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	Thelema
		In the Book of the Law, the divine Principles are personified by a trinity of ancient Egyptian Divinities: Nuit, the Goddess of Infinite Space; Hadit, the Winged Serpent of Light; and Ra-Hoor-Khuit (Horus), the Solar, Hawk-Headed Lord of the Cosmos.
		This "Law of Thelema", as it is called, is not to be interpreted as a license to indulge every passing whim, but rather as the divine mandate to discover one's True Will or true purpose in life, and to accomplish it; leaving others to do the same in their own unique ways.
		Thelema has no direct parallel to the Judaeo-Christian concept of the devil or Satan; however, a pseudo-personification of confusion, distraction, illusion and egotistical ignorance is referred to by the name "Choronzon".
	www.meta-religion.com /Esoterism/Thelemae/thelemae.htm (1943 words)

	Holy Books of Thelema -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is the only Holy Book that Aleister Crowley claimed to have had no part in the authorship of.
		Its primacy is indicated in chapter III, verse 47: This book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the Beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine.
		Liber XXVII: Liber Trigrammaton sub Figura XXVII—Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the (The ultimate principle of the universe) Tao with the (The dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology) Yin and (The bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology) Yang.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ho/holy_books_of_thelema.htm (1267 words)

	Holy Books of Thelema - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		The Holy Books of Thelema is the name recently given to the collection of those works that Aleister Crowley penned, but that he claimed were written through him—not by him.
		Liber Trigrammaton sub Figura XXVII—Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang.
		Liber AL vel Legis sub Figura CCXX: The Book of the Law—Among the Holy Books of Thelema, the chief is The Book of the Law.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Holy_Books_of_Thelema (603 words)

	Thelema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the Book of the Law, the divine Principles are personified by a trinity of ancient Egyptian Divinities: Nuit, the Goddess of Infinite Space; Hadit, the Winged Serpent of Light; and Ra-Hoor-Khuit (Horus), the Solar, Hawk-Headed Lord of the Cosmos.
		This "Law of Thelema", as it is called, is not to be interpreted as a license to indulge every passing whim, but rather as the divine mandate to discover one's True Will or true purpose in life, and to accomplish it; leaving others to do the same in their own unique ways.
		Thelema has no direct parallel to the Judaeo-Christian concept of the devil or Satan; however, a pseudo-personification of confusion, distraction, illusion and egotistical ignorance is referred to by the name "Choronzon".
	www.ladywinterwolf.fcpages.com /thelema.html (1747 words)

	Holy Books of Thelema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aleister Crowley, the founder of the religion of Thelema, designated his works as belonging to one of several classes.
		Liber XXVII: Liber Trigrammaton sub Figura XXVII—Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang.
		Liber CCXX: Liber AL vel Legis sub Figura CCXX: The Book of the Law—Among the Holy Books of Thelema, the chief is The Book of the Law.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Holy_Books_of_Thelema (1136 words)

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		The rite of initiation in the Abbey of Thelema shall take the form of a matrimonial union between the monk or nun and 666 or 156, according to his or her biological identity.
		Books may only be added to the Canon on the Authority of the Collegium Summum, by the Chief of the A.'.
		The Abbot or Abbess may appoint officers to carry out the practical and administrative work of the Abbey, at his or her convenience, in which case they shall receive the same obedience of the community to which the Abbot is entitled, subject to his or her authorization and approval.
	www.hollyfeld.org /heaven/Text/Thelema/liber.ath (2364 words)

	Introduction to Thelema
		Thelema as a religious-philosophic term is first mentioned in Francois Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532), an adventure story where the main characters of the book visit “Abbey of Thélème”.
		Thelema was founded in 1904 by Aleister Crowley, who is considered the prophet of the religion.
		The teachings of Thelema are based on “the holy books of Thelema”, the most important of which is Liber AL vel Legis, sub figure CCXX, which is most commonly known as The Book of the Law.
	www.kaaos.org /faerie/thelema.html (2734 words)

