The Book of the Law, Aleister Crowley
The Book of the Law, Aleister Crowley
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The Book of the Law

Author: Aleister Crowley

Narrator: Graham Dunlop

Unabridged: 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/25/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy


Synopsis

The Book of the Law, the holy text that forms the basis of Thelema, was transmitted to Crowley by the entity known as Aiwass in Cairo, on three successive days during April 1904. Acting as a medium, Crowley recorded the communications on hotel notepads and later organized his automatic writing into a short, coherent document. Aiwass/Crowley presents The Book of the Law as an expression of three god-forms in three chapters: Nuit, Hadit, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit.

Reviews

This is Crowley's revelation, and it shaped everything he did after receiving it. As a review, this can only be my personal experience with the Book of the Law as a philosophical/spiritual system. 90% of the Book of the Law really jives with me. The central axiom, "Do what thou wilt shall be the who......more

Goodreads review by Brett

There were some pretty cool verses in this book. I particularly like how most verses were very poetic, full of depth (even if I couldn't quite grasp it), and flowed nicely. Then other verses were way over my head. I have read other comments about this book: it is very esoteric and aimed at a particu......more

“همگان، به هوش باشید: هستی، لذت محض است. اندوه تنها سایه ایست؛ می گذرد و نیست می گردد و تنها هستی باقی می ماند.” ظاهراً در اواخر قرن نوزدهم، انجمن های سری جادوگری خیلی در انگلستان شایع شده بوده. اونجوری که توی فیلم ها و داستان ها نشون میده، عضویت در این انجمن ها فقط مختص اشراف بوده. از توی همین انجمن......more

I read the passages in this book often. There are truly some enlightened and beautiful words written here. No doubt people without esoteric knowledge will be confused and most likely repelled by this book. But it wasn't written for them. Despite his flaws, Crowley was a forward thinking, truly progr......more