“It has naturally been objected by economists that our Law, in declaring every man and every woman to be a star, reduces society to its elements, and makes hierarchy or even democracy impossible. The view is superficial. Each star has a function in its galaxy proper to its own nature. Much mischief has come from our ignorance in insisting, on the contrary, that each citizen is fit for any and every social duty. But also our Law teaches that a star often veils itself from its nature. Thus the vast bulk of humanity is obsessed by an abject fear of freedom; the principal objections hitherto urged against my Law have been those of people who cannot bear to imagine the horrors which would result if they were free to do their own wills.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/01/29/it-has-naturally-been-objected-by-economists-that-our-law-in-declaring-every-man-and-every-woman-to-be-a-star-reduces-society-to-its-elements-and-makes-hierarchy-or-even-democracy-impossible-the-2/ #aStar #abjectFear #aleisterCrowley #anyAndEvery #book #book220 #cannotBear #declaring #democracy #doTheirOwnWills #eachCitizen #eachStar #economists #elements #everyMan #everyWoman #fit #free #Freedom #function #galaxy #hierarchy #horrors #humanity #ignorance #imagine #impossible #insisting #itsNature #itsOwnNature #Law #liberCCXX #liberLegis #makes #muchMischief #naturally #NewComment #objected #obsessed #onTheContrary #ourLaw #people #principalObjectionsMyLaw #proper #quote #reducesSociety #result #socialDuty #Star #superficial #teaches #TheBookOfTheLaw #vastBulk #veilsItself #view

“In other words, life is an attempt to realize one’s own nature in one’s own soul. The man who fails to recognize it as such is hopelessly bewildered by the irrational character of the universe, which he takes to be real; and he cannot but regard it as aimless and absurd. The adventures of his body and mind, with their desires for material and moral well-being, are obviously as foredoomed to disaster as Don Quixote’s. He must be a fool if he struggles on (against inexorable fate) to obtain results which he knows can only end in catastrophe, a climax the more bitter as he clings the more closely to his impossible ideals.”

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"In other words, life is an attempt to realize one's own nature in one's own soul. The man who fails to recognize it as such is hopelessly bewildered by the irrational character of the universe, which he takes to be real; and he cannot but regard it as aimless and absurd. The adventures of his body and mind, with their desires for material and moral well-being, are obviously as foredoomed to disaster as Don Quixote's. He must be a fool if he struggles on (against inexorable fate) to obtain results which he knows can only end in catastrophe, a climax the more bitter as he clings the more closely to his impossible ideals." - The Hermetic Library Blog

In other words, life is an attempt to realize one’s own nature in one’s own soul. The man who fails to recognize it as such is hopelessly bewildered by the irrational character of the universe, which he takes to be real; and he cannot but regard it as aimless and absurd. The adventures of his […]

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“There is no ‘reason’ why a Star should continue in its orbit. Let her rip! Every time the conscious acts, it interferes with the Subconscious, which is Hadit. It is the voice of Man, and not of a God. Any man who ‘listens to reason’ ceases to be a revolutionary. … It is ridiculous to ask a dog why it barks. One must fulfil one’s true Nature, one must do one’s Will. To question this is to destroy confidence, and so to create an inhibition. … We are not to calculate, to argue, to criticise; these things lead to division of will and to stagnation. They are shackles of our Going. They hamstring our Pegasus. We are to rise up – to Go – to Love – we are to be awake, alert”

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"There is no ‘reason’ why a Star should continue in its orbit. Let her rip! Every time the conscious acts, it interferes with the Subconscious, which is Hadit. It is the voice of Man, and not of a God. Any man who ‘listens to reason’ ceases to be a revolutionary. … It is ridiculous to ask a dog why it barks. One must fulfil one’s true Nature, one must do one’s Will. To question this is to destroy confidence, and so to create an inhibition. … We are not to calculate, to argue, to criticise; these things lead to division of will and to stagnation. They are shackles of our Going. They hamstring our Pegasus. We are to rise up - to Go - to Love - we are to be awake, alert" - The Hermetic Library Blog

“There is no ‘reason’ why a Star should continue in its orbit. Let her rip! Every time the conscious acts, it interferes with the Subconscious, which is Hadit. It is the voice of Man, and not of a God. Any man who ‘listens to reason’ ceases to be a revolutionary.” “It is ridiculous to ask […]

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"I am alone: there is no God where I am." - The Hermetic Library Blog

I am alone: there is no God where I am. Aleister Crowley, Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law, II:23 Consider also: The New Aeon will have a foundation of Happy Women “The Formula of the New Aeon recognizes Horus, the Child crowned and conquering, as God. We are all members of the […]

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“I exhort men to cease to hide themselves in the refuges which they have constructed in themselves from fear of facing reality. I bid them take cognizance of the existence of their fellow individuals to realize the infinite possibilities of experience open to them & to satisfy their sense that they are incomplete by uniting themselves with all other beings.”

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"I exhort men to cease to hide themselves in the refuges which they have constructed in themselves from fear of facing reality. I bid them take cognizance of the existence of their fellow individuals to realize the infinite possibilities of experience open to them & to satisfy their sense that they are incomplete by uniting themselves with all other beings. " - The Hermetic Library Blog

I exhort men to cease to hide themselves in the refuges which they have constructed in themselves from fear of facing reality. I bid them take cognizance of the existence of their fellow individuals to realize the infinite possibilities of experience open to them & to satisfy their sense that they are incomplete by uniting […]

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“All such acts of love rekindle the ecstasy of creation & recreate the universe. New powers & possibilities spring afresh from every achievement of those already existing.”

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"All such acts of love rekindle the ecstasy of creation & recreate the universe. New powers & possibilities spring afresh from every achievement of those already existing." - The Hermetic Library Blog

All such acts of love rekindle the ecstasy of creation & recreate the universe. New powers & possibilities spring afresh from every achievement of those already existing. Aleister Crowley, The Comment K on Liber Legis I,14 No related posts.

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"Our minds and bodies are veils of the Light within." - The Hermetic Library Blog

The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs. Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law, I.8   We are not to regard ourselves as base beings, without whose sphere is Light or “God”. Our minds and bodies are veils of the Light within. The uninitiate is a “Dark Star”, […]

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“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 therein! But exceed! exceed!”

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"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 therein! But exceed! exceed!" - The Hermetic Library Blog

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 therein! But exceed! exceed! Aleister Crowley, Liber Legis, The Book of […]

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