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Page 24 of 731929 · PDF PAGE 236
…e down what I heard, rising exactly at one o'clock. This is did. In these three hours were written the three chapters of The Book of the Law. The above statement is as succinct as I can make it. By April 8th, I had been convinced of the reality of the communication and obeyed my wife's arbitrary instructions with a certain confidence. I retained my sceptical attitude none the less. THE CLAIM OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW IN RESPECT OF RELIGION. The importance of religion to humanity is paramount. The reason is that all men perceive more of less the "F…
1909 · PDF PAGE 108
…X Blended, in one annihilation blind Were rent into a myriad of suns. Yea! all the mighty fabric ofa Mind Stood in the abyss, Belching a Law for 7a¢ more awful than for is. XVI Vain was the toil. So then I left the wood And came unto the still black sea, That oily monster of beatitude ! (Hath Thee for Me, and Me for Thee /) There as I stood, a mask of solitude Hiding a face Wried as a satyr’s, rolled that ocean into space. XVII Then did I build an altar on the shore Of oyster-shells, and ringed it round With star-fish. Thither a green flame I b…
1909 · PDF PAGE 108
…X Blended, in one annihilation blind Were rent into a myriad of suns. Yea! all the mighty fabric ofa Mind Stood in the abyss, Belching a Law for 7a¢ more awful than for is. XVI Vain was the toil. So then I left the wood And came unto the still black sea, That oily monster of beatitude ! (Hath Thee for Me, and Me for Thee /) There as I stood, a mask of solitude Hiding a face Wried as a satyr’s, rolled that ocean into space. XVII Then did I build an altar on the shore Of oyster-shells, and ringed it round With star-fish. Thither a green flame I b…
1954 · PDF PAGE 411
62 The Elastic Mind Cara Soror, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. You ask me what I mean by an "elastic mind" - from our telephone conversation on Friday. It is hard to define; but let me give you an example of the bad kind: an old riddle. "Why is a story like a ghost?" Because A story's a tale a tail's a brush a brush is a broom a brougham is a carriage a carriage is a gig a gig's a trap a trap is a snare a snare's a gin gin is a spirit and a spirit's a ghost. You will have noticed a logical blunder-usually non distributio medii…
1899 · PDF PAGE 27
…ur inheritance in vain ; Thou hast no lot nor part in Gilead. And now, he gathers to himself vain men, Violent folk, and breakers of the law, And holds aloof in rocky deserts, where The land, accurst of God, is barren still Of any herb, or flower, or any tree, And has no shelter, nor sweet watersprings, Save where a lonely cave is hollow, and where A meagre fountain sucks the sand. Our folk Are naked of his counsel and defence Against the tribe of Ammon, and stand aghast; Our feeble arms sway doubtfully long swords, And spears are flung half-he…
1954 · PDF PAGE 127
94 MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS the Law is almost his only link with my work. That, and his use of the Ophidian Vibrations: I don't know which of us is better at it, but I am sure that he must be a very long way ahead of me if he is one of Them. You have already in these pages and elsewhere in my writings examples numerous and varied of the way in which They work. The list is far from complete. The matters of Ab-ul-Diz and of Amalantrah show one method of communication; then there is the way of direct "inspiration," as in the case of "Hermes Eimi" in N…
1929 · PDF PAGE 482
…e absence of temptations to distraction: Cefalu realizes my idea of heaven. But I am pledged to give my life to the establishment of the Law of Thelema: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." So, if the operations on behalf of that Law are being tampered by the insensate belief that I ever was, am, or ever could be, disloyal to my country, which I love with an unreasoning passion, altogether beyond the interference of my intellectual opinions, I am willing to make this public statement as to what I did in the war, and why I did it. …
1996 · PDF PAGE 149
150 The Law is for All I trampled upon my prudence in financial matters. I mortified my fastidiousness about caste. I masked my shyness in bravado, and tried to kill it by ostentatious eccentricity. This last mistake came from sheer panic; but all the rest were quite deliberate sacrifices on the altar of my God Magick. They were all accepted, as it then seemed. I attained all my ambitions; yea, and more also. But I know now that I should not have forced my growth, and deformed my destiny. To nail geese to boards and stuff them makes foie gras, …
1904 · PDF PAGE 77
