The Monks of Thelema

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The Monks of Thelema
Title page for The Monks of Thelema (1878)
Author	Walter Besant, James Rice
Language	English
Publisher	Chatto & Windus
Publication date	1878
Publication place	United Kingdom

The Monks of Thelema is a novel by Walter Besant and James Rice. It was published in 1878 by Chatto & Windus, London.^[1]

This novel includes descriptions of a sort of "church of Thelema", similar to the Abbey of Thélème, described in Rabelais's Gargantua. Aleister Crowley later founded a religion named Thelema.^{[citation needed]}

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^ Archive.org University of Illinois. Accessed 5 January 2014

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Adaptations	Alcofrisbas, the Master Magician (film) The Monks of Thelema (novel) Panurge (opera) Trois petites pièces montées (orchestral suite)
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