Aleister Crowley on the Origin of Religion in Genius

- December 3, 2022December 3, 20221

What follows is a brief attempt to summarize Crowley’s theory of the origin of religions and situate his understanding of spiritual experience….

On Swami Vivekananda’s Philosophy of Yoga and its prevalence in Crowley’s Thelema

- April 19, 2020October 10, 20213

by Lani Milbus This piece is an excerpt from Lani Milbus' forthcoming book Effing the Ineffable. The kind of person who would open a book such as this, a seeker, is usually someone who has a question about the nature of existence. More specifically, we want to know; what is the

Yoga and Magick: The Cooperation of Lovers

- December 5, 2017October 10, 20213

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, 2017October 10, 20217

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