…ajilenu iebe totza DS ge-Darebesa na-e-el, oD ge-Darebesa Das oborela because thou art he that obeyeth not my power and obeyeth not that law which amapo Mada, od ge-llarebesa sapabe od jijipabe, das ol vinu, the Lord God made, and obeyeth not the Mighty Sounds and the Living Breath which I invoke, Das gobus: Miisa, ol, Das odiredDoO Moco aida Cabaame Enapo which I send: Come forth, I, who am the Servant of the Same Most High governor Lord Jad micaelzovo0, Jehovobe, ol Das zodiredo elonusahe, Das Zodivedo God __ powerful, Iehovohe, I who am exal…
1929 · PDF PAGE 422
… Meithras (365) to suit the correction of the calendar. The matter is of extreme importance; because Aiwass in dictating The Book of the Law repeatedly makes use of correspondences in Greek, such as Thelema, Will, 93 --- Agape, Love, 93. 718 = Stele 666, and so on. He also equates Greek and Hebrew words. Thus his own name spelt in Hebrew has the value 93, but in Greek that of 418, thus bringing into relation the Word of the Law of the Aeon with the Magical Formula of the Great Work. My preliminary studies, however, tended to discourage me, for …
1929 · PDF PAGE 139
…rking, the same considérations apply. We first remove from that place ail objects; and we then put into it those objects, and only those Law.” “What is thy Will? ” “It is my will to eat and drink ” “To what end?” “That my body may be fortified thereby.” “To what end?” “That I may accomplish the Great Work.” “Love is the law, love under will.” “Fall to!” This may be adapted as a monologue. One may also add the inquiry “What is the Great Work?” and answer appropriately, when it seems useful to specify the nature of the Operation in progress at th…
1996 · PDF PAGE 288
…m on the intellectual plane.” In (9.a). [Liber 150, A.-.A.-..] “Liber CL, De Lege Libellum.” “A further explana tion of The Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges conferred by its acceptance.” In (9.k) and (9.t). [Liber 157, A.-. A.-..] Liber CLVII—The Tao Te Ching. “This is the most exalted and yet practical of the Chinese classics. Gives the initiated Chinese system of Mysticism.” As (28). [Liber 418, A.'.A.'..] “Liber XXX yErvm vel Sseculi Sub Figura CDXVIII. Being of the Angels of the Thirty /Ethyrs the Vision…
1902 · PDF PAGE 113
…ift soul ; for even Death is bound. In its apparent amplitude I saw, I, who have slept through death, have surely found The old accursed law. And death has changed to life. This task alone Shoots to the starry throne : 1 1 1
1954 · PDF PAGE 410
…f Magical ill-health when the craving for manifestation of that power and intelligence come between the worker and his work. Love is the law. love under will. Fraternally, 666
1954 · PDF PAGE 423
…a suitable guide to the proper authority-and so on! And that , dear Sister, for to-night will be exactly and precisely that! Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally , 666
1930 · PDF PAGE 42
…of fulfilling it, or what I mistook for it; for the true will has no goal ; its nature being to Go. Similarly a paraboia is bound by one law which fixes its relations with two straight lines at every point ; yet it has no end short of infinity, and it continually changes its direc¬ tion. The initiate who is aware Who he is can always check his conduct by reference to the déterminants of his curve, and calculate his past, his future, his bearings and his proper course at any assigned moment 5 he can even comprehend himself as a simple idea. He m…
1899 · PDF PAGE 69
…Zeus, stand thou upright, And laugh him to his beard for all his spite. I, even now beneath his doom ? Even thou ! For learn this law, writ large upon the brow Of white Olympus, writ by him who made Thee, yea and Zeus, of whom is Zeus afraid
1912 · PDF PAGE 74
…Abbess sends a courier pressed To Rome ; the Archbishop doubts his eyes and ears that saw And heard such sacrilege. He lies at odds with law, Hanging on the breath of Rome ; who knows what tale he has told ?
1996 · PDF PAGE 9
10 The Law is for All It is not known what assistance, if any, Professor Butler gave to Wilkinson, but he quickly produced a first draft in 1946 e.v. It is reasonable to assume that Crowley reviewed the result, as a copy was found among his papers. Wilkinson made heavy cuts, but his selection brought the work into better balance and focus.1 1 Based on the pagination of the present edition, Chapter I was cut from 114 to 64 pages, Chapter II from 79 to 67 pages, and Chapter III from 49 to 35 pages. 2 It was however uncirculated. See John Cowper P…
1910 · PDF PAGE 43
…fain To mingle passion with the hope All creatures hold, that cycled pain May make its stream the wider scope Of many lives and changing law, Till to the sacred fountains draw Essences of dim being, mated With lofty substance uncreated, Concluding the full period That makes all being God.