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	Though it is a common accusation leveled at Thelema and Crowley that the Law ''Do what thou wilt'' means "do whatever you want" and is therefore a license for unrestrained behavior, which, it is assumed, must result in a breakdown of all ethical behavior and social order(as if this would be the inevitable reaction to the lack of moral authority and divine enforcement in the age where Nietzsche tells us that God is dead), both within The Book of the Law and in other Thelemic texts it is made abundantly clear that the Law of Thelema is by no means an advocacy for doing whatever you want.		Though it is a common accusation leveled at Thelema and Crowley that the Law ''Do what thou wilt'' means "do whatever you want" and is therefore a license for unrestrained behavior, which, it is assumed, must result in a breakdown of all ethical behavior and social order(as if this would be the inevitable reaction to the lack of moral authority and divine enforcement in the age where Nietzsche tells us that God is dead), both within The Book of the Law and in other Thelemic texts it is made abundantly clear that the Law of Thelema is by no means an advocacy for doing whatever you want.

	Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]] and by consideration of the quotes below.		Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]], [[Transcendent Will]], and by consideration of the quotes below.

	* ''From these considerations it should be clear that “Do what thou wilt” does not mean “Do what you like.” It is the apotheosis of Freedom; but it is also the strictest possible bond. Do what thou wilt—then do nothing else. Let nothing deflect thee from that austere and holy task. Liberty is absolute to do thy will, but seek to do any other thing whatever, and instantly obstacles must arise. Every act that is not in definite course of that one orbit is erratic, an hindrance. Will must not be two, but one.'' - Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion.		* ''From these considerations it should be clear that “Do what thou wilt” does not mean “Do what you like.” It is the apotheosis of Freedom; but it is also the strictest possible bond. Do what thou wilt—then do nothing else. Let nothing deflect thee from that austere and holy task. Liberty is absolute to do thy will, but seek to do any other thing whatever, and instantly obstacles must arise. Every act that is not in definite course of that one orbit is erratic, an hindrance. Will must not be two, but one.'' - Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion.

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	* ''thou hast no right but to do thy will.'' (AL I:42)		* ''thou hast no right but to do thy will.'' (AL I:42)

	Though it is a common accusation leveled at Thelema and Crowley that the Law "Do what thou wilt." means "do whatever you want" and is a license for unrestrained behavior, which, it is assumed, must result in a breakdown of all ethical behavior and social order(as if this would be the inevitable reaction to the lack of moral authority and divine enforcement in the age where Nietzsche tells us that God is dead), both within The Book of the Law and in other Thelemic texts it is made abundantly clear that the Law of Thelema is by no means an advocacy for doing whatever you want.		Though it is a common accusation leveled at Thelema and Crowley that the Law ''Do what thou wilt'' means "do whatever you want" and is therefore a license for unrestrained behavior, which, it is assumed, must result in a breakdown of all ethical behavior and social order(as if this would be the inevitable reaction to the lack of moral authority and divine enforcement in the age where Nietzsche tells us that God is dead), both within The Book of the Law and in other Thelemic texts it is made abundantly clear that the Law of Thelema is by no means an advocacy for doing whatever you want.

	Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]] and by consideration of the quotes below.		Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]] and by consideration of the quotes below.

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	* ''thou hast no right but to do thy will.'' (AL I:42)		* ''thou hast no right but to do thy will.'' (AL I:42)

	~~Both within The Book of the Law and in other Thelemic texts~~ it is ~~made abundantly clear~~ that the Law ~~of Thelema is by no~~ means ~~an advocacy for~~ "~~doing~~ whatever you want" (as if this would be the inevitable reaction to the lack of moral authority and divine enforcement in the age where Nietzsche tells us that God is dead).		Though it is a common accusation leveled at Thelema and Crowley that the Law "Do what thou wilt." means "do whatever you want" and is a license for unrestrained behavior, which, it is assumed, must result in a breakdown of all ethical behavior and social order(as if this would be the inevitable reaction to the lack of moral authority and divine enforcement in the age where Nietzsche tells us that God is dead), both within The Book of the Law and in other Thelemic texts it is made abundantly clear that the Law of Thelema is by no means an advocacy for doing whatever you want.

	Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]] and by consideration of the quotes below.		Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]] and by consideration of the quotes below.
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	* ''It does not mean surrendering to every whim, but the reverse. It involves finding out Who you are, and why you came into this world, and never swaying a hair's breadth from that Will.'' - ΘΕΛΗΜΑ - In the Equinox vol III no 10.		* ''It does not mean surrendering to every whim, but the reverse. It involves finding out Who you are, and why you came into this world, and never swaying a hair's breadth from that Will.'' - ΘΕΛΗΜΑ - In the Equinox vol III no 10.

