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

Just proving that things are the same throughout history -

"Meanwhile a powerful host of accusers fell with sudden fury on the ( Read more... )

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

"What is man, that thou art mindful of him? ... For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour." - Psalm 8, v. 4-5

"Man is the measure of all things." - ProtagorasM - Mem, the Amniotic Waters. Morning ( Read more... )

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

"So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will." - Liber AL vel Legis, I, 42I have recently been reading various writings, posted on line, regarding Thelemic concepts of Will and Freedom, and have to comment that their authors seem to be - in my opinion - rather confused about the place of ( Read more... )

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

Have been playing with Google's new virtual world lively - as such I most graciously invite any of you to visit me at the newly opened "Temple of Babalon" :-)

LJ won't let me embed an image, so go here to visit. (You'll need to download the lively browser plug-in ( Read more... )

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

"These three mysteries are none other than what Piccatrix says in his book that is called the Key of Wisdom, namely the conjunction of a body with a body, the conjunction of a soul with a body, or the conjunction of a soul with a soul ( Read more... )

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

Crowley, in chapter VIII "The Sword" of "Book 4, Part 2" writes, "There is no emotion which does not leave a mark on the mind, and all marks are bad marks. Hope and fear are only opposite phases of a single emotion; both are incompatible with the purity of the soul. With the passions of man the case ( Read more... )

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.I feel Book 4, part 2, "Magick" is often unfairly neglected, perhaps because - as Crowley says in "Magick without Tears" - "But when I had finished Part II, I discovered that not only was the book an exceptionally recondite treatise on obscure technical points, but was not even an exposition of Magick ( Read more... )

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.(Before reading the following post please refer to Book IV, Part II, An Interlude, first footnote ( Read more... )

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

Back in England - before I left Holland due to the peculiarities of time zones.

Love is the law, love under will.

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

NOTE: This post has NOTHING to do with the Gnostic Scripture of the title, it just seemed an appropriate summary (so there :-).

Went over to the Ritman Library today. Found that the English translation of Lazzarelli has been published (given the library had a copy). Since pre publication I could ( Read more... )