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Originally Posted by TRANCOSO
Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law
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Quoted out of context, this often leads to all kinds of prejudice and reactions owing to the reputation of its author/translator/channeller.
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39. The word of the Law is θελημα.
40. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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and an important but conveniently forgotten buy those that would paint the ideas as some kind of hedonistic license is:
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57. Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the House of God.
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(bold/size emphasis is mine)
Source is conveniently located here on wikipedia:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Liber_AL_vel_Legis