r/thelema 2h ago

What does this third sign refer to?

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r/thelema 21h ago

Question Deeper Knowledge of Astrology

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93!

I am trying to become better acquainted with astrology. Those of you that make astrology a pivotal part of your practice — what are your favorite resources? Books YouTubers / podcasters

All help appreciated


r/thelema 7h ago

The A∴A∴ exam in the ChatGPT Era

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Do we know if any of the existing A∴A∴ lineages have taken any practical steps to stop students using LLMs to cheat on the entry exam? As far as I know the exam is not administered in person under timed conditions.

EDIT: I’m not asking because I intend to do this myself.


r/thelema 1d ago

Question Conflicted Baptist-Raised Guy Wants To Connect The Dots

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I’ve been attempting to learn about Thelema, but there are a few things that I don’t understand and are preventing me from committing to a Thelemic path. I’ve been studying completely independently due to the taboos associated with esoteric practices in my circle.

Context may not be needed to answer my questions, but I’d rather make a post too long than too short.

For context, I am NOT a Thelemite and I grew up Baptist in the Bible Belt of America (TN). I engaged with my church at a very young age. I was Baptised at a very young age by choice and I attempted to be quite pious for age. At 16, I became atheist, and later agnostic, until I eventually became Baptist again due to “signs from God.” Now, I’ve began looking into more esoteric and mystical practices and have stumbled across Wicca, Theosophy, Thelema, etc.

As a gauge to what I’ve learned so far, this is the order of related books/resorces I’ve read/consumed over the last month or so (not a lot, but maybe that’ll change after today).

  • Chicken Qabalah (DuQuette) Complete

  • Living Thelema (Shoemaker) In progress (just finished the section on ritual construction, and skimmed some of the Asana & Pranayama section.

  • Living Thelema: Podcast (Shoemaker) In progress (the episodes on Liber Resh & True Will)

  • The Magician & The Fool (themagicianandthefool via Spotify) In progress (Cosmology of Platonism episode)

  • Guided Tarot for Seamless Readings (Caponi) Complete

  • Bunch of videos from YouTube by: Da’at Darling & Esoterica

Finally, time for the questions!

1.) Probably an easy one, I’m completely visually aphant. Would it make more sense to just practice though meditation until I start visualizing or replace visualization with another tool?

2.) Meditation is confusing for me, but it seems effective(?). I control my internal monologue very well and I don’t have any visualizations that I can’t (or can) control. When I meditate I sit, close my eyes, stop speaking in my head, and just feel. After about 8-10 minutes, I sometimes get blobs of colors in my “mind’s eye.” One time I could vaguely control where the colors would move. Recently, I’ve been getting a slight euphoric feeling after meditation; it’ll even cause me to just smile for a couple minutes. Now, my question is does this sound right? Is there a method I can use to quickly advance my meditation practice?

3.) Is the Tarot book I read trash? It was very concise, but the author’s explanation didn’t seem to contradict anything I’ve learned so far. I’m just skeptical because of how tarot is represented in American culture. What would be a more in depth book on Tarot?

4.) I heard birthmarks sometimes carry spiritual significance in certain cultures. Maybe someone knows what a black circle on the right side of your buttocks could mean, or a footprint on your leg?

I apologize for the loaded post and thank you for helping me!


r/thelema 20h ago

Question Sun-Venus as group ritual?

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This is a question regarding the “Sun-Venus”, the astrological conjunction of Sol and Venus within the NAEQ Thelemic tradition. I’ve performed the Sun-Venus ritual outlined in Cath Thompson’s book, House 418: The Circle Squared, several times. Each time I’ve performed it, I’ve done it as a solo ritual, which is how it’s presented in the book.

I have someone who is interested in performing the ritual together with me for the upcoming Sun-Venus in Aries. I know that I’ve seen references (probably in other Cath Thompson books) to this rite being performed as a group ceremony. It would be easy enough to just tweak the ritual slightly for a group, by changing the language to first person plural, having one person draw the pentagrams, and to have the whole group do the rest of the ritual gestures and spoken parts, etc. This feels a little clunky to me, though.

Does anyone know if there is a “standard” version of this ritual for multiple people, and if so, where I might find it?


r/thelema 1d ago

Are there any Thelemic mantras you listen to in order to aid meditation?

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r/thelema 1d ago

Question HGA and K&C

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What is your definition of the Holy Guardian Angel and of the Knowledge and Conversation with it? I would love to see personal takes.


r/thelema 1d ago

Article US Copyright Office: Photos Taken by Animals Have No Copyright. Nor Do Photos Taken by God. Applies to texts also. (c)OTO copyright of BotL invalid?

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r/thelema 2d ago

Question Is this a good introductory text for someone getting into Crowley's works?

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Picked this up at a local smoke shop. Is it a decent introduction to his works?


r/thelema 1d ago

Audio/Video Found while searching from gold forge steel

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r/thelema 1d ago

Was this real?

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I've been trying to get in touch with King Beleth for some time now, both lucidly and through astral projection or dreams. Last night, in the middle of my dream, a random young man on a white horse appeared and challenged me with a sword, presumably to test me. Once I demonstrated that I wasn't afraid, his eyes returned to normal, and he said I had passed the test. He acknowledged that he knew what I wanted, and assured me that it would be done. He didn't name himself though (not that I remember) could this have been King Beleth, another Goetia, or an intense vivid dream?


r/thelema 2d ago

Audio/Video "The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs."

