Building Sanctuaries
In a world of rising conflict, building a sanctuary is a powerful act of creative resistance. Whether a physical space, Tarot cards, or a daily practice, sanctifying what is sacred helps us reclaim our freedom.
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On the True Will
True Will in Thelema emphasizes discernment, discipline, and individual purpose over fleeting desires, recognizing its continuity and manifestation through existence.
Staff Picks
Source of Ethics
Do ethics require a religious foundation? Gerald explores the origins of morality, challenging traditional views and examining five key ethical frameworks to help us build a responsible inner compass.
When Occultists Go Back to Church
As contemporary occultists increasingly turn to traditional Christianity for ritual and community, Marco Visconti warns against letting aesthetic appeal blind us to the political dangers of religious restriction.
Waiting for Godot
An analysis of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot through a Thelemic lens, showing how the play’s existential paralysis and endless waiting serve as a tragic warning against the abandonment of active Will.
From the Editor's Desk
Introducing the New Mere Thelema
Mere Thelema, a magazine devoted to serious writing on Thelema, has relocated to a newly redesigned platform built specifically for long-form essays with footnotes and careful argument.
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From subculture toward culture. From identity toward practice. From proclamation toward evidence. From talking about the Work toward doing the Work.
But I could not do the work of writing a book, or even a long magazine article, if it were not also an aesthetic experience. ... So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information.
Latest Series
The Myth of “Evidence-Based” Addiction Treatment
The phrase "evidence-based treatment" carries scientific authority in addiction recovery, yet often functions more as reassurance than truth.
This Is Not My Door
This Thelemic reading of The Nightmare Before Christmas argues that Jack Skellington's fall is not from embracing wonder but from mistaking glamour for True Will.
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Success Is Thy Proof
Thelemic organizations often mistake public programming for true promulgation of the Law. Johnathon Victor Reese explores how to move past mere marketing and align outreach with Thelema’s actual mandate for promulgation.
How to Study The Book of the Law
This humorous article explores how to move beyond slogans to a disciplined study involving self-confrontation, record-keeping, and the practical pursuit of True Will.
Experiential Thelema — Building From the Center Outward
Open Call for submissions to the Winter Solstice 2026 Issue
