Thelema strictly commands doing whatever you want

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Most esoteric paths come with massive rulebooks, but this one trims the fat. The singular overarching law of Thelema is 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.' It sounds incredibly liberating until you realize figuring out your one true purpose is infinitely harder than just following a pre-written list of generic chores.

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Aleister Crowley dubbed himself the Great Beast 666 and became the most notorious occultist of the twentieth century, but his mystical career was mostly defined by him being an absolutely unbearable houseguest.

Taking a vow of absolute and total celibacy

Feng shui dictates aggressive interior decorating

Kenneth Grant was a British occultist who took over a faction of the Ordo Templi Orientis and decided that traditional mysticism simply wasn't strange enough, so he started aggressively mixing it with H.P.

Refusing to cross a threshold directly

Ancient Essenes refused to use the bathroom on Saturdays

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