Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest WhatsAppRecent ChangesSend via e-MailPrintPermalink × The Book of Wisdom or Folly Liber א vel CXI ΕΠΙΣΤΛΗ ΤΩΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΘΗΡΙΟΥ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΥΙΟΝ ΑΥΤΟΓΕΣΡΑΜΜΑΤΟΝ in the Form of an Epistle of 666 THE GREAT WILD BEAST to his Son 777 by THE MASTER THERION (Aleister Crowley) AN XIV ☉ in ♈ ☾ in ♈ A∴A∴ Publication in Class B. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. α Apologia β De Arte Kabalistica γ De Vite Corrigenda δ Legenda de Amore ε Gesta de Amore ϝ Ultima Thesis de Amore ζ De Natura Sua Percipienda η Altera de Via Naturae θ Quo Modo Natura Sua est Legenda ι De Somniis α Causa per Accidens κ De Somniis β Causa per Naturum λ De Somniis γ Vesitmenta Horroris μ De Somniis δ Sequentia ν De Somniis ε Clavicula ξ De Via Per Empyraeum ο De Cultu π De Clavicula Somniorum ϙ De Somno Lucido ρ De Venemis σ De Motu Vitae τ De Morbis Sanguinis υ De Cursu Amoris φ De Nuptiis Mysticis χ De Voluptate Poenarum ψ De Voluntate Ultima ω De Differentia Rerum Αα De Voluntate Tacita Αβ De Formula Summa Αγ De Via Inertiae Αδ De Via Libertatis Αε De Lege Motus Αϝ De Legibus Contra Motum Αζ De Necessitate Communi Αη De Libertate Corporis Αθ De Libertate Mentis Αι De Liberatate Iuvenum Ακ De Vi Per Disciplinam Colenda Αλ De Ordine Rerum Αμ De Fundamentis Civitatis Αν De Voluntate Iuvenum Αξ De Modo Disputandi Αο De Voluntate Iuvenis Cognoscenda Απ De Auro Rubeo Αϙ De Sapientia in Re Sexuali Αρ De Gradibus Aequis Scientiae Ασ De Virtute Audendi Ατ De Arte Mentis Colendi (1) Mathematica Αυ Sequitur (2) Classica Αφ Sequitur (3) Scientifica Αχ De Modo Quo Operet Lex Magica Αψ De Machina Magica Αω De Harmonia Animae Cum Corpore Βα. De Mysterio Prudentiae. Ββ. De Arte Alchemica. Βγ. De Arcano Subtilissimo. Βδ. De Menstruo Artis. Βε. De Necessitate Voluntatis. Βϝ. De Comedia Universa, Quae Dictur Pan. Βζ. De Caecitia Hominum. Βη. Allegoria De Caissa. Βθ. De Veritate Falsorum. Βι. De Relatione Illusionum. Βκ. De Prudentia. Βλ. De Ratione Magi Vitae. Βμ. De Corde Candido. Βν. De Conformitate Magi. Βξ. De Poetis. Βο. De Magis Ordinis A∴ A∴ Quibus Caro Fit Verbum. Βπ. De Magis Tempori Antiqui: Imprimis, De Lao-Tze. Βϙ. De Gautama. Βρ. De Sri Krishna Et De Dionyso. Βσ. De Tahuti. Βτ. De Quodamm Mago Aegyptiorum. Quem Appelunt Judaei Mosheh. Βυ. De Mago Arabico Mohammed. Βφ. De Se Ipso Ωι Μεγαλωι Θριωι, Ωι Λογωι Αιωνος Cujus Verbum Est Θελμα. Βχ. Mandatum Ad Filium Suum. Βψ. Quare Filium Creavit: Ut Fiat Libertas. Βω. De Sua Debilitate. … The Book of Wisdom or Folly Part 1: α–ω Part 2: Αα–Αω Part 3: Βα–Βω Part 4: Γα–Γω Part 5: Δα–Δω Section Two - Verses Fifty Six through One Hundred and Ten Section Three - Verses One Hundred and Eleven through One Hundred and Sixty Four Section Four - Verses One Hundred and Sixty Five through Two Hundred and Eight Love is the law, love under will. Readings LIBER ALEPH CXI. THE BOOK OF WISDOM OR FOLLY. An extended and elaborate commentary on the Book of the Law, in the form of a letter from the Master Therion to his magical son. This Book contains some of the deepest secrets of initiation, with a clear solution of many cosmic and ethical problems. —Præmonstrance of A∴A∴, Equinox III (1) Liber Aleph, The Book of Wisdom or Folly was intended to express the heart of my doctrine in the most deep and delicate dimensions … [it] is the most tense and intense book that I have ever composed. The thought is so concentrated and, if I may use the word, nervous, that both to write then, and to read now, involved and involves an almost intolerable strain. I remember how I used to sit at my desk night after night—it was the bitterest winter that had been known in New York for many years—but even if the central heating had been the flames of hell itself, I doubt whether I should have been warm. Night after night I sat, all through, rigid as a corpse, and icier; the whole of my life concentrated in two spots; the small section of my brain which was occupied in the work, and my right wrist and fingers. I remember with absolute clearness that my consciousness appeared to start form a perfectly dead forearm. The book is written in prose, yet there is a formal circumscription more imminent than anything which would have been possible in poetry. I limited myself by making a point of dealing thoroughly with a given subject in a single page. It was an acute agony, similar to that of Asana, to write, and the effort removed me so far from normal human consciousness that there was something indicibly ghastly in its unnaturalness when I got into bed in full daylight in the hope of acquiring a particle of warmth from the complacent Camel. —The Confessions of Aleister Crowley Books Thelema If you have found this material useful or enlightening, you may also be interested in Thelema Liber Legis, The Book of the Law Ordo Templi Orientis A∴A∴ Trademark Ordo Templi Orientis, O.T.O., and the O.T.O. Lamen design are registered trademarks of Ordo Templi Orientis. Copyright All copyrights on Aleister Crowley material are held by Ordo Templi Orientis. This site is not an official O.T.O. website, and is neither sponsored by nor controlled by Ordo Templi Orientis. The text of this Aleister Crowley material is made available here only for personal and non-commercial use. 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