Wikipedia:WikiProject Thelema

Scope
The scope of this project is to expand, improve, and standardize articles about Thelema and other related topics, such as Aleister Crowley, Magick, Thelemic orders (like O.T.O. and A∴A∴), important books, and notable Thelemic personalities.

Member actions
Here are some things that members may choose to do...


 * 1) Put the Thelema Task Box on your user page:
 * 2) Join in peer reviews, discussions and debates
 * 3) Edit this page and the Thelema Task Box to keep info up to date
 * 4) And of course, help write, expand, and clean up Thelema-related articles!

To do

 * Flesh out the stubs
 * The Crowley library needs to be completed. See: Works of Aleister Crowley
 * We need bios of important Thelemites and related individuals, many of which are missing or stubs See: List of Thelemites
 * Assist in assessment of our articles at WikiProject Thelema/Assessment.
 * Many Thelema-related articles need references and citations
 * Add all articles to the WikiProject Thelema/Articles list, so that they can be checked for recent changes

Featured articles

 * Jack Parsons
 * Marjorie Cameron

Good articles

 * Aleister Crowley
 * Kenneth Grant
 * Wilfred Talbot Smith

Former good articles

 * Baphomet
 * Thelema

Version 1.0 Editorial Team release selections

 * Gerald Gardner

Style

 * 1) Write for the newcomer. Do not assume knowledge in your readers.
 * 2) Draw from the literature. Use verifiable sources for your edits, and cite them. Avoid personal opinion and original research.
 * 3) Stay neutral. Avoid pro and con arguments regarding topics like Crowley and OTO. Stick to the facts. When things are vague, be ready to compromise. Also, when discussing points of doctrine, do not present them as fact...provide context for said beliefs.
 * 4) Present various viewpoints. It is okay to offer different and even opposing viewpoints. However, instead of presenting every viewpoint in every paragraph, or worse, avoiding viewpoints until the topic is watered down to meaninglessness, it is best to offer discrete viewpoints within their own sections. However, be sure that these viewpoints are actually verifiable. Don't create a new section only because you have a differing opinion.
 * 5) Attacking legitimacy or value. Do not bring into question the legitimacy of any group or belief unless it is verifiable and strictly relevant to the topic at hand. Also, do not use language that places a value on other religions or lifestyles.
 * 6) Try to use standardized formats. If you are going to, say, write about one of Crowley's books, look over existing examples and use established formats.

Article introduction
Example:

The Feast for Fire is a ceremony within Thelema intended to celebrate the advent of puberty in males. It originally appeared in The Book of the Law (AL II:41), and was again mentioned in The Gnostic Mass, written by Aleister Crowley in 1913, although he did not write an actual ritual for it.

Quotes from Liber Legis
Example:


 * "Every man and every woman is a star." (AL I:3)
 * "I am alone: there is no God where I am." (AL II:23)
 * "As brothers fight ye!" (AL III:59)

Categorization
Article-related:
 * Category:Thelema
 * Category:Thelemites
 * Category:Thelemic texts

WikiProject related:
 * Category:WikiProject Thelema
 * Category:Thelema peer review

Other:
 * Category:Thelemite Wikipedians

Suggestions
If you want to make significant changes to this WikiProject, please discuss proposals in the talk page.

If you have any general ideas about how to make Thelema-related articles better, add your suggestions here for discussion

New articles
Go ahead and put down suggestions for new articles here if you want feedback on ideas.

Navboxes

 * Thelema series - footer


 * Thelema - sidebar

Wikiproject notice
Place this WikiProject notice WikiProject Thelema at the top of an article's Talk page to direct editors to the WikiProject Thelema for guidelines.

To use it, place    at the top of an article's Talk page.

Peer review
If you believe an established Thelema-related article could use some improvement, but you want community discussion first, then you can request a peer review. Simply add the   template to the top of the talk page of the article in question. Then follow the link in the resulting box to begin the conversation.

Stub
Please place this code at the bottom of stubs: Thelema-stub, which looks like this: ''This Thelema-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia Wikiproject Thelema by [ expanding it]''.

Task Box
If you want to add the Thelema Task Box to your user page, use the   template.

Userbox
If you like userboxes on your userpage, here are some to choose from:

 

If you choose to identify as a Thelemite:

 

Books
Here is a full list of Thelema-related references... 