	Thelema - LGPedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thelema, which means "will" in Ancient Greek, is a philosophical system that in its modern form is generally credited to have been founded the occultist Aleister Crowley.
		Followers of Thelema dubb themselves Thelemites and are often found in initiatory schools such as the OTO and AA.
		Thelema is still celebrated widely in various forms and promulgation of the literature of Aleister Crowley.
	www.lonelygirl15.com /lgpedia/index.php?title=Thelema (241 words)

	THELEMA: Two descriptions
		The Book of the Law is both a radical postmodernist critique and an endorsement of religion, which claims to go beyond all previous historical dispensations and reveal to humanity nothing less than the basis of a new spiritual epoch, the New Aeon of Horus, the Crowned and Conquering Child.
		The book The Holy Books of Thelema (8) includes most of the books which Thelemites consider to be Crowley's "inspired" texts, and which form the canon of Thelemic Holy Scripture.
		Another book which forms an important part of the Thelemic canon, but which is not included in The Holy Books of Thelema for technical reasons, is Liber XXX Aerum vel Saeculi, sub figura CDXVIII, commonly called The Vision and the Voice (11).
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /crowley/thelema.htm (6582 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Holy Books of Thelema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Holy Books of Thelema are those works that Aleister Crowley penned, but that he claimed were written through him—not by him.
		Liber CCXX, Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law—Within the canon of Thelemic Holy Scripture, the chief is The Book of the Law.
		Liber XXVII (http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib27.html): Liber Trigrammaton—Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/The_Holy_Books_of_Thelema (613 words)

	Aleister Crowley - SourceryForge
		The text Liber AL vel Legis, or The Book of the Law, which Crowley claimed had been dictated to him in Cairo by the voice (or intelligence) Aiwaz or Aiwass, was to form the cornerstone of Thelema.
		The book's philosophy is highly opaque, apparently calling in places for peaceful (and erotic) discovery of magick, and in other places for violence and war.
		Chief among the precepts of Thelema is the sovereignty of the individual will: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" is, as it were, the system's first commandment.
	sourceryforge.org /w/Aleister_Crowley (1529 words)

	Albion O.T.O. - The Holy Books of Thelema - A.'.A.'. Publications in Class A
		Liber Trigrammaton, being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the TAO with the YIN and YANG
		Liber XXVII is given to the Practicus, as in this book is the ultimate foundation of the highest theoretical Qabalah, and "Liber DCCCXIII" to the Philosophus, as it is the foundation of the highest practical Qabalah.
		This book is a perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept, considered under the symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual.
	albion.oto.org.uk /albion_oto_thelema/holy_books_of_thelema/holy_books_index.shtml (513 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Thelema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thelema is the name of the philosophical school and religious matrix established in 1904 with the writing of Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law) by Aleister Crowley (1875-1947).
		The Book of the Law establishes a model of reality that combines two elementary forces: the infinite extension of space, which is personified by the Egyptian sky-goddess Nuit, and the infinitely contracted point, personified by the Egyptian god Hadit.
		Although there are communal ceremonies informed by Thelema, and organizations to support them (of which Ordo Templi Orientis is the most visible and extensive), Thelemic "religious" practice is a mainly individual affair.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Thelema (2434 words)

	The Holy Books - Eidolons of Ash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		For a more complete understanding of the context of the Holy Books, the Preface by Maj. Grady Louis McMurtry X° for the 1983 edition of "ΘΕΛΗΜΑ: The Holy Books of Thelema" is a good place to start.
		Liber AL Vel Legis, The Book of the Law—Book 220.
		Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang.
	www.ashami.com /eidolons/The_Holy_Books (402 words)

