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Nagasiva: note 7 misplaced into appendix, fixed

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	6. "...a website...." -[http://www.book-of-the-law.com ].		6. "...a website...." -[http://www.book-of-the-law.com ].
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			7. "O.T.O. and E.G.C." - The Order of the Temple of the East (Ordo Templi Orientis, or O.T.O.) and the Gnostic Catholic Church (Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, or E.G.C.) have brought this forward into the public eye within their "Archival News" - http://oto.org/news0413.html and subsequent contentions about this issue, explaining the rationale for the correction to the scripture itself were provided in the same news archive at the O.T.O. website - http://oto.org/legis.html ).
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	AL I.36: "My Scribe.....shall not in one letter change this book		AL I.36: "My Scribe.....shall not in one letter change this book
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	7. "O.T.O. and E.G.C." - The Order of the Temple of the East (Ordo Templi Orientis, or O.T.O.) and the Gnostic Catholic Church (Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, or E.G.C.) have brought this forward into the public eye within their "Archival News" - http://oto.org/news0413.html and subsequent contentions about this issue, explaining the rationale for the correction to the scripture itself were provided in the same news archive at the O.T.O. website - http://oto.org/legis.html ).
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	In its most crude and popular vein, this takes the form of special pleading and manipulative rhetoric, arguing for prior contact with ancient astronauts who became our gods or demons. The fiery 'chariot' ridden through the sky is as much a product of its time as the 'landing strips' required, for some reason, to accommodate, interstellar visitation. With the advent of genuine archaeology and anthropology, however, these fantastic apologies and projections may be relegated to the realms of delusion or metaphor. Their desperate abuse of ignorance to entertain or deceive may hold no quarter in our refinements of knowledge.That their contents may overlap or in fact descend from the same sources[2] seems demonstrable, yet That which they may rationally apply to occupies a more and more restricted zone as retention and expanse of knowledge is facilitated by technology - the mark of knowledge's application, in fact.		In its most crude and popular vein, this takes the form of special pleading and manipulative rhetoric, arguing for prior contact with ancient astronauts who became our gods or demons. The fiery 'chariot' ridden through the sky is as much a product of its time as the 'landing strips' required, for some reason, to accommodate, interstellar visitation. With the advent of genuine archaeology and anthropology, however, these fantastic apologies and projections may be relegated to the realms of delusion or metaphor. Their desperate abuse of ignorance to entertain or deceive may hold no quarter in our refinements of knowledge.That their contents may overlap or in fact descend from the same sources [2] seems demonstrable, yet That which they may rationally apply to occupies a more and more restricted zone as retention and expanse of knowledge is facilitated by technology - the mark of knowledge's application, in fact.
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	Grimoires with a less confirmable content and an amusing or controversial status are those derived from fraudulent paraphrase (such as the Book of Dzyan by Blavatsky, an uncredited paraphrase of the Sanskrit Rg Veda), or those emergent from fiction that has achieved a degree of popularity[3] (e.g. the Book of Eibon, invented by Clark Ashton Smith and attributed to a wizard in the land of Hyperborea; De Vermis Mysteriis, invented by Robert Bloch, who translated its title as Mysteries of the Worm; Nameless Cults, invented by Robert E. Howard and attributed to the mad German, Friedrich von Junzt, also known as The Black Book, with its title translated by Derleth as Unaussprechlichen Kulten; the Delomelanicon, invented by Arturo Perez-Reverte and attributed to Satan; and the Necronomicon, invented by Howard P. Lovecraft, the title translated in various ways, and attributed to the mad Arab, Abdul Alhazred).		Grimoires with a less confirmable content and an amusing or controversial status are those derived from fraudulent paraphrase (such as the Book of Dzyan by Blavatsky, an uncredited paraphrase of the Sanskrit Rg Veda), or those emergent from fiction that has achieved a degree of popularity [3] (e.g. the Book of Eibon, invented by Clark Ashton Smith and attributed to a wizard in the land of Hyperborea; De Vermis Mysteriis, invented by Robert Bloch, who translated its title as Mysteries of the Worm; Nameless Cults, invented by Robert E. Howard and attributed to the mad German, Friedrich von Junzt, also known as The Black Book, with its title translated by Derleth as Unaussprechlichen Kulten; the Delomelanicon, invented by Arturo Perez-Reverte and attributed to Satan; and the Necronomicon, invented by Howard P. Lovecraft, the title translated in various ways, and attributed to the mad Arab, Abdul Alhazred).
