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Page 1 of 841913 · PDF PAGE 161
CHAPTER XIII THE BOOK THE Book of Spells or of Conjurations is the Record of every thought, word, and deed of the Magician; for everything that he has willed is willed to a purpose. It is the same as if he had taken an oath to perform some achievement. Now this Book must be a holy Book, not a scribbling-book in which you jot down every piece of rubbish that comes into your head. It is written, Liber VII, v, 23: "Every breath, every word, every thought, every deed is an act of love with Thee. Be this devotion a potent spell to exorcise the demon…
1919 · PDF PAGE 33
CURRICULUM OF A..A.. COURSE II The basis of our whole work is the Book of the Law. It is essential for every Probationer to study this book and those which are directly connected with it, as commentaries: Liser CCXX. Liser L ver Lecis Sus Figura CCXX. as delivered by XCIII. unto DCLXVI. This book is the foundation of the New Zon, and thus of the whole of our Work. Liser I]. THe MEssacE oF THE Master THERION. It explains the essence of the New Law in a very simple manner. Lisrr DCCCXXXVII. THe Law or Lizerty. This is a further explanation of the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 11
Book I. was finished in Hawaii, ere June expired, and Book II. begun. I had just begun to study the Theosophic writings— their influence, though slight, is apparent. So intent was I on producing a d¢g¢ book that the whole of my “ Argo- nauts” (published separately, 1904) was written for the shadow-play by which Orpheus wins Eurydice to an interest in mortal joys and sorrows. Also—believe it! —I had proposed a similar play in Book III. to be called “Heracles” or “Theseus,” by performance of which Per- sephone should be moved, or Hades overwhelme…
1913 · PDF PAGE 162
I50 inharmonious or untrue. Nor can he avoid this writing, for this is a Magick Book. If you abandon even for an hour the one purpose of your life, you will find a number of meaningless scratches and scrawls on the white vellum; and these cannot be erased. In such a case, when you come to conjure a demon by the power of the Book, he will mock you; he will point to all this foolish writing, more like his own than yours. In vain will you continue with the subsequent spells; you have broken by your own foolishness the chain which would have bound …
1904 · PDF PAGE 22
he bound up those Spirits, and used them in general things, whereby he obtained great fame. (2) THE SECOND ParT is a Book of Spirits, partly Eviland partly Good, which is named THEURGIA- GoreTiA, all Aérial Spirits, etc. (3) THe Tuirp PaRT is of Spirits governing the Planet- ary Hours, and what Spirits belong to every degree, of the Signs, and Planets in the Signs. Called the PAULINE ART, etc. (4) THE FourtTH ParT of this Book 1s called ALMADEL OF SoLomon, which con- taineth those Spirits which govern the Four Altitudes, or the 360 Degrees of t…
1919 · PDF PAGE 53
…THE LAW OF LIBERTY A TRACT OF TO MEFA @HPION 666. THAT IS A MAGUS 9°=2°, A.".A.". [The quotations in this essay are from Liber Legis—The Book of the Law.—Ep.] Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I. Iam often asked why I begin my letters in this way. No matter whether I am writing to my lady or to my butcher, always I begin with these eleven words. Why, how else should I begin? What other greeting could be so glad? Look, brother, we are free! Rejoice with me, sister, there is no law beyond Do what thou wilt! II. I write this for tho…
1913 · PDF PAGE 91
…thoughts as they arise in the mind. Liper XVII.—Liber J A O. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. This book has not been published. It is the active form of Liber HH H. The article “ Energized Enthusiasm” is an adumbration of this book. LiBer XXV. This is the chapter called the “Star Ruby” in the Book of Lies. It is an improved form of the “lesser” ritual of the Pentagram. Lrser XXVIII.—Lider Septem Regum Sanctorum. Has not been published. It is a ritual of Initiation bestowed on certain selected Probationers. …
1913 · PDF PAGE 91
…thoughts as they arise in the mind. Liper XVII.—Liber J A O. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. This book has not been published. It is the active form of Liber HH H. The article “ Energized Enthusiasm” is an adumbration of this book. LiBer XXV. This is the chapter called the “Star Ruby” in the Book of Lies. It is an improved form of the “lesser” ritual of the Pentagram. Lrser XXVIII.—Lider Septem Regum Sanctorum. Has not been published. It is a ritual of Initiation bestowed on certain selected Probationers. …
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 14
Introduction 15 There is doubtless a further key to be found which will in the end elucidate the whole Book and make manifest the extremely elaborate nature of its pattern.1 1 [The source and authorship of this quotation is unknown.] 2 [Later termed the “Old Commentary”; published in The Equinox 1(7) (1912), pp. 387^00a.] 3 [Described by Crowley as the “New Commentary.”] The Book of the Law, however, is not only for mathematicians and mystics. In some one phrase or other of the Book there is a direct message for every human being. The best way …
1930 · PDF PAGE 14
