josh@joshua.UUCP (Joshua Gordon) (06/22/84)
. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Those of you familiar with the works of Aleister Crowley will be interested to know that the original manuscript of Liber AL (otherwise known as the Book of the Law) has been found after an absence of more than a decade. The manuscript (along with many other items) had been stolen from a house in West Point, California, by persons unknown. Several weeks ago, the owner of a local science fiction bookstore (The Other Change of Hobbit) moved into a new house in North Oakland. While cleaning the basement, he came upon several boxes of old papers and other assorted junk. Being a collector, he looked through the material and discovered (among other things) sixty-six pages of handwriting that looked familiar. Surprise! Being an honorable man, he has turned over the manuscript and other material to the Grand Lodge of the Ordo Templi Orientis in Berkeley, and it is now safely stored in a secret place. This has been cause for much celebration in the occult community. Love is the law, love under will. -- from the blithering idioms of josh gordon {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!joshua!josh