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Page 1 of 71996 · PDF PAGE 176
…harried on sexual grounds; let social organi zations honour in public what their members practice in private. Most domestic unhappiness will disappear automatically, for its chief cause is the sexual dissatisfaction of wives, or the anxiety (or other mental strain) engendered should they take the remedy in their own hands. The crime of abortion will lose its motive in all but the most exceptional cases. Blackmail will be confined to commercial and political offences, thus diminishing its frequency by two-thirds, at least, maybe much more. Soci…
1996 · PDF PAGE 184
…be the whole of the Law. There is no god but Man. Man has the right to live by his own law. Man has the right to live in the way that he wills to do. Man has the right to dress as he wills to do. Man has the right to dwell where he wills to dwell. Man has the right to move as he will on the face of the Earth. Man has the right to eat what he will. Man has the right to drink what he will. Man has the right to think as he will. Man has the right to speak as he will Man has the right to write as he will. Man has the right to mould as he will. Man …
1996 · PDF PAGE 39
40 The Law is for All 1:57 Magick ceremonies proper are merely organized and con centrated attempts to impose our Will on certain parts of the Cosmos. They are only particular cases of the general law. But all we say and do, however casually, adds up to more, far more, than our most strenuous Operations. “Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.” Your daily drippings fill a bigger bucket than your geysers of magical effort. The “ninety and nine that safely lay in the shelter of the fold”1 have no organized will at a…
1996 · PDF PAGE 69
…eads than not. But the general rule is to arrange all the conditions beforehand with intent to facilitate the manifestation of the thing willed, and to prevent the dangers of abortion by eliminating discordant elements. For instance: a man seeking to regain health should assist his Magical Will by taking all possible hygienic and medical measures proper to amend his malady. A man wishing to develop his genius as a sculptor will devote himself to study and training, will sur round himself with beautiful forms, and, if possible, live in a place …
1996 · PDF PAGE 55
…. Other interests resume their proper proportions. We may now inquire why the Book is at pains to admit as to love “when” and “where” we will. Few people, surely, have been seriously worried by restrictions of time and place. One can only think of lovers who live with fearsome families or in inhospitable lodgings, on a rainy night, buffeted from one police-bullied hotel to another. Perhaps this permission is intended to indicate the propriety of performing the sexual act without shame or fear, not waiting for darkness or seeking secrecy, but by…
1996 · PDF PAGE 16
…to the general reader, to the layman like myself. I have aimed at making an abridgement that the general reader of intelligence and good will can assimilate, and by which he will powerfully gain. But I do not pretend that he will understand this Book and make it his own without any difficulty at all; it is only charlatan works that can be so quickly and easily grasped as that. It is impossible to write rewardingly on such matters as religion, death, sex, the conduct of life, and at the same time to make no more than slight and sim ple demands …
1996 · PDF PAGE 15
…believe that those values are great; and that the more widely the principles of The Book of the Law are adopted, the better chance there will be for our escape from a renewal, on a more disastrous scale, of the calamities of the past quarter of a century. If those principles come to be generally adopted, I believe that mankind will issue triumphantly from the evils of its past. A veritable “New Order” will be set up, bringing with it a general realization of what the “Good Life” means, and operating with a veritably “revolutionizing” effect bey…
1996 · PDF PAGE 95
…he gloomy prophet in Timon of Athens.] The nature of events must be “pure joy”; for, obviously, whatever occurs is the fulfilment of the will of its master. Sorrow thus appears as the result of any unsuccessful—therefore, ill- judged—struggle. Acquiescence in the order of Nature is the ultimate Wisdom. One must understand the Universe perfectly, and be utterly indifferent to its pressure. These are the virtues which constitute a Master of the Temple. Yet each man must act What he will; for he is energized by his own nature. So long as he works …
1996 · PDF PAGE 118
Chapter II A Verses 28-32 119 The Qabalists represent the mind as a complex of six elements, whereas the Will is single, the direct expression as “The Word” of the Self. The mind must inform the Understanding, which then presents a simple idea to the Will. This issues its orders accord ingly for unquestioning execution. If the Will should appeal to the mind, it must confuse itself with incomplete and uncoordinated ideas. The clamour of these cries crowns Anarchy, and action becomes impossible. 31. If Power asks why, then is Power weakness. Com…
1996 · PDF PAGE 127
…of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will reward you here and hereafter. Commentary: Mohammed struck at the root of the insane superstition of tabu with his word: “Women are your field; go in unto them as ye will.”1 He only struck half the blow. I say: go in unto them as ye will and they will. Two-thirds of modern mis ery springs from Woman’s sexual dissatisfaction. A dissatisfied woman is a curse to herself and to everybody in her neighbour ho…
