Thelema (Greek for "will") is named in The Book of the Law itself as the Word of the Law, held in direct contradistinction to Abrahadabra, which this atlas also covers and which the same text names the Word of the Aeon. The pairing of the two words within Thelemic scripture makes this a genuinely paired formula rather than an invented second entry: Abrahadabra names the era, Thelema names the governing principle of conduct within it, and this entry is deliberately named in full to keep it visibly distinct from the Thelema religion page of the same bare word.
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Who Performs ItSourced to the subject's own accountAll adherents of the tradition 1 FrequencySourced to the subject's own accountAs the occasion requires 1 Solitary or CommunalSourced to the subject's own accountPerformed alone or together 1 Origins
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What It Is Used ForSourced to the subject's own accountConfession of faith: states what the reciter holds 1 Form
Type of MantraSourced to the subject's own accountSacred word (Word of the Law) 1 Attributions
TraditionSourced to the subject's own account Connections
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Source Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)Aleister Crowley
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Source Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)Aleister Crowley
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Source Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)Aleister Crowley
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1. Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)
Aleister Crowley, O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis), 1904Liber AL vel Legis, on Thelema as the Word of the LawView the Source Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism
Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2012on the Word of the Law and the Word of the Aeon
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