Encyclopedia - Thelemapedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Thelemapedia - The Project Is Forked
In January of 2005, the project was forked due to editorial differences. The forked project was named Free Encyclopedia of Thelema. [2] S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thelemapedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Thelemapedia - Managing Editor Creates Controversial Promotional Pages
During March of 2005, then managing editor of Thelemapedia, Ash (John Bowie), created a promotional page for Thelemapedia on several host...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic And Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic And Religion - Magical Practices
The basic mechanism of magical practices is the spell, a spoken or written formula which is used in conjunction with a particular set of ...   » 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 - Thelema: Encyclopedia - Thelema
Thelema is the English transliteration of the Ancient Greek noun θέλημα will, from the verb ἐθέλω to will, wish, purpose. The...   » 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 - Magic And Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic And Religion - Related Religious Practices
Closely related to magic is religious ritual, such as prayer. The major difference between magic and ritual is that ritual does not alway...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic And Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic And Religion - Evidence Of Magical Practices In The Archaelogical And Historical Record
Appearing from aboriginal tribes in Australia and New Zealand to rainforest tribes in South America, bush tribes in Africa and pagan trib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thelema: Encyclopedia Ii - Thelema - Aleister Crowley's Thelema
Thelema is the name of a philosophical/religious system established in 1904 through Aleister Crowley and his wife, Rose Edith Kelly, with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thelema: Encyclopedia Ii - Thelema - Doctrines Of Thelema
The central doctrine of this system is that knowing and doing one's True Will is the ultimate purpose and destiny of every being. This is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thelema: Encyclopedia Ii - Thelema - Critical Study And Diverse Practice
Different organizations and persons (predominantly from Germany) do not see Thelema as originating from Crowley. Rather they see Crowley'...   » 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 - 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 - Thelema: Encyclopedia Ii - Thelema - Thelema And Other Systems Of Thought
Thelema is a mystical/magical philosophy of life based on Will. The individual Will in Thelema is identified with the Egyptian god Had or...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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