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| <div style="border:3px solid #666;padding:3px;margin-top:10px;"><div style="padding:8px;background-color:#ccc;position:relative;top:0;left:0;margin-bottom:3px;text-align:center;font-size:11px;">'''[http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Ash&action=edit§ion=new Leave me a message]''' | [mailto:ash@ashami.com email me] | [http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=ash93 my blog] | [http://www.ashami.com my website] | [[User:Ash/My Philosophy|my philosophy on Thelemapedia]]</div><div style="border:1px solid #666;padding:15px;"> | <div style="border:3px solid #666;padding:3px;margin-top:10px;"><div style="padding:8px;background-color:#ccc;position:relative;top:0;left:0;margin-bottom:3px;text-align:center;font-size:11px;">'''[http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Ash&action=edit§ion=new Leave me a message]''' | [mailto:ash@ashami.com email me] | [http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=ash93 my blog] | [http://www.ashami.com my website] | [[User:Ash/My Philosophy|my philosophy on Thelemapedia]]</div><div style="border:1px solid #666;padding:15px;"> | ||
| <center>''Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.''</center> | <center>''Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.''</center> | ||
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| <br/>[[Image:Ash_thefool2.jpg|right|frame|Fr. Ash, OTO zealot & future psychologist]] | <br/>[[Image:Ash_thefool2.jpg|right|frame|Fr. Ash, OTO zealot & future psychologist]] | ||
| - | Greetings! My name is '''Frater Ash''' (A.K.A. John Bowie, but really, everyone except my mother calls me Ash, so I hope you do, too). I am the founder of [http://www.thelemapedia.org/about_thelemapedia/index.html Thelemapedia], which started in early 2004 and finally came online on September 18 of that year. Since that time I have continued to work as its Managing Director. | + | Greetings! My name is '''Frater Ash''' (A.K.A. John Bowie, but really, everyone except my mother calls me Ash, so I hope you do, too). I am the founder of [http://www.thelemapedia.org/about_thelemapedia/index.html Thelemapedia], which started in early 2004 and finally came online on September 18 of that year. I worked as its Managing Director until oct. 26, 2005. |
| - | Thelemapedia is a project of [http://www.scarletwoman.org Scarlet Woman Lodge], a chartered local body of [[Ordo Templi Orientis|O.T.O.]], of which I have been a proud member since 1995. During my time in O.T.O., I have earned a charter to [[initiation|initiate]] members into the degrees 0 through III, and I've taken Orders of Ordination into the Priesthood of [[Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica]], the church arm of the Order. Currently, I'm also the editor of ''[http://www.scarletwoman.org/scarletletter The Scarlet Letter],'' the quarterly journal from our Lodge, although I will be stepping down after next issue. | + | Thelemapedia is a project of [http://www.scarletwoman.org Scarlet Woman Lodge], a chartered local body of [[Ordo Templi Orientis|O.T.O.]], of which I have been a proud member since 1995. During my time in O.T.O., I have earned a charter to [[initiation|initiate]] members into the degrees 0 through III, and I've taken Orders of Ordination into the Priesthood of [[Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica]], the church arm of the Order. |
| ==Other stuff== | ==Other stuff== | ||
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| However, I still had to earn a bachelors degree. I knew that I wanted to persue a clinical education, and the psychology department at UT was ''waaay'' too research-focused for me. So, I instead decided to enter the UT School of Social Work, which offered far more by the way of clinical knowledge. I am pleased to say that in May of 2005, I graduated with my Bachelors of Social Work. ''Whew!'' | However, I still had to earn a bachelors degree. I knew that I wanted to persue a clinical education, and the psychology department at UT was ''waaay'' too research-focused for me. So, I instead decided to enter the UT School of Social Work, which offered far more by the way of clinical knowledge. I am pleased to say that in May of 2005, I graduated with my Bachelors of Social Work. ''Whew!'' | ||
| - | Of course, the bachelors was only half the battle. I knew from the get go that I would need graduate work. So, after a grueling process of applications, studying and taking the GRE, writing long heart-felt essays, and flying to go to interviews, I was accepted into my school of first choice! In August of 2005 I will be entering the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) at the [http://www.ciis.edu California Institute of Integral Studies], located in San Francisco. Needless to say, I'm thrilled with this upcoming adventure. | + | Of course, the bachelors was only half the battle. I knew from the get go that I would need graduate work. So, after a grueling process of applications, studying and taking the GRE, writing long heart-felt essays, and flying to go to interviews, I was accepted into my school of first choice! In August of 2005 I started the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) at the [http://www.ciis.edu California Institute of Integral Studies], located in San Francisco. It has been an amazing (and frustrating and tiring and scary) experience moving to this fantastic city. |
