“But this is a general objection of the sceptical sort to all miracles of whatever kind, and leadeth anon into the quagmire of arguments about Free Will. The Adept will do better to rely upon
The Book of the Law
, which urgeth constantly to action. Even rash action is better than none, by that Light; let the Magician then argue that his folly is part of the natural order which worketh all so well.
—Liber DCXXXIII De Thaumaturgia”
― Magick: Liber ABA: Book 4
—Liber DCXXXIII De Thaumaturgia”
― Magick: Liber ABA: Book 4
“There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.”
― The Book of the Law
― The Book of the Law
“The Great Work is the uniting of opposites. It may mean the uniting of
the soul with God, of the microcosm with the macrocosm, of the female
with the male, of the ego with the non-ego—or what not.”
― Magick Without Tears
the soul with God, of the microcosm with the macrocosm, of the female
with the male, of the ego with the non-ego—or what not.”
― Magick Without Tears
“40. My adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens, their feet below the hells.
41. But since one is naturally attracted to the Angel, another to the Demon, let the first strengthen the lower link, the last attach more firmly to the higher.”
― The Holy Books of Thelema
41. But since one is naturally attracted to the Angel, another to the Demon, let the first strengthen the lower link, the last attach more firmly to the higher.”
― The Holy Books of Thelema
“Chaos is Peace… Blackness, blackness intolerable, before the beginning of the light. This is the first verse of Genesis. Holy art thou, Chaos, Chaos, Eternity, all contradictions in terms!”
― The Vision and the Voice: With Commentary and Other Papers
― The Vision and the Voice: With Commentary and Other Papers
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