1996 · PDF PAGE 166
…ity and compassion and tenderness visit her heart; if she leave my work to toy with old sweetnesses; then shall my vengeance be known. I will slay me her child: I will alienate her heart: I will cast her out from men: as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she crawl through dusk wet streets, and die cold and an-hungered. 44. But let her raise herself in pride! Let her follow me in my way! Let her work the work of wickedness! Let her kill her heart! Let her be loud and adulterous! Let her be covered with jewels, and rich garments, and let her …
1996 · PDF PAGE 40
Chapter I i Verses 37—41 41 4. Explore the course of that Will till you reach its source, your Silent Self. 5. Unite the conscious will with the true Will, and the conscious Ego with the Silent Self. You must be utterly ruthless in discarding any atom of consciousness which is hostile or neutral. 6. Let this work freely from within, but heed not your environment, lest you make difference between one thing and another. Whatever it be, it is to be made one with you by Love. 38. He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. 39. The word of th…
1996 · PDF PAGE 76
…agi”; see Works Cited.] The “equation” is the representation of Truth by Word. 57. Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the House of God. All these old letters of my Book are aright; but li is not the Star. This also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. Commentary: “Love is the law, love under will” is …
1996 · PDF PAGE 148
…ghbours, or overgrows itself, and is transformed. Nor need one fret about the harmony and proportion of one’s various faculties; the fit will survive, and the perfection of the whole will be understood as soon as the parts have found them selves, and settled down after fighting the matter out in the bal anced stability which represents their right reaction to each other, and to their environment. It is thus policy for an Aspirant to initi ation to analyze himself with indefatigable energy, shrewd skill, and accurate subtlety; but then to con…
1996 · PDF PAGE 68
…, so that it may truly apprehend the Silent Self, judge partial pleas and unbalanced opinions, while supporting the concentration of the Will by its fortified frontiers, and, with unanimous enthusiasm, acclaiming the Lordship of the thought which expresses the act. The Will must seal itself upon the substance of the talisman. It must be, in alchemical language, the Sulphur which fixes the Mercury which determines the nature of the Salt. The whole man, from his inmost Godhead to the tip of his tiniest eyelash, must be one engine, cumbered with n…
1996 · PDF PAGE 215
…ity and compassion and tenderness visit her heart; if she leave my work to toy with old sweetnesses; then shall my vengeance be known. I will slay me her child: I will alienate her heart: I will cast her out from men: as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she crawl through dusk wet streets, and die cold and an-hungered. 44. But let her raise herself in pride! Let her follow me in my way! Let her work the work of wickedness! Let her kill her heart! Let her be loud and adulterous! Let her be covered with jewels, and rich garments, and let her …
1996 · PDF PAGE 100
…of their being “poor and sad” proves them to be “shadows,” who “pass & are done.” The “lords of the earth” are those who are doing their Will. It does not necessarily mean people with coro nets and automobiles; there are plenty of such people who are the most sorrowful slaves in the world. The sole test of one’s lordship is to know what one’s true Will is, and to do it. 19. Is a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us. Commentary: A god living in a dog would be one who was…
1996 · PDF PAGE 42
Chapter I A Verse 41 43 reason why she should not be the ideal hausfrau, if that chance to be her will. But society has no right to insist upon that standard. It was, for practical reasons, almost necessary to set up such tabus in small communities, savage tribes, where the wife was nothing but a general servant, where the safety of the people depended upon a high birth-rate. But today woman is economically inde pendent, becomes more so every year. The result is that she instantly asserts her right to have as many or as few men or babies as sh…
1996 · PDF PAGE 146
…to abolish the very idea of dependence on others. Women with child, and infants, are not exceptions, as might seem. They are doing their will, the one class to reproduce, the other to live; the state should consider their welfare to be its first duty; for if they are for the moment dependent on it, it is also dependent on them. A man might as well cut out his heart because it was weak, and in need of cautious care. But he would be no less foolish if he tried to prevent the used-up elements from eliminating themselves from his body. We respect t…
1996 · PDF PAGE 60
…t indulgence of irresistible impulse. We glance back to the previous verse—we examine our charter. We are permitted to take our fill and will of love as we will, when, where and with whom we will, but there is nothing said about why we will. On the contrary, despite the infinite variety of lawful means, there is one end held lawful, and no more than one. The act has only one legitimate object: it must be performed unto Nuit. Further reflec tion reassures us to some extent, not directly, in the manner of the jurist, but indirectly, by calling o…