Encyclopedia - Lon Milo Duquette: Encyclopedia - Lon Milo Duquette
Lon Milo DuQuette (1948-), AKA Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford, American writer and occultist best known as an author who applies humor in the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Book Of The Law: Encyclopedia - The Book Of The Law
The Book of the Law, also known as Liber AL vel Legis, is the text central to philosophical / magical / religious practice called Thelema...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enochian: Encyclopedia Ii - Enochian - Dee's Enochian
Dee began to allude to his search for knowledge through the angels in 1581 when he mentioned in his personal diary that God had sent "goo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enochian: Encyclopedia - Enochian
Enochian is an occult language popularised by John Dee and Edward Kelley in the 16th Century. Dee and Kelley claimed that it was reveale...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley: Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947) was an occultist, mystic, sexual revolutionary, and d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordo Templi Orientis: Encyclopedia - Ordo Templi Orientis
Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) (Order of the Temple of the East, or the Order of Oriental Templars) is an international fraternal and reli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enochian: Encyclopedia Ii - Enochian - Enochian Tradition
The library holdings and common languages of those who claimed to discover angelic language must be taken into account in order to best i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enochian: Encyclopedia Ii - Enochian - Influence Of Ethiopian Upon Enochian
The influence of the Ethiopian language upon John Dee's angelic language as first postulated by Dr. Donald Laycock seems to overlook this...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enochian: Encyclopedia Ii - Enochian - Linguistic Analysis Of Dee's Enochian
The language appears slightly inflected and has a word order close enough to English that it can usually be translated without changing t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enochian: Encyclopedia Ii - Enochian - Modern Enochian Derivations
Enochian, and the magickal system that Dee and Kelley based on it, were incorporated by Aleister Crowley as part of his popular and influ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley: Encyclopedia Ii - Aleister Crowley - Biography
Edward Alexander Crowley was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, between 11:00pm and 12 midnight on 12 October 1875. His...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley: Encyclopedia Ii - Aleister Crowley - Chess
Crowley learned to play chess at the age of six and first competed on the Eastbourne College chess team (where he was taking classes in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley: Encyclopedia Ii - Aleister Crowley - Mountaineering
In the summer of 1902, Oscar Eckenstein and Crowley undertook the first attempt to scale Chogo Ri (known in the west as K2), located in P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley: Encyclopedia Ii - Aleister Crowley - Science Magic And Sexuality
Crowley claimed to use a scientific method to study what people at the time called "spiritual" experiences, making "The Method of Science...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley: Encyclopedia Ii - Aleister Crowley - Thelema
The religious or mystical system which Crowley founded, into which most of his nonfiction writings fall, he named Thelema. Thelema combin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley: Encyclopedia Ii - Aleister Crowley - Writings
Within the subject of occultism Crowley wrote widely, penning commentaries on the Tarot (The Book of Thoth), yoga (Book Four), the Kabbal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley: Encyclopedia Ii - Aleister Crowley - Science, Magic, And Sexuality
Crowley claimed to use a scientific method to study what people at the time called "spiritual" experiences, making "The Method of Science...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleister Crowley: Encyclopedia Ii - Aleister Crowley - Thelema
The religious or mystical system which Crowley founded, into which most of his writings fall, he named Thelema. Thelema combines a radica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordo Templi Orientis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordo Templi Orientis - Philosophy Of O.t.o.
O.T.O. was described by Crowley as the "first of the great Old Æon orders to accept The Book of the Law". O.T.O. was originally affiliat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordo Templi Orientis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordo Templi Orientis - Structure
The governing bodies of O.T.O. include: International Headquarters Presided over by the Outer Head of the Order XII° (OHO—also known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordo Templi Orientis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordo Templi Orientis - History
Ordo Templi Orientis - The beginnings. The founding of Ordo Templi Orientis began with a wealthy paper chemist, Carl Kellner (1851-1905...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordo Templi Orientis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordo Templi Orientis - Opposing Views
Aleister Crowley and O.T.O. are frequently labeled as evil. Several Christian churches consider O.T.O. to be Satanic (although the tenets...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Origin Of Jewish Mysticism
According to adherents of Kabbalah, the origin of Kabbalah begins with the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible). When read by a Kabbalist, the Torah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Criticisms
Kabbalah - Dualism. One of the most serious and sustained criticisms of Kabbalah is that it may lead away from monotheism, and instead ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Gnosticism And Kabbalah
Gnostic literature testifies to the antiquity of the Kabbalah. Gnosticism - systems of secret spiritual knowledge, or some sources say - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Debate About Kabbalah In Judaism
Although it was criticized by a small number of rabbis, Kabbalah has nevertheless been a fundamental part of most Jewish theology for man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Kabbalah In Non-jewish Society
Kabbalah eventually gained an audience outside of the Jewish community. Nominal-Christian versions of Kabbalah began to develop; by the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Textual Antiquity Of Esoteric Mysticism
Early forms of esoteric mysticism existed over 2,000 years ago. Ben Sira warns against it, saying: "You shall have no business with secre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Human Soul In Kabbalah
The Zohar posits that the human soul has three elements, the nefesh, ru'ach, and neshamah. The nefesh is found in all humans, and enters ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Mystic Doctrines In Talmudic Times
In Talmudic times the terms Ma'aseh Bereshit ("Works of Creation") and Ma'aseh Merkabah ("Works of the Divine Throne/Chariot") clearly in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Failure Of Sabbatian Mysticism
The spiritual and mystical yearnings of many Jews remained frustrated after the death of Rabbi Isaac Luria and his disciples and colleagu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Kabbalistic Understanding Of God
Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) teaches that God is neither matter nor spirit. Rather God is the creator of both, but is himself neither. But...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Foretelling The Future
A small number of Kabbalists have attempted to foretell events by the Kabbalah. The term has come to be used to refer to secret science i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Practical Applications
The Midrash and Talmud are replete with the use of Divine names and incantations that are claimed to effect supernatural or metaphysical ...   » Read the article