Hadit
Hadit (sometimes Had) is a deity in Thelema, a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy and a new religious movement. Hadit is the principal speaker of the second chapter of The Book of the Law, which was written or received by Aleister Crowley in 1904.
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When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- 1904 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in The Book of the Law, written by Aleister Crowley.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nuit, RA-HOOR-KHUIT, Hoor-paar-kraat, Nut, Horus, Ra-Horakhty
- allied with
- RA-HOOR-KHUIT, Nuit, Heru-ra-ha
- syncretized with
- Behdety, Horus of Behdet, Satan
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In Magick in Theory and Practice, Hadit is identified by Crowley as Satan. This assertion is made in a footnote where Crowley is discussing the Devil, who he asserts does not exist. He goes on to clarify his statements by explaining that the Devil is in reality a label for the God of any people that one dislikes, and that this fact has led to so much "confusion of thought" on the subject that Crowley prefers to: let names stand as they are, and to proclaim simply that AIWAZ—the solar-phallic-he”
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“He is associated with the other two major Thelemic deities found in The Book of the Law, Nuit and Hadit. Adherents believe the Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu, known within Thelema as the "Stele of Revealing", links Nuit, Hadit, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit”
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“According to Crowley, the stele depicts the three chief deities of Thelema: Nuit (Egyptian Nut), Hadit (Egyptian Behdety), and Ra-Hoor-Khuit (Egyptian Re-Harakhty ["Re-Horus of the Two Horizons"]).”
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