2.3.2 General Principles

Specialized terms, foreign words, proper names, titles, and technical vocabulary should be handled with the reader in mind. The purpose is not to overexplain familiar material, but to give the intended audience enough information to follow the author’s meaning without unnecessary confusion.

When a term may be unfamiliar to some readers, define or clarify it at first use. This is especially important in Thelemic and occultural writing, where terms such as Holy Guardian Angel, Abyss, True Will, praeterhuman, Qabalah, Enochian, voces magicae, or cross-quarters may be obvious to some readers and opaque to others. In textbooks, introductory works, manuals, or heavily technical studies, such terms may also be gathered into a glossary.