A question for Thelemites...

[sidhe]

I would stick this in CM, but it has nothing to do with CM. :)

How many other Thelemites who hang out around these parts have any kind of devotion to the various Thelemic deities, like Nuit, Hadit, Babalon, etc.?

Of the other Thelemites I've met and discussed this with, opinions seem to be split pretty evenly. Some have deistic devotion, and others are archetypalists. I was just looking for the opinions around these parts.

[cartweel]

I'm sort of a mini-Thelemite, but I guess I'll participate. No, I don't hold devotions to the Thelemic gods, I see them as archetypal.

[RainInanna]

Isn't Thelema ceremonial? Just not sure why this doesn't fit into the Ceremonialist Paths forum?

Sorry I can't answer, I'm not Thelemic, though I find it interesting. I was Kemetic and had deistic devotion, though now I'm more likely to consider them archetypal.

[sidhe]

Isn't Thelema ceremonial? Just not sure why this doesn't fit into the Ceremonialist Paths forum?

Sorry I can't answer, I'm not Thelemic, though I find it interesting. I was Kemetic and had deistic devotion, though now I'm more likely to consider them archetypal.

Some of the popular practices of Thelema (LBRP, LHR, etc.) are Ceremonial, but CM isn't an essential part of being a Thelemite. This is more on the religious side of Thelema, so I figured it had nothing to do with CM.

I'm rather torn, as I'm not sure an archetype would be undeserving of worship, even if was simply an archetype.