by Frater Serpentis Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. This essay is intended to try to articulate a unified doctrinal account of Thelema as preserved and clarified primarily in the rituals and texts of O.T.O., presenting the solar–phallic mystery as the central key to its metaphysics, ethics,

by A. Naughton Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The Myth of a Scientific Thelema The phrase “scientific illuminism,” endlessly repeated in modern discussions of Thelema, has come to suggest that Crowley’s system stands or falls on methodological rigor and quasi-empirical procedure. It offers an image of a

by Frater Serpentis Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Aleister Crowley’s Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente (Liber LXV), classified as a “Holy Book of Thelema,” participates in a long tradition of mystical-erotic literature whose biblical exemplar is the Song of Songs. While the Song has been understood for

By Entelecheia In my previous article, What is Consensus Thelema?, I explored Consensus Thelema as an informal belief system that tends to reduce Thelemic principles to thought-terminating clichés, stifling complex engagement. In this follow-up, I’d like to unpack how we got here. The roots of Consensus Thelema lie less in Thelema

By Frater Amon Isis NOTE: All quotations are from Aleister Crowley's Liber Aleph. Introduction Throughout history, seekers of spiritual enlightenment have developed numerous methods to transcend ordinary consciousness and attain a deeper understanding of the ultimate truth. One such method is Aleister Crowley's "Method of Ladders," elaborated in his esoteric work Liber

Frater SMK Liber Cadaveris: Ritual CXX, Of Passing through the Tuat with its symbolic journey through the Tuat (the Egyptian underworld), reflects the passage from limited individual consciousness to the realization of the star’s true divine nature. The rite dramatizes the dissolution of duality and identification with finite form, culminating in