AL and LA: Thelema and the Death of God

- November 3, 2021November 3, 20214

By Nic Laccetti Why was the Book of the Law renamed Liber AL vel Legis from Liber L vel Legis? More importantly, what is the meaning for us today of the interplay between AL and LA, “God” and “nothing,” as the key to the Thelemic holy book? It’s my contention that

Learning the Joy of Existence in Thelema

- September 15, 2020October 10, 20218

by Vincent St. Clare “I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.”Henry Miller “Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains.”Liber AL vel Legis I've done enough suffering

Prophetic Speech and Silence: My Journey with The Comment

- July 21, 2020October 10, 20218

by Entelecheia When I first encountered Crowley and Thelema, I had very little appreciation for the Comment to Liber AL vel Legis. My background was in pragmatic dharma, where exalted experiences and even spiritual awakenings are more commonplace and are discussed more openly than in other forms of spirituality. As far

There’s Nothing Special About Meditation

- April 21, 2020October 10, 20215

by Vincent St. Clare Zazen Meditation Eihei Dōgen (also known as Dōgen Kigen, 1200 – 1253), the founder of the Buddhist school of Sōtō Zen in Japan, and one of the most important and influential Zen masters, preached the omnipresence of Buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha)—that Buddha-nature, one’s true and enlightened nature, is present and

5 Things You Won’t Believe Aren’t In Liber Legis

- December 3, 2017October 10, 20216

by Rodney Orpheus Recently on Facebook I posted a link to cracked.com’s piece on 5 Things You Won’t Believe Aren’t In The Bible and was challenged (by some person with an evil sense of humour) to do the same thing with Aleister Crowley’s The Book of the Law. I dashed off the following in