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
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Thelema’s Post-Modern Wasteland: The Need for First Principles in Thelema’s Future
Do Aleister Crowley’s Politics Matter?
by Brother Richard Strongball Who cares what Aleister Crowley thought about politics or would care about our current political situation? I'll tell you: a devotee of Aleister Crowley is the only person who would care about Aleister Crowley's political views. That right there tells you everything you need to know about the
Strength, Virtue, and the Man of Earth
by Frater Entelecheia “In The Book of the Law this is implied throughout. The True Will of every Free Man is essentially noble.”—Aleister Crowley, “Antecedents of Thelema” When Crowley talks about discovering and doing your true will, he tends to talk about it in terms of formulating and acting out a
The End of Liberal Thelema: A Eulogy
Concerning Heteronormativity and Gender Essentialism in Thelemic Ritual and Communities
by Tau Meithras Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The last few weeks have seen the Thelemic community shaking even more than the usual: in a stunningly reactionary and gender essentialist move by O.T.O., non-binary individuals are now no longer allowed to perform as Priest or Priestess
Gender is not a Zero-Sum Game
Supreme Secret: the Gnostic Mass, Zro, Samadhi, and the Ninth Degree of OTO
by Hasan i-Sabah Now the O.T.O. is in possession of one supreme secret. The whole of its system at the time when I became an initiate of the Sanctuary of the Gnosis (IX°) was directed towards communicating to its members, by progressively plain hints, this all-important instruction. I personally believe that
Satariel’s Shroud: Sex, Power and Ethics in Contemporary Thelema
By Shin Melitodes Dion Fortune (1890-1946) is a rather out-of-fashion occultist; she is rarely considered transgressive or florid enough to merit research in today’s edge-obsessed occult milieu. At one of the first academic conferences I ever attended I asked a fellow scholar what she thought of Fortune’s work. The scholar sneered, and said she had no
