# Islamic Influence on Thelema, with Uthman Ken

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Published: 2026-01-17T04:50:00+00:00
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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.

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