Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, and Consent in Thelema

- November 20, 2018November 20, 20181

by Fr. Enatheleme Aleister Crowley did and said many things relating to his personal life and interests that are not Thelemic. His misogyny is a good example of this: in his diaries and personal reflections you can find pages and pages of hostility towards women, but the Thelemic literature is consistently

Aleister Crowley on Race: An Overview

- November 8, 2018November 8, 20185

by Antonio Lau According to Lois G. Gordon, when Nancy Cunard met Aleister Crowley in 1933, her “extensive recollections of their meetings, including their participation at anti-fascist rallies and his consistent ‘anger against the persecution of the Jews and other ghastly events,’ convinced her that he ‘felt deeply about human injustice

V for Victory

- October 10, 2018October 7, 20180

by Frater Enatheleme While Aleister Crowley wasn’t the first person to scrawl a “V” on the walls in Brussels, nor was he the first to put two fingers in the air as a sign of some idea or insult, he demonstrated that he was the first to publish a “V Sign,”

Laborare est Orare: The Prayer of Labor

- September 3, 2018October 7, 20182

by Frater Enatheleme Note: This essay was originally written in Anno Legis IV:xv, and published first published in Lion & Serpent 12, No. 1. It has been revised and expanded for the broader audience and context of Thelemic Union, in celebration of Labor Day in the U.S., Anno Legis V:iv. Mother of fertility on

The Case Against Trump Supporters in the OTO

- August 26, 2018August 26, 201826

by IAO131 Recent debates about racism and sexual harassment have sparked a lot of conflict in the OTO and in occult circles in general. One trend that has been emerging lately is a far-right element in society in general, and occult circles in the microcosm, of more vocally defending neo-Nazis (as

An Open Letter to Thelemic Men

- July 25, 2018July 31, 20187

by Soror Amiana It is not just about sexual assault. Women’s lives are all too often a string of stories of men whom we trusted, who did not respect us. We are judged first and foremost on our physical appearance and youth, and treated as though the most important thing we have to

Out of the Strong Came Forth Sweetness: Women and the O.T.O.

- July 13, 2018July 31, 20180

by Sister Georgia Above the antique mantel was displayed As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale Filled all the desert with inviolable voice And still she cried, and still the world pursues, “Jug Jug” to dirty ears. —T.S. Eliot’s The Waste

Sexual Harassment in OTO: Confronting the Issue

- July 2, 2018July 31, 20181

by Brandy Williams We of Thelema say that 'Every man and every woman is a star.' We do not fool and flatter women; we do not despise and abuse them. To us a woman is Herself, absolute, original, independent, free, self-justified, exactly as a man is. Commentary to The Book of the

The Rape of Babalon

- May 31, 2018July 31, 201828

by Sister Georgia A few months ago I wrote an article about my experiences of sex and power within the world of contemporary occultism. After the flood a friend came to visit, and he said to me: “I am curious, for there seems to be someone missing. Why, in this great

Wilderness and the Great Work

- April 22, 2018July 31, 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