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Who or what is Therion?


The Great beast Therion Just as Babalon is a Goddess and Manifestation of the Great Mother Nuit, so too is Therion, that Great Beast, the Manifestation of the Winged-Disk Hadit. Just as Babalon engenders a new formula of Womanhood, so too does Therion define a new form of Manhood, and his relation to woman.

"Lust for woman, O man, with all your heart and might - but seek not to dominate her and possess her. Lust to please her, O man. Lust to make her your equal, but also always unique and different. Lust to learn from her, as she contains something you will never possess, and can only be granted as a gift, in order to make yourself complete. Be strong, O man, and never loose an ounce of your virility or masculinity - but reorient yourself to rule as co-equal, and to never let your deep seated instinct for dominance shadow her or her Will. Use your power and dominance to establish your Will, so that others may establish theirs by your example. Use your great power and dominance to make the world something more free than you found it, and turn all of your fury and power and violence towards those who would repress this in the world. Then, O man, you will achieve a place you could not imagine before, alongside the Goddess, under her in an ecstasy unbelievable, as you channel your power into her desire. It only takes a little courage, and a little dedication towards something greater than yourself and your self-serving ego, to achieve this. Thus you will become Therion."

"The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory. He that lives long & desires death much is ever the King among the Kings." AL II:74

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