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	Leaving the first category behind as easily evaluated by reference to that which they used in construction, the primary example of the last (the Necronomicon) has developed a significant set of possible authentication parameters, some of which apply to any circumstance. In the variation of published versions of the Necronomicon, for example, minimum criteria have been attempted (ostensibly for humorous effect, that being the construction in 1973 by George Scithers and L. Sprague de Camp, of a set of pages scrawled with faux Arabic and Syriac mimicry), but only through the course of time and breadth of knowledge have standards for what ought to be included as a convincing version of said tome been seriously considered and described. Details such as that moral, dualistic, or Aristotlean categories imposed upon what some, after the controversial Derleth called 'the Cthulhu Mythos' are a rational and sustainable disqualifier for any so called Necronomicon. More specific and cogent quotation as from the writ of Lovecraft himself in excerpt features as a desirable element to any approximation.[4]		Leaving the first category behind as easily evaluated by reference to that which they used in construction, the primary example of the last (the Necronomicon) has developed a significant set of possible authentication parameters, some of which apply to any circumstance. In the variation of published versions of the Necronomicon, for example, minimum criteria have been attempted (ostensibly for humorous effect, that being the construction in 1973 by George Scithers and L. Sprague de Camp, of a set of pages scrawled with faux Arabic and Syriac mimicry), but only through the course of time and breadth of knowledge have standards for what ought to be included as a convincing version of said tome been seriously considered and described. Details such as that moral, dualistic, or Aristotlean categories imposed upon what some, after the controversial Derleth called 'the Cthulhu Mythos' are a rational and sustainable disqualifier for any so called Necronomicon. More specific and cogent quotation as from the writ of Lovecraft himself in excerpt features as a desirable element to any approximation. [4]
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	It began as "Liber L. vel Legis" ("given from the mouth of Aiwass to the ear of The Beast"), a product of automatic writing, was presented as the outcome of spirit contact with Crowley's wife Rose, in association to their visit to the Boulaq Museum in Cairo (since renamed), where a particular exhibit (#666) was said to relate to this contact (with the gods Nuit, Hadit, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit). It was compromised by intrusions of the automatic writer or channel and in a couple of places was later amended by Rose. Subsequently it was republished as "Liber Al vel Legis" and promoted as the reception of a channelled document from Crowley's Holy Guardian Angel, Aiwass, affixed with commentaries in two passes (Old and New respectively), and then edited or annotated by various people inclusive of Crowley himself, Israel Regardie, Marcello Ramos Motta, Kenneth Grant, Bill Heidrick, and Hymenaeus Beta. These survive to the present day, with variable form and content embellishing the core documentation.		It began as '''Liber L. vel Legis''' ("given from the mouth of Aiwass to the ear of The Beast"), a product of automatic writing, was presented as the outcome of spirit contact with Crowley's wife Rose, in association to their visit to the Boulaq Museum in Cairo (since renamed), where a particular exhibit (#666) was said to relate to this contact (with the gods Nuit, Hadit, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit). It was compromised by intrusions of the automatic writer or channel and in a couple of places was later amended by Rose. Subsequently it was republished as '''Liber Al vel Legis''' and promoted as the reception of a channelled document from Crowley's Holy Guardian Angel, Aiwass, affixed with commentaries in two passes (Old and New respectively), and then edited or annotated by various people inclusive of Crowley himself, Israel Regardie, Marcello Ramos Motta, Kenneth Grant, Bill Heidrick, and Hymenaeus Beta. These survive to the present day, with variable form and content embellishing the core documentation.
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	There has been one attempt to strip the intrusion of the receiver or scribe from the content (resulting in "The Booklet of the Law"[5]) and there are no known attempts to fraudulently substitute some other document for the scripture on the order of a grimoire (contention as to their publishing seem to have ceased after legal battles establishing copyright ownership subsided in the wake of the author's unsettled affairs). With the amount of attention paid to the work itself (by its adorers), it is somewhat surprising how little has been comparably provided to the commentaries by their scribe or his editors, though a website attempting to showcase the origin and development of these, as well as the commentaries on said scripture, is now in place and undergoing final revision.[6]		There has been one attempt to strip the intrusion of the receiver or scribe from the content (resulting in '''The Booklet of the Law''' [5]) and there are no known attempts to fraudulently substitute some other document for the scripture on the order of a grimoire (contention as to their publishing seem to have ceased after legal battles establishing copyright ownership subsided in the wake of the author's unsettled affairs). With the amount of attention paid to the work itself (by its adorers), it is somewhat surprising how little has been comparably provided to the commentaries by their scribe or his editors, though a website attempting to showcase the origin and development of these, as well as the commentaries on said scripture, is now in place and undergoing final revision. [6]
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	1. "Al As-if" - This is the name given by the mad Arab, Abdul Alhazred, to the grimoire known as the Necronomicon, used as an artifice in the fiction of Howard P. Lovecraft and subsequently applied to numerous books purporting to approximate this prop.		1. '''Al As-if''' - This is the name given by the mad Arab, Abdul Alhazred, to the grimoire known as the Necronomicon, used as an artifice in the fiction of Howard P. Lovecraft and subsequently applied to numerous books purporting to approximate this prop.
