[vigormortis]

> All of these esoteric philosophies ultimately boil down to the worship of ones own will

I'll acknowledge that hermeticism, gnosticism, thelema, etc are not going to be everyone's bag, and that's just fine. However....

That's a rather large overgeneralization of some quite disparate philosophies. Also, you may be working with a mistaken idea of what "will" means in this context. A person's will is (very roughly) their optimal place and trajectory in the world; it is not just following some desire or doing what you want. It is not ego based. Wills harmonize and do not clash. The flip side, and perhaps more importantly, it is wrong to interfere with someone carrying out their own will.

An additional perspective: "Will" is one's personal, bedrock Truth of Self. You exert your Will on yourself, not on others.

Anyway, this isn't quite the negative that you seem to be implying.

[DontchaKnowit]

Well thats the thing is that any thelemite will tell you this, but in my view this is deception. Ultimately it boils down to the worship of self and grants you permission to dispense with any moral standard you wish, because youre following you "true will"