Editing Thelema (section)

===Cosmology===
[[File:Stelae of Ankh-af-na-khonsu.jpg|upright|thumb|The [[Stèle of Revealing]] [front] depicting [[Nuit]], [[Hadit]] as the winged globe, [[Ra-Hoor-Khuit]] seated on his throne, and the creator of the Stèle, the scribe [[Ankh-af-na-khonsu]]]]
Thelema places its principal gods and goddesses—three altogether—from [[Ancient Egyptian religion]] as the speakers presented in ''Liber AL vel Legis''.

The highest deity in the [[astral theology|theology]] of Thelema is the goddess [[Nuit]] (also spelled ''Nuith''). She is envisioned as the night sky arching over the Earth, represented as a nude woman and typically depicted with stars covering her body. Nuit is conceived as the "[[Mother goddess|Great Mother]]" and the [[Ultimate reality|ultimate source]] of all things,{{sfnp|Orpheus|2005|pp=33–44}} the collection of all possibilities,{{sfnp|Crowley|1944|loc=XX. The Aeon}} "Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof",{{sfnp|Crowley|1976|loc=ch. 1, v. 22}} and the circumference of an infinite circle or sphere. Nuit is derived from the Egyptian sky goddess [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]] and is referred to poetically as "Our Lady of the Stars"{{sfnp|Sutin|2014|p={{page needed|date=November 2021}}}} and, in ''[[The Book of the Law]]'', as "Queen of Space" and "Queen of Heaven".{{sfnp|Crowley|1976|loc=ch. 1, vv. 27,33}}

The second principal deity of Thelema is the god [[Hadit]], conceived as [[Monad (philosophy)|the infinitely small point]], and the complement and consort of Nuit. Hadit symbolizes manifestation, motion, and time.{{sfnp|Orpheus|2005|pp=33–44}} He is also described in ''Liber AL vel Legis'' as "the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star."{{sfnp|Crowley|1976|loc=II, 6}}

Hadit has sometimes been said to represent a "[[Event (relativity)|point-event]]" and all individual point-events within the body of Nuit.{{sfnp|Crowley|1973b|loc=ch. XI}} Hadit is said, in ''The Book of the Law'', to be "perfect, being Not."{{sfnp|Crowley|1976|loc=ch. II, v. 15.}} Additionally, it is written of Nuit in ''Liber AL vel Legis'' that "men speak not of Thee [Nuit] as One but as None."{{sfnp|Crowley|1976|loc=ch. I, v. 27}}

The third deity of Thelemic theology is [[Ra-Hoor-Khuit]], a manifestation of the ancient Egyptian deity [[Horus]]. He is symbolized as a throned man with the head of a [[hawk]] who carries a wand. He is associated with the [[Sun]] and the active energies of Thelemic [[magick]].{{sfnp|Orpheus|2005|pp=33–44}}

Other deities within the pantheon of Thelema are [[Hoor-paar-kraat]] (or [[Harpocrates]]), the god of silence and inner strength and the twin of Ra-Hoor-Khuit,{{sfnp|Orpheus|2005|pp=33–44}} as well as [[Babalon]], the goddess of all pleasure known as the Virgin Whore,{{sfnp|Orpheus|2005|pp=33–44}} and [[Therion (Thelema)|Therion]], the beast upon which Babalon rides who represents the wild animal within humankind and the force of nature.{{sfnp|Orpheus|2005|pp=33–44}}