	* ''Here then let me make open confession, and say thus; though I pledged myself almost in boyhood... ...though habit itself now constraineth me in the right direction, yet I have not fulfilled my Will: I turn aside daily from the appointed task. I waver. I falter. I lag... ...Search yourselves cunningly, I pray you, analyzing your inmost thoughts. And first you shall discard all those gross obvious hindrances to your Will: idleness, foolishness friendships, wate employments or enjoyments, I will not enumerate the conspirators against the welfare of your state. ~~<p>~~ Next, find the minimum of daily time which is in good sooth necessary to your natural life. The rest you shall devote to the True Means of your Attainment... ...It shall not be very long before you come to understand that such a life is the true Liberty. You will feel distractions from your Will as being what they are. They will no longer appear pleasant and attractive, but as bonds, as shames. And when you have attained this point, know that you have passed the middle gate of this Path. For you will have unified your Will... ...Persevere. You have never yet known Liberty. When the temptations are overcome, the voice of Reason silenced, then will your soul bound forward unhampered upon its chosen course, and for the first time will you experience the extreme delight of being master of Yourself, and therefore the universe. ~~<p>~~ When this is fully attained, when you sit securely in the saddle, then you may enjoy all those distractions which first pleased you and then angered you. Now (they) will do neither any more: for they are your slaves and toys. ~~<p>~~ Until you have reached this point, you are not wholly free. You must kill out desire, and kill out fear. The end of all this is the power to live according to your own nature, without danger that one part may develop to the detriment of the whole, or concern lest that the danger should arise.~~<p>~~Nerve thyself, then, to seek it and to do it. Naught can satisfy thee but the fulfillment of thy transcendent Will, that is hidden within thee. For this, then, up to arms! Win thine own Freedom for thyself!'' - Liber CL De Lege Libellum		* ''Here then let me make open confession, and say thus; though I pledged myself almost in boyhood... ...though habit itself now constraineth me in the right direction, yet I have not fulfilled my Will: I turn aside daily from the appointed task. I waver. I falter. I lag... ...Search yourselves cunningly, I pray you, analyzing your inmost thoughts. And first you shall discard all those gross obvious hindrances to your Will: idleness, foolishness friendships, wate employments or enjoyments, I will not enumerate the conspirators against the welfare of your state.''

			:''Next, find the minimum of daily time which is in good sooth necessary to your natural life. The rest you shall devote to the True Means of your Attainment... ...It shall not be very long before you come to understand that such a life is the true Liberty. You will feel distractions from your Will as being what they are. They will no longer appear pleasant and attractive, but as bonds, as shames. And when you have attained this point, know that you have passed the middle gate of this Path. For you will have unified your Will... ...Persevere. You have never yet known Liberty. When the temptations are overcome, the voice of Reason silenced, then will your soul bound forward unhampered upon its chosen course, and for the first time will you experience the extreme delight of being master of Yourself, and therefore the universe.''

			:''When this is fully attained, when you sit securely in the saddle, then you may enjoy all those distractions which first pleased you and then angered you. Now (they) will do neither any more: for they are your slaves and toys.''

			:''Until you have reached this point, you are not wholly free. You must kill out desire, and kill out fear. The end of all this is the power to live according to your own nature, without danger that one part may develop to the detriment of the whole, or concern lest that the danger should arise.''

			:''Nerve thyself, then, to seek it and to do it. Naught can satisfy thee but the fulfillment of thy transcendent Will, that is hidden within thee. For this, then, up to arms! Win thine own Freedom for thyself!'' - ''The Law of Liberty [[Liber CL לענ De Lege Libellum]]''

	==The Word of the Law==		==The Word of the Law==

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References

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	== References ==		== References ==

	* Crowley, Aleister. (1997). ''The Book of the Law [Liber AL vel Legis]''. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.		* Crowley, Aleister. (1997). ''The Book of the Law [[Liber AL vel Legis]]''. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.

	* Crowley, Aleister. (1919). ''The Law of Liberty [Liber CL לענ De Lege Libellum]'' in (1991) The Equinox vol III no 10. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.		* Crowley, Aleister. (1919). ''The Law of Liberty [[Liber CL לענ De Lege Libellum]]'' in (1991) The Equinox vol III no 10. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.

