The Book of the Law: Liber Al Vel Legis

by Aleister Crowley

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Liber AL vel Legis (Book of the Law) is the central sacred text of Thelema, written down from dictation mostly by Aleister Crowley, although Rose Edith Crowley is also known to have written two phrases into the manuscript of the Book after its dictation. Crowley claimed it was dictated to him by a discarnate entity named Aiwass or Aiwaz. However, the three chapters are largely written in the first person by the Thelemic deities Nuit, Hadit, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit respectively, rather than by Aiwass/Aiwaz.

Through the reception of the Book, Crowley proclaimed the arrival of a new stage in the spiritual evolution of humanity, to be known as the "AEon of Horus".[1][2][3] The primary precept of this new aeon is the charge to "Do what thou wilt".
  • ISBN10 1617201928
  • ISBN13 9781617201929
  • Publish Date 21 January 2011 (first published 1 December 1983)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Imprint Wilder Publications
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Language English