LIBER CLXI
O.T.O.
CONCERNING THE LAW OF THELEMA
An Epistle written to Professor L—— B—— K—— who
also himself waited for the New Zon, concerning the
O.T.O. and its solution of divers problems of Human So-
ciety, particularly those concerning Property, and now
reprinted for General Circulation.
My Dear Sir,—
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. I was
glad to receive your letter of inquiry with regard to the Mes-
sage of the Master Therion.
It struck you naturally enough that on the surface there is
little distinction between the New Law and the canon of
Anarchy; and you ask, “How is the Law to be fulfilled in
the case of two boys who want to eat the same orange?” But
since only one boy (at most) can eat the orange, it is evident
that one of them is mistaken in supposing that it is essential
to his Will to eat it. The question is to be decided in the
good old way by fighting for it. All that we ask is that the
fighting should be done chivalrously, with respect to the
courage of the vanquished. “As brothers fight ye!” In
other words, there is only this difference from our present
state of society, that manners are improved. There are
many persons who are naturally slaves, who have no stom-
ach to fight, who tamely yield all to any one strong enough to
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