#liber al vel legis

[maeviuslynn]

Beautiful illuminated pages of the Book of the Law by Steffi Grant. These pages are found in the Ninth Arch by Kenneth Grant.

[alephskoteinos]

I remember a decade ago having some pretty misguided opinions about Crowley and Thelema.

Now I actually have a copy of The Book of the Law.

[satanicdomme666]

[upyrica]

"Every event is a uniting of some one monad with one of the experiences possible to it. “Every man and every woman is a star,” that is, an aggregate of such experiences, constantly changing with each fresh event, which affects him or her either consciously or subconsciously. Each one of us has thus an universe of his own, but it is the same universe for each one as soon as it includes all possible experience. This implies the extension of consciousness to include all other consciousness. In our present stage, the object that you see is never the same as the one that I see; we infer that it is the same because your experience tallies with mine on so many points that the actual differences of our observation are negligible. For instance, if a friend is walking between us, you see only his left side, I his right; but we agree that it is the same man, although we may differ not only as to what we may see of his body but as to what we know of his qualities. This conviction of identity grows stronger as we see him more often and get to know him better. Yet all the time neither of us can know anything of him at all beyond the total impression made on our respective minds." - Liber AL vel Legis

[tracyorama]

Unity uttermost showed!

I adore the might of Thy breath,

Supreme and terrible God,

Who makest the gods and death

To tremble before Thee: --

I, I adore thee!

[hijodelagua]

Portada Liber AL vel Legis, edición especial anotada, cubierta.

Liber AL vel Legis annotated special edition, cover art.

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[sandalstrapchronicles]

She Showed Me In The Desert

Where Forever Winds Wrote Her Name In The Sands

couplet and digital abstract by jkekatos Dec 1999

[scarletvisions]

Per i tre giorni di Scrittura del Libro della Legge

Cari Fratelli, ho pensato che potesse essere interessante condividere con voi tutti delle pratiche che osserverò durante la Celebrazione dei tre giorni di scrittura del Libro della Legge. Non si tratta di niente di speciale ma lo trovo un modo per riaccendere la fiamma della devozione che può essere associata al Bhaktiyoga, tramite delle pratiche di concentrazione e meditazione proverò a…

[sandalstrapchronicles]

THE AXLE MOVETH NOT: ATTAIN THOU THAT.

[maeviuslynn]

The Book of the Law Liber AL vel Legis

[alephskoteinos]

I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all. It is a lie, this folly against self. The exposure of innocence is a lie. Be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any God shall deny thee for this.

- Aleister Crowley, Liber Al Vel Legis II:22

[talonabraxas]

Ave Babalon! The Scarlet Woman Talon Abraxas

“Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the House of God.” – Liber Al vel Legis I:57

[gladstones-corner]

On Holy Days

The topic of holy days is a varied and sometimes contentious one. There are certain days that tend to be more common than others in the magical community, but that makes them far from ubiquitous.

The aim of this post isn’t to name every holy day—nor is it to suggest that the holy days named in this post are the correct ones. Instead, I’ll use the Thelemic calendar as my base, then name a couple ways you can introduce custom holy days to your calendar.

Let’s get started.

The Thelemic Calendar at a Glance

The Thelemic calendar is a complicated one, especially for newcomers. Let’s forgo the dating mechanic for a moment and just focus on the explanations of the holidays:

“36. There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. 37. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! 38. A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. 39. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet—secret, O Prophet! 40. A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. 41. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! 42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! 43. A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight!” —Aleister Crowley, Liber AL vel Legis

Let’s generalize and demystify this a little bit:

36. The Solstices and Equinoxes 37. August 12th 38. April 8th–10th 39. August 6th 40. March 20th and the Vernal Equinox 41. Puberty Rites, Birth Rites, Death Rites 42. Daily Gratitude 43. Nightly Gratitude

Of this list, several of these are distinct to Thelema. However, the Solstices, Equinoxes, Puberty Rites, Birth Rites, and Death Rites are all common to mystical and magical traditions. I’d like to add a couple more, leading to a full list of holy days as such:

Birth Rites, done once but creating an Anniversary of Birth Holy Day

Puberty Rites, done once

Initiation, thus leading to an Anniversary of Initiation Holy Day (this date either changes with each subsequent initiation, or stays the same as your very first initiation)