	Introduction to Thelema (The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum)
		Thelema as a religious -- philosophic term is first mentioned in Francois Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532), an adventure story where the main characters of the book visit "Abbey of Thélème".
		Even though some of the ideas presented in Rabelais' book were approached every now and then during the centuries after the book's publication, it wasn't until the 20th century before a religious -- philosophic path called Thelema was born.
		Holy books shouldn't even be criticised, only commented.
	www.ecauldron.com /thelemaintro.php (2855 words)

	www.thelema.org \| thelemic holy season
		Each of the twenty-two days of the Thelemic Holy Season — from March 20 through April 10 — is attributed by us to one of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
		It is recommended that each aspirant, on each of these days, prominently display the corresponding Tarot Trump, and conduct such other meditation, ritual, or other recognition of the principle as he or she may see fit.
		On the night before the Vernal Equinox, closing the old year (usually March 19), it is recommended that the aspirant read The Prologue of the Unborn from Liber VII and meditate on the release of the concluding cycle.
	www.thelema.org /home/thelemic_holy_season.html (339 words)

	The Law of Thelema by Alexander Duncan
		The word "Thelema" is derived from the Greek, meaning "will," and is believed to conceal various symbolic allusions in the letters and their numerical values (like Hebrew and Arabic, Greek letters are also numbers).
		Except the Book of the Law, the Holy Books of Thelema represent the high water mark of Aleister Crowley's literary career for sustained philosophical sublimity, lyric and symbolic beauty, and structural elegance.
		Another holy book, Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni, describes the grade of Babe of the Abyss, and Liber B vel Magi describes the grade of Magus.
	www.livingwithmagick.com /thelemalaw.php (4371 words)

	The Holy Books of Thelema (The Equinox, Vol. III, No.9, paperback book) by Aleister Crowley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Holy Books of Thelema (The Equinox, Vol.
		The Holy Books of Aleister Crowley are the cornerstone of the religious system he founded: Thelema.
		Received while in high mystical trance, or through direct-voice dictation from a preternatural intelligence, they are divinely-inspired theophanies the defy rational criticism.
	www.sevenrays.com /catalog/describe?0877286868 (113 words)

	House 418 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		House 418 is the publishing house of the “child of the prophet,” the discoverer of the English Qabbala, the tradition of the religion of Thelema.
		The first is Book 718: The English Qabbala, a book written and compiled according to numerous keys of the Book of the Law.
		This book is the result of a derivation and re-design of the Prophet’s autohagiography, according to the discovery of divine keys.
	www.house418.com (241 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Holy Books of Thelema: Books: Aleister Crowley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		So, "The Holy Books of Thelema" is a great resource for Thelemites, but even Thelemites probably will not understand most of the material, until they have been "enlightened" by one of the Magickal groups (O.T.O., Thelemic Golden Dawn, etc.).
		The introduction by the late Frater Superior of the OTO gives those new to Thelema a detailed description of the history of the writing of the various compilations dubbed "The Holy Books", and a description of the circumstances surrounding the reception of "The Book of the Law".
		The book includes Liber Causae (which is not a Holy Book), describing the foundation story of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and its subsequent dissolution (it is, however, reincarnated in various forms these days).
	www.amazon.ca /Holy-Books-Thelema-Aleister-Crowley/dp/0877286868 (948 words)

	thelema info
		Another book which forms an important part of the Thelemic canon, but which is not included in The Holy Books of Thelema for technical reasons, is Liber XXX Aerum vel Saeculi, sub figura CDXVIII, commonly called The Vision and the Voice (included in reference 11
		Within the broad context of Thelema, O.T.O. functions as a fraternal, initiatory, social, and educational organization of a religious nature.O.T.O. includes a specifically liturgical arm which is called Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.), the Gnostic Catholic Church, which was originally brought into relations with O.T.O. by Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus) in 1908.
		The A A is a teaching and initiatory structure dedicated to the personal spiritual advancement of its individual members.
	www.circleofstarsoasis.com /thelema.htm (2029 words)

