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spend an evening in the Tenderloin. On the other hand, the 
Sheikh of Mish-and a very holy Sheikh he was-introduced 
his "boy friend" as such to me when I visited him in the 
Sahara, without the slightest shame or embarrassment. 
Believe me, the humbug about "morality" in this country 
and the U.S.A., yes, even on the Continent in pious circles, is 
Hobgoblin No. 1 on the Path of the Wise. If you are fooled 
by that, you will never get out of the stinking bog of 
platitudinous mouthings of make-believe "Masters." Need I 
refer to the fact that most of the unco' guid are penny plain 
hypocrites . A little less vile are those whose prejudices are 
Freudian in character, who "compound for sins that they're 
inclined to, By damning those they have no mind to." 
Perhaps we have now relaxed enough; we see that the 
"Holy man" is not such a fool as he looks; and we may get 
on with our excursions into the "morality" of the Law of the 
New Aeon, which is the Aeon of Horus, the crowned and 
conquering child; and-"The word of the Law is eEAHMA ." 
3. So much of The Book of the Law deals directly or 
indirectly with morals that to quote relevant passages would 
be merely bewildering. Not that this state of mind fails to 
result from the first, second, third and ninety-third perusals! 
When Duty bellows loud "Thou must!" 
The youth replies, "Pike's Peak or Bust!" 
is all very well, or might be if the bellow gave further 
particulars. And one's general impression may very well be 
that Thelema not only gives general licence to do any fool 
thing that comes into one's head, but urges in the most 
emphatic terms , reinforced by the most eloquent appeals in 
superb language, by glowing promises, and by categorical 
assurance that no harm can possibly come thereby , the 
performance 
of just that specific type of action, the 
maintenance of just that line of conduct, which is most 
severely deprecated by the high priests and jurists of every 
religion, every system of ethics , that ever was under the sun!