In Greek, the letters in the word θέλημα, or "will," add up to 93. So do the letters in αγάπη, or "love." For Thelemites, this mathematical equivalence expresses a profound spiritual connection. Aleister Crowley encapsulated this connection in two sayings, since adopted in Thelema as greetings, blessings, and valedictions:

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law;
Love is the law, love under will.

Some Thelemites use the number 93 as a kind of religious shorthand. "93, 93/93" is a quick way of expressing Thelemite principles by way of gematria.


93 words

In the year AD 93...

• Roman Emperor Domitian embarks on a reign of terror, having numerous members of the Senate and other government officials who had vocally challenged his policies executed on minor corruption charges with little evidence. The persecutions will eventually cause government officials to orchestrate the assassination of Domitian three years later, in 96.
• The armies of the Eastern Han empire in China destroy the Northen Xiongnu Empire.
• The city of Chersonesus in the Crimea is leveled by a severe earthquake.
• Jewish historian Josephus writes Antiquities of the Jews, a history of the Jewish people, which notably contains an early historical reference to the life of Jesus Christ.
• Pliny the Younger becomes a praetor.

These people died in 93:

• Gnaeus Julius Agricola, former Roman governor of Britain and later the subject of a famous biography by his son-in-law Tacitus, under mysterious circumstances. (Tacitus implies he was murdered at the behest of Domitian).

92 - 93 - 94

1st century

How they were made