Websites

 * The Equinox. Volumes I and III are online..
 * The Internet Sacred Text Archive. The mecca of online collections for sacred texts.
 * Silversword Occult Search. Authoritative sources for occult inquiries, primary documents, and digital archives for Western magical traditions.

[[Image:Nuvola apps kdmconfig.png|20px]] Participants


Please add your name to the bottom of the list if you would like to be involved at any level.
 * 1) Badbilltucker (t|c) - Probably primarily in directly project-related activities.
 * 2) Captain Barrett (t|c) - Years of experience with both theory and practice, most interested in random snippets of brik-a-brak and making sure Crowley and all hard working thelemites get a fair NPOV.
 * 3) Frater5 (t|c)
 * 4) Gabereal (t|c)- good nitpicking skills. quickly growing interest in Thelema
 * 5) General Eisenhower (t|c) - Expand, watch, vandal watch, discussion, peer review, featured articles (trying to get the articles featured), add book sources (already added 2), more as I think about them.
 * 6) idolater718 (t|c)
 * 7) J.S (t|c) - Vandal watch, small expansions
 * 8) acsociety (t|c) - Owner and editor of LAShTAL.COM, definitive non-partisan Thelemic news and culture site and home of the Aleister Crowley Society. Will expand and vandal watch.
 * 9) Lighthead (t|c) - following up on any improvement related leads.
 * 10) Morningstar2651 (t|c)
 * 11) Psuliin (t|c) - Peer review, discussion, expansions, more as I feel qualified.
 * 12) Scarletwoman93 (t|c)
 * 13) Soror YZBL (t|c) - O.T.O. body specific information.
 * 14) SynergeticMaggot (t|c) - Order out of Chaos.
 * 15) Thiebes (t|c) - will contribute as inspiration and research compels me.
 * 16) vacare modus (t|c)impressions of Thelema as a way of life
 * 17) Vassyana (t|c) 10:11, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 18) Zorkmid (t|c) -  Greetings.  A great interest in Thelema but not a follower, I will try to contribute often.  My main strength lies less in knowledge and more in cleaning up grammar and clarifying.  Goodbye for now.
 * 19) CUG93 (t|c) - For some reason I never noticed a Thelema wikiproject.. Will be glad to help out.
 * 20) John Carter (t|c) 18:49, 12 July 2007 (UTC) - Assessment and the like, some review if requested.
 * 21) Susanholmes418 (t|c) - A.'.A.'. member.  Copy Editing skills upon request.
 * 22) Debeo Morium (to be morally bound) 09:48, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 23) Pacemski - O.T.O A.'.A.'. and EGC
 * 24) chimp23 - @:':@ the dissolution of order within the fractal beauty of k@os - i offer contribution, feedback, proofreading, confirmation and reference.
 * 25)  - Will be glad to help the project.
 * 26)  - Editing and expanding articles and references.
 * 27) Ernstblumberg (t|c)
 * 28)  See my user page for details on my Thelemic author qualifications
 * 29)  Just signing in, but have done clean-up, edits, Template additions, links, etc. for quite awhile. Edit on comrades, and sail on. . .Aleister Wilson (talk) 20:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 30)  - Expanding articles and writing up new ones. FUTURI (talk) 22:43, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 31)  - Anything
 * 32)  - I'm very interested in finding articles about existing topics that relate to Thelema and making sure there Thelema is mentioned, as well as performing quality control on existing articles to make sure they aren't misleading.
 * 33)  Clean up, link checking, minor edits.
 * 34) Cooccurrent (t|c) - WoMan of Thelema, 93 93/93. Pronouns they/them. Will contribute as inspiration strikes. Currently exploring the idea of Thelema within Unitarian Universalism.
 * 35) TWYLIVE (talk) 20:19, 3 May 2022 (UTC) I'm attempting to make a difference for the better wherever i am
 * 36)  Cleaning up long abandoned articles.
 * 1)  - I'm very interested in finding articles about existing topics that relate to Thelema and making sure there Thelema is mentioned, as well as performing quality control on existing articles to make sure they aren't misleading.
 * 2)  Clean up, link checking, minor edits.
 * 3) Cooccurrent (t|c) - WoMan of Thelema, 93 93/93. Pronouns they/them. Will contribute as inspiration strikes. Currently exploring the idea of Thelema within Unitarian Universalism.
 * 4) TWYLIVE (talk) 20:19, 3 May 2022 (UTC) I'm attempting to make a difference for the better wherever i am
 * 5)  Cleaning up long abandoned articles.
 * 1)  Cleaning up long abandoned articles.