Vernal Equinox, done yearly

Summer Solstice, done yearly

Autumnal Equinox, done yearly

Winter Solstice, done yearly

Handfasting (Optional), creating an Anniversary of Love Holy Day

Death Rites, done once

From my perspective, this is the minimum number of Holy Days required (except Handfasting) for a full-fledged tradition. However, in doing the research for this post, I had colleagues disagree. One provided their own Holy Days list:

Initiation

Vernal Equinox

Beltane

Summer Solstice

Lughnasadh

Autumnal Equinox

Samhain

Winter Solstice

Imbolc

Handfasting (Optional)

Death Rites

Still another sent me a dizzying calendar of saints’ days, saying that they tend to pick the saints’ days that they need during that month to celebrate—but they always celebrate at least once a month. In addition, they celebrate the following:

Advent

Christmas

Ash Wednesday

Lent

Good Friday

Easter

Much less structured; no less valid.

Generating Your Own Holy Days

Okay, so we’ve gone over the general gloss of Holy Days, but how do we identify new ones for our own traditions?

The answer is highly subjective. Generally, you want to look for milestones in your life and in the cycles of nature around you. If you’re not keen on the traditional Wheel of the Year (in either its four- or eight-spoked forms), there are several other ways to track the seasons across the year.

For example, you could add the Lunar New Year as part of your Holy Days. You could also add the day you first achieved Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, or some similar milestone in which your life was irrevocably changed. Even secular days, like Groundhog Day, can be added.

Let’s add some extra days just for completion’s sake. Let’s say you also celebrate the Blue Moon and various other astrological phenomena, like eclipses. You can note those down as special days of power—though they’re not yearly, they’re no less Holy Days.

Conclusion

Overall, creating a calendar becomes a mixture of Holy Days in your tradition, seasonal or natural observances, and milestone celebrations. Putting it together is fairly easy—adhering to it is another matter entirely. That’s why I recommend a small calendar first, based in your chosen tradition. That gets you used to cyclical Holy Days from a magical perspective. Then, you can expand naturally as events arise and become important to your practice.

Thank you for reading. As always, stay safe and stay tuned. Blessings~

[oldmanontumbler]

Ask Game: List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers (>w<) <3

I KNOW this is a copy-pasted thing, because Inside The Skin of the Sun would never, ever go (>w<), even if they were held at gunpoint :P

Five Things That Make This Old Man Happy!

Special interests finally blooming again!!!!!!! Right now, it's a mix of Judaism, Jewish and Western Kabbalah, western occult in general, and renowned eccentric bisexual mountain-climber Aleister Crowley. <- I'm doing a very good job of hiding that interest from all of you. I'm the Spymaster 100 (Not sure if that's a real guy)

Projects based off of said special interests. I love where my searches have taken me. I'm reading one chapter of Liber AL vel Legis a day from April 8th to April 10th, and when I'm done, I'm gonna open a Google Doc and reread it, dissecting every little line. I'm set up to read some of Jorge Luis Borges's more religious leaning texts. I'm making the Kabbalistic Tree of Life in Minecraft, with appearance based off of Liber 777's Table of Correspondences and also my own learnings about each number and letter, and what they mean. I am thriving.

Various beverages. I love beverages. Shout-out to flat water, carbonated water, flavoured water, plain milk, flavoured milk, apple juice, fruit punch, fruit tea, herbal tea, other tea, blood (from accidental cuts - my own, don't worry), those drinks infused with electrolytes, boba drinks, and the occasional soda, if I'm feeling salacious. (I don't drink much alcohol - medicine and stuff - but also shout-out to alcohol. And to sparkling "kids' champagne!")

Jewelry making. I've gotten back into it, and I love it so much. The process of choosing the beads, the rhythmical stringing, the sorting, the watching art bloom under your hands... >///<

Intense, soul-grabbing artwork on Tumbler dot com, which I can then reblog and keep forever. ♡

Last ten people, eh? This'll take a while, but since none are free from my wrath, prepare to answer questions!!!!!!!

Edit: I went with last *five* people instead. Best not to overwhelm the Tumbler populace ♡

[sunnyapollonjabrigidotter]

"Fear not at all; fear neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. Nu is your refuge as Hadit your light; and I am the strength, force, vigour, of your arms."

3rd chapter, 17th verse, "Liber AL vel Legis"