Richard Kaczynski

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Thelema

Core topics
The Book of the Law • Aleister Crowley • True Will 93 (Thelema) • Magick
Mysticism
Thelemic mysticism • Great Work • Holy Guardian Angel The Gnostic Mass
Thelemic texts
Works of Crowley • Holy Books of Thelema • Thelemite texts
Organizations
A∴A∴ • Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (EGC) Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn (OSOGD) Typhonian Order (TO) • Order of Chosen Priests
Deities
Nuit • Hadit • Horus • Babalon • Chaos (mythology) Baphomet • Choronzon • Ankh-f-n-khonsu • Aiwass • Ma'at}}
Related topics
Stele of Revealing • Abrahadabra • Unicursal hexagram Abramelin oil • Thoth tarot deck • Aeon
*The Holy Books of Thelema*
Works of Crowley (Libri) • Thelemite texts

Cryptognosticism
"Three Parts of the Wisdom of the Whole Universe" Alchemy • Astrology • Theurgy Movements Ariosophy • Freemasonry Rosicrucianism • Theosophy • Thelema • Wicca Orders Knights Templar • Ordo Templi Orientis Scottish Rite Freemasonry Topics Christian Kabbalah • Hermetic Qabalah People Aleister Crowley • François Rabelais Francis Dashwood and the Hellfire Club

This article is about a Thelema personality

Richard Kaczynski (born 1963) is an American writer and lecturer in the fields of social psychology, metaphysical beliefs, and new religious movements. He is known for his biography of the occultist Aleister Crowley, Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley, described by The Times Literary Supplement as "the major biography to date", and by Didrik Søderlind in the Norwegian daily Aftenposten as the best biography of Crowley. Kaczynski is also a keyboard player for the band House of Usher.

Academic background

Kaczynski holds a Bachelor of Science degree, multiple master's degrees, and a PhD in social psychology from Wayne State University. He has also served as an assistant professor at Wayne State's School of Medicine, a research associate and affiliate at Yale University's Department of Psychiatry, and an adjunct instructor of orthodontics at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry.

He has published numerous articles in academic peer-reviewed journals on topics such as national program evaluation for comprehensive work therapy and multi-site clinical trials assessing treatment efficacy for bipolar disorder (STEP-BD), schizophrenia (CATIE), and Alzheimer's (CATIE).

Metaphysical background

Kaczynski has been studying Thelema since 1977 and lecturing on magick since 1990. He has been an active member of OTO, performing editorial duties for several publications, including Neshamah and the proceedings books for its US biennial national conference. He appeared on Canada's Drew Marshall radio show on June 25, 2011, where he was described as the "world’s leading expert on Aleister Crowley."

Works

Kaczynski's occult writings have been published in various magazines, including High Times, The Magical Link, Neshamah, Cheth, Mezlim, Eidolon, and Different Worlds. His medical and psychological writing has been featured in several more publications. publications in those fields.

Books

The Revival of Magick and Other Essays by Aleister Crowley. Hymenaeus Beta and Richard Kaczynski, ed. New Falcon, 1998. < ISBN:978-1-56184-133-2 >.
Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley. New Falcon Publications, 2002. < ISBN:1-56184-170-6 >
Perdurabo Outtakes. Blue Equinox, 2005.
Panic in Detroit: The Magician and the Motor City. Blue Equinox, 2006.
The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley (co-authored with James Wasserman). Weiser Books, 2009. < ISBN:978-1-57863-456-9 >
Beauty and Strength: Proceedings of the Sixth Biennial National Ordo Templi Orientis Conference R. Kaczynski, ed., BookSurge Publishing, 2009. < ISBN:1-4392-4734-X >
Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Life of Aleister Crowley 2nd ed., North Atlantic Books. < ISBN:978-1-55643-899-8 >
Forgotten Templars, The Untold Origins of the Ordo Templi Orientis, 2012