…itten in the Universal Cipher. Equinox i, p. 4. Liber XXXVI. The Star Sapfhire. An improved ritual of the Hexagram. Liber CCCXXXIII (The Book of Lies), p.p. 46 & 7, and Appendix VI of this book. Liber XLI. Thien Tao. An Essay on Attainment by the Way of Equilibrium. Konx Om Pax, p. 52. Liber XLIV. The Mass of the Phoenix. A Ritual of the Law. Liber CCCXXXIII (Book of Lies), pp. 57-7, and Appen¬ dix VI in this book.. Liber XLVI. The Key of the Mysteries. A Translation of La Clef des Grands Mystères, by Eliphas Levi. Specially adapted to the task…
1954 · PDF PAGE 31
…understanding of how he finally came to conceive of himself. On several occasions he has essayed this task, not only in this fascinating book of letters, and in the book about the Tarot, but in his earlier book Magick in Theory and Practice. It is far from easy for the ordinary individual, bound by the ordinary codes of social behavior and the conventional frames of reference, to have the foggiest idea of what moves or motivates an initiate whose illumination has imposed an entirely new point of view on the world and life in general. The whole …
1954 · PDF PAGE 340
MORALS OF LIBER AL 307 important argument of all; for it is completely separate. It is this. The Book's meaning is "not only in the English" etc. (AL, I: 36; I: 46; I: 54,55; II: 76; III: 16; III: 39; III: 47; III: 63-68; and III: 73) These passages make it clear that there is a secret interpretation, which, being hidden as it is hidden, is presumably of even graver importance than the text as it stands. Such passages as I have been able to decipher confirm this view; so also does the discovery of the key number 31 by Frater Achad. We must also…
1919 · PDF PAGE 28
…. Two Essays ON THE WorsHIP OF Priapus, by Richard Payne Knight. Invaluable to all students. THE GoLvEN Boucu, by J. G. Frazer. The Text-Book of Folk Lore. Invaluable to all students. Tue AcE oF Reason, by Thomas Paine. Excellent, though elementary, as a corrective to superstition. Rivers oF LiFe, by General Forlong. An invaluable text- book of old systems of initiation. THREE D1aLocueEs, by Bishop Berkeley. The Classic of subjective idealism. Essays or Davin Hume. The Classic of Academic Scep- ticism. First Principies, by Herbert Spencer. The …
1899 · PDF PAGE 5
“It need not appear strange unto you that this Book is not at all like unto so many others which I have, and which are composed in a lofty and subtle style.”Zhe Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage.
1961 · PDF PAGE 12
LIBER ALEPH CXI. THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY. An extended and elaborate commentary on the Book of the Law, in the form of a letter from the Master Therion to his magical son. This Book contains some of the deepest secrets of initiation, with a clear solution of many cosmic and ethical problems. Præmonstrance of A∴A∴, Equinox III (1) Liber Aleph, The Book of Wisdom or Folly was intended to express the heart of my doctrine in the most deep and delicate dimensions [it] is the most tense and intense book that I have ever composed. The thought is …
1913 · PDF PAGE 94
…0 is the letter Lamed, which is Justice in the Tarot, referred to Libra. This number was given on Masonic grounds. The square of 6, this book being the ritual of the Hexagram. From TM blood, because blood is sacrificed, also because the God Adored is Horus, who gave 44 as his special number. See Eguinox V//, 376. The mystic number of Malkuth and of TM orna- ment; a number generally suitable to the subject of the book. wm Grace, a secret title of the Qabalah. See Sepher Sephiroth. See Sepher Sephiroth. The allusion is to the fact that this book …
1913 · PDF PAGE 94
…0 is the letter Lamed, which is Justice in the Tarot, referred to Libra. This number was given on Masonic grounds. The square of 6, this book being the ritual of the Hexagram. From TM blood, because blood is sacrificed, also because the God Adored is Horus, who gave 44 as his special number. See Eguinox V//, 376. The mystic number of Malkuth and of TM orna- ment; a number generally suitable to the subject of the book. wm Grace, a secret title of the Qabalah. See Sepher Sephiroth. See Sepher Sephiroth. The allusion is to the fact that this book …
1929 · PDF PAGE 423
…f that exalted Grade. I had at this time no idea that I should ever attain to it; in fact, I thought it utterly beyond possibility. This book was given to me that I might avoid mistakes when the time came for me to become a Magus. It is impossible to give any idea of the terror and sublimity of this book, while the accuracy of its predictions and of its descriptions of the state of being, at that time wholly beyond my imagination to conceive, make it a most astonishing document. LIBER X. This book is called "The Gate of Light". It explains how …
1919 · PDF PAGE 25
CURRICULUM OF A..A.. COURSE I GENERAL READING Section 1. Books for Serious Study: Lrper CCXX. (Liper L ver Lecis.) The Book of the Law. This book is the foundation of the New Zon, and thus of the whole of our Work. Tue Egurnox, Vol. I. Nos. l.-X. The standard Work of Reference in all occult matters. The Encyclopedia of Initiation. Liser ABA (Book 4). A GENERAL Account in elemen- tary terms of magical and mystical powers. In four parts: (1) Mysticism. (2) Magical Theory. (3) Magical Practice. (4) The Law. Liper II. THE MEssaGE oF THE MASTER THER…