I Am Certainly Of Opinion That Genius

It Will Be Seen That The Formula - 'do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law' Has Nothing To Do With 'do As You Please.' It Is Much More Difficult To Comply With The Law Of Thelema Than To Follow Out Slavishly A Set Of Dead Regulations.

There Is A Single Main Definition Of The Object Of All Magical Ritual. It Is The Uniting Of The Microcosm With The Macrocosm. The Supreme And Complete Ritual Is Therefore The Invocation Of The Holy Guardian Angel; Or, In The Language Of Mysticism, Union With God.

There Is No Part Of Me That Is Not Of The Gods.

To The Eyes Of A God, Mankind Must Appear As A Species Of Bacteria Which Multiply And Become Progressively Virulent Whenever They Find Themselves In A Congenial Culture, And Whose Activity Diminishes Until They Disappear Completely As Soon As Proper Measures Are Taken To Sterilize Them.

This Serpent, Satan, Is Not The Enemy Of Man, But He Who Made Gods Of Our Race, Knowing Good And Evil; He Bade 'know Thyself!' And Taught Initiation.