	* Crowley, Aleister. [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib1.htm Liber I : The Book of the Magus]		* Crowley, Aleister. [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib1.htm Liber I : The Book of the Magus]

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	* ''thou hast no right but to do thy will.'' (AL I:42)		* ''thou hast no right but to do thy will.'' (AL I:42)

	Both within The Book of the Law and in other Thelemic texts it is made abundantly clear that the Law of Thelema is by no means an advocacy for "doing whatever you want" - as if this would be the inevitable reaction to the lack of moral authority and divine enforcement in the age where Nietzsche tells us that God is dead.		Both within The Book of the Law and in other Thelemic texts it is made abundantly clear that the Law of Thelema is by no means an advocacy for "doing whatever you want" (as if this would be the inevitable reaction to the lack of moral authority and divine enforcement in the age where Nietzsche tells us that God is dead).

	Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]] and by consideration of the quotes below.		Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]] and by consideration of the quotes below.
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	* ''It does not mean surrendering to every whim, but the reverse. It involves finding out Who you are, and why you came into this world, and never swaying a hair's breadth from that Will.'' - ΘΕΛΗΜΑ - In the Equinox vol III no 10.		* ''It does not mean surrendering to every whim, but the reverse. It involves finding out Who you are, and why you came into this world, and never swaying a hair's breadth from that Will.'' - ΘΕΛΗΜΑ - In the Equinox vol III no 10.

			* ''Here then let me make open confession, and say thus; though I pledged myself almost in boyhood... ...though habit itself now constraineth me in the right direction, yet I have not fulfilled my Will: I turn aside daily from the appointed task. I waver. I falter. I lag... ...Search yourselves cunningly, I pray you, analyzing your inmost thoughts. And first you shall discard all those gross obvious hindrances to your Will: idleness, foolishness friendships, wate employments or enjoyments, I will not enumerate the conspirators against the welfare of your state. <p> Next, find the minimum of daily time which is in good sooth necessary to your natural life. The rest you shall devote to the True Means of your Attainment... ...It shall not be very long before you come to understand that such a life is the true Liberty. You will feel distractions from your Will as being what they are. They will no longer appear pleasant and attractive, but as bonds, as shames. And when you have attained this point, know that you have passed the middle gate of this Path. For you will have unified your Will... ...Persevere. You have never yet known Liberty. When the temptations are overcome, the voice of Reason silenced, then will your soul bound forward unhampered upon its chosen course, and for the first time will you experience the extreme delight of being master of Yourself, and therefore the universe. <p> When this is fully attained, when you sit securely in the saddle, then you may enjoy all those distractions which first pleased you and then angered you. Now (they) will do neither any more: for they are your slaves and toys. <p> Until you have reached this point, you are not wholly free. You must kill out desire, and kill out fear. The end of all this is the power to live according to your own nature, without danger that one part may develop to the detriment of the whole, or concern lest that the danger should arise.<p>Nerve thyself, then, to seek it and to do it. Naught can satisfy thee but the fulfillment of thy transcendent Will, that is hidden within thee. For this, then, up to arms! Win thine own Freedom for thyself!'' - Liber CL De Lege Libellum

	==The Word of the Law==		==The Word of the Law==

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	==Will==		==Will==

	"The Word of the Law is θελημα" (AL I:39)		* ''The Word of the Law is'' [http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Word_of_the_Law θελημα] (AL I:39)

	[http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/93 θελημα], Thelema means will.		[http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/93 θελημα], Thelema means will.

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	Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]] and by consideration of the quotes below.		Adherence to the Law of Thelema - "Do what thou wilt" - actually requires a commitment to strict personal integrity, effort and discipline, that of finding and living one's True Will. This can be understood deeper by consulting the sections on [[True Will]], [[Pure Will]] and by consideration of the quotes below.

	* ''From these considerations it should be clear that “Do what thou wilt” does not mean “Do what you like.” It is the apotheosis of Freedom; but it is also the strictest possible bond.''		* ''From these considerations it should be clear that “Do what thou wilt” does not mean “Do what you like.” It is the apotheosis of Freedom; but it is also the strictest possible bond. Do what thou wilt—then do nothing else. Let nothing deflect thee from that austere and holy task. Liberty is absolute to do thy will, but seek to do any other thing whatever, and instantly obstacles must arise. Every act that is not in definite course of that one orbit is erratic, an hindrance. Will must not be two, but one.'' - Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion.

