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If you haven't discovered it already, this new site is a fantastic resource for articles and current thinking on Thelema and the Thelemic community today.
The writers really know their stuff, and offer clear and thought provoking insights into key topics.
I recommend the following articles...
I've been a member of OTO for over 8 years now and have been practising Thelema and Thelemic Magick for a decade.
Feel free to ask me any questions and hopefully clear up the mass ambiguity and disinformation out there concerning the religion of Thelema, the OTO, A.'.A.'., EGC and the work of...
Sources suggest - "quite possibly"
Some people theorise he may have been an influence in the formation of Ian Flemings character James Bond!
"Referencing documents in British, American, French and Italian archives, Spence discovered that Crowley was connected to the sinking of the Lusitania, a...
Aleister Crowley, the occultist once dubbed the “wickedest man in the world”, is due for a reassessment as a short-story writer, according to a new anthology of his uncollected writing which includes never-before-published work by the author...
Some people have requested clarification.
The LRP should not be under-estimated or considered a simple "banishing ritual"
It contains the most profound and important aspects of mystic and magick practise, and if you only ever to one ritual this is it.
Firstly it can be considered an act of...
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
O.T.O. also encompasses Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.), the Gnostic Catholic Church, which was originally brought to O.T.O. by Dr. Gérard Encausse (Papus) in 1908 e.v. The E.G.C. is a Thelemic religious environment, dedicated to the...
Peace, Tolerance, Truth;
Salutation on All Points of the Triangle;
Respect to the Order.
To all whom it may concern: Greeting and Health.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The letters O.T.O. stand for Ordo Templi Orientis, the Order of Oriental Templars, or Order of the...
For me, Initaitions have formed the foundation of my practise of Thelema and led me on a path on continual Gnosis over many years.
Here is an interesting artical on the process of Initation in the Thelemic current from IAO131:
http://iao131.com/2014/04/26/fundamentals-of-initiation-in-thelema/...
A great resource for anyone with questions concerning Thelema, its rituals and principles
Thelemapedia is the original encyclopedia of Thelema and Magick focusing on the works and philosophy of Aleister Crowley
http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Main_Page
Crowley purchased Boleskine House in 1899 in order to perform the operation found in The Book of the Sacred Magick of Abra-Melin the Mage. This is a mammoth opration requiring a six-month long ritual of complex evocations - however it was cut abruptly short and left uncompleted when Crowley had...
"There are several questions that seem to go round and round Thelemic discussions for decades without resolution, and almost all are incapable of being resolved because many people discussing them frequently don’t even understand the actual nature of the question to begin with. A classic example...
What is the general opinion on this?
This is a fairly brutal article on this subject, but it did make me wonder why these girls would leave their UK homes and go to a warzone to get married????
What am I missing here?
Let's stop making excuses for these 'jihadi brides' - Telegraph
Apologies...
I found this article so interesting and enlightening.
If you have any misunderstanding about the situation in the Middle East - or would like an unbiased view - this might be a good article for you to read :)
A Net Assessment of the Middle East | Stratfor
I am looking for an scholar or well read expert on Tudor History, in particular the year 1535-1536.
Does anyone know someone - or would anyone here be able to offer me some tutoring/answer questions on the particulars of this period, or at least show me where to find answers.
Perhaps you...
Peace be with you
I am looking for an scholar or well read expert on the English Reformation of the 16th century.
Does anyone know someone - or would anyone here be able to offer me some tutoring on the particulars?
Perhaps you are a professor of history/religion or you know one?
I would...
Hi All
I am currently doing some research for a fictional book set in pre-enlightement times.
I want to include a character that has read the Bible and although he risks his life in doing so, has come to the belief that Christ is a metaphor - that we are all Christ and God exists - not as a...
An assignment given to GCSE students in Uk:
Write a speech about someone who you admire and why.
I found it hard to think of someone living. .... there are plenty of people I admire who have passed on
. But who would you choose if you had to pick someone living to write a speech about...