Thelema

Thelema is the English transliteration of the Greek word 'Θελημα' which means 'will.'

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Thelema is the name of a philosophical/religious system established in 1904 through Aleister Crowley and his wife, Rose Edith Kelly, with the writing of Liber AL vel Legis, or The Book of the Law. Crowley claimed to have taken this short work of about 5,000 words, comparable in length to the Tao Te Ching, as direct auditory dictation from a praeterhuman intelligence called Aiwass or Aiwaz in Cairo, Egypt on April 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1904. Crowley himself did not fully accept the role set forth for him in the Book for many years. Interior evidence supports the assertion that the Cairo Working, as it is called, was a psychic experience involving shared telepathy between Crowley and his wife, synchronicity, and Crowley's own unconscious psyche. These facts are not however inconsistent with Crowley's claim that Aiwass is an objective being, if we regard Aiwass as Crowley's Holy Guardian Angel acting in and through Crowley himself, e.g., through the mechanism of Incarnation.

Aleister Crowley: Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947) was an occultist, mystic, sexual revolutionary, and drug addict (especially heroin)....

Liber AL vel Legis: REDIRECTThe Book of the Law...

The Book of the Law: The Book of the Law, also known as Liber AL vel Legis, is the text central to philosophical / religious practice called Thelema founded by Aleister Crowley....