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Thelema personalities and topics
Core topics	The Book of the Law • Aleister Crowley • True Will • 93 (Thelema) • Magick
Personalities	List of Thelemites (Article @ ^WP} • Ankh-af-na-khonsu • Aleister Crowley • Kenneth Anger • Allan Bennett • William Breeze (Hymenaeus Beta) • Émile Brugsch • Mary Butts • Marjorie Cameron • Lon Milo DuQuette • Jeanne Robert Foster • J. F. C. Fuller • Karl Germer • Kenneth Grant • Allen H. Greenfield • Lady Frieda Harris • Leah Hirsig • Christopher Hyatt • Augustus Sol Invictus • Charles Stansfeld Jones • George Cecil Jones • Richard Kaczynski • Carl Kellner • Rose Edith Kelly • James Lees • Grady Louis McMurtry • Mogg Morgan • Marcelo Ramos Motta • Nema Andahadna • Victor Benjamin Neuburg • Sara Northrup • Jack Parsons • Israel Regardie • Theodor Reuss • C.F. Russell • Phyllis Seckler • Helen Parsons Smith • Wilfred Talbot Smith • Leila Waddel (Laylah) • James Wasserman • Sam Webster • Jane Wolfe • Gerald Yorke
Organizations	A∴A∴ • Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica • Fraternitas Saturni • O∴A∴A∴ • Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn • Ordo Templi Orientis • Typhonian Order
Concepts and ideas	Abyss • Aeon • Astrotheology • English Qaballa • Great Work • Hermetic Qabalah • Holy Guardian Angel • Magical formula • Night of Pan
Magick	Abrahadabra • Ceremonial magic • Enochian magic • Eroto-comatose lucidity • Goetia • Obeah and wanga • Sex magic
Ceremony and ritual	Banishing • Bornless Ritual • Cake of Light • Gnostic Mass • Mass of the Phoenix • Rites of Eleusis
Godforms and Dieties	Aiwass • Babalon • (Whore of Babylon) • Baphomet • ("The Beast") • Chaos • Choronzon • Hadit • Harpocrates • Heru-ra-ha • Ma'at • Nuit • Therion
Symbolism	Ankh • Number of the beast • Pentagram • Rose Cross • Stele of Revealing • Tree of Life • Unicursal hexagram
Related topics	Abbey of Thelema • Abramelin oil • Babalon Working • Boleskine House • Egyptian mythology • Freemasonry • Gnosticism • Hermeticism • Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn • Magical organization • Rosicrucianism • Stele of Revealing • Thelemapedia • Western esotericism
Thelemite texts	The Book of the Law • Liber AL vel Legis • The Equinox • 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley • Magick (Book 4) • The Confessions of Aleister Crowley • The Book of Lies (by Crowley) • Liber OZ (Liber 77) • The Equinox of the Gods • The Law is for All • Konx Om Pax • The Book of Thoth (by Crowley} • The Vision and the Voice • Little Essays Toward Truth • Eight Lectures on Yoga • Magick Without Tears • The Blue Equinox • Liber Aleph • Moonchild (novel) • Diary of a Drug Fiend • White Stains • Clouds without Water • Collected Works of Aleister Crowley 1905-1907 • The Stratagem and other Stories • The Holy Books of Thelema • Libri of Aleister Crowley • Thoth tarot deck • Works of Aleister Crowley • Category:Thelemite texts Thelema texts - an index from the Internet Sacred Text Archives

Ordo Templi Orientis
Eclesiastical arm	Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica • Thelema • O.T.O. / Dianetics nexus
Outer Heads and Caliphs	• Carl Kellner (1895–1905) • Theodor Reuss (1905–1923) • interregnum (1923–1925) • Aleister Crowley (1925–1947) • Karl Germer (1947–1962) • interregnum (1962–1969) • Grady Louis McMurtry (1969–1985) • William Breeze (1985–present)
Derivative	Society Ordo Templi Orientis (SOTO) • Typhonian Order (TOTO) • O.T.O. / Dianetics nexus

Outline of spirituality ● List of occult terms ● List of occultists ● Outline of spirituality

Outline_of_alchemy ^↗ - A philosophical tradition recognized as protoscience, that includes the application of Hermetic principles, and practices related to mythology, religion, and spirituality.
List of occult terms ^↗ - Terms used supernatural beliefs and practices, encompassing such phenomena as those involving mysticism, spirituality, and magic in terms of any otherworldly agency. It can also refer to other non-religious supernatural ideas like extra-sensory perception and parapsychology.
List of occultists ^↗
Outline of spirituality ^↗ - refers to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality, an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of their own being, or the "deepest values and meanings by which people live."

Agape Lodge ● Abbey of Thelema ^↗ ● List of Thelemites ^↗ ● Members of Ordo Templi Orientis ^↗