The book of law is the main text of the doctrine of the teleme , written by Alistair Crowley in the city of Cairo ( Egypt ) in 1904 [1] . One of the most famous works of Alistair Crowley [2] [3] [4] . Original full title of the book Liber AL vel Legis, sub figura CCXX, as delivered by XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI . According to Crowley, the book was dictated to him on April 8, 9 and 10, 1904 by the envoy of the Egyptian god Horus [5] , whose name was Aivass . Crowley subsequently claimed that Aivass was his holy guardian angel, sometimes saying that she was his higher self [6] . This book, according to the presentation of Crowley and his followers, proclaimed the onset of a new eon of Horus , governed by the law of Telema [6] . The book of law is part of a series of Crowley’s major books entitled The Holy Books of Thelema.
| Book of Law | |
|---|---|
| Liber AL vel Legis | |
 | |
| Author | Alistair Crowley |
| Genre | Telema |
| Original language | English |
| Original published | 1912 |
| Publisher | Weiser books |
Book Writing History
The book was recorded in 1904 in Egypt, where Crowley was then living with his wife Rose. As a result of occult rituals conducted by Crowley, he received through Rose a message that allegedly “the Equinox of the Gods had come. It meant the onset of a new era ” [7] . The next day, Rose led Crowley to the Bulak Museum, where she pointed to the burial board of the 26th dynasty dedicated to the priest Ankh-ef-ne-Khons, where the Egyptian god Khor in the guise of Ra-Khoor-Khuit was depicted. Rose, as a medium, told Crowley that the supernatural creature Aivass, the messenger of the Egyptian god Horus, speaks through her. For three days, on April 8, 9 and 10, 1904, Crowley wrote down what he said was dictated by Aivass, and these three parts of the work made up what he called the “Book of the Law”. Having finished the book, he did not hasten to publish it. He hired a typist to reprint the manuscript and wrote to his acquaintances in occult circles: Eckenstein, Bennett , Jones and Mathers , that he intends to soon announce the heyday of a new era. As Crowley himself admits, he was dissatisfied with the contents of the book because its ideas were contrary to Buddhist principles, which he adhered to at that time, and postponed the manuscript until better times [8] .
Publication History
- In English
- 1925 Tunis edition, 11 copies
- Ordo Templi Orientis , London, 1938, private edition (US edition 1942, dated 1938)
- Weiser Books (reprint, 1987; ISBN 0-87728-334-6 )
- Weiser Books (100th Anniversary edition; March 2004; ISBN 1-57863-308-7 )
- Mandrake of Oxford (April 1992; paperback; ISBN 1-869928-93-8 )
| Telema Category: Telema |
| Main themes |
Book of Law |
| The organization |
A∴A∴ · OTO |
| Deities |
Hadit |
| Other topics |
Stele of Revelation |
Also published in publications:
- The Equinox (III: 10) . (2001). York Beach, Maine : Samuel Weiser . ISBN 0-87728-719-8
- The Holy Books of Thelema (Equinox III: 9). (1983). York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-579-9
- Magick: Liber ABA, Book Four , Parts I — IV. (1997). York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-919-0
- In Russian
Published in editions:
- Crowley A. The Holy Books of Thelema. - Tver: KOLONNA Publications , 2006. ISBN 5-98144-089-9
- Crowley A. Equinox of the Gods. The law is for everyone. - M .: Ganga, 2010. ISBN 978-5-98882-111-3
Notes
- ↑ Kolesov, E. 13 gates of esotericism. The history of esoteric teachings from Adam to the present. - M.: Rostkniga, 1999. - 256 pp.
- ↑ James R. Lewis . Satanism today: an encyclopedia of religion, folklore, and popular culture / ABC-CLIO , 2001. - 371 pages. - P. 56.
- ↑ Rosemary Guiley . The encyclopedia of magic and alchemy / Infobase Publishing, 2006 .-- 370 pages. - P. 65.
- ↑ Rosemary Guiley . The encyclopedia of vampires, werewolves, and other monsters / Infobase Publishing, 2004. - (Social Science). - 352 pages.
- ↑ Joshua Gunn. Modern Occult Rhetoric: Mass Media and the Drama of Secrecy in the Twentieth Sentury / USA: University of Alabama Press . - 2011 .-- (Body, Mind & Spirit). - 376 pages. - P. 86.
- ↑ 1 2 Booth M. The life of a magician: A biography of Alistair Crowley. - Yekaterinburg: Ultra. Culture, 2006 .-- 672 p. - ISBN 5-9681-0107-5 (the first edition is in the series of the ZhZL publishing house, ISBN 5-9681-0001-X ).
- ↑ Quote from Crowley's autobiography, op. by. Booth M. The life of a magician: A biography of Alistair Crowley. - Yekaterinburg: Ultra. Culture, 2006 .-- 672 p. - with. 251.
- ↑ Quote from Crowley's autobiography, op. according to the book: Booth M. Life of a magician: Biography of Alistair Crowley. - Yekaterinburg: Ultra. Culture, 2006 .-- 672 p. - S. 259.
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