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…n.1 In the Universe formulated by the Absolute, every point is equally the Centre; every point is equally the focus of the forces of the whole. (In any system of three points, any two may be considered solely with reference to the third, so that even in a finite universe the sum of the properties of all points is the same, though no two properties may be com mon to any two points. Thus a circle, BCD, may be described by the revolution of a line ab in a plane about the point A; but also from the point c, or indeed any other point, by the applic…
1996 · PDF PAGE 86
…s Had because He is Everywhere in the Infinite, and She manifests Him for the same reason. (See verse 3.) Every Individual manifests the Whole; and the Whole conceals every Individual. The Soul interprets the Uni verse; and the Universe veils the Soul. Nature understands Herself by becoming self-conscious in Her units; and the Consciousness loses its sense of separateness by dissolution in Her. There has been much difficulty in the orthography (in sacred languages) of these names. Nu is clearly stated to be 56, 1]; but Had is only hinted obscu…
1996 · PDF PAGE 13
… in Hebrew (FTP). See Crowley, Book 4, Parts I-IV, rev. ed., passim.] One of the first and most important points to be noted is that the whole Book of the Law rests upon a mathematical basis. It makes no partial appeal; it does not depend upon religious theory or racial tradition. One who knows far more than I do both of mathematics and of mysticism has thrown a clearer light than I could upon the evidence of the preternatural character of this Book. He writes: The Qabalists conceal the value of it in the name of alhim, which is God considered …
1996 · PDF PAGE 285
The Comment Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The study of this Book is forbidden. It is wise to destroy this copy after the first reading. Whosoever disregards this does so at his own risk and peril. These are most dire. Those who discuss the contents of this Book are to be shunned by all, as centres of pestilence. All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself. There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt. Love is the law, love under will. The priest of the princes, 284
1996 · PDF PAGE 33
…men adore; both their Gods & their men are fools. 12. Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill of love! Commentary: The whole doctrine of “love” is discussed in the Book Aleph (Wisdom or Folly) and should be studied therein. But note further how this verse agrees with the comment above, how every Star is to come forth from its veils, that it may revel with the whole World of Stars. This is again also a call to unite, or “love,” thus formulating the equation 1 + (-1) = 0,1 which is the general magical formula in our Cosmos. 1 Th…
1996 · PDF PAGE 200
Liber AL vel Legis subfigura CCXX — Chapter 1 199 whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: O Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of Thee as One but as None; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous! 28. None, breathed the light, faint & faery, of the stars, and two. 29. For I am divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union. 30. This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all. 31. For these fools of men and their woe…
1996 · PDF PAGE 96
…ings in my ear! After seventeen years of unparalleled spiritual progress, of unimaginably intense ecstasies, of beatitudes prolonged for whole months, of initiations indescribably exalted, of proof piled on proof of His power, His vigilance, His love, after being protected and energized with incredible aptness, I find myself still only too ready to grumble, nay even to doubt. It seems as if I resented the whole business. There are times when I feel that the amoeba, the bourgeois, and the cow represent the abc of enviable creatures. There may be…
1996 · PDF PAGE 126
…e Cause of this Pain in the Sense of Separation, and its Cessation by the Union of Love, it is the Summit of our Holy Art to present the whole Being of our Star to Our Lady in the Nuptial of our Bodily Death. We are then to make our whole Engine the true and real Appurte nance of our Force, without Leak, or Friction, or any other Waste or Hindrance to its Action. Thou knowest well how an Horse, or even a Machine propelled by a Man’s Feet, becometh as it were an Extension of the Rider, through his Skill and Custom. Thus let thy Star have profit…
1996 · PDF PAGE 68
…ce of the talisman. It must be, in alchemical language, the Sulphur which fixes the Mercury which determines the nature of the Salt. The whole man, from his inmost Godhead to the tip of his tiniest eyelash, must be one engine, cumbered with nothing useless, nothing inharmonious; a thunderbolt from the hand of Jove. It must give itself utterly in the one act of love. It must cease to know itself as anything but the Will. It must not have the will; it must transform itself completely to be the Will. Last of all, the act must be supreme. It must d…
1996 · PDF PAGE 15
16 The Law is for All any omission might falsify or weaken the whole, however little aware the editor might be of the effect of his editing. In this vol ume I have allowed certain passages from The Book of the Law to stand by themselves without any comment; for it has some times seemed better to leave the reader to make what interpreta tion he can of his own than to risk confusing and delaying his apprehension of the message of the Book as a whole. The Book of the Law has already been published without a Commentary;1 but, if it is to reach a…
