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+rom these $onsiderations it should be $lear that "Do what thou wilt" does not mean "Dowhat you li-e." /t is the a,otheosis of +reedom% but it is also the stri$test ,ossible bond.

Do what thou wilt then do nothin else. Let nothin defle$t thee from that austere andholy tas-. Liberty is absolute to do thy will% but see- to do any other thin whate#er* and

instantly obsta$les must arise. #ery a$t that is not in definite $ourse of that one orbit iserrati$* an hindran$e. Will must not be two* but one.

0ote further that this will is not only to be ,ure* that is* sin le* as e1,lained abo#e* butalso "unassua ed of ,ur,ose". This stran e ,hrase must i#e us ,ause. /t may mean thatany ,ur,ose in the will would dam, it% $learly* the "lust of result" is a thin from whi$h itmust be deli#ered.

2ut the ,hrase may also be inter,reted as if it read "with ,ur,ose unassua ed" i.e. withtireless ener y. The $on$e,tion is* therefore* of an eternal motion* infinite andunalterable. /t is 0ir#ana* only dynami$ instead of stati$ and this $omes to the same

thin in the end.

The ob#ious ,ra$ti$al tas- of the ma i$ian is then to dis$o#er what his will really is* sothat he may do it in this manner* and he $an best a$$om,lish this by the ,ra$ti$es of LiberThisharb 3see 4uino1 /* 5//* 6789 or su$h others as may from one time to another bea,,ointed.

/t should now be ,erfe$tly sim,le for e#erybody to understand the !essa e of the !asterTherion.

Thou must 369 +ind out what is thy Will* 3:9 Do that Will with 3a9 one;,ointedness* 3b9

deta$hment* 3$9 ,ea$e.

Then* and then only* art thou in harmony with the !o#ement of Thin s* thy will ,art of*and therefore e4ual to* the Will of

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sa$red lan$e of Will* the damas$ened ins$ri,tion u,on the swords of the ni ht;!on-s ofThelema.

Love is the law, love under will.

This messa e was first ,ublished as a ,am,hlet in 6@6A* re,rinted in The International in6@6B* and a ain in Equinox /// 369. (ll 4uotations are from Liber AL vel Legis, the Bookof the Law.