Originally posted on August 12th, 2019
Today (this evening) is an official feast day in Thelema– an anniversary celebration of the date that Aleister Crowley and Rose Kelly were married 116 years ago.
“A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride!” — Liber AL II:37
“There should be a special feast on the 12th day of August in every year, since it was the marriage of The Beast which made possible the revelation of the New Law. (This is not an Apology for Marriage. Hard Cases make Bad Law).” — The New Comment
5.1.2 corbis for elaine
Ah! this lyrical exchange has quelled all my insecurities about this arrangement. Let us defy convention and pre-emptively consummate our marriage, at least until the evening star arises for having begun to tread the path of the Great Work, you are bound to continue walking thereupon and never swerve therefrom.