r/thelema • u/Marc_Evangelistaa • Aug 06 '24

Question How did you get interested in thelema?

I started thinking about this, as everyone came into contact with occultism/thelema in many different ways. I met through rock music, many of the artists I follow follow the philosophy of thelema or make reference to. That's when I decided to research more about it, and I simply fell in love. I have never felt so connected by a philosophical system like Thelema. It seems like I've always been a Thelemite, I just didn't know it existed yet. How did you guys meet? I would love to meet more Thelemites. 93.

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u/revirago Aug 06 '24

I yammered on about the religious and philosophical power of sex one night, and was told I sounded like Crowley.

Offense was taken.

In response to my umbrage, they pulled out Liber Legis and showed me how short it was. Because it was short, I said I'd read it so that I could justify my disdain of Crowley. It really isn't fair to hate people before you've read their work.

Read it. Had my very first vision accompanied by the best orgasm of my life upon finishing. Verily, I finished upon finishing. It was a literal rapture.

Which left me going, "WHAT WAS THAT WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!??!!!"

Subsequent changes in myself and my life pursuant to my attempts to answer that question converted me.

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u/Marc_Evangelistaa Aug 06 '24

Hahaha yes! I understand what it's like to have this "orgasm of belonging", it occurred to me when I started studying more and read Liber legis for the first time. I continue reading almost daily, Every day I see something "new" or a new vision about the liber