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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 129 Dy De Vitiis Voluntatis Secretæ (Of Defects of the Hidden Will) EARN moreover concerning this Hell, or hidden Wisdom, that is within thee, that it is modified, little by little, through the Experience of the conscious Mind, which feedeth it. For that Wisdom is the Expression, or rather Symbol and Hieroglyph, of the true Adjustment of thy being to its Environment. Now, then, this Environment being eroded by Time, this Wisdom is no more perfect, for it is not absolute, but standeth in relation to the Universe. So t…
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…L CXI 204 Zu De Ratione huius Epistolæ Scribendæ (Of the Reason of Writing this Epistle) EHOLD, I draw unto the End of this Discourse of Wisdom, as a Ship that hath adventured upon Ocean, from whose mast the Watcher espieth in the Dimness of the Horizon a Point of Snow, being the Peak of a great Mountain that is Guardian of the Harbour, the Term of that Voyage. So now do I commit thee wholly unto thyself, for I exist not in thine Universe, save in my Relation with thee, wherefore this Part of me is in Truth thou rather than I. Yet do thou treas…
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 207 Zy De Sapientia et Stultitia (Of Wisdom and Folly) MY Son, in this the Colophon of my Epistle will I recall the Title and Superscription thereof; that is, The Book of Wisdom or Folly. I proclaim Blessing and Worship to Nuith Our Lady and Her Lord Hadith, for the Miracle of the Anatomy of the Child Ra-Hoor-Khuit, as it is shewn in the Design Minutum Mundum, the Tree of Life. For though Wisdom be the Second Emanation of his Essence, there is a Path to separate and to join them, the Reference thereof being Aleph, th…
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 59 Bz De Cæcitia Hominum (Of the Blindness of Men) EARN also of my wisdom that this Vision of the Cosmos whereof I have written unto thee is not given unto thy Sight at all Times; for in that Vision is all Will fulfilled. Thou seest the Universe as None, and as One, and as many, and the Play thereof; and therewith art thou (who art no longer thou) content. For in one Phase art thou also None, in another One, and in the third an organised and necessary Part of that great Structure, so that there is no more conflict at…
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 111 Dz De Viris Magnanimis, Amore Præclarissimis (Of Great Men, most Distinguished in Love) NOW that in the Mind of Man is much Wisdom that is hidden, being the Treasure of his Sire that he inheriteth. Thus, night all of his moral Nature is unknown to him until his Puberty; that is, this Nature pertaineth not unto the Recording and Judging Apparatus of his Brain until it is put herein by the Stirring of that deeper Nature within him. Thou wilt mark also that great Men are commonly great Lovers; and this is in Part al…
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LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY
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LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 128 Dx De Inferno Palatio Sapientiæ (Of Hell, the Palace of Wisdom) OW then thou seest that this Hell, or Concealed Place within thee, is no more a Fear or Hindrance to Men of a Free Race, but the Treasure House of the assimilated Wisdom of the ages, and the Knowledge of the True Way. Thus are we just and wise to Discover this Secret in ourselves, to conform the conscious Mind therewith. For that mind is compact solely (until it be illuminated) of Impressions and Judgments, so that its Will is but directed by the Sum of the …
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 15 x De Via per Empyræum (Of the Way through the Empyrean) ONCERNING thy Travellings in thy Body of Light, or Astral journeys and Visions so-called, do thou lay this Wisdom to thy Heart, o my Son, that in this Practice, whether Things Seen and Heard be Truth and Reality, or whether they be Phantoms in the Mind, abideth this Supreme Magical Value, namely: Whereas the Direction of such Journeys is consciously willed, and determined by Reason, and also unconsciously willed, by the true Self, since without It no Invocati…
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 33 Az De Necessitate Communi (Of the General Need) NDERSTAND first that the Disturbers of the Peace of Mankind do so by Reason of their Ignorance of their own true Wills. Therefore as this Wisdom of mine increaseth among Mankind, the false Will to Crime must become constantly more rare. Also, the Exercise of our Freedom will cause Men to be born with less and ever less Affliction from that Dis-Ease of Spirit, which breedeth these false Wills. But, in the while of waiting for this Perfection, thou must by Law assure t…
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 23 f De Nuptiis Mysticis (Of the Mystic Marriage) MY Son, how wonderful is the Wisdom of this Law of Love! How vast are the Oceans of uncharted Joy that lie before the Keel of thy Ship! Yet know this, that every Opposition is in its Nature named Sorrow, and the Joy lieth in the Destruction of the Dyad. Therefore, must thou seek ever those Things which are to thee poisonous, and that in the highest Degree, and make them thine by Love. That which repels, that which disgusts, must thou assimilate in this Way of Wholenes…
