Talk:Aeon (Thelema)

Suggestion for error correction under 'Aeon of Maat'
Citing Liber AL 3:34, the article states that Liber AL states that Hrumachis will replace Ra Hoor Khuit at the end of the Aeon of Horus. This is a very bad misinterpretation of the text, which reads "...until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis shall arise and the double-wanded one assume my throne and place." This means that Ra Hoor Khuit shall leave the seat in the east he assumed at the Equinox of the Gods, and 'the double-wanded one' shall take it. Hrumachis is a Hellenized spelling of the name of the Egyptian god Hor Em Akhet, which means 'Horus of the Horizons' and is a syncretization of Horus and Ra, see Horus. As it is written, this article suggests that Horus replaces Horus at the end of the Aeon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.192.138 (talk) 21:12, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Good article, and a good one for expansion
An expansion would be nice. I labeled it a top importance in Thelema (the above had a misspelling in it, so no "importance" level could be shown). Thanks, Aleister Wilson (talk) 15:13, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm....
Why is there no mention at all of this theory originating with the Golden Dawn? Eyes down, human. (talk) 17:48, 8 JulFy 2010 (UTC)

The simple answer is that it didn't. Crowley developed his Aeonic model sometime after 1915 and while he had likely learned of the Gmostic Aeon model of Late Antiquity from Florence Farr the notion of Aeons has no particular significance to the Golden Dawn system.

Next Aeon?
What is the next Aeon? Logically it would probably be the Aeon of Set? 108.200.234.93 (talk) 11:32, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The Aeon of Ma'at. Cause Crowley said so. LoL. Skyerise (talk) 19:05, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I added a citation to Crowley's statement that Thmaist succeeds Horus.  ~  Joga Luce ( t )( c ) 20:05, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Merge suggestion
This article appears to be a WP:POVSPLIT of Astrological age. There is plenty of room in that article (though it should be cleaned up), for an additional point of view. Discussion is at Talk:Astrological age. Skyerise (talk) 19:05, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Differing Views / Crowley's Views
The section for differing views had no content/sources for the statement "Not all Thelemites believe in a clear succession of Aeons." I added to the quotation describing Crowley's usage, and the section was later renamed to Crowley's views. It would be appreciated if someone had sources to add a section for a diversity of views.

As this section (Crowley's views) stands now it might make more sense at the top in a section delineating the construct of Aeons, perhaps how it parallels Ages of man, but we would need sources beyond Crowley. ~ Joga Luce ( t )( c ) 20:29, 8 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I moved it into the Aeon of Horus section, as it's not really a good overview and assumes one knows what the previous two aeons are as well. Maybe it should have a subheading? Skyerise (talk) 21:29, 8 April 2022 (UTC)