Difference between revisions of "Thelema"

* Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law, meaning that adherents of Thelema should seek out and follow their true path, i.e. find or determine their True Will..

* Love is the law, love under will, i.e. the nature of the Law of Thelema is love, but love itself is subsidiary to finding and manifesting one's authentic purpose or "mission".

* Every man and every woman is a star implies by metaphor that persons doing their Wills are like stars in the universe: occupying a time and position in space, yet distinctly individual and having an independent nature largely without undue conflict with other stars.

Crowley associated Thelemic spiritual practice with concepts rooted in [[occult]]ism, [[yoga]], and Eastern and Western mysticism, especially the [[Kabbalah]].

 

His later writings included related commentary and hermeneutics but also additional "inspired" writings that he collectively termed The Holy Books of Thelema. These core texts include:

* ''[[The Book of Lies]]''

 

In 1920, on the island of Sicily, [[Aleister Crowley]] and his followers occupied a small house which he named the [[Abbey of Thelema]]. This location became the focal point for activities related to Thelema where its adherents could practice their beliefs without interference from the outside world.

 

After two years, the Abbey had descended into a squalid drug den where residents spent their days either having sex or consuming [[recreational drug]]s. Conditions were so unsanitary that one of Crowley's followers died and they were asked to leave Italy in 1922 by the Italian government.