Source books · Thelema
The Book of the Law
Liber AL vel Legis
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Thelema
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Major Wikipedia has an article about it in 20 languages.
Read it
- Liber AL vel Legis ↗ sacred-texts.com checked against the Internet Archive's copy of July 09, 2026, because the site refuses scripts · archived copy
From Wikipedia
Liber AL vel Legis, commonly known as The Book of the Law, is the central sacred text of Thelema. The book is often referred to simply as Liber AL, Liber Legis or just AL, though technically the latter two refer only to the manuscript.
From the Wikipedia article The Book of the Law, revision 1373766550, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q1169632: “monograph on Egyptian occult by Aleister Crowley”.
In this study
In the chronology, in Aleister Crowley's account.
The short scripture of Thelema, centred on the maxim 'Do what thou wilt'. Crowley said the text was dictated by a non-human intelligence called Aiwass.