The Word of the Law is Thelema

None, breathed the light, faint & faery, of the stars, and two.

For I am divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union.

This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all.

For these fools of men and their woes care not thou at all! They feel little; what is, is balanced by weak joys; but ye are my chosen ones.

Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only! Then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. This is so: I swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can give, by all I desire of ye all.

Then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon, & said unto the Queen of Heaven; Write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals; write unto us the law!

But she said: the ordeals I write not: the rituals shall be half known and half concealed: the Law is for all.

This that thou writest is the threefold book of Law.

My scribe Ankh-af-na-khonsu, the priest of the princes, shall not in one letter change this book; but lest there be folly, he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra-Hoor-Khuit.

Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword; these he shall learn and teach.

He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals.

The word of the Law is THELEMA.

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Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)  

sub figura CCXX

as delivered by XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI

The Scarlet Woman

Now ye shall know that the chosen priest and apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest the Beast; and in his woman called the Scarlet Woman is all power given. They shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men.

For he is ever a sun, and she a moon. But to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight.

But ye are not so chosen. Burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent! O azure-lidded woman, bend upon them!

The key of the rituals is in the secret word which I have given unto him.

With the God & the Adorer I am nothing: they do not see me. They are as upon the earth; I am Heaven, and there is no other God than me, and my lord Hadit.

Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and to him by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knoweth me. Since I am Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof, do ye also thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among you between any one thing & any other thing; for thereby there cometh hurt.

But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all!

I am Nuit, and my word is six and fifty.  Divide, add, multiply, and understand.

Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who am I, and what shall be the sign? So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body.

Then the priest answered & said unto the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his 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!

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Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)  

sub figura CCXX

as delivered by XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI

The Manifestation of Nuit

Had! The manifestation of Nuit.  The unveiling of the company of heaven.

Every man and every woman is a star.  Every number is infinite; there is no difference.

Help me, o warrior lord of Thebes, in my unveiling before the Children of men!  Be thou Hadit, my secret centre, my heart and my tongue!

Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the minister of Hoor-paar-kraat.  The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs.  Worship then the Khabs, and behold my light shed over you!

Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many and the known.  These are fools that men adore; both their Gods & their men are fools.

Come forth, o children, under the stars and take your fill of love!
I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy.

Above, the gemmed azure is The naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss The secret ardours of Hadit.  he winged globe, the starry blue,  Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu!

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Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)  

sub figura CCXX

as delivered by XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI

The Book of the Law

Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law) is the central sacred text of Thelema.  Written down by Aleister Crowley while in Cairo it was delivered to him by Aiwass, Aleister's personal Holy Guardian Angel.  The book was received by Aleister Crowley in three chapters on three consecutive days, the 8th, 9th and 10th of April 1904. 

In celebration of the anniversary of this, starting in two hours and over the course of the next week the entire text of the first chapter will be delivered on this blog along with an associated image I've specially selected that is relevant to each section.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Love is the law, love under will.

93/93

"Only mediocrity is safe. Take your risks and be the best."

"Solo la mediocridad es segura. Preparate para las criticas e utilizes sin miedo tus talentos."

Paulo Coelho

For He is Risen!

He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.
Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behind, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples the word.
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail.  And they came and held him by the feet and worshiped him.
Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid:  go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.


οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε, ἠγέρθη γὰρ καθὼς εἶπεν· δεῦτε ἴδετε τὸν τόπον ὅπου ἔκειτο.
καὶ ταχὺ πορευθεῖσαι εἴπατε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἠγέρθη ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἰδοὺ προάγει ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν γαλιλαίαν, ἐκεῖ αὐτὸν ὄψεσθε· ἰδοὺ εἶπον ὑμῖν.
καὶ ἀπελθοῦσαι ταχὺ ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου μετὰ φόβου καὶ χαρᾶς μεγάλης ἔδραμον ἀπαγγεῖλαι τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ.
καὶ ἰδοὺ ἰησοῦς ὑπήντησεν αὐταῖς λέγων, χαίρετε. αἱ δὲ προσελθοῦσαι ἐκράτησαν αὐτοῦ τοὺς πόδας καὶ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῶ.
 τότε λέγει αὐταῖς ὁ ἰησοῦς, μὴ φοβεῖσθε· ὑπάγετε ἀπαγγείλατε τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου ἵνα ἀπέλθωσιν εἰς τὴν γαλιλαίαν, κἀκεῖ με ὄψονται.


The Gospel of Matthew 28:6-10

Winners and Losers

"The winners are those who learn to take full responsibility for their actions. The losers are those who blame others for their failures."

Wisdom from @princesshu