Wilderness and the Great Work

- April 22, 2018April 22, 20181

by Soror Madimi “Man has the right to move as he will on the face of the Earth.” -Liber OZ Last spring, I hiked a week-long section of the Appalachian Trail in Virginia. Armed with a bag of food, a small tent, a warm sleeping bag, and a few other essentials, I arranged

Fighting Sexism in Thelemic Communities

- April 16, 2018April 14, 20189

By Frater Enatheleme At a time when civilization worldwide struggles to break the chains of patriarchy and outright oppression of women, our Thelemic communities are no exception. While debates over the question of Crowley's personal sexism may last decades, it is easy to observe that many localized groups of Thelemites are

Theosexuality: a Man’s Perspective

- April 13, 2018April 14, 20180

by Brother Marco I have been following, supporting, and encouraging the writings of Sister Georgia for several months now: as someone who has invested the last 20 years of his life in the Current, I have learned that what it needs is more empowered voices of empowered Women (with a capital

Theosexuality: Sex and Magic

- April 6, 20186

by Sister Georgia On Consent I was accused, in the comments section of my last article on this site, of “going too far;” that my responses to #metoo were too much. That my claiming consent is no longer – was never – always and self-sufficiently ‘enough’ was social justice and feminism gone

A Response to #RespecttheNoinOTO: Consent Culture and Ordo Templi Orientis

- March 11, 2018March 11, 20183

by Sister Georgia In response to the various OTO members' statement on International Women’s Day, and the attempt to unite Sisters under the hashtag, #respectthenoinoto, I recently posted on a Facebook Thelema group the following statement: “I saw the hashtag #respectthenoinoto and my heart broke. And I thought for a long while

One System Among Many: On A∴A∴

- February 5, 2018December 31, 20173

by Ash93 ...the [A∴A∴] system which was given to me to put forward is only one of many. “Above the Abyss” all these technical wrinkles are ironed out. Crowley wrote that in chapter 9 of Magick Without Tears. Although the context of the statement was a discussion of the Secret Chiefs, the

I Have Been Wronged: Sex and Power in the OTO

- January 30, 201839

by Sister Georgia A wise Thelemite said to me that we, as Thelemites, should not succumb to shame and guilt. How do I explain that, as a woman, feelings of shame and guilt towards my own experiences - particularly those involving sex and men and power - has been bred into

Thelemic Compassion

- January 22, 2018December 31, 20170

by Ash93 "So therefore Our Law of Thelema is justified also of Biology and of Social Science. It is the true Way of Nature, the right Strategy in the Way of Man with his Environment, and the Life of his Soul." —Aleister Crowley, Liber Aleph In a recent issue of Agapé, John Crow wrote a

Aeonic Succession in Thelema: Reevaluating a Preposterous Concept

- January 15, 2018December 31, 20172

by Antonio Lau Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. "Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in the East at the Equinox of the Gods..." —Liber AL, chapter 1, verse 49 "Thou art tossed about in the grip of the storm for an aeon and an aeon and an aeon." —Liber A'ash,