The Book of the Law - Scanned Version

[Naomi]

Where can I find an online version of the book of the law with the original handwriting scanned?

[Anibis]

Google search for "Liber Al, Manuscript", under images.
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Edit: or look here (http://lib.oto-usa.org/libri/liber0031.html).

[Naomi]

http://lib.oto-usa.org/libri/liber0031.html

danke shun

lol the oto has a dove as their emblem?

[Frater CaO]

haha, yeah well, they are the "O.T.O" :D

[Naomi]

It just strikes me as ironic. What the hell happened to the serpent?

[MythMath]

Kissin' cousins, genetically speaking... :p

[Naomi]

I didn't understand that MythMath but I laughed...

[MythMath]

"At one time or another Crowley was an Atheist,
a Polytheist, a Monotheist, and a Pantheist,
a Satanist and a Christian,
a Hindu Yogi, a Hebrew Qabalist,
a Muslim Mystic, a Buddhist, and a Pagan."

Explorer of the soul...

He never sold Amway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway) though... :no:

[MythMath]

Doves and serpents and dinosaurs, oh my...

[Naomi]

Yeah but dinosaurs and snakes are barely related....they're not even in the same class - dinosaurs are dinosaurs, not reptiles...

Crowley and I have had a rocky relationship. He caught me in a good mood last year, but if I ever see the fucker again I might kick him in the nads...

anyways what's this about Amway?

[Radiant Star]

"At one time or another Crowley was an Atheist,
a Polytheist, a Monotheist, and a Pantheist,
a Satanist and a Christian,
a Hindu Yogi, a Hebrew Qabalist,
a Muslim Mystic, a Buddhist, and a Pagan."

Explorer of the soul...

He never sold Amway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway) though... :no:
Thats a surprise because my friend sold Amway and he was into religion :p

Are the texts we get of the Book of the Law exactly the same as the handwritten or would they have been edited in some way?

[Naomi]

they've been edited...

"To me to me" for instance has had exclamation points added, and reading the handwritten version gave me a completely hidden meaning...

there's other stuff but maybe people wouldn't notice except for me...

[Radiant Star]

they've been edited...

"To me to me" for instance has had exclamation points added, and reading the handwritten version gave me a completely hidden meaning...

there's other stuff but maybe people wouldn't notice except for me...

So basically tidied up grammatically without changing the meaning? I must fit an exploration of these books into my schedule somewhere.

[fr.novumorganum]

its important to note that any 'editorial' changes from the recieved text to the printed text were done by Ac only. I think he describes the few changes in one of the commentaries.

the "dove" is in the LAMEN of the OTO, and is not the symbol but one of the symbols of the sanctum:

http://www.baymoon.com/~btoak/faustus/lamen.gif

it speaks to the ECG for one thing, is a classical pentacostal image, SHIN, the union etc etc.

[Naomi]

I hate the christian crusader's cross so the image sucks in my eyes, but I like the dove flying down symbology that image repeats itself from time to time in my visionary experiences so I think t here is something solid there.

It's an ugly symbol though...

[Radiant Star]

Ah thanks Frater Novum : )

Naomi, the symbol of the cross puts me off of a lot of things since it seems too closely tied with my former church days. Kind of annoying really though I could probably retrain my brain to associate it with new things.

[fr.novumorganum]

its my least favorite, as i do prefer the AA influenced symbols more than the ECG influenced symbols (the ECG is the part of the oto i find most repellent)...it does symbolize the secret of the 9th, tho...


edit: some of the better ones...

http://sekhetmaat.com/wiki/images/thumb/200px-Babalon-star.tif.png

http://www.thelemapedia.org/images/2/2d/Mark_beast.gif

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/4/45/Magick_book4.gif

[Naomi]

hmm there's the icecream sundae again...

[Radiant Star]

Ah yes Frater, infinitely better :D