1996 · PDF PAGE 147
…s work, may not in course of time become one of vital value. If it be atrophied — alas! Its suppression may moreover have poisoned one’s whole system, as a breast debarred from its natu ral use is prone to cancer. At best, it may be too late to repair the mischief; the lost opportunity may be a life-long remorse. The one way of safety lies in applying the Law of Thelema with the utmost rigour. Every impulse, however feeble, is neces sary to the stability of the whole structure; the tiniest flaw may cause the cannon to burst. Every impulse, ho…
1996 · PDF PAGE 16
…st religions are dogmatic; it is a Faith for the individualist, as is clearly shown by its central text, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.” “Discover your own true will,” is the mean- L40 ing of this; “and then act in harmony with it to the utmost of your powers.” The aim of the Commentary on the Book of the Law is to guide the reader along the path of the discovery of his own true will, in accordance with which, and only in accordance with which, he can rightly think and act. This is why “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of…
1996 · PDF PAGE 152
…and, labelling the totality of his defects Perfection, defines God as Faeces so that he may flatter himself with the epithet divine. The whole manœuvre is described as Religion. 78. Lift up thyself! for there is none like unto thee among men or among Gods! Lift up thyself, o my prophet, thy stature shall surpass the stars. They shall worship thy name, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, the number of the man; and the name of thy house 418. 79. The end of the hiding of Hadit; and blessing & worship to the prophet of the lovely Star! Commentary: So mo…
1996 · PDF PAGE 3
…8 Austin TX 78768, U.S.A. Introduction Copyright © 1996 Oliver Marlow Wilkinson All rights reserved. No part of this book, in part or in whole, may be reproduced, transmitted, or utilized, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except for brief quotations in critical articles, books and reviews. International Standard Book Number: 1-56184-090-4 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-68645 …
1996 · PDF PAGE 6
Foreword Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The Book of the Law was the foundation of Aleister Crowley’s life’s work, and its commentaries a problem that vexed him for most of his adult life, almost since the book’s reception in 1904 E.v. His basic difficulty with producing a commentary was a lack of objectivity. He was too close to The Book of the Law, on too many levels, to be able to easily write about it, let alone judge what other people might find helpful by way of commentary. He made numerous attempts over the years, only t…
1996 · PDF PAGE 184
…actical ethics of the Law, I have formulated in words of one syllable my declaration of the RIGHTS OF MAN Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. There is no god but Man. Man has the right to live by his own law. Man has the right to live in the way that he wills to do. Man has the right to dress as he wills to do. Man has the right to dwell where he wills to dwell. Man has the right to move as he will on the face of the Earth. Man has the right to eat what he will. Man has the right to drink what he will. Man has the right to think as…
1996 · PDF PAGE 23
…Stone, whence the symbol of the Cubical Stone, the Mountain Abiegnus, and so forth. Nu is also reflected in naus, “Ship,” etc., and that whole symbolism of Hollow Space which is familiar to all. There is also a question of identifying Nu with On, Noah, Oannes, Jonah, John, Dianus, Diana, and so on. But these identifications are all partial only, different facets of the Diamond Truth. We may neglect all these questions, and remain in the simplicity of this Her own Book. 2. The unveiling of the company of heaven. Commentary: This explains the gen…
1996 · PDF PAGE 183
…s no law beyond Do what thou wilt. Commentary: There are of course lesser laws than this, details, particular cases, of the Law. But the whole of the Law is Do what thou wilt, and there is no law beyond it. This subject is treated fully in Liber CXI Aleph, and the student should refer thereto. Far better, let him assume this Law to be the Universal Key to every problem of Life, and then apply it to one particular case after another. As he comes by degrees to understand it, he will be astounded at the simplification of the most obscure questions…
1996 · PDF PAGE 123
…o take the proper view of death. The fear of death is one of the great weapons of tyrants, as well as their scourge; and it distorts our whole outlook upon the Universe. 42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! Commentary: To him who realizes Hadit this text needs little comment. It is wondrous, this joy of awakening every morning to the truth of one’s immortal energy and rapture. 43. A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight! Commentary: To sleep is to return, in a sense, to the Bosom of Nuit. But…
1996 · PDF PAGE 27
…ling is the Proclamation of the Truth previously explained, that the Body of Nuit occupies Infinite Space, so that every Star thereof is Whole in itself, an independent and absolute Unit. They differ as Carbon and Calcium differ, but each is a sim ple “immortal” Substance, or at least a Form of some simpler Substance. Each soul is thus absolute, and “good” or “evil” are merely terms descriptive of relations between destructible combi nations. Thus Quinine is “good” for a malarial patient, but “evil” for the germ of the disease. Heat is “bad” …