Building the Island Sustainability in an Era of Instability
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The world has been “ending” in people’s imaginations for as long as we’ve had imaginations, which is both comforting and annoying. The comforting part is that history is not a single fragile crystal goblet; it’s more...
Integral Thelema
Integral Thelema is a regularly released newsletter promoting the growth, education, and application of integral Thelemic philosophy and theology with a focus on application to real-world concerns in pursuit of wholeness in all four primary experiential domains, and to the complex issues in the world, through a framework of applied Thelema in 360°of life.
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Pedagogical Perspectives On Thelemic Teachers
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I commented recently that I grew up in a highly conservative Baptist church that was a bit different than most. Unlike in the majority of typical Southern Baptist-affiliated churches of the times, our preacher was...
Liturgy and Love A Devotional Calendar
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I read a comment elsewhere on social media in which a respected teacher in Thelema told someone (and I’m paraphrasing) to move away from devotional work, specifically Bhakti Yoga, in their spiritual life as quickly as...
Thanksgiving Thoughts Thelema in the World
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Thanksgiving was never a major holiday in my family. Growing up, Christmas was the big occasion when everyone gathered for celebrations. Thanksgiving was … “nice.” It was just a meal. Sometimes we spent it with my best...
Thelema is Like a Box of Chocolates Revealed Framework of Thelema
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. My momma always said,“Life was like a box of chocolates.You never know what you're gonna get.” If you’re as old as I...
Eyes Wide Shut Personal Lesson in Ideological Bubbles
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I grew up in a sheltered childhood. I was raised within a Southern Baptist evangelical environment, but it was a paradoxical mix of standard 1970s end-of-the-world messaging and 1980s Satanic Panic paranoia with a load...
Of Dog Catchers, School Boards, and Presidents Voting Thelema into Office
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Grab a seat. Trust me. I fully admit my ADHD may have hit a ceiling with this one. I am really all over the place. And, for once, I’m not going to apologize for the semi-brain-dump feel of this offering. We’re just...
Broken Swords & Fallow Fields Will Thelemites Ever Tire of Being Terrible?
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. For as long as I can remember, Thelemites have had one of the worst reputations in all of occulture even before occulture was coined in the 1990s as a term that is still as vague today as it was back then. There was an...
A Thelemic Canon Examining a Course of Study
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Within Thelema, there is no official canon for...
Organic Thelema The Great Commission: Promulgation vs Proselytization
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. “Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong” [AL 1.40a] Ever notice the difference between the “Great Commission” of Christianity and that of Thelema?I use Christianity in this essay as the counterpoint here only...
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