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Abrahadabra is a significant word within Thelema, a religion founded by Aleister Crowley early in the 20th century. Crowley first proposed this respelling of the word "Abracadabra" in January 1901 and included it in the central sacred text of Thelema, The Book of the Law, the manuscript of which was written in April 1904.
Crowley's final publication during his lifetime was a book of poetry, Olla: An Anthology of Sixty Years of Song. [203] Another of his projects, Aleister Explains Everything, was posthumously published as Magick Without Tears. [204]
Aleister Crowley was highly prolific and wrote on the subject of Thelema for over 35 years, and many of his books remain in print. During his time, there were several others who wrote on the subject, including U.S. O.T.O. Grand Master Charles Stansfeld Jones , whose works on Qabalah are still in print, and Major-General J. F. C. Fuller .
Aleister Crowley believed that the references to The Beast and the Scarlet Woman (Babalon) in the book “do not denote persons but are titles of office”. [4] The first mention reads thus: Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast; and in his woman called the Scarlet Woman is all power ...
Crowley's aim was to encapsulate the principles of Thelema in a manner that was direct and accessible, describing the "O.T.O. plan in words of one syllable." [6] It is one of the last and shortest of the books known as the Libri of Aleister Crowley. The creation of Liber OZ took place during World War II.
Magick Without Tears, a series of letters, was the last book written by English occultist Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), although it was not published until after his death. It was written in 1943 and published in 1954 with a foreword by its editor, Karl Germer .
In the esoteric philosophy of Thelema, founded by Aleister Crowley in the early 20th century, an Aeon is a period of time defined by distinct spiritual and cultural characteristics, each accompanied by its own forms of magical and religious expression. [1]
In his Commentaries, Crowley explains: The obeah is the magick of the Secret Light with special reference to acts; the wanga is the verbal or mental correspondence of the same. The " obeah " being the acts, and the " wanga " the words, proper to Magick, the two cover the whole world of external expression.