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

The Thelemite and the Drunk Girl

- June 16, 2018July 31, 20185

by Sister Georgia A thought experiment for for a dreary June morning: Part 1 You are a committed thelemite, who recognises no restraint, whether moral, social or legal, over your Will. You also haven't gotten laid in 7 years. The woman of your dreams invites you out for dinner, apropos nothing. In the course

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

I Have Been Wronged: Sex and Power in the OTO

- January 30, 2018July 31, 201840

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

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

A Brief Summary of Thelemic Philosophy

Thelemic Philosophy

- January 3, 2018August 5, 20180

by Ash93 The essential metaphysics of Thelema 1. There is a Universal Will, which can be conceptualized as the fundamental drive to manifest Existence from moment to moment within the scope of Natural Laws. 2. The universe is comprised of seemingly discrete objects, each of which plays its part in the manifestation of

Individual Why Discovery: A Method for Discovering Finite True Will

- December 31, 2017August 5, 20180

by Frater Entelecheia Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. “The great bond of all bonds is ignorance. How shall a man be free to act if he know not his own purpose? You must therefore first of all discover which star of all the stars you are,

Yoga and Magick: The Cooperation of Lovers

- December 5, 2017August 5, 20182

by Frater Aletheia A Gestalt of the Goal of the Magical and Mystical Path Yoga constitutes one of two central pillars in the system of practical and spiritual attainment encompassed by the Law of Thelema—the other pillar of course being Magick. From his exposure to Yoga, Crowley took what he thought were

Thelemic Yoga: Beginnings of Yoga

- December 5, 2017August 5, 20183

by Frater Aletheia Yoga and the Disenchantment of the West The latter half of the nineteenth century witnessed an increasing awareness and openness to Eastern religious and philosophical traditions. Along with the founders of the Theosophical Society, Crowley was among the first to adopt yogic ideas and practices into a Western occult

Gerald Gardner & Ordo Templi Orientis: A New and Greater Pagan Cult

Ordo Templi Orientis

- December 5, 2017August 5, 20182

Gerald Gardner & Aleister Crowley: A New and Greater Pagan Cult

by Rodney Orpheus (An earlier draft of this article first appeared in Pentacle Magazine, Summer 2009) Ordo Templi Orientis was founded at the beginning of the twentieth century in Germany under the leadership of Theodor Reuss, who recruited Aleister Crowley to the Order around 1912. Both men had been heavily involved in spiritual pursuits