily rituals, including Liber Resh vel Helios, The Gnostic Mass, and Saturday night's famous (infamous?) Feast of the Beast. The festival site included hot showers, skinny-dipping facilities, limited electricity, a performance stage, holy shrines, private fire pits, and an on-site hot food vendor. Clothing was optional! Vending was FREE with a regular paid admission to the festival. Learn more about Our Haven here.
This year's guest speakers included the authors Donald Michael Kraig, Louis Martiniè, Nema, and the muscial group Mayan Ruins! For 2008 we brought back many of your favorite speakers from past festivals, along with exciting new names in occultism. You can view our full 2008 presenter list here. 2008's Babalon Rising festival was even more exciting than last year's! For just a taste of what happened this year's festival, check out our ongoing list of festival events.
“Babalon Rising was serious Thelema all day, and serious Agape all night. It was the best outdoor festival I've ever attended.”
--Lon Milo DuQuette on the 2006 Babalon Rising Festival
Thank you for a great third year!
Thank you to everyone who helped make 2008's Babalon Rising festival a magical experience! We are amazed and blessed by the helpfulness, generosity, audacity, and culturation of our presenters, performers, and attendees. You are what makes this festival great. We are greatful to you. See you next year!
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Liber LXXVII "the law of the strong:
this is our law and the joy of the world." -AL. II. 2
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." -AL. I. 40
"thou hast no right but to do thy will. Do that, and no other shall say nay." -AL. I. 42-3
"Every man and every woman is a star." -AL. I. 3
There is no god but man.
- Man has the right to live by his own law--
to live in the way that he wills to do:
to work as he will:
to play as he will:
to rest as he will:
to die when and how he will.
- Man has the right to eat what he will:
to drink what he will:
to dwell where he will:
to move as he will on the face of the earth.
- Man has the right to think what he will:
to speak what he will:
to write what he will:
to draw, paint, carve, etch, mould, build as he will:
to dress as he will.
- Man has the right to love as he will:--
"take your fill and will of love as ye will,
when, where, and with whom ye will." -AL. I. 51
- Man has the right to kill those who would thwart these rights.
"the slaves shall serve." -AL. II. 58
"Love is the law, love under will." -AL. I. 57 
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