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Thelema · Historical ritual instruction

Liber Nu, sub figura XI

Aleister Crowley

The Equinox I:7 (1912), printed pp. 11–20; Keep Silence scan

An instruction organized around Nuit and the first chapter of the Book of the Law. It distinguishes meditation, interpretation, ethics, ritual and claimed results, then gathers them into a summary.

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Where to begin

Read the Class D qualification on PDF p. 2 and the opening on p. 3. Compare instructions 9–11 together on printed p. 15 / PDF p. 5 before drawing conclusions about will.

Keep in mind

Contains dangerous ordeal instructions; read as historical material, not a beginner’s practice plan. Instruction 4 prints 50 ÷ 6 = 0.12; that arithmetic is incorrect (6 ÷ 50 gives 0.12). The scan preserves the printing rather than silently correcting it. Claimed mystical results are the author’s claims.

Sections in this PDF

Each link opens a place in the same 11-page file. PDF page numbers count from the file’s first page, not the printed numbers. If a link does not jump, enter the PDF page number.

Browse all 3 sections
  1. Opening and categories of practice Instructions 000–3 · printed p. 13 / PDF p. 3
  2. Number symbolism and a printed error Instructions 4–7 · printed p. 14 / PDF p. 4
  3. Read the ethical sequence together Instructions 8–13 · printed p. 15 / PDF p. 5

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.

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