True Will

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True Will is Aleister Crowley’s central occult concept describing an individual’s unique, divinely aligned purpose or path in life, discovered and followed through Thelemic spiritual practice.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
True Will canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Thelemic doctrine ⓘ
occult concept ⓘ
spiritual principle ⓘ
associatedWith Aleister Crowley ⓘ
centralTo Thelema ⓘ
contrastedWith egoic desire ⓘ
personal whim ⓘ
describedIn Liber AL vel Legis ⓘ
Liber II (The Message of the Master Therion) ⓘ
Magick in Theory and Practice ⓘ
The Book of the Law ⓘ
emphasizedBy A∴A∴ ⓘ
Ordo Templi Orientis ⓘ
ethicalImplication actions in accord with True Will are ultimately harmonious ⓘ
one should not interfere with another’s True Will ⓘ
formulatedBy Aleister Crowley ⓘ
goalIn Thelemic initiation systems ⓘ
Thelemic magick ⓘ
linked to: Thelema
hasAspect cosmic function of the individual ⓘ
mystical union of individual will with divine Will ⓘ
practical guidance for life decisions ⓘ
hasCoreIdea acting in accordance with True Will brings harmony ⓘ
each individual has a unique purpose or path ⓘ
this purpose is aligned with the divine or cosmic order ⓘ
this purpose is discovered rather than invented ⓘ
influenced Thelemic orders and organizations ⓘ
contemporary ceremonial magick ⓘ
modern occultism ⓘ
influencedBy Hermeticism ⓘ
Western esotericism ⓘ
mystical notions of vocation ⓘ
languageOrigin English esoteric vocabulary ⓘ
metaphysicalStatus seen as pre-existing the conscious personality ⓘ
viewed as an expression of the divine Will ⓘ
oftenInterpretedAs authentic destiny ⓘ
spiritual vocation ⓘ
realizedThrough Thelemic spiritual practice ⓘ
initiation ⓘ
magickal practice ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
ritual ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
relatedConcept Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law ⓘ
Love is the law, love under will ⓘ
requires distinguishing true purpose from transient desires ⓘ
overcoming social conditioning ⓘ
teleologicalAspect represents the true purpose of an incarnated being ⓘ
timePeriodOfFormulation early 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.