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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law", [39] meaning that adherents of Thelema should seek out and follow their true path, i.e. find or determine their True Will. [40]
The Tau and the circle together make one form of the Rosy Cross, the uniting of subject and object which is the Great Work, and which is symbolized sometimes as this cross and circle, sometimes as the Lingam- Yoni, sometimes as the Ankh or Crux Ansata, sometimes by the Spire and Nave of a church or temple, and sometimes as a marriage feast, mystic marriage, spiritual marriage, "chymical nuptials," and in a hundred other ways. Whatever the form chosen, it is the symbol of the Great Work. [25]Sutin, Lawrence (2014). Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley. United States: St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1466875265. Later on, it was adapted by Aleister Crowley when he founded the Thelema religion in the early 1900s and became one of the most significant symbols of the religion. Melton, J. Gordon (2000). The Church of Scientology. Studies in Contemporary Religions. Vol.1. Signature Books. ISBN 978-1560851394.
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What Does the Word 'Thelema' Mean?
Thomas De Quincey in his work titled; Rosicrucians and Freemasonry, suggested that Freemasonry was possibly an outgrowth of Rosicrucianism. Steiner, Rudolf (founder of Anthroposophy). Christian Rosenkreutz– The Mystery, Teaching and Mission of a Master. The word θέλημα ( thelema) is rare in Classical Greek, where it "signifies the appetitive will: desire, sometimes even sexual", [3] but it is frequent in the Septuagint. [3] Early Christian writings occasionally use the word to refer to the human will, [4] and even the will of the Devil, [5] but it usually refers to the will of God. [6] The final three (Netzah, Hod, Yesod) are the secondary emotions. They have a more tangible manifestation and are means to other ends rather than being the ends themselves. Crowley, Aleister (1919b). "Liber XV: O. T. O. Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ". The Equinox: The Review of Scientific Illuminism. Detroit: Ordo Templi Orientis, Thelema Publications. 3 (1): 249 ff.
Urban, Hugh (2006). Magia Sexualis: Sex, Magic, and Liberation in Modern Western Esotericism. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-24776-0.Crowley, Aleister (1976). The Book of the Law: Liber AL vel Legis. York Beach, Maine: Weiser Books. ISBN 978-0-87728-334-8.