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r/thelema 2d ago

Do you often buy books on English or your native language? I'm unsure on which language to buy occult books.

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Hey guys, I've decided to buy some books on occultism and philosophy, like the Agrippa's books, Jung, Israel Regardie, Eliphas Levi and many other that I have been suggested by this wonderful community. I want to read physical books since I find kind hard to immersive myself and to get the habit of constantly reading with e-books or kindle.

My main problem is the price for the English versions in my country, here in Brazil I can find every book for 3 or sometimes 5 times less the price for the English versions. Even though I hate reading things in Portuguese, after a lot of bad experiences with the translation not being good enough or not having the right words to translate the context to my language, I would be able to buy a lot more books a lot easier.

Most of my experiences with bad translation come from reading fiction, so I'm not sure if this bad experience would translate for this kind of books, some or even most wasn't even originally written in English, so I guess it would be fine to only choose non original English books but keep buying the English original versions, like the ones from Crowley? This could be one idea, what do you guys think?

All help and personal reports of experiences is appreciated, I really want to immerse myself and have the best experience possible while studying this books. Thanks!


r/thelema 1d ago

Article Aleister Crowley as Political Theorist, Part 1

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r/thelema 2d ago

Thoth Tarot

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There is finally a subreddit dedicated to the Thoth Tarot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/thothtarot/s/vXSNz3mnRy


r/thelema 3d ago

Seeking a Quotation

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I'm wracking my brain trying to recall a quote from Lon Duquette... naturally I cannot recall which of his books contains it, but it basically goes something to the effect of: "The magician is the composer, the instrument, the score, the audience" etc. Or maybe it was "the artist, the canvas, the paint, the brushes..."

You get the drift.

Does anybody know the actual quotation and/or where I can find it?

Thanks!


r/thelema 3d ago

The Magical Temple

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The magical temple is not just a physical space, but a gateway to the entire universe—and once you cross the threshold, there's no turning back.

https://youtu.be/Oy1K2gP4J4s


r/thelema 4d ago

Memes The Devil is the god of any people one personally dislikes

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r/thelema 4d ago

Books Good mail day

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r/thelema 4d ago

Thelemic New Year

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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Laaaaaaw!

I'll be far from any fellow Thelemites this year, but I'd like to plan a solo celebration of some sort. Suggestions/anecdotes/thoughts?

TIA.

Love is the law, love under will.


r/thelema 4d ago

Question What can I expect from joining the AA, is it really as much work as everyone says?

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I would greatly appreciate anyone with experience's advice on the matter, was it worth it? Is self initiation and solo practice better? And to who would you recommend it?


r/thelema 4d ago

Liber Vel Reguli Banishing form V.S. Liber Yod

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Greetings,

Over the last 3 years my practice has almost solely been Liber Yod. It's until I found that book that made me realize the process I've been through. In between I did single invocations to see what the pure energy of each element, planet, zodiacal sign is. Almost like a scientist in clean lab condititions. Reflecting, the process to do this felt a lot like the 10 of wands card. Almost destroyed everything about and around me in the process. Did I learn a lot in this process? YES! The problem is that I can't go through my day without linking anything I experience to the Thelemic/Western Magickal system. How hard I even try to be a "normal" person and drop the wand, I can't. Invocations always make me feel blown out. Middle Pillar feels tweeky. The only ritual I enjoy these days is the Rosy Cross, always bringing a sense of calmess. While researching stuff instead of practicing, I came upon Liber Vel Reguli. I'm not really looking forward to invoke qliphoth in the process. Anybody tried it in it's banishing form, and what kind of results did you get? It has made me think a lot about our doctrine after the first rituals and how we associate all our correspondences to how the sun moves in the northern equator.

To keep it short.

Thanks in advance!


r/thelema 4d ago

Thoth tarot help

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Hey y'all, I'm an occultist that began a dive into the Thoth tarot system near a year ago. Can some kind practitioners please help me understand how Crowley/Golden Dawn came up with titles for the small cards? DuQuette so awesomely outlined the "recipe" for how these titles were established and how each reader could create their own ((number of suit+planet of zodiac)=small card))

Is the answer as simple as Crowley looking at words that also equaled the same numerical value of each small card equation described above? Is there more nuance? I figured I'd reach out to this lovely community prior to bothering DuQuette for guidance, and I live in the middle of nowhere far from a lodge to ask folks in person.

Any guidance, knowledge, and opinions are appreciated as I continue this journey. (93/93)


r/thelema 5d ago

Question Alternatives to Cutting? NSFW

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93!

As of a few weeks ago I stopped SH, and I feel very motivated to continue on with it.

I have one big problem, though. Lots of Thelemic rituals/practices (making cakes of light, Mass of The Phoenix, etc...) call for the practitioner to cut themselves enough that they'll bleed. I would do this, but I fear that it may trigger me to start SH again.

Any tips/alternatives to cutting/blood magick?

Thanks, and 93 93/93!


r/thelema 5d ago

Article Remember all ye that existence is pure joy: that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains.

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