This post, as currently written, is from a November 2019 perspective. (Also, I am going to keep editing and expanding on this. It is only partially written so far.)

I would like to outline and acknowledge a particular aspect of the body of work which collectively is thought of as the Poppy Project, which I have not seen given enough credit: Poppy's contribution towards the evolution of religio-philosophical thought, as seen from a Gnostic or Thelemic worldview.

Is Poppy Really Thelemic?

I've been asked this before by serious Thelemites who have only taken a cursory glance at Poppy's work, or by those who are vaguely aware of Western Occultism in a broader sense and are moderately to highly familiar with Poppy's work.

The answer is, in my opinion, that she is at least Thelemic. Or, that that is one valid interpretation of much of her art.

Evidence pointing towards this includes:

• Her specific choice of Occult Symbols which were displayed on the screens at the concerts during the AIAG? tour.
  • Thelemic Symbols:
    • Unicursal Hexagram.
    • Leviathan Cross (a symbol used for Choronzon.)
    • The 333 form of the Choronzon Symbol, which in its more intricate/detailed forms, often includes the Leviathan Cross multiple times within it.
  • Other Symbols - I'm including these so you can see which proportion of on-screen symbols are Thelemic or Occult compared with those which aren't:
    • Poppy Triangle Logo
    • Three Crosses
    • Hand with Knife
    • The Pill
    • Flames
• Depictions in Music Videos and Lyrics
  • Choice of Baphomet Posture in Lowlife
  • Pillars, Checkered Floor, Steps & Altar in Bleach Blonde Baby
  • Association of "X" with Blood ("Get me bloody")
  • Language similar to the Thelemic Gnostic Mass in "Voicemail" ("I'm on my own." cf. "I am alone.")
• Her choices of Bands Toured With, and other associations:
  • Fellow tour band "Bring me the Horizon" uses Thelemic imagery openly.
  • Friend Marilyn Manson credits Crowley as one of his favorite authors and rephrases a line from Liber AL Vel Legis on album "Antichrist Superstar" as well as mentioning the Abbey of Thelema by name in "Misery Machine."
  • Ghostemane speaks about Crowley's infleunce in interviews.
• Her frequent use of and allusion to the number 11.

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How has Poppy expanded the ideas of Classic Gnosticism?

The Significance of Baphomet

What is Thelemic Gnosticism

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How has Poppy expanded the ideas of Thelemic Gnosticism?