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2014-04-28T13:57:21-07:00

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A War Engine

Last updated on: April 28, 2014 at 1:57 pm By Brandy Williams

Reading Chapter III in public is a challenge. Crowley himself says in the comment “The third chapter of the Book is difficult to understand, and may be very repugnant to many people born before the date of the book (April, 1904).” He could have just stopped with “repugnant to many people.” Imagine that your very first exposure to Thelema was line 12, “Sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child.” Wait, what? We’re just being metaphorical here, right? Read more

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Book of the Law

2014-12-25T13:09:39-07:00

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The Book of the Law

Last updated on: December 25, 2014 at 1:09 pm By Brandy Williams

Thelemites are a people of the book: The Book of the Law. It is not secret but published in many languages. Unlike the Bible it is not interpreted by priests. In fact the book explicitly discourages explanations and interpretations. "The Comment" at the end of the book reads, "All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself." No one gets to tell me what the book means to me. Read more

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