Aleister Crowley

We can no longer assert any single proposition, unless we guard ourselves by enumerating countless conditions which must be assumed.

Crime, folly, sickness and all phenomena must be contemplated with complete freedom from fear aversion or shame. Otherwise we shall fail to see accurately, and interpret intelligently; in which case we shall be unable to outwit and …

Love is a virtue; it grows stronger and purer and less selfish by applying it to what it loathes; but theft is a vice involving the slave-idea that one's neighbor is superior to oneself.

Acts which are essentially dishonourable must not be done; they would be justified only by calm contemplation of their correctness in abstract cases.

Now this word SABAF, being by number Three score and Ten, is a name of Ayin, the Eye, and the Devil our Lord, and the Goat of Mendes. He is the Lord of the Sabbath of the Adepts, and is Satan, therefore also the Sun, whose number of Magick …

The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and had better come first. Purity means singleness. God is one. The Wand is not a Wand if it has something sticking to it which is not an essential part of itself. If you wish to invoke Venus, you do not …

There is a single main definition of the object of all magical Ritual. It is the uniting of the Microcosm with the Macrocosm. The Supreme and Complete Ritual is therefore the Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel; or, in the language of …

The essence of MAGICK is simple enough in all conscience. It is not otherwise with the art of government.

The composition and distribution of this book is thus an act of Magick by which I cause Changes to take place in conformity with my Will.

Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will.

ALL may understand instantly that their souls, their lives, in every relation with every other human being and every circumstance, depend upon MAGICK and the right comprehension and right application thereof.

I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL.

I chose therefore the name. "MAGICK" as essentially the most sublime, and actually the most discredited, of all the available terms. I swore to rehabilitate MAGICK, to identify it with my own career; and to compel mankind to respect, love, …

This book is for ALL: for every man, woman, and child.

The old spelling MAGICK has been adopted throughout in order to distinguish the Science of the Magi from all its counterfeits.

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

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.

The Book of the Law is Written and Concealed

The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra.

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

There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

...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 …

May Because be accursed for ever!