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In the esoteric philosophy of Thelema, founded by Aleister Crowley in the early 20th century, an Aeon is a astrological age defined by distinct spiritual and cultural characteristics, each accompanied by its own forms of magical and religious expression. [1]
Crowley's belief system, Thelema, has been described by scholars as a religion, [215] and more specifically as both a new religious movement, [216] and as a "magico-religious doctrine". [217] Although holding The Book of the Law —which was composed in 1904—as its central text, Thelema took shape as a complete system in the years after 1904.
Thelema (/ θ ə ˈ l iː m ə /) is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy [1] and a new religious movement founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. [2]
Aleister Crowley's reception of The Book of the Law in 1904 marked the beginning of this aeon, [3] with the central tenet being "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." [ 9 ] Israel Regardie viewed Crowley's revelation of the aeon as a monumental shift towards new spiritual and psychological paradigms, emphasizing individual spiritual ...
True Will in Thelema refers to an individual's unique, divinely ordained purpose or path in life. It is the core principle that guides a person's actions and decisions, transcending personal desires and ego-driven motives. According to Crowley, True Will is the expression of one's deepest and most authentic self, aligned with the universal ...
Cover of the 1991 edition of Little Essays Toward Truth by Aleister Crowley. Little Essays Toward Truth is a 1938 book written by the mystic Aleister Crowley (1875–1947). It consists of sixteen philosophical essays on various topics within the framework of the Qabalah and Crowley's religion of Thelema. On the concept of truth, Crowley writes:
Aleister Crowley, founder of Thelema, referred to the higher consciousness or self as Harpocrates, which he identified as a name for the Holy Guardian Angel. [19] In his early writings, Crowley states that the Holy Guardian Angel is the "silent self", the equivalent of the Genius of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn , the Augoeides of ...
The Holy Books of Thelema is a collection of 15 works by Aleister Crowley, the founder of Thelema, originally published in 1909 by Crowley under the title Θελημα, and later republished in 1983, together with a number of additional texts, under the new title, The Holy Books of Thelema, by Ordo Templi Orientis under the direction of Hymenaeus Alpha.