Thelema em Aleister Crowley: Magick e Ciência da Religião

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze Thelema of Aleister Crowley. Taking as a starting point the book Magick Without Tears. It is hypothesized that, based in Aleister Crowley’s experience with Western Esoteric philosophies, and in function of his christian education, his conception and structuring of dogmas and doctrines present considerable Judeo-Christian bias that may not have been discarded but reconstructed and reread. In this way, the research will focus on performing a genealogical investigation on the readings and symbols worked on by Aleister Crowley. As a theoretical reference, Wouter J. Hanegraaff and his methodology called History of ideas are adopted. Through this paradigm, we intend to identify and analyze points of dialogue between elements of the corpus of Thelema and the various esoteric influences with which the author worked, and which are found in the chosen book. In addition, it attempts to explain how it unfolds in a body of practices called Magick, resulting in what Crowley defined as Scientific Enlightenment. Culminating thus, in the answer to the question: Is Thelema a Religion?.