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Page 1 of 131954 · PDF PAGE 296
… tell them to, " he replied, "the catastrophe can be averted. " Somehow I fear they won 't. "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." Then I issued a prospectus for the book , giving the facts as to previous publications and their results, and leaving blank a space after "The Fourth Publication" to wait the event. The First Publication nine months before the outbreak of the Balkan War, which broke up the Near East. When this was done it was done without proper perfection. Its commands as to how the work ought to be done were not wholly…
1954 · PDF PAGE 294
… arises! No matter how mighty the truth of Thelema, it cannot prevail unless it is applied to and by mankind. As long as The Book of the Law was in Manuscript, it could only affect the small group amongst whom it was circulated. It had to be put into action by the Magical Observation of publishing it. When this was done, it was done without proper perfection . Its commands as to how the work ought to be done were not wholly obeyed. There were doubt and repugnance in FRA TER PERDURABO's mind, and they hampered His work. He was halfhearted. Yet, …
1954 · PDF PAGE 378
54 "On Meanness" Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Yes, indeed! As you surmise, the injunction to "buy the egg of a perfectly black hen without haggling" is another way of putting the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price; a much better way. For the Pearl-buyer did think of equating the values, which is precisely what one must not do. That Egg is incommensurable with money. (Further, the saying teaches one to insist on perfection; the hen must not have one tinge of aught but black in any feather.) To begin, Economy does…
1954 · PDF PAGE 122
…making one's peace, so to speak, with all the forces that one finds there. It is forbidden here to discuss the nature of The Book of the Law, the Sacred Scripture of Thelema. Even after forty years of close expert examination, it remains to a great extent mysterious; but the little we know of it is enough to show that it is a sublime synthesis of all Science and all ethics. It is by virtue of this Book that man may attain a degree of freedom hitherto never suspected to be possible, a spiritual development altogether beyond anything hitherto kno…
1954 · PDF PAGE 252
…IGION AND THELEMA 219 moveable by virtue of sacrifice, devotion, or appeal. Against such, the scientific or magical mind believes in the Laws of Nature, asserts "If A, then B" - if you do so-and-so, the result will be so-and-so, aloof from arbitrary interference. Joshua, it is alleged, made the sun stand still by supplication, and Hezekiah in the same way caused it to "go back upon the dial of Ahaz"; Willett did it by putting the clock back, and getting an Act of Parliament to confirm his lunacy . Petruchio , too "It shall be what o'clock I say…
1954 · PDF PAGE 386
56 Marriage-Property-War Politics Cara Soror , Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Directly or indirectly, you have already all you need about marriage in its relation to Magical Training. The Hindu proverb sums it all up: "There are seven kinds of wife-like a mother, a sister, a daughter, a mistress, a friend, an enemy and a slave; of these the only good one is the last." But from your questions I gather that what you want is advice on how to advise, how marriage as an institution is regarded by The Book of the Law. Very good. It …
1954 · PDF PAGE 121
…n the past. I t shows that the joy of existence is not in a goal, for that indeed is clearly unattainable, but in the going itself. This law is called the Law of Thelema. It is summarised in the four words, Do what thou wilt. I t should not be necessary to explain that a full appreciation of this message is not to be obtained by a hasty examination. It is essential to study it from every point of view, to analyse it with the keenest philosophical acumen, and finally to apply it as a key for every problem, internal and external, that exists. Thi…
1954 · PDF PAGE 18
PREFACE XVll The reader should notice that every letter begins and ends with a formula-two quotations from The Book of the Law. Crowley felt compelled to open every letter and indeed every meeting with any individual with these quotations . Bidding adieu was also marked by the same type of gesture. Some people have felt that he made a laughingstock of himself by so doing, but for this kind of reproach he cared nothing. So long as he felt commanded by that book to behave in such a manner he proceeded to do so, come what may. The verses used are …
1954 · PDF PAGE 180
…se you must know if he is "one of the believing J inn." Briefly, is he a friend or an enemy? You accordingly say to him "The word of the Law is Thelema." It turns out that he doesn't understand Greek at all, so you were certainly right in choosing Hebrew. You put it to him, "What is the word of the Law?" and he replies darkly: "The word of the Law is Thora." That means nothing to you; any one might know as much as that , Thora being the ordinary word for the Sacred Law of Israel, and you accordingly ask him to spell it to make sure you have hea…
1954 · PDF PAGE 230
MENTAL PROCESSES 197 then! Then I found that about two-thirds of my "absolutely essential" ritual was not necessary at all! Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 385
352 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS Lack of money is another matter altogether. Isn't it about time you sent me a cheque? Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally , 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 531
…98 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS way of Magick, and the internal way of Yoga: there you have your alternatives, and there they cease. Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 394
BEINGS I HAVE SEEN 361 by-law; in fact, I shall ask you to be content with Buer as far as details go; I never saw anything of importance with purely physical sight with anything like the clarity of my adventure on Mont Collon. Yes, as I think it over, that by-law is to thank. This Spring I saw very plainly, on four separate occasions, various beings of another order than ours. I was ass enough to tell one or two pupils about it. ... And I've never been able to see any more. This, however, it is a positive duty to tell you. One can acquire the p…
1954 · PDF PAGE 505
… . Follow the Axioms, the Postulates, the Theorems ; finally, the Experiments. And that is what all these letters are about. Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 181
…favourable case. You are only too likely, and that not only at the beginning, to meet all sorts of difficulties and dangers. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally , 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 104
… the hard and rigid have the inferior place, the soft and elastic the superior. Enough, I think, for this part of the essay. Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 346
…ortant thing (as Descartes-and Francis Bacon-saw) is that you should acquire and assimilate the METHOD of Thelemic thinking. Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 274
… soapbox type of critic who thinks to rebut the whole thesis "Sunt Daemones" by the snoot-cocking query "quo Stet Olympus. " Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 259
226 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS best, can only keep you from extravagant blunders; it will never get you anywhere. The Book of the Law constantly implies a very different policy: listen to its climax-exhortation: "But exceed! exceed!" (AL, II: 71) Remember that which is written: "Moderate strength rings the bell: great strength returns the penny." It is always the little bit extra that brings home the bacon. It is the last attack that breaks through the enemy position. Water will never boil, however long you keep it at 99 0 C. You may find that a Pran…
1954 · PDF PAGE 353
Cara Soror, 51 How to Recognize Masters, Angels, and How They Work Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I have been thinking over what I wrote in my last letter with regard to the verification of appearances in the Astral Plane. I did not mention a parallel question of even greater immediate practical importance: that of one's relations with Astral or discarnate intelligences or with Those whom we call "The Masters" or "The Gods": the messages or gestures which reach us through the normal physical channels. The importance is that th…