§2 General Style

This section is addressed to authors, copy editors, and proofreaders working with manuscripts intended for publication. It establishes standards for stylistic matters that commonly create inconsistency in the main text of books, essays, articles, and related materials. These include such issues as spelling, capitalization, punctuation, abbreviations, headings, citations, quotations, foreign-language material, and the treatment of recurring names, titles, and technical terms.

The goal is not to suppress an author’s voice or flatten the particular needs of a given work. Rather, these standards provide a shared editorial baseline so that style decisions can be made consistently and with less confusion. This is especially important in Thelemic and occultural writing, where sacred texts, ritual language, inherited terminology, magical names, and specialized vocabulary require both precision and care.