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What is THELEMA?

Each of us is bornwith a purpose

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Liber  VII,  Chapter  IV:23-­26

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To  Perfect  This  Feast Love is the law, love under will.

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Perdurabo:  The   Life   of   Aleister   Crowley The  Weiser   Concise   Guide   to   Aleister  Crowley   Perdurabo   Outtakes    Panic   in   Detroit:   The  Magician   and  the   Motor   City.

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Beauty  and   Strength

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TM:  What   do   you   think   will   be  the   greatest   challenge   facing   the  Order  in  the  next  25-­50  years?  

TM:  Looking  back  over  the  great  revival  of  O.T.O.,  what  has  been  our  single  greatest  accomplishment  and  our  greatest  misstep?  

The   Holy   Books   of  Thelema

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TM:  What   do   you   think   will   be  

Order  during  the  next  25  years?  

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Liber   Israfel  

Liber  Israfel

Liber   V   vel   Reguli  Liber  

Israfel

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is  written   in  Liber  Tzaddi   of  The  Holy  Books  of  Thelema

Liber  Israfel

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In Relation to the Divine From page 7

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An Intro. to Thelema   From page 2

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Liber  AL  vel  Legis The  Book  of  the  Law

Liber   AL

Tao   Te  Ching

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TM:   If   you   could   pick   three  accomplishments,   policies   or   projects  that  you  would  like  to  see  completed  in  the  next  25  years  what  would  they  be?

TM:   What   accomplishment   in   the  past  25  years  has  made  you  the  most  proud  of  our  Order?  

   

TM:   During   a   presentation   at  William   Blake   Lodge,   you  mentioned  “Grady  would  be  proud  of  us.”  Would  you  share  more  details  about   this   for  our  readers?  

Liber  ABA,  Liber  Aleph

TM:   You   mentioned   many  

developed   over   the   years   within  the   Order.   Could   you   give   a   few  examples?      

 

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The   Book   of   the   Law    Liber   Oz

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The Agapé Interview From page 5

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