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In his ''Commentaries'', Crowley explains: |
In his ''Commentaries'', Crowley explains: |
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:The obeah is the [[Magick (Aleister Crowley)|magick]] of the Secret Light with special reference to acts; the wanga is the verbal or mental correspondence of the same. [...] The "obeah" being the acts, and the "wanga" the words, proper to Magick, the two cover the whole world of external expression. |
:The obeah is the [[Magick (Aleister Crowley)|magick]] of the Secret Light with special reference to acts; the wanga is the verbal or mental correspondence of the same. [...] The "obeah" being the acts, and the "wanga" the words, proper to Magick, the two cover the whole world of external expression.<ref name="NewI37">{{cite web |last1=Crowley |first1=Aleister |title=The New Comment I:37 [1921] |url=https://hermetic.com/legis/new-comment/chapter-i#i37 |website=Hermetic Library |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref> |
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It is possible that Crowley was not referring to literal [[Jamaica]] Obeah practices or to actual wanga. |
It is possible that Crowley was not referring to literal [[Jamaica]] Obeah practices or to actual wanga. |
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:Magick ceremonies proper are merely organized and concentrated attempts to impose our [[True Will|Will]] on certain parts of the Cosmos. They are only particular cases of the general law. |
:Magick ceremonies proper are merely organized and concentrated attempts to impose our [[True Will|Will]] on certain parts of the Cosmos. They are only particular cases of the general law. |
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:But all we say and do, however casually, adds up to more, far more, than our most strenuous Operations. "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Your daily drippings fill a bigger bucket than your geysers of magical effort. [...] |
:But all we say and do, however casually, adds up to more, far more, than our most strenuous Operations. "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves." Your daily drippings fill a bigger bucket than your geysers of magical effort. [...]<ref name="NewI37"> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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The terms Obeah and Wanga are African diasporic words that occur in The Book of the Law (the sacred text of Thelema, written by English author and occultist Aleister Crowley in 1904):
Obeah is a folk religion and folk magic found among those of African descent in the West Indies. It is derived from West African Igbo sources and has a close North American parallel in African American conjure or hoodoo.
A wanga (sometimes spelled oanga or wanger) is a magical charm packet found in the folk magic practices of Haiti, and as such it is connected to the West African religion of Vodun, which in turn derives from the Fon people of what is now Benin.
In his Commentaries, Crowley explains:
It is possible that Crowley was not referring to literal Jamaica Obeah practices or to actual wanga.
He goes on to say: