Liber Al vel Legis  - The Book of the Law

The Book of the Law is the central sacred text of the OTO, written (or received) by Aleister Crowley in Cairo, Egypt in 1904. It contains three chapters, each of which was transcribed in one hour, beginning at noon, on April 8th, 9th, and 10th. Crowley claims that the author was an entity named Aiwass, whom he later identified as his own Holy Guardian Angel (or "Secret Self").

The teachings within this small book have come to be known as the Law of Thelema (a Greek word meaning, Will) often represented by these two phrases:

"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)

According to Crowley, the discovery and manifestation of one's unique True Will is the central task of every "Thelemite," which may be taken to mean the identification with one's own True Self, or Holy Guardian Angel.

Crowley likens the True Will to the orbit of a star. Theoretically, no two True Wills will contradict each other as each one has its own absolutely unique passage through Infinite Space.

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