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LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 44 A% De Sapientia in re Sexuali (Of Wisdom in Sexual Matters) ONSIDER Love. Here is a Force destructive and corrupting where by many Men have been lost. Yet without Love Man were not Man. Therefore thine Uncle Richard Wagner made of our Doctrine a musical Fable, wherein we see Amfortas, who yielded himself to Seduction, wounded beyond Healing; Klingsor, who withdraw himself from a like Danger, cast out forever from the Mountain of Salvation; and Parsifal, who yielded not, able to exercise the true Power of Love, and thereby…
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 115 Dk De Cantu (Of Song) O then, o my Son, there is my Wisdom, that the Voice of he Soul in its true Nature Eternal and Unchangeable, comprehending all Change, is Silence; and the Voice of the Soul, dynamic, in the Way of its Will, is song. Nor is there any Form of utterance that is not, as song is, the Music proper to that Motion, according to the Law. Thus, as thy Cousin Arthur Machen hath rejoiced to make plain unto Men in his Book called Hieroglyphics, the first Quality of Art is its Ekstacy. So, night to all …
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 149 Er Apologia pro suis Literis (In defence of his Epistle) OW then, sayest thou, concerning this my Counsel unto thee? I say Sooth, it is of my Will to bring up this my Wisdom from its Silence into my conscious Mind, that I may the more easily reflect thereon. Thou art but a Pretext for my Action, and a Focus for my Light. Nevertheless heed these my Words, for they shall profit thee, thou being of Age responsible in Judgment, and free in the Law of Thelema. Thus thou mayst read or no, concur or no, as thou wilt. Ha…
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LIBER ALEPH VEL CXI 138 Eh De Præmio Summo, Vera Sapientia et Beatitudine Perfecta (Of the Supreme Reward, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness) OW then presently shall it some to pass, as by Dint of each Experience that Component thereof which is within thee is attuned to it, and this without Shock, so that thou art no longer thrown back from the Trance, as exhausted, but abidest therein, almost without Knowledge of thy State. So then at last this Samadhi shall become normal to thy common Consciousness, as it were a Point of View. Thus all things…
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 131 Ea De Cursu Sapientis (Of the Course of Wisdom) HEREFORE consider this again in a Figure, that thy Mind is as the Marshal of an Army, to observe the Dispositions of the Enemy, and to order his own Forces rightly, according to that Information; but he hath no will, only Obedience to the Word of his King to outwit and to overcome the Opposite. Nor doth that King make War by his own Whim, if he be wise and true, but solely because of the Necessity of his Country, and its Nature, whereof he is but Executive Officer a…
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 113 Dq De Ceremonio Equinocti (Of the Ceremony of the Equinox) Y Son, our Father in Heaven hath passed into the Sign of he Ram. I have performed the Rite of Union with Him according to the ancient Manner, and I know the Word that shall rule the Semester. Also it is given unto my Spirit to write unto thee concerning the Virtue of this Rite, and many another of Antiquity. And it is this, that our Forefathers made of these Ceremonies an Epitome Mnemonic, wherein certain Truths, or true Relations, should be communicated …
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 103 Gy De aliquibus Modis Oraculi Petendi (Of some Modes of Seeking an Oracle) Y Son, in all Judgment and Decision is great Deli- cacy, but most in these Matters of the Will. For thou art Advocate as well as Judge, and unless thou have well organized thy Mind thou art Bondslave of Prejudice. For this Cause it is adjuvant to thy Wisdom to call Witnesses that are not of thine own Nature, and to ask Oracles whose Interpretation is bound by fixed rule. This is the Use of the Book TAROT, of the Divination by Earth, or by …
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L I B E R A L E P H V E L C X I THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY in the Form of an Epistle of 666 THE GREAT WILD BEAST to his Son 777 BEING THE EQUINOX VOLUME III NO. VI. by THE MASTER THERION (Aleister Crowley) An LVII Sol In 0° 0. 0. Libra September 23, 1961 e.v. 6.19 a.m. Celephaïs Press Ulthar - Sarkomand - Inquanok - Leeds
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THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY 197 Zx De Comedia, quæ ΠΑΝ dicitur (Of the Comedy, which is called Pan) UBTLER than the Serpent of Hermes, o my Son, is this Way of Restraint of Art, and thou shalt meet therein with the God Pan, and have him to thy Playmate. So shalt thou devise Comedy and Tragedy, as it were Settings for the Jewel of thy Will, to enhance the Beauty thereof, and to refine thy Pleasures. This is that which is written in The Book of the Law: . . . Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy raptur…
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… that I, praising Adultery, should praise also Constancy and Delight therein. For this is to state ill thy question. Herein is Truth and Wisdom concerning this Matter, that so long as Love be not wholly satisfied, and equilibrated by entire Fulfilment and Exchange, Constancy is a point of thy Concentration and Adultery a Division in thy Will. But when thou hast the Summit and Perfection of any Work, of what Worth is it to continue herein? Hast thou two Stomachs, as has a Cow, to chew the Cud of a digested Love? Yet, o my Son, this Constancy is …