From the Greek, meaning will, Thelema is the embodiment Aleister Crowley's doctrine of true will, after Rabbelais, the catholic monk who envisioned an "Abbey of Thelema" in his Adventures of Gargantua and Pantagruel. Followers of Crowley are often called Thelemites.

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Rabelais, the first Thelemite (Offsite)

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