The Way of the Will: Thelema in Action

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A practical and in-depth manual on integrating Thelemic spiritual principles into daily life, by a prominent writer and teacher of the occult and the work of Aleister Crowley.

InThe Way of the Will,David Shoemaker explores how the spiritual discipline ofThelema, founded by Aleiser Crowley (18751947), can be utilized to enhance your psychological and spiritual growth. The book grew out of the authors own teachings and experiencespodcast episodes, classes, and of course, many years of personal practice and supervision of other initiates. It is a compendium of useful tools and perspectives designed to serve as one of many useful guides in the magicians library.

• Part 1 of the book, Thelema and the Life Within, reflects on the waysyour inner experience can be enhanced by tools such as the Qabalistic tree of Llfe, Qabalistic psychology, and the symbolic world of astrology.
• In part 2, Thelemic Practice in Detail,several important (but rarely discussed) libers in the Thelemic corpus are reviewed, with an eye toward strengthening the use of these powerful practices with no-nonsense advice. Tips are shared for constructing powerful, customized magical invocationsand coping with the inevitable ordeals that impact us along the path of our Great Work. Part 2 willalso examine the deeper, personal magick accessible via attendance of the Gnostic Massand the ways the symbolic frameworks of the original Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn can be (and have been) adapted to express and enhance Thelemic principles and practices.
• Part 3, Thelema in the Wider World, reviews the ways in which the Thelemic path can inform your health, your creativity, your sense of connectedness and meaning, and your experience of the nature of life itself. Various opportunities for community engagement and training in Thelemic magick and mysticism that exist in todays world are explored, as well as the ways in which these have evolved since Crowleys time.

David also offers a personal memoir of his own path toward awareness of True Will, including his experience of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angelthe term often used by Crowley to describe the pivotal spiritual awakening potentially available to every human being.