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Liber E vel Exercitiorum

Aleister Crowley

The Equinox I.1, 1909, pp. 23–34

Experiments in attention and an unusually explicit case for keeping a record. Its opening section asks for conditions, observations, and possible sources of error.

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Where to begin

Section I, The Record; section VII, A Course of Reading.

Keep in mind

Historical exercises include demanding breath and endurance practices. Their presence in a source is not a recommendation to reproduce them.

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Reading paths

  • Will and interpretationFollow Crowley’s distinction between will and preference, compare a difficult ethical sequence, and return to the discipline of a record.
  • Keep a recordWhat makes a practice journal useful? Compare instructions, a published diary and the symbolism of the magical book.

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