| The Monks of Thelema | |
| Author: | Walter Besant, James Rice |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Chatto & Windus |
| Release Date: | 1878 |
The Monks of Thelema is a novel by Walter Besant and James Rice. It was published in 1878 by Chatto & Windus, London.[1] This novel includes descriptions of a sort of "church of Thelema", similar to the Abbey of Thélème, described in Rabelais's Gargantua. Aleister Crowley later founded a religion named Thelema.