11 Tips for Starting with Thelemic Magick

- December 5, 2022December 5, 20220

by Soror Ana La Ahad 1. Understand the basic principles of Thelema, including the Law of Thelema, the concept of True Will, and the importance of the individual’s spiritual journey. The Law of Thelema is the central tenet of Thelema, a spiritual philosophy founded by Aleister Crowley in 1904. It states,

A Woman of Color in Thelema

- November 24, 2021November 24, 202124

by Kelly N. AKA Keanu Tease Not guilty. I’m not shocked. I’m upset. I’m crying. But I’m not shocked. This trial was a joke from start to finish. Murder is legal in the United States apparently, but only if you have the correct skin tone. It’s over 400 years of systemic oppression

AL and LA: Thelema and the Death of God

- November 3, 2021November 3, 20214

By Nic Laccetti Why was the Book of the Law renamed Liber AL vel Legis from Liber L vel Legis? More importantly, what is the meaning for us today of the interplay between AL and LA, “God” and “nothing,” as the key to the Thelemic holy book? It’s my contention that

Thelema and the Ultraterrestrials

- August 15, 2020October 10, 202114

by Marco Visconti My recent interest in the Hellier phenomenon has received its fair share of snarky comments from many Serious Thelemites™, especially as I kept discussing it publicly and even organised a well-attended online seminar on it during the months of lockdown. Even Thelemic Union, which keeps on providing decent

10 Myths about True Will in Thelema

- July 17, 2020October 10, 20212

by IAO131 Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The concept of “True Will”, or simply “Will”, is fundamental to the Law of Thelema since our central tenet is “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law” (AL I:40), along with “Thou hast no right but

A Review of: Thelema’s Post-Modern Wasteland: The Need For First Principles In Thelema’s Future by Brother Sol-Om-On

- March 6, 2020October 10, 20217

by Sib. James Gordon I thought this article published by Brother Sol-Om-On on Thelemic Union was important enough to warrant a full review. I don't usually speak critically of other people's writing, but this is very much the exemplar of a piece "full of sound and fury,. Signifying nothing." In a

On Thelemic Orthodoxy

- December 18, 2017October 10, 202110

by Rodney Orpheus Author’s note: this essay assumes a rudimentary familiarity with Thelemic literature and terminology. As such it is not intended for a general audience but for those who have some small experience in Thelemic magick, or who have been initiated into a Thelemic magical Order, even at a basic

5 Things You Won’t Believe Aren’t In Liber Legis

- December 3, 2017October 10, 20216

by Rodney Orpheus Recently on Facebook I posted a link to cracked.com’s piece on 5 Things You Won’t Believe Aren’t In The Bible and was challenged (by some person with an evil sense of humour) to do the same thing with Aleister Crowley’s The Book of the Law. I dashed off the following in

Is O.T.O. just for Occultists and Ceremonial Ritualists?

- November 28, 2017October 10, 20213

by Illuminating Shadows Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The Law is for All “The O.T.O. should be put forward as a complete solution of the social problem not merely as an occult society. That is as far as the general public are concerned; keep the occult side

Promulgation of the Law of Thelema

- November 28, 2017October 10, 20210

by IAO131 Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. “You may regard the establishment of the Law of Thelema as an essential element of your True Will, since, whatever the ultimate nature of that Will, the evident condition of putting it into execution is freedom from external interference.”