This is more commonly just called The Comment. Although it distinctly applies to Liber AL vel Legis some have understood it to apply to The Holy Books of Thelema. The Book of the Law, also known as Liber AL vel Legis, is the text central to philosophical / religious practice called Thelema founded by Aleister Crowley. ... Aleister Crowley, the founder of the religion of Thelema, designated his works as belonging to one of several classes. ...
The text
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The study of this Book is forbidden. It is wise to destroy this copy after the first reading.
Whosever disregards this does so at his own risk and peril. These are most dire.
Those who discuss the contents of this Book are to be shunned by all, as centres of pestilence.
All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself.
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
Love is the law, love under will.
The priest of the princes,
Ank-F-N-Khonsu
Notes
This prohibition is usually understood to prohibit public discussion of what one finds in The Holy Books of Thelema. The theory is that private study of these books is the only way to answer All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself. The stumbling block is line one: The study of this Book is forbidden. Aleister Crowley, the founder of the religion of Thelema, designated his works as belonging to one of several classes. ...
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