KHABS AM PEKHT
much.” This is not any bar to an explanation of the Law.
We may aid men to strike off their own fetters; but those
who prefer slavery must be allowed to do so. “The slaves
shall serve.” The excellence of the Law must be showed by
its results upon those who accept it. When men see us as
the hermits of Hadit described in CCXX, II. 24, they will
determine to emulate our joy.
Note, pray thee, the whole implication of the chapter that
sooner or later we are to break the power of the slaves of the
slave-gods by actual fighting. Ultimately, Freedom must
rely upon the sword. It is impossible to treat in this epistle
of the vast problems involved in this question; and they must
be decided in accordance with the Law by those in authority
in the Order when the time comes. Thou wilt note that We
have written unto thee more as a member of the O.T.O.,
than in thy capacity as of the A... A.’., for the former organ-
ization is codrdinate and practical, and concerns itself with
material things. But remember this clearly, that the Law
cometh from the A... A.., not from the O.T.O. This Order
is but the first of the great religious bodies to accept this
Law officially, and its whole Ritual has been revised and re-
constituted in accordance with this decision. Now then,
leaving the Book of the Law, note, pray thee, the following
additional suggestions for extending the Dominion of the
Law of Thelema throughout the whole world.
1. All those who have accepted the Law should announce
the same in daily intercourse. “Do what thou wilt shall be
the whole of the Law” shall be the invariable form of greet-
ing. These words, especially in the case of strangers, should
be pronounced in a clear, firm, and articulate voice, with the
eyes frankly fixed upon the bearer. If the other be of us, let
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