The Book of the Law
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The Book of the Law is the foundational occult text of Aleister Crowley’s Thelema, presenting its core spiritual and philosophical doctrines.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Thelemic scripture
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occult text ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Liber AL
NERFINISHED
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Liber AL vel Legis NERFINISHED ⓘ Liber CCXX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Hadit
NERFINISHED
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Nuit NERFINISHED ⓘ Ra-Hoor-Khuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Aleister Crowley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInThelema | primary scripture ⓘ |
| centralDoctrine | Thelema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chapterOneSpeaker | Nuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chapterThreeSpeaker | Ra-Hoor-Khuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chapterTwoSpeaker | Hadit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedSource | praeterhuman intelligence Aiwass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsProphecyOf | Aeon of Horus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryWritten | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDictation |
1904-04-08
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1904-04-09 ⓘ 1904-04-10 ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1904 ⓘ |
| famousLine |
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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Love is the law, love under will. ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1909 ⓘ |
| fullPublicationDate | 1912 ⓘ |
| genre |
esoteric literature
ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryBy | Aleister Crowley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Western esotericism
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ceremonial magick ⓘ modern occultism ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
Aeon of Horus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Law of Thelema NERFINISHED ⓘ True Will NERFINISHED ⓘ magick ⓘ spiritual liberation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 3 ⓘ |
| placeWritten | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher |
A∴A∴
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ordo Templi Orientis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Thelema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scribe | Aleister Crowley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | central holy book of Thelema ⓘ |
| structure | three chapters dictated on three successive days ⓘ |
| subject |
ethics of will
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mysticism ⓘ religious law ⓘ |
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