	''Do what thou wilt—then do nothing else. Let nothing deflect thee from that austere and holy task. Liberty is absolute to do thy will; but seek to do any other thing whatever, and instantly obstacles must arise. Every act that is not in definite course of that one orbit is erratic, an hindrance. Will must not be two, but one.'' - Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion.

	* ''It does not mean surrendering to every whim, but the reverse. It involves finding out Who you are, and why you came into this world, and never swaying a hair's breadth from that Will.'' - ΘΕΛΗΜΑ - In the Equinox vol III no 10.		* ''It does not mean surrendering to every whim, but the reverse. It involves finding out Who you are, and why you came into this world, and never swaying a hair's breadth from that Will.'' - ΘΕΛΗΜΑ - In the Equinox vol III no 10.

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	* ''From these considerations it should be clear that “Do what thou wilt” does not mean “Do what you like.” It is the apotheosis of Freedom; but it is also the strictest possible bond.''		* ''From these considerations it should be clear that “Do what thou wilt” does not mean “Do what you like.” It is the apotheosis of Freedom; but it is also the strictest possible bond.''

	* ''Do what thou wilt—then do nothing else. Let nothing deflect thee from that austere and holy task. Liberty is absolute to do thy will; but seek to do any other thing whatever, and instantly obstacles must arise. Every act that is not in definite course of that one orbit is erratic, an hindrance. Will must not be two, but one.'' - Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion.		''Do what thou wilt—then do nothing else. Let nothing deflect thee from that austere and holy task. Liberty is absolute to do thy will; but seek to do any other thing whatever, and instantly obstacles must arise. Every act that is not in definite course of that one orbit is erratic, an hindrance. Will must not be two, but one.'' - Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion.

			* ''It does not mean surrendering to every whim, but the reverse. It involves finding out Who you are, and why you came into this world, and never swaying a hair's breadth from that Will.'' - ΘΕΛΗΜΑ - In the Equinox vol III no 10.

	==The Word of the Law==		==The Word of the Law==

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The Nature of the Law

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	Also, consider that in Thelema, a [[magus]] utters the word of his [[aeon]] and as the [[Logos]] of the [[Aeon]] is the word; in the case of the Master Therion (Aleister Crowley as a Magus) that word is θελημα, Will. (see [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib2.htm Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion] )		Also, consider that in Thelema, a [[magus]] utters the word of his [[aeon]] and as the [[Logos]] of the [[Aeon]] is the word; in the case of the Master Therion (Aleister Crowley as a Magus) that word is θελημα, Will. (see [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib2.htm Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion] )

	* ''He then is called the Logos, or'' Logos Aionos, ''that is to say, the Word of the AEon or Age, because He is verily That Word.'' ~~Liber Aleph vel CXI : The Book of Wisdom or Folly~~		Consider Chapter 61 : On the Magi of the A.'.A.'. in Whom the Word Takes Flesh in Liber Aleph vel CXI : The Book of Wisdom or Folly

			* ''He then is called the Logos, or'' Logos Aionos, ''that is to say, the Word of the AEon or Age, because He is verily That Word.''

	I conjunction, consider [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib1.htm Liber I : The Book of the Magus] where the Master Therion utters,		I conjunction, consider [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib1.htm Liber I : The Book of the Magus] where the Master Therion utters,

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	This numerical value in [[Isopsephy]] (Greek numerology) is [[93]].		This numerical value in [[Isopsephy]] (Greek numerology) is [[93]].

	Also, consider that in Thelema, a [[magus]] utters the word of his [[aeon]] and as the [[Logos]] of the [[Aeon]] is the word; in the case of the Master Therion (Aleister Crowley as a Magus) that word is θελημα, Will. (see [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib2.htm Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion] )		Also, consider that in Thelema, a [[magus]] utters the word of his [[aeon]] and as the [[Logos]] of the [[Aeon]] is the word; in the case of the Master Therion (Aleister Crowley as a Magus) that word is θελημα, Will. (see [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib2.htm Liber II : The Message of the Master Therion] )

			* ''He then is called the Logos, or'' Logos Aionos, ''that is to say, the Word of the AEon or Age, because He is verily That Word.'' Liber Aleph vel CXI : The Book of Wisdom or Folly

	I conjunction, consider [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib1.htm Liber I : The Book of the Magus] where the Master Therion utters,		I conjunction, consider [http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib1.htm Liber I : The Book of the Magus] where the Master Therion utters,