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The New Golden Dawn Flying Roll #15
THE NEW GOLDEN DAWN
FLYING ROLL
XV
Issued by the
Thelemic Order and
Temple of the Golden Dawn
Copyright © 1991 e.v.
CONCERNING LIBER LEGIS
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The principal message of The Book of the Law is "Do what thou
wilt." This is our perfect code of conduct, our sole means to
accomplish the Great Work in absolute freedom. As you should all
know, "Do what thou wilt" does not mean do as you please. Rather
it entails for you take responsibility for yourself, to advance
forward in freedom, to realize and pursue your own path in life
unto the ultimate attainment of the supreme realization of your
True Self.
The Book of the Law is our license to freedom, and freedom is the
sole means to achieve the essential evolution of the human race.
Progress cannot and will not take course if men and women remain
in bondage, unwilling to understand and exercise the Law of the
New Aeon, that is, "Do what thou wilt." If we are to survive as a
human race, to surmount the possibility of a World Catastrophe,
and to create a New World Order of Thelema, freedom is the single
means to achieve those lofty and essential ends. We must be free
to realize and pursue our own paths in life, to understand that
we have no other right but to do so, to be responsible for
ourselves and for the essential evolution of the human race.
The Book of the Law also states that "Love is the law, love under
will." This defines further the nature of "Do what thou wilt",
which is the whole of the Law. To love is to unite, to join
together. "Do what thou wilt" means to do your True Will, to
fulfil your chosen destiny, to achieve your Great Work. Doing
one's True Will is a sacramental act of love; it is the uniting
of oneself with the Universe, with the infinite All. Until we
take responsibility for ourselves, to understand and act out our
True Will, we are bound to fail in the lofty task of creating a
New World Order of Thelema. But if we take responsibility for our
lives, and cultivate love and freedom by the application of the
Law of Thelema, then will Love and Order prevail on earth, for in
such manner we are living in harmony with the One Will of the
Universe, moving with the New Current, uniting with all in
perfect joy and harmony.
The Book of the Law announces to mankind the New Aeon of Horus
which commenced in March, 1904 e.v. and shall remain for 2,000
years. Horus, like all true gods, is an archetypal symbol of a
certain force of nature, particularly of the true nature of Man;
for, as we shall discover in our progress, there is no god but
Man. Men and women are now free to be what they are in truth,
that is, self-sufficient gods of infinite space, free to flame
forth in the cosmos of infinity as bright and glorious stars,
infinitely supreme and vastly unique. We are now free to discover
and adopt our own laws in accordance with our own true natures,
to realize ourselves and to apply in our lives those particular
laws essential to our own unique growth and universal expansion.
Most people who first read The Book of the Law are appalled by
certain verses which are, from a superficial point of view,
violent and abominable. Aleister Crowley, the scribe who wrote
down The Book of the Law, was himself unable to appreciate and
accept certain verses, and he disregarded the book for five years
after its dictation. Even after accepting it, he could not
throughout his life appreciate certain verses to the full. Yet
this, I must declare, was principally based on the fact that he
was born and raised in the Old Aeon of Osiris, and this fact
undoubtedly influenced his whole life in various ways.
It is very important to bear in mind, if we are to understand The
Book of the Law, that it is not the letter that counts, but
rather the Spirit of the letter. Words are designed to indicate
essence and meaning; other from this they are meaningless. There
are certain verses in The Book of the Law which are not to be
interpreted literally, but rather magically, in spirit and
essence. For instance: When The Book of the Law speaks of
stamping down the wretched and the weak it may in fact be
referring to the essential operation of banishing those wretched
and weak elements in yourself which hinder you from knowing and
doing your True Will. When it speaks of violent actions, this
does not mean that we should be violent and do those brutal
things which are often described in horrible detail. Rather it is
indicating certain revolutionary formulae. The language of the
Author of the book, who was Crowley's Holy Guardian Angel, may on
the surface appear violent and abominable, but this is only so in
our limited world of thought. Aiwass, the Author of the book, is
of another world and reality, and his ways are not our ways; and
it is a very possible fact that Aiwass was using such a
revolutionary language to bar the profane from the realization of
certain recondite truths of the Universe which were revealed in
The Book of the Law, lest the profane abuse those sacred truths.
This is the New Aeon of Horus; the Old Aeon of Osiris is dead!
But Horus is just a babe and he is still clinging to Old Aeon
principles, in fear of the unknown. We are Horus, the Child, and
there is no escape from the fact that we are still clinging
childishly to the false doctrines of Christianity and other Old
Aeon rubbish. We fear the unknown and thereby remain bound to the
old. But we must grow in freedom; it is the law of our nature. My
point is this: We should take a jump into the Unknown, putting
aside all Old Aeon ways of thinking, and by such a process it
will become more possible for us to comprehend the revolutionary
language of The Book of the Law. The language of The Book of the
Law is not the language of a man; it is the language of a
Praeterhuman Intelligence, a being of a transcendent kind. The
Book of the Law contains a new language making way for a new
epoch in thought. It is the language of a New Aeon, concealing an
inner meaning which may in fact be the reverse of its outer
meaning. Let us penetrate beyond the mere letter, and perceive
instead the Spirit, essence and secret meaning of the letter.
There is more than meets the eye in The Book of the Law! As
Hadit states in the second chapter: "There is great danger in me;
for who doth not understand these runes shall make a great miss.
He shall fall down into the pit called Because, and there he
shall perish with the dogs of Reason." Hadit further states:
"Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite & unknown."
Let us go beyond the limited operations of mere reason when we
approach The Book of the Law. Let us rather read it and
experience the essence, the inner meaning of its symbolism and
characters. It is designed to inform us concerning certain
important principles of practical universal worth, to assist us
in our cosmic evolution, to help us progress in freedom and joy.
Let us put aside our useless prejuidices and beliefs based on Old
Aeon principles, and let us advance forward in the Rising Light
of the New Golden Dawn, to partake of the freedom and joy which
The Book of the Law announces as essential to progress. If we are
to understand anything correctly in this New Aeon of Horus we
must cast aside all systems, ways and beliefs of the Old Aeon,
and be willing to judge things in the Spirit of the Times, free
from the false notions of the dead past. When we approach The
Book of the Law and become appalled by some of its verses, we
should ask ourselves whether or not we are doing so in the light
of the New Aeon or if we are simply projecting our old ways of
thinking. For the New Aeon of the Crowned Child is here! Begone
with the old; let us make way for the new! Let Change, which is
Love, work its mighty Miracle in the world, bringing with it joy
and liberty and success. Let us feast and make merry! Let us
revel with infinite delight in the New Aeon, proudly and freely,
with knowledge and courage, will and silence, without fear or
worry of any man, god, or any thing! In nomine Novus Ordo Aureae
Aurora, Sic sit vobis!
Love is the law, love under will.
Fra.'. Aureae Aurora
(Frater Superior Chief)
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