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The Book Of Thoth - 3. • i. De Mercurio • ii. The Lord of Illusion This card is referred to the letter Beth, which means a house, and is attributed to the planet Mercury. The ideas connected with this symbol are so complex and so multifarious that it seems better to attach to this general description certain documents which bear upon different aspects of this card. The French title of this card in the medieval pack is “Le Bâteleur”, the Bearer of the Bâton. . (1) PChD terror (esp. It represents the Will. Mercury, however, represents action in all forms and phases. Logically also, being the Word, he is the law of reason or of necessity or chance, which is the secret meaning of the Word, which is the essence of the Word, and the condition of its utterance. From the above it will appear that this card is the second emanation from the Crown, and therefore, in a sense, the adult form of the first emanation, the Fool, whose letter is Aleph, the Unity.

In the traditional card the disguise is that of a Juggler. I. II. Duquette, Lon Milo - Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot. C.G. Jung - The Seven Sermons to the Dead (Septem Sermones ad Mortuos) (Seven Sermons to the Dead) C.G. Jung, 1916 (Translation by H. G. Baynes) Sermo I The dead came back from Jerusalem, where they found not what they sought. Harken: I begin with nothingness. This nothingness or fullness we name the PLEROMA. In the pleroma there is nothing and everything. CREATURA is not in the pleroma, but in itself. Yet because we are parts of the pleroma, the pleroma is also in us. I speak of it to make a beginning somewhere, and also to free you from the delusion that somewhere, either without or within, there standeth something fixed, or in some way established, from the beginning.

What is changeable, however, is creatura. The question ariseth: How did creatura originate? Distinctiveness is creatura. What use, say ye, to speak of it? That said I unto you, to free you from the delusion that we are able to think about the pleroma. What is the harm, ye ask, in not distinguishing oneself? We must, therefore, distinguish the qualities of the pleroma. Fullness and Emptiness. Thelema For Beginners. Internet Sacred Text Archive Home. Book of Lies. Sacred texts Thelema. The Book of the Law. Sacred texts Thelema sub figura CCXX as delivered by XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI Chapter I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57.

All these old letters of my Book are aright; but [Tzaddi] is not the Star. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. Chapter II 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. for why? 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 4 6 3 8 A B K 2 4 A L G M O R 3 Y X 24 89 R P S T O V A L. 77. 78. 79.

Chapter III 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. Unity uttermost showed! Appear on the throne of Ra! Main Page. The Book of the Law. From Thelemapedia Categories: Thelema | Sacred Texts | AL vel Legis | Holy Books of Thelema The full title of this book is Liber AL vel Legissub figura CCXXThe Book of the Lawas delivered by XCIII=418 to DCLXVI The religion known as Thelema was established with the writing of The Book of the Law.

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" (AL I:40) and "Love is the law, love under will" (AL I:57) Interpretation of this book is considered a matter for the individual, and openly promoting personal ideas about its meaning is strongly discouraged. The Writing of Liber Legis The Summons According to Crowley, the story begins on March 16, 1904, when he tries to “shew the Sylphs” by means of a ritual to his wife, Rose.

On March 20, Crowley invokes Horus, “with great success.” The Writing Crowley wrote the Book of the Law on April 8, 9, and 10, between the hours of noon and 1:00pm. See also External Links Comments on The Book of the Law.