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An adapted unicursal hexagram is an important symbol in Thelema. In Aleister Crowley's Thelema, the hexagram is usually depicted with a five-petalled flower in the centre which symbolises the pentagram. The hexagram represents the heavenly macrocosmic or planetary forces and is a symbol equivalent to the Rosicrucian Rose Cross or ancient ...
Aleister Crowley's rendition of the unicursal hexagram. Aleister Crowley's system of Thelema begins with The Book of the Law, which bears the official name Liber AL vel Legis. It was written in Cairo, Egypt, during his honeymoon with his new wife Rose Crowley (née Kelly).
Unicursal hexagram: Aleister Crowley's Thelema: Symbol of the Thelema religion, a hexagram that can be drawn with one line. Vishvarupa (Cosmic Man) Vaishnavism, Hinduism: This iconographical form of the Hindu Trimurti god Visnu, whose body represents the structure and form of the entire cosmos.
Aleister Crowley's rendition of the Unicursal Hexagram, the symbol of Thelema 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 ]
Within the mystical and philosophical system developed by Crowley, the core task for a practitioner is the discovery and manifestation of True Will. The realisation of this True Will is itself the Great Work, as expressed in the Benediction at the end of Crowley's Gnostic Mass, where the Priest blesses the congregation with the words:
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.
In the esoteric philosophy of Thelema, founded by Aleister Crowley in the early 20th century, an Aeon is a period of time defined by distinct spiritual and cultural characteristics, each accompanied by its own forms of magical and religious expression. [1]
The Unicursal Hexagram originates from the Golden Dawn document "Polygons and Polygrams". When Israel Regardie published his book "The Golden Dawn", he did not have access to document, and it was first published by Crowley, which lead to the generel misconception that Crowley originated the Unicursal Hexagram. Now however, he credits them with ...