	INTRODUCTION TO THELEMA, BY THE U.S. GRAND LODGE OF THE ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTIS
		(8) includes most of the books which Thelemites consider to be Crowley's "inspired" texts, and which form the canon of Thelemic Holy Scripture.
		The contents of this book are rather cryptic, and Crowley has prepared a number of commentaries thereto for clarification (3).
		and the Tarot (considered as a book of mystic illustrations rather than as a fortune-telling device), though of Pre-Thelemic origin, are also considered to be part of the informal Thelemic canon.
	www.religioustolerance.org /thelema1.htm (2004 words)

	BastSet Thelema
		Thelema is a greek word meaning 'will', and it is also the name of a spiritual philosophy which came into being in the early part of this century by an Englishman named Aleister Edward Crowley.
		Virtually all of his writing bears the influence of Thelema as interpreted and understood by Crowley in his capacity of the prophet of the New Aeon.
		Although Thelema is sometimes referred to as a religion (because to some it is), it accommodates a full range of individual beliefs, from atheism to polytheism.
	www.bastset.ca /thelema.htm (1509 words)

	20 u80icf36 A technical digression is necessary here, in order to resolve a long-standing
		Compounding this error, and illustrating the problem of loosely-applied titles, three books excerpted from were recently published as The Holy Books, leading many students to believe that only three books deserve the term.
		Supporting this is the fact that all five books published in had similar notes appended to them; for comparative purposes, these notes have been transferred to the Synopsis in the present edition.
		This is irrefutable evidence for a broader definition of the Holy Books.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys1/pref4xy.htm (799 words)

	THELEMA BOOKS, THELEMIC BOOKS, LON MILO DUQUETTE
		The course offered in the book lets practitioners master their minds in such a way that they will be able to achieve anything and everything they want in life, spiritually and physically.
		Crowley's own Book of Thoth, written just before his death, was intended to be the accompanying text to the deck, but while the cards can be appreciated the moment they are taken out of the box, the Book of Thoth requires an intimate familiarity with Crowley's complex teachings.
		This book has its roots in the Golden Dawn tradition of Magick and Alchemy, drawing upon the legends of the mediaval alchemic-philosophers, the infinity-mathematics of Georg Cantor, the Tantric Qabalah of Aleister Crowley.
	www.anathemabooks.com /thelema.shtml (4002 words)

	What Is Thelema? :: lashtal.com :: Thelemic News and Culture
		The book The Holy Books of Thelema includes most of the books which Thelemites consider to be Crowley's "inspired" texts, and which form the canon of Thelemic Holy Scripture.
		The contents of this book are rather cryptic, and Crowley has prepared a number of commentaries thereto for clarification.
		Another book which forms an important part of the Thelemic canon, but which is not included in The Holy Books of Thelema for technical reasons, is Liber XXX Aerum vel Saeculi, sub figura CDXVIII, commonly called The Vision and the Voice.
	www.lashtal.com /nuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=12&page=1 (1728 words)

	Insight Books - Crowley, Aleister by
		Book Four, Parts I and II, together with Magick in Theory and Practice (Part III of Book Four), make up a complete course in Magick, with practical instruction in Yoga and mysticism.
		THE BOOK OF LIES is a witty, instructive, and admirable collection of paradoxes; however, it is not a philosophical or mystical treatise.
		THE EQUINOX VOLUME THREE NUMBER NINE THE HOLY BOOKS OF THELEMA The Holy Books of Aleister Crowley are the cornerstone of the religious system he founded: THELEMA.
	www.insight-books.com /ALSC (625 words)

	LilyTears: Current Crowley Books
		This is three books in one: (1) Gematria (from The Equinox Vol I., No. V); (2) 777 Revised...A Reprint of 777 with Much Additional Matter...; and (3) Sepher Sephiroth sub figura D, "ỏ άριθμός" (O Arithmos [The Numbers]) (from The Equinox Vol I., No. VIII; first printed in 1909 and subsequently enlarged in 1955).
		The Holy Books of Thelema (The Equinox Vol.
		The Magick of Thelema: A Handbook of the Rituals of Aleister Crowley by Lon Milo DuQuette.
	lilytears.com /spirituality/thelema/crowley/books.htm (4239 words)

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