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Post by brinstar »

iirc, "do what thou wilt" was aleister crowley
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Yeah, his was "Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law".

The problem with Crowley is that he didn't have the caveat of not harming other people. Strict followers of Crowley had no qualms about takign advantage of other people, hurting them, etc. etc. if they happened to feel like it. That's something I absolutely cannot condone, which is why I didn't use the original Crowley version of the phrase in what I said.

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As far as my (limited) understanding goes, Crowley's "do what thou Willt" refers to the Will in the spiritual sense of the term, not so much a moral interpretation of doing whatever you want in mundane matters (I'm not under the impression that Thelema has any particular moral stance per say though - that famous line doesn't seem to refer to mundane morality is all). It's the Wiccan "an it harms none, do what thou willt" that's more inclined towards being a moral statement rather than a spiritual one.

I could be wrong though. :o
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