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GL Savidge
vavvavsix
Aug 2, 2007 8:02 pm
I have been un sucessful with google on this matter. I was wondering if anyone knows how many Thelemites are in the world now and at what rate the religon is...
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Julianus
julianus_93
Aug 2, 2007 9:00 pm
93 ... Did he explain how he arrived at that figure? 93 93/93 -- Julianus 'Nothing on the face of this earth -- and I do mean nothing -- is half so dangerous...
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Lady Hathor23
ladyhathor23
Aug 4, 2007 12:23 am
... wondering ... what ... there ... in 06.) ... For starters, THELEMA is not a religion. Yikes. Furthermore, it's not about who's IN the club dear, if you are...
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bishop
anubis_lux
Aug 5, 2007 2:54 am
93!~ ... [snipped all kinds of outrageous and unsubstantiatable (is that a word?) claims] ... Holy Crap! I've seen some doozies come out of the OTO realms...
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Joseph Thiebes
thiebes
Aug 5, 2007 7:28 am
93 ... Where do you get that idea? ... The Law is for all. 93 93/93 Joseph...
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camlion@...
camlionus
Aug 5, 2007 10:24 pm
93 Bishop, In a message dated 8/4/2007 7:54:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I often suspect that this sort of post is planted as a backhanded antiThelemic...
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Joseph Thiebes
thiebes
Aug 6, 2007 7:56 am
93 ... If that is the case then we are doing better after 100 years than the Christians were at that time with only about 7000 (Stark, Rodney. Cities of God.) ...
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Julianus
julianus_93
Aug 6, 2007 1:10 pm
93, ... It sure smells like one to me. Wouldn't bother with it otherwise. ... Very good, but this sort of initiatory proximity is no guarantee that your...
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camlion@...
camlionus
Aug 6, 2007 3:38 pm
93 Julianus, In a message dated 8/6/2007 6:11:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Nicely put. Different Thelema for each Star. Sounds more like a _grand_ plan for...
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Julianus
julianus_93
Aug 6, 2007 8:50 pm
93 ... Which brings us back to the original question of where that figure of 10,000 came from in the first place. Amorphous as the Thelemic community is, I...
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Joseph Thiebes
thiebes
Aug 6, 2007 9:20 pm
Julianus, 93 ... I think we'd need some statistical analysis to even make those rough guesses. My observation does not lead me to think that your guess is ...
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Joe Marek
josephwillia...
Aug 6, 2007 11:13 pm
Judging from the many references to "worship" in the Book of the Law, I would most definitely say it is a religion. Joe M....
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Ben Burch
benburch668
Aug 6, 2007 11:14 pm
... 93! A Jesuit of my acquaintance defined religion as "A culture that attempts to transmit spiritual values." -- "Love is the law, love under will." -Ben...
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tom chaudoin
taammuz
Aug 6, 2007 11:14 pm
Joseph Thiebes <joseph@...> wrote: 93 ... Gawd, Thelema IS a religion, under the auspices of Crowley and the OTO, it most it certainly has a...
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Byron Holmes
fraterzarath...
Aug 6, 2007 11:15 pm
I just wanted to give you guys a little word on this. My view on Thelema is not as a religion. Rather it incorporates all religions. It is a system in itself...
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Joseph Thiebes
thiebes
Aug 7, 2007 1:31 am
tom chaudoin et al., 93 Just to clarify it was not I byt Lady Hathor who asserted that Thelema is not a religion. For those interested in this topic I have...
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alamantra
Aug 7, 2007 2:47 am
I've been following this thread and would suggest that there is a a bit of muddle in the terminology going on. Thelema is 'the four-fold WORD of the Law,'...
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bishop
anubis_lux
Aug 7, 2007 3:01 am
... Ambiguity at its finest. I love this group. It just chock full of wisdom. Someday I want to write a book entitled, "Why Aleister Can't Read But His Star...
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lucy_fyre
Aug 7, 2007 3:46 am
... in 06.) ... Thelema Joseph Thiebes. According to http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/gyaccp/geography%20and%20religion.pdf there were about 1 million Christians...
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lucy_fyre
Aug 7, 2007 3:47 am
Thelema Joe, ... With all due respect, worship has as much to do with a cult as a religion. To me what makes The Book of the Law a holy book is the word Law....
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HornedGod93@...
didders2006
Aug 7, 2007 3:47 am
93, In a message dated 8/6/2007 4:16:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I think is safe to conclude that the Thelema (yea, the Thelema of AL) is a religion for...
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Joseph Thiebes
thiebes
Aug 7, 2007 4:21 am
Scarlet, 93 ... Well we all hail to different authorities but I think Stark's research is on more solid ground. :) 93 93/93 Joseph...
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bishop
anubis_lux
Aug 7, 2007 12:23 pm
93!~ ... I like this. I think it's too broad in it's use of 'culture', but, generally, I like it. It's a definition that actually has substance and meaning...
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Julianus
julianus_93
Aug 7, 2007 12:46 pm
93 ... Beautiful. These guys should have gone into public relations. In this debate I am reminded of the Traditionalist writer Rene Guenon (the 'most...
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bishop
anubis_lux
Aug 7, 2007 7:54 pm
93!~ Those interested in the previous subject on thelemic philosophy, I'm requesting that you contact me privately. All things considered, and having...
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marqswinkels
Aug 10, 2007 4:41 pm
... lately, ... material. I have no idea why you think you have to diss this person so obsessively, since what she says makes perfect sense and is fully ...
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HornedGod93@...
didders2006
Aug 10, 2007 4:42 pm
93 all, In a message dated 8/6/2007 6:31:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I am interested in the opinions of others, especially that of Bishop, on the value of...
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lucy_fyre
Aug 10, 2007 4:42 pm
Thelema Joseph, "> Well we all hail to different authorities but I think Stark's research is on more solid ground. :)" Well, to me at least, no statistic is...
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Jake Stratton-Kent
jakeus72
Aug 10, 2007 5:03 pm
Thelema Scarlet and All, how many Thelemites? For some reason this reminds me of the old joke: ''there's only two of us going to be saved, me and Hamish, and...
