From:    John Machate                           Area: Mundane
To:      Vanyel                                 28 Dec 94 15:34:04
Subject: Re: CHAOS                              UpdReq 

CP> Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
 V>                  
 V> Yano...this has been bothering me everytime I've seen it.  What ever 
 V> happened to the part about not doing harm....?
Yano....What about not doing harm??  The above is NOT the Wiccan Rede.  It is 
a Thelemite saying...AC wrote it before Valiante wrote the Rede.
John


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From:    Paul Hume                              Area: Mundane
To:      Vanyel                                 29 Dec 94 09:15:08
Subject: Re: CHAOS                              UpdReq 

Vanyel -
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Not from the same tradition as An it harm none, do what thou wilt (or 
variations thereon).
 The former is from the Book of the Law, the central document of Aleister 
Crowley's work which forms the basis of what is called Thelema. The latter, 
of course, is the Wiccan Rede, central in the lines of Wicca descended from 
(at least) Gardner's work.
 Thelemites often open letters or other statements with "Do what thou wilt..." 
just as we often close with,
 Love is the law, love under will.
Paul


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