In The Ethics of Thelema, we stated that Liber OZ: does not grant rights; it lists rights that are available to those who are able to enforce them. It may seem ironic to some that many Thelemites – claiming to adhere to “the law of the strong” (AL II, 21) – should exert so much […]

On a lighter than usual note, this entry will consist of a review and discussion of John Crow‘s “The Missing Calls to the Great Work”, an interesting and thoughtful essay in an otherwise uniformly disappointingly lacklustre and low-quality second edition of the “Journal of Thelemic Studies” magazine. In the essay, Crow summarises some points relating […]

An recent news article on LAShTAL.com generated the following comment from an individual calling himself “mendaxveritas”: Beyond that, the point is simply that it is unwise to employ methods that arguably violate the principles of The Book of the Law. The cause of liberty is not advanced by taking advantage of laws that themselves are […]

[From private correspondence] On the question of “organisation” and “legal” law — which is always a thorny issue in Thelema — legal restrictions (e.g. on the dumping of waste, to continue this example), while apparently preserving the freedoms of others can actually have the reverse effect. In the above example, the scientist “responsibly” disposed of […]