The Law is for All

116 The Law is for All consequently be “against the people” if he is to pursue any consis­ tent policy. The massed maggots of “love” devoured Mark Ant­ ony as they did Abelard. For this reason the first task of the Aspirant is to disarm all his thoughts, to make himself impregna- bly above the influence of any one of them; this he may accom­ plish by the methods given in Liber Aleph, “Liber Jugorum,” “Thien Tao,” and elsewhere.1 Secondly, he must impose absolute silence upon them, as may be done by the “Yoga” practices taught in Book 4 (Part I), “Liber xvi,” etc. He is then ready to analyze them, to organize them, to drill them, and so to take advantage of the properties peculiar to each one by employing its energies in the service of his imperial purpose. 1 [“Thien Tao” appears in Konx Om Pax (1907); see Works Cited.] 2 [Lat., “secret rites”; Crowley’s usual definition was “works.”] 3 [Possibly the commentary to ch. II, v. 21, beginning on p. 105.] 26. I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one. Commentary: The Magical power is universal. The Free Man directs it as He Will. Leave Him alone, or He will make you sorry you tried to interfere! There is here a reference to the two main types of the orgia1 2 of Magick; I have already dealt with this matter in the Comment.3 Observe that in the “mystic” work, the union takes place sponta­ neously; in the other, venom is shot forth. This awakes the earth to rapture; not until then does union occur. For, in working on the planes of manifestation, the elements must be consecrated and made “God” by virtue of a definite rite. 27. There is great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss. He shall fall down into the pit called Because, and there he shall perish with the dogs of Reason. Commentary: Humanity errs terribly when it gets “educa­ tion,” in the sense of ability to read newspapers. Reason is rubbish; race-instinct is the true guide.