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Category Archives: Taoism
Does Thelema need an ecclesiastical hierarchy? (with my thoughts on how Crowley got it wrong)
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. This is an expansion of a discussion I began on Twitter. I posited the following open question: Do you believe that there is an actual need for an ecclesiastical hierarchy … Continue reading
Posted in Adidam, Albert Pike, Animism, Atenism, Baha'i Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Egyptian Religion, Freemasonry, General Mysticism, Hermeticism, Hinduism, Islam, θέλημα, Ken Wilber, Occult, Religion, Scientology, Scottish Rite, Taoism, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Urantia Book
Tagged Aleister Crowley, Christianity, Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, Esoteric and Occult, Hierarchies, Hierarchy, Occult, Ordo Templi Orientis, Protestant Reformation, Religion, The Book of the Law, Thelema, Usenet
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Thelema=Dialectical Monism
Why do you think Crowley was so keen on translating the Dao De Ching (AKA Tao Teh King)? Because Thelema is a manifestation of dialectical monism akin to Taoism or Hermeticism. Here are two quotes from Liber AL attesting to … Continue reading
Posted in Hermeticism, θέλημα, Occult, Religion, Taoism
Tagged Daniel Dennett, Joseph Priestley, Malcolm Jeeves, Nancey Murphy, Richard Swinburne, The Book of the Law, Thelema
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