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1961 · PDF PAGE 184

Liber Aleph

… Woman direct the Chess-Play of Life, but the Man alter the Rules, if he so will. Lo! in ill Play is Mischief and Disorder, but in a New Law is Earthquake, and Destruction of the Root of Things. Therefore is Fear of any Man that is in Commerce with his Genius, for none knoweth if his Law shall amend the Game or do it Hurt; and of this the Proof is in Experience, won after the Victory of his Will, when there is no Way of Return; as saith the Poet, Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum. Nor do thou fear to create: for, even as I have written in The Book of Li…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 374

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…far from manifesting that attainment by non-action, he created a revolution in India by attacking the Caste system, and by preaching his law created a Karma so violent that even to-day its primary force is still active. The present ‘Buddha,’ the Master Therion, is doing a similar, but even greater work, by His proclamation: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 32. Sow kindly acts and thou shalt reap their fruition. In- action in a deed of mercy becomes an action in a deadly sin. Thus saith the Sage. This continues the diatribe again…

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1943 · PDF PAGE 3

The Oriflamme, Vol. I, No. I

"For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered From the lust of result, is every way perfect." Book of the Law, I, 44. To-day practically all men must realize that humanity has arrived at a cross road. Society over the whole earth is being rocked to its foundations, and change of great magnitude is facing all established human institutions. Years ago some few foresaw the approaching cataclysm, and a small minority saw the import thereof. In a poem written in 1900 and published in 1906, it is stated: "This is the birth hour of the age of gold,…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 500

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…f the Spirit. The Material Mind v. The Spiritual Mind. What are Spiritual Gifts? Healthy and Unhealthy Spirit Communion. Spells; or, the Law of Change. Immortality in the Flesh. Regeneration; or, Being Born again. The Process of Re-Embodiment. Re-Embodiment Universal in Nature. The Mystery of Sleep. ‘Where you Travel when you Sleep. Prayer in all ages. The Church of Silent emand, “The Essays of Prentice Mulford embody a peculiar philosophy, and represent a peculiar hase of insight into the mystery which surrounds man. The essays were the work, …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 500

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…f the Spirit. The Material Mind v. The Spiritual Mind. What are Spiritual Gifts? Healthy and Unhealthy Spirit Communion. Spells; or, the Law of Change. Immortality in the Flesh. Regeneration; or, Being Born again. The Process of Re-Embodiment. Re-Embodiment Universal in Nature. The Mystery of Sleep. ‘Where you Travel when you Sleep. Prayer in all ages. The Church of Silent emand, “The Essays of Prentice Mulford embody a peculiar philosophy, and represent a peculiar hase of insight into the mystery which surrounds man. The essays were the work, …

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1919 · PDF PAGE 190

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

… and not only in the English—” Compare CCXX. III. 47. 73. The secret is still a secret to Us. “And thy comment upon this the Book of the Law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beau- tiful paper made by hand;” i.e. explain the text ‘lest there be folly’ as it says above, CCXX. I. 36. “And to each man and woman that thou meetest, were it but to dine or to drink at them, it is the Law to give. Then they shall chance to abide in this bliss or no; it isnoodds. Do this quickly!” From this it is evident that a volume must be prepar…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 60

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…his Tance. Irle turns to the peopley lowers and Taises the Tance y and makes -f* upon them.) Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The PEOPLE. Love is the law, love under will. {He lowers the Tancey and turns to East. The PRIESTESS takes the lance in her right handy wtth her left hand she ofjers the Paten. The PRIEST kneels.) The PRIEST. In my mouth be the essence of the life of the Sun. {He takes the Host zvith the right handy makes -f- with it on the Paten y and consumes it.) {Silence. ) {The PRIESTESS takeSy uncoverSy and offers t…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 37

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

…ry in a very simple form. I cannot even explain (for instance) that an idea may not refer to Being at ail, but to Going. The Book of the Law demands spécial study and initiated appréhension. 2. More correctly, HERU-RA-HA, to include HOOR-PAAR- KRAAT. 3. The basis of this theology is given in Liber CCXX, AL vel Legis which forins Part IV of this Book 4. Hence I can only outline the matter in a very crude way; it would require a separate treatise to discuss even the true meaning of the terms employed, and to show how The Book of the Law anticipât…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 59

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…unfit: let them die in their misery. For they feel not. Compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the wretched & the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world. Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be under- stood: If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstacy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star & the Snake. 22. I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 59

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…unfit: let them die in their misery. For they feel not. Compassion is the vice of kings: stamp down the wretched & the weak: this is the law of the strong: this is our law and the joy of the world. Think not, o king, upon that lie: That Thou Must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be under- stood: If the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pure ecstacy for ever. Nuit! Hadit! Ra-Hoor-Khuit! The Sun, Strength & Sight, Light; these are for the servants of the Star & the Snake. 22. I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & …

