An Open Letter to Thelemic Men

- July 25, 2018July 31, 20185

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, 201827

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

Theosexuality: a Man’s Perspective

- April 13, 2018July 31, 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, 2018July 31, 20189

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, 2018July 31, 20186

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

Thelemic Values: A New Aeon of Morality

- January 11, 2018July 31, 20181

by IAO131 Ye olde morality Nearly every human alive has heard of the Ten Commandments that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai - the ten "thou shalt not"s. This system of ethics as set forth literally in stone by God and delivered through Moses is practically the perfect symbol of what I

Can a Thelemite be a Liberal?

- January 7, 2018August 5, 20182

by Lon Milo DuQuette Excerpt from Ask Baba Lon: Answers to Questions of Life and Magick By Lon Milo DuQuette New Falcon Publications, 2011 Dear Baba Lon: I have been studying books on the “western esoteric tradition” for a couple of years, and have developed a particular appreciation for Aleister Crowley’s works and