Islamic Influence on Thelema, with Uthman Ken

About this episode

The episode discusses the Islamic influence on Thelema and modern Hermetics with guest Uthman Ken.

Aleister Crowley had an admiration for Islam and tried to immerse himself in Sufi spaces on a few occasions. The Islamic influence on Thelema is sometimes overt, but often implicit. Author Uthman Ken and I will discuss the Islamic influence on Thelema and on modern Hermetics more generally.

People in this episode

Host: Darren White

Guest: Uthman Ken

Topics covered

• Islamic influence
• Thelema
• Sufism
• modern Hermetics
• occult philosophy

Keywords

• Thelema
• Islam
• Sufism
• Aleister Crowley
• Hermetics
• occult
• philosophy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sufi

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