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    FiatYod
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    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg/440px-Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg.png

    I have a few questions regarding the symbol of Thelema:
    0. Should this symbol be considered the symbol of Thelema?

    1. Why a unicursal hexagram?
    2. Why a star / five-petal flower at the center?
    3. When did this symbol become the symbol of Thelema?
    4. Was it done by Crowley? Done by someone else, but approved by Crowley?

    Thank you!

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      https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg/440px-Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg.png

      I have a few questions regarding the symbol of Thelema:
      0. Should this symbol be considered the symbol of Thelema?

      1. Why a unicursal hexagram?
      2. Why a star / five-petal flower at the center?
      3. When did this symbol become the symbol of Thelema?
      4. Was it done by Crowley? Done by someone else, but approved by Crowley?

      Thank you!

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      seekinghga
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      @FiatYod said

      "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg/440px-Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg.png

      I have a few questions regarding the symbol of Thelema:
      0. Should this symbol be considered the symbol of Thelema?

      1. Why a unicursal hexagram?
      2. Why a star / five-petal flower at the center?
      3. When did this symbol become the symbol of Thelema?
      4. Was it done by Crowley? Done by someone else, but approved by Crowley?

      Thank you!"

      I don't know the specifics, hopefully someone else can fill those in. The unicursal hexagram with the five-petaled flower in the center equates to eleven (petals + points), which is the number of magick, and also the number of letters in "Abrahadabra," the Great Work completed. It is therefore a symbol of entirety or the universe.

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      • F FiatYod

        https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg/440px-Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg.png

        I have a few questions regarding the symbol of Thelema:
        0. Should this symbol be considered the symbol of Thelema?

        1. Why a unicursal hexagram?
        2. Why a star / five-petal flower at the center?
        3. When did this symbol become the symbol of Thelema?
        4. Was it done by Crowley? Done by someone else, but approved by Crowley?

        Thank you!

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        Frater AOV
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        it's a Rose Cross. it's also a glyph of the 5 and the 6, Microcosm and Macrocosm, that doesn't partake in any of the Osirian symbolism.

        for the aspirant to the A . ' . A . ' . the main goal should be Knowledge and Conversation...this represents that as well. But 6 is also the Mystic number of Saturn...which is the next big resting-point in the system.

        more on the 5 and 6, as a final note...crowley said "Equilibrium is the basis of the work". which of the 22 trumps denotes equilibrium, and which sephiroth does it connect?

        93 93/93

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        • F FiatYod

          https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg/440px-Crowley_unicursal_hexagram.svg.png

          I have a few questions regarding the symbol of Thelema:
          0. Should this symbol be considered the symbol of Thelema?

          1. Why a unicursal hexagram?
          2. Why a star / five-petal flower at the center?
          3. When did this symbol become the symbol of Thelema?
          4. Was it done by Crowley? Done by someone else, but approved by Crowley?

          Thank you!

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          Takamba
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          https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/basic_html_elements/11561_Sun.png
          https://birthstones.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/centaur.jpg
          http://clipart-library.com/img/1486057.png

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