Against Tyranny:

Against Tyranny:

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."

"Therefore, o my Son, be thou wary, not bowing before the false Idols and ideals, yet not flaming forth in Fury against them, unless that be thy Will.

But in this Matter be prudent and be silent, descerning subtly and with acumen the nature of the Will within thee; so that thou mistake not Fear for Chastity, or Anger for Courage, and since the fetters are old and heavy, and thy Limbs withered and distorted by reason of their Compulsion, do thou, having broken them, walk gently for a little while, until the ancient Elasticity return, so that thou mayest walk, run and leap naturally and with Rejoicing. 

Also, since these Fetters are as a Bond almost universal, be instant to declare the Law of Liberty, and the full Knowledge of all Truth that appertaineth to this Matter; for if in this only thou overcome, then shall all Earth be free, taking its Pleasure in Sunlight without Fear or Phrenzy. Amen."

Liber Aleph: ULTIMA THESIS DE AMORE, Aleister Crowley:

Although the tyrant may be perceived as an enemy of mankind, in actuality the tyrant is an enemy in so much as he can never be a friend to the world, for he seeks control in contrast to freedom. Hence for one who seeks to liberate all, the tyrant must be seen in this light, not as an adversary but a necessity, the darkness which is needed to obscure the truth for it's obvious illumination under the light. Clearly the tyrant is society written of in the quote, and as liberation occurs the lie is exposed for the malignancy that it holds for us all, the imprisonment on offer is revealed in the light of truth, so to speak. Therefore the initiate feels compelled with outrage to stand up and confront this dishonest system, and in doing so, he runs the risk of failing to keep silent.

To liberate oneself, it is insisted, that the will must be fortified, that at this stage there is a tendency to overlook certain relationships, or forms within one's own psyche that have through life become habitual in sympathy to "the false Idols and ideals" of the Black School that threaten to drown the initiate in a sea of chaos unless his sword is rightly tempered. Hence in his confused whirlpool of delusion, whether he likes it or not, the norms and rules of that which he mistrusts and has broken free from through great struggle and courage, and that to which he has no relation becomes the example of what has to be followed, as guided by the utility of his intellect, and amounts to a need for repressing his emotions and following suit for the sake of survival. Herein is the essence of the curse against the Black School, that the magician may acquiesce support without becoming a fixture in their corrupt system and not fall back to worship the false gods of his past. This retreat back into darkness, does not occur as a willed action, it is a failure to integrate and to unify the foundations of his being and to place the intellect in charge of the emotions. The point is stressed to indicate the importance of the task, important as indicating the difficulty of the task, that now, for perhaps the first time, the threat is real and must be dealt with absolutely.

In the same way an infant can not voice its disatisfaction, the magician has lost harmony with the world around him, he is misunderstood and as nobody can hear him, his emotions are over stimulated and results in frantic outbursts directed to the entire outside world. And just as the infant the magician is born into a new world, he must not only learn to walk but must learn the rules that govern the foreign reality which he has been plunged into. With a heightened sensitivity, this is the hardship that lays before him, to accept reality on its terms, so that one day when equilibrium has been established he may once again "walk, run and leap and with Rejoicing". But until such freedom is attained he is urged to "declare the Law of Liberty" so that he may obtain to the promises therein. The quote regarding this, I think, should be seen as subjective, that he is affirming his place among the elements. To remain steadfast in this way, fortified by a tempered will is said to be the only way to attain mastery, following the harmony he must acquiesce by his effort and his silence. As Crowley says at the end of the vignette, "then shall all Earth be free, taking its Pleasure in Sunlight without Fear or Phrenzy", qabalistically this could be interpreted as "Earth" being Malkuth at the renewal of the World symbolized by the Princess of Disks and the "Sunlight", of course, is Tiphareth, although in the Tarot this state is symbolized by the Six of Disks and its congruence with the Ace of Swords, and the "Fear and Phrenzy" indicates a will that is in constant flux and instead of being master of, is subject to the elemental forces around it. Which means, as the book was written to Frater ACHAD who himself having been a Master of the Temple and not a mere a Neophyte, that the result of his ordeal, if it is overcome, would be the crystalization of the magician's will in Malkuth and the completion of the Great Work.

"Love is the law, love under will."