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1996 · PDF PAGE 155

The Law is for All

156 The Law is for All 4. Choose ye an island! 5. Fortify it! 6. Dung it about with enginery of war! 7. I will give you a war-engine. 8. With it ye shall smite the peoples; and none shall stand before you. 9. Lurk! Withdraw! Upon them! this is the Law of the Battle of Conquest: thus shall my worship be about my secret house. 10. Get the stele of revealing itself; set it in thy secret temple— and that temple is already aright disposed—& it shall be your Kiblah for ever. It shall not fade, but miraculous colour shall come back to it day after day…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 224

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…te! The Star-Goddess guideth us her ship ; The sails belly out with the light. Beautiful head ! We will sing on our bed Of the beautiful law of the Night ! We are lulled by the whirr of the stars ; We are fanned by the whisper, the wind ; We are locked in unbreakable bars, The love of the spirit and mind. The infinite powers Of rapture are ours; We are one, and our kisses are kind. EXPLICIT LIBER QUARTUS

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1929 · PDF PAGE 554

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…l correspondence, towards the end of the year, when he left us to go to Australia avowedly to help Frater Progradior in establishing the Law. However, he only stayed a short time in Sydney and went on to San Francisco, where, free from all guidance or control, he broke out into a series of spasms of which I do not know the details, and which are of little interest as being merely casual symptoms of a state of mind which I had already studied sufficiently. I asked myself, "How now?" Has Thelema failed in this case? I have thought this over ruthl…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 45

Magick Without Tears

12 MAGICK WITHOUT .TEARS Letter E August 18, 1943 Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Much thought has gone into the construction of your Motto. "I will become" can be turned neatly enough as "Let there be" ; by avoiding the First Pronoun one gets the idea of "the absorption of the Self in the Beloved," which is exactly what you want. "The creative Force of the Universe" is quite ready-made. Pyramis,' a pyramid , is that force in its geometrical form ; in its biological form it is Phallus ,' the Yang or Lingam. Both wor…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 200

Liber Aleph

… O thou understand how few be they whose Work in this their present Lives is our Way of Initiation. Yet it is written in The Book of the Law that the Law is for all, so that thou shalt in no wise err if thou establish it as the formula of the Æon, universal among Men. Also, even for them that are fitted to advance in our Light, there is Order and Diversity in Function, as regardeth their Work in our Sublime Brotherhood, Thus, it might well be that, in a Profess-House of the Temple, or College of the Holy Ghost, each Knight or Brother might seve…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 457

Magick Without Tears

…you, that will emerge only from long self-analysis such as is the chief work of the Sword in the process of your Initiation. Love is the law, love under will. Yours fraternally, 666

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1907 · PDF PAGE 268

The Star in the West

THE NEW WINE 261 » 1 the one great law of Inertia ; so that the entire Uni verse lies before us , as Luther said of God , “ A blank sheet on which nothing is found , but what we our selves have written . ” Or again , in the words of the divine Spinoza : “final or first causes are only fig ments of the human mind , ” bubbles which must burst before the finite can once again dissolve into the in finite atmosphere of eternity. This seeming duality is that which Crowley infers when he states : “ In any category , infinity excludes finity , unless t…

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1954 · PDF PAGE 311

Magick Without Tears

…fiends, the sense of guilt, of shame-in a word, the 'inferiority complex' or something very like it." The whole tenor of The Book of the Law is to this effect. The very test of worth is that one should be aware of it and not afraid to sock the next man on the jaw if he disputes it! Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666 P.S. But what do I mean when I say "myself' in normal speech? I mean Tiphareth, the human self as determining the identity of the Supreme Triad plus as much Ruach as I have succeeded in organising as extensions of it…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 385

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…as lived in vain. This verse repeats this lesson yet once more. It is another way of saying: Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 51. Follow the wheel of life; follow the wheel of duty to race and kin, to friend and foe, and close thy mind to pleas- ures as to pain. Exhaust the law of Karmic retribution. Gain Siddhis for thy future birth. This again states the same thing, urges the aspirant to live his life fully on every plane, preserving, it is true, an in- difference to all that he does, but only the inner indifference of contemp…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 237

Confessions of Aleister Crowley

…sponsibility with the type of intelligence which informs it, and solve all their personal religious problems. Generally, The Book of the Law claims to answer all possible religious problems. One is struck by the fat that so many of them are stated and settled separately in so short a space. Top return the the general question of religion. The fundamental problem has never been explicitly stated. We know that all religions, without exception, have broken down at the first test. The claim of religion is to complete, {396} and (incidentally) to re…

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