I was given the name Joshua by my birth mother. This is the real name of the supposed man you may have heard of named Jesus. Some would say that Joshua means "a savior or deliverer," but a deeper search into the individual Hebrew characters that make up the name has given us a more literal meaning: "to put the fire in hand." My parents give me the name Joshua, perhaps not fully understanding the power of names, and that name has shaped me.
Aleister Crowley is quoted often as having said, "'Do what thou wilt,' shall be the whole of the law." This phrase is an oversimplification of his philosophy of Thelema or Divine Will. Crowley believed that we, each of us, had our own divine purpose, a path to follow that flowed with the ebb and flow of the universe. What he meant was that one should do anything and everything in service to that Divine Will, and that would be the whole of the law. Crowley identified his role as The Messenger. This is the line of Horus, Moses, Hermes, Jesus, Khalil Gibran, and other such Prophets. I too have found my Divine purpose to be that of Messenger.
Our Divine Wills can be easily observed in tribal based cultures or any community that's survival hinges on the survival of the whole community. In a tribe, members awaken over time to their place within the workings of the tribe. Some become warriors, medicine men, healers, mothers, jesters, hunters, crafters, and etc. It's as if this innate ability to thrive in a group system arises at the right time in the right people.
Some times, we need to awaken to a new understanding or to shed a false understanding. It is for these times that we Messengers are made.
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