Aleister Crowley - The Book of the Law (1904)

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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.
Whosoever disregards this does so at his own risk and peril. These are most dire.

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These are fools that men adore; both their Gods & their men are fools.

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Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who am I, and what shall be the sign? So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body.

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Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you!

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There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
Love is the law, love under will.

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I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky.

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... Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art: if thou love, exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein!

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I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union.

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There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight is ever the son.

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I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy.

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