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| | Encyclopedia: Thelema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Thelema is the name of a philosophical/religious system (or grandiose practical joke) established in 1904 through Aleister Crowley and his wife, Rose Edith Kelly, with the writing of Liber AL vel Legis, or The Book of the Law. |
 | | Hence, to follow one's True Will means to respect all True Wills, described as "Love is the law, love under will." The apparent pacifism of this doctrine is complicated, however, by the fact that the vast majority of beings do not know their True Will. |
 | | As an example of diversity in practice, "The Thelema Society," a Thelemic community founded by Michael Dietmar Eschner, is based entirely on "Liber AL vel Legis"--under the original title "Liber L vel Legis"--and rejects all other teachings and writings of Aleister Crowley. |
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