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INTRODUCTION#12

The text to which this is but a brief introduction, we believe is the Revelation. The one revelation that explains via its various methods of Qaballa the workings of the universe and all that it contains in one harmonic whole. To read the text literally and take it literally is the first test of many that either allow the reader into its inner mysteries or discards as uncomprehending fool. When dealing with Al and its Qaballa one should always be guided by one's own morality system whether he be Christian Jew or Moslem one must never abrogate one's personal morality. Only a fool would reject the whole text on the basis that he does not agree with one section of it, and Al is not for fools. It is wise to suspend judgment over material that he the reader does not find palatable until he understands more. For example in one part of the text it says "Compassion is the vice of kings." Vice is usually understood as the opposite of virtue and so the unworthy would put the book down at this point and fail to find that later in the text it says "These vices are my service." MY=36=MAN, which means these vices are in the service of man. Referring back to "Compassion is the vice of kings" one can only conclude that compassion defines a king because compassion is in the service of man and a true king would always act with compassion toward those he could.

The Book of the Law is not simple neither is the universe of which it is a commentary. Many people fall by the wayside who attempt to squeeze Al into preconceived models. The Book of the Law should be read in isolation, it has no peers, it cannot be judged by any other text, not the Bible, the Koran, or any other word of God. Liber Al supercedes and explains them all. Concealed within its many ciphers are the keys to the mysteries of the universe. It provides a universal field theory that unites philosophy, psychology, religion, science and magic into one comprehensive whole. Dependent upon the readers degree of understanding will the book open up the mysteries to him. In many ways the Book of the Law is not a text at all, its more like a computer program of the universe buried in the unconscious mind of man. The more one works with it the more these programs in one's unconscious begin to run and one's view of life, reality etc are changed by them. The Book of the Law in many ways represents the working of the mind of God/Goddess or whatever you like to call it that created and runs our universe. There may be other universes beyond ours. What I am saying is that this is the Law that runs ours. The Book contains 220 short verses yet from these are capable of being created an infinite number of Books of the Law simply by adding the same number to every word in the Book thus creating another Book of the Law that will emphasise the number and will be a comment on it.