| ==Personal tidbits== | ==Personal tidbits== | ||
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| * I am married to the lovely and talented [http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=alethea93 Sr. Alethea] | * I am married to the lovely and talented [http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=alethea93 Sr. Alethea] | ||
| * I was in the Boy Scouts before it became evil, and made it to Life Scout (just one rank before Eagle) | * I was in the Boy Scouts before it became evil, and made it to Life Scout (just one rank before Eagle) | ||
| - | *I grew up in Houston, TX, and also have lived in New Orleans (Slidell to be precise), Atlanta, and Austin | + | *I grew up in Houston, TX, and also have lived in New Orleans (Slidell to be precise), Atlanta, Austin, and now San Francisco |
| * I grew up [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian]] | * I grew up [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian]] | ||
| * In high school I was a big time tennis player and was working my way towards going on tour until I broke my wrist during practice, and that was that | * In high school I was a big time tennis player and was working my way towards going on tour until I broke my wrist during practice, and that was that | ||
| * I love to play AD&D, and wish I had time to indulge in it anymore | * I love to play AD&D, and wish I had time to indulge in it anymore | ||
| + | * I am a Macintosh freak | ||
| ==Contact== | ==Contact== | ||
Revision as of 22:05, 26 Oct 2005
Greetings! My name is Frater Ash (A.K.A. John Bowie, but really, everyone except my mother calls me Ash, so I hope you do, too). I am the founder of Thelemapedia (http://www.thelemapedia.org/about_thelemapedia/index.html), which started in early 2004 and finally came online on September 18 of that year. I worked as its Managing Director until oct. 26, 2005.
Thelemapedia is a project of Scarlet Woman Lodge (http://www.scarletwoman.org), a chartered local body of O.T.O., of which I have been a proud member since 1995. During my time in O.T.O., I have earned a charter to initiate members into the degrees 0 through III, and I've taken Orders of Ordination into the Priesthood of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, the church arm of the Order.
Other stuff
Professionally, I was a graphic designer from 1989 (when I graduated from The Art Institute of Atlanta) until 2002. Within that time, I won several national awards for design excellence, and had some pretty big clients. However, with the combination of extreme burnout and a recession, I decided to give up designing for a living and return to college. So, at the age of 34 I enrolled back into the University of Texas at Austin (I had gone for 2 years in the early 90s), with only a vague notion of what I wanted to do. At first I considered anthropology. But I soon gave that up after taking some psychology courses...I had found my path.
However, I still had to earn a bachelors degree. I knew that I wanted to persue a clinical education, and the psychology department at UT was waaay too research-focused for me. So, I instead decided to enter the UT School of Social Work, which offered far more by the way of clinical knowledge. I am pleased to say that in May of 2005, I graduated with my Bachelors of Social Work. Whew!
Of course, the bachelors was only half the battle. I knew from the get go that I would need graduate work. So, after a grueling process of applications, studying and taking the GRE, writing long heart-felt essays, and flying to go to interviews, I was accepted into my school of first choice! In August of 2005 I started the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) at the California Institute of Integral Studies (http://www.ciis.edu), located in San Francisco. It has been an amazing (and frustrating and tiring and scary) experience moving to this fantastic city.
Personal tidbits
- I am married to the lovely and talented Sr. Alethea (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=alethea93)
- I was in the Boy Scouts before it became evil, and made it to Life Scout (just one rank before Eagle)
- I grew up in Houston, TX, and also have lived in New Orleans (Slidell to be precise), Atlanta, Austin, and now San Francisco
- I grew up Unitarian
- In high school I was a big time tennis player and was working my way towards going on tour until I broke my wrist during practice, and that was that
- I love to play AD&D, and wish I had time to indulge in it anymore
- I am a Macintosh freak
Contact
If you would like to contact me, feel free to send me an email (mailto:ash@ashami.com).
You can also check out my sporadic blog on LiveJournal, where I go by the username Ash93 (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=ash93).