Thelema
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34 sectionsContents
- Historical precedents
- Definitions
- In Classical Greek
- In the New Testament
- François Rabelais and the Abbey of Thélème
- Francis Dashwood and the Hellfire Club
- Beliefs
- ''The Book of the Law''
- Axioms
- Cosmology
- True Will
- Ethics
- Practice
- Magick
- Gnostic Mass
- Holidays
- Greetings
- Post-Crowley developments
- Major orders
- Jack Parsons
- Kenneth Grant
- James Lees
- Nema Andahadna
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- Tertiary sources
- Other sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|alt=Crowley wearing the ceremonial garb of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 1910|Aleister Crowley in 1910
Thelema () is a Western esoteric and occult social and spiritual philosophy and a new religious movement founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. Central to Thelema is the concept of discovering and following one's True Will, a divine and individual purpose that transcends ordinary desires. Crowley's system begins with The Book of the Law, a text he maintained was dictated to him by a non-corporeal entity named Aiwass. This work outlines key principles, including the axioms "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" and "love is the law, love under will", emphasizing personal freedom and the pursuit of one's true path.