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The Lewes Wilson TrioThelema Thelema New religious movement founded by Aleister Crowley For the EP, see Thelema (EP). For the fictional abbey, see Thélème. Thelema (/θəˈliːmə/) is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy[1] and a new religious movement founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician.[2] Central to Thelema is the concept of discovering and following one's True Will, a divine and individual purpose that transcends ordinary desires. Crowley's system begins with The Book of the Law, a text he maintained was dictated to him by a non-corporeal entity named Aiwass. This work outlines key principles, including the axioms "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" and… (Source: Wikipedia)
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