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  • Crowley Myths

    Crowley Myths This article is incomplete. You can help Thelemapedia by adding to it (*http:///index.php?title=Crowley_Myths&action=edit*). Myths, Untruths, and Downright Lies, The Conspiracy World and Aleister Crowley. When many people hear the word the first things that might pop into their head is the wickedest man in the world along with, junky, pervert, Satanist, black magician,…

  • Tree Of Life

    Tree of Life The Tree of Life is a tool used to categorize and organize various mystical concepts, and is central to the teachings of and the . At its most simple level, it is composed of ten spheres, or emanations, called sephiroth (sing. “sephira”) which are connected by twenty two paths. The sephiroth are…

  • Lieh Tzu

    Lieh-tzu — Lieh Tzu or Lie Zi is a famous legendary sage mentioned several times in the . It is not certain that he has ever existed. The Taoist compilation text known as the *Lieh Tzu* is attributed to this name and was inscribed in the emperor’s library’s catalogue as *Treatise of the perfect emptiness*.…

  • Khu

    Khu Khu is generally associated as the combination of the Ka (Spirit) and Ba (Soul). The Ba being what makes a person unique similar to personality and teh Ka being the “life force” (for a lack of better words). The Ka is what distinguishes those alive from those dead. The understanding that the individual is…

  • Julius Evola

    Julius Evola Julius Evola, born Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola, aka Baron Giulio (May 19, 1898-June 11, [974), was a controversial Italian , who wrote prolifically on matters political, philosophical, historical, and religious from a Traditionalist point of view. Table of Contents Early years Born Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola in Rome to a noble Sicilian family.…

  • Eye Of Ra

    Eye of Ra Usage as a title Avenger godforms of were given the title ‘Eye of Ra’ and represented ‘s wrathful nature. The godforms were supposed to have come about by glancing with his eye and creating them – this is why the Eyes of Ra were often referred to as ‘s children. The Egyptians…

  • Transcendent Will

    Transcendent Will Transcendent Will In Thelemic literature, the phrases “”, “” and “transcendent Will” are interchangeable and used to differentiate the specific concept of Will in Thelema from the more conventional concept of will as it is used in general (non-Thelemic) context. *Nerve thyself, then, to seek it and to do it. Naught can satisfy…

  • Conjurer

    Conjurer The word conjuration (from Latin ‘conjuratio’, ‘conjurare’, to swear together) can be interpreted in several different ways: as an invocation or evocation (the latter in the sense of binding by a vow); as an exorcism; or as an act of illusionism. The word is often used synonymously with “invocation”, although the two are not…

  • Allan Bennett

    Allan Bennett Charles Henry Allan Bennett (1872-1923), was member of the . He was a friend and associate of . Bennett received the name Bikkhu Ananda Metteyya at his ordination as a Buddhist monk and spent years studying and practicing Buddhism in the East. He was the first Englishman to be ordained as a Buddhist…

  • Gerald Gardner

    Gerald Gardner — Gerald Brosseau Gardner (June 13, 1884 – February 13, 1964) was a British civil servant, amateur anthropologist, writer, and who published some of the definitive texts for , which he was instrumental in founding. Table of Contents Gardner & Crowley initiated Gerald Gardner into the in 1946. (http://www.religioustolerance.org/wicrede.htm) (*http://www.religioustolerance.org/wicrede.htm*) See Also External…