The Book of the Law

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The Book of the Law is the foundational occult text of Aleister Crowley’s Thelema, presenting its core spiritual and philosophical doctrines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Thelemic scripture
occult text
religious text
alternativeTitle Liber AL
Liber AL vel Legis
Liber CCXX
associatedDeity Hadit
Nuit
Ra-Hoor-Khuit
author Aleister Crowley
canonicalStatusInThelema primary scripture
centralDoctrine Thelema
chapterOneSpeaker Nuit
chapterThreeSpeaker Ra-Hoor-Khuit
chapterTwoSpeaker Hadit
claimedSource praeterhuman intelligence Aiwass
containsProphecyOf Aeon of Horus
countryWritten Egypt
dateOfDictation 1904-04-08
1904-04-09
1904-04-10
dateWritten 1904
famousLine Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Love is the law, love under will.
firstPublicationDate 1909
fullPublicationDate 1912
genre esoteric literature
religious philosophy
hasCommentaryBy Aleister Crowley
influenceOn Western esotericism
ceremonial magick
modern occultism
keyConcept Aeon of Horus
Law of Thelema
linked to: Thelema

True Will
magick
spiritual liberation
language English
numberOfChapters 3
placeWritten Cairo
publisher A∴A∴
Ordo Templi Orientis
religion Thelema
scribe Aleister Crowley
scripturalStatus central holy book of Thelema
structure three chapters dictated on three successive days
subject ethics of will
mysticism
religious law

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Ordo Templi Orientis centralText The Book of the Law
Aleister Crowley notableWork The Book of the Law
Aleister Crowley authored The Book of the Law
Order of the Temple of the East centralText The Book of the Law
Order of the Oriental Templars hasKeyText The Book of the Law
Order of the Oriental Templars hasKeyText The Book of the Law with Equinox of the Gods commentary
linked to: The Book of the Law
Thelema associatedWork The Book of the Law
Thelema scriptureBy The Book of the Law
Gnostic Mass scripturalBasis The Book of the Law
Liber AL vel Legis hasAlternativeName The Book of the Law
Liber AL vel Legis containsConcept The Law of Thelema
linked to: The Book of the Law
Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica usesScripture The Book of the Law
Australian Grand Lodge follows The Book of the Law
Aleister Crowley notableWork The Book of the Law
subject linked to: Crowley
A∴A∴ teachesText The Book of the Law
Magick in Theory and Practice associatedWith The Book of the Law
True Will describedIn The Book of the Law