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	2. "...descend from the same sources." - See "The Cult of Alien Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture", by Jason Colavito, Prometheus Books 2004.		2. "...descend from the same sources." - See '''The Cult of Alien Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture''' by Jason Colavito, Prometheus Books 2004.
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	3. "...emergent from fiction that has achieved a degree of popularity" - See Wikipedia's "Fictional Grimoires" ~~at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fictional_grimoires (accessed 12/27/11)~~ for a list of fictional grimoires.		3. "...emergent from fiction that has achieved a degree of popularity" - See Wikipedia's [ Fictional Grimoires" for a list of fictional grimoires.
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	4. "...any approximation." - There are platforms from which derivation of NEW versions of the Necronomicon may be justified as either communications from Lovecraft or the manifestation of that which Lovecraft identified. See "[[Liber Grimoiris]]: the Parallels of East and West: Termas, Grimoires and the Necronomicon" by Frater Nigris; "The Necronomicon: Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab", by Robert M. Price; and "The Necronomicon Files", by Daniel Harms. Contrast these with the usual standards for scriptures!		4. "...any approximation." - There are platforms from which derivation of NEW versions of the Necronomicon may be justified as either communications from Lovecraft or the manifestation of that which Lovecraft identified. See "[[Liber Grimoiris]]: the Parallels of East and West: Termas, Grimoires and the Necronomicon" by Frater Nigris; '''The Necronomicon: Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab",''' by Robert M. Price; and '''The Necronomicon Files", by Daniel Harms. Contrast these with the usual standards for scriptures!
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	6. "...a website...." -[http://www.book-of-the-law.com ~~(accessed 1)~~.		6. "...a website...." -[http://www.book-of-the-law.com ].
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	That book, he claimed, and shown with photographic evidence, "includes several early comments on verses of Liber Legis..., as well as a ...text correction to Liber CCXX III:37...." He averred that this text correction was by Crowley and		That book, he claimed, and shown with photographic evidence, "includes several early comments on verses of Liber Legis..., as well as a ...text correction to '''Liber CCXX''' III:37...." He averred that this text correction was by Crowley and
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	"resolves a longstanding textual difference between three sources:<br>		"resolves a longstanding textual difference between three sources:<br>
	(1) the versification of the Stele of Revealing from a now-lost vellum notebook, which was published with the reading 'kill me!' in The Equinox I (1912) and The Equinox of the Gods (1936);<br>		(1) the versification of the Stele of Revealing from a now-lost vellum notebook, which was published with the reading 'kill me!' in The Equinox I (1912) and '''The Equinox of the Gods''' (1936);<br>
	(2) a quotation ('fill me!') given in a pencil note to Liber XXXI, the MS. of Liber AL, giving directions for the extent of the quotation to be inserted from a contemporary vellum notebook; and<br>		(2) a quotation ('fill me!') given in a pencil note to'''Liber XXXI, the MS. of Liber AL, giving directions for the extent of the quotation to be inserted from a contemporary vellum notebook; and<br>
	(3) the editions of Liber Legis published by Crowley, all of which gave 'fill me!'. In this copy Crowley's marginal holograph note clearly corrects 'fill me!' to 'kill me!' in the text of Liber CCXX."<br>		(3) the editions of '''Liber Legis''' published by Crowley, all of which gave 'fill me!'. In this copy Crowley's marginal holograph note clearly corrects 'fill me!' to 'kill me!' in the text of Liber CCXX."<br>
	In a fascinating display of explanation to justify what would otherwise have been an editorial correction yet was perceived, due to cultic emphasis within both organizations (due to text forbidding it within the book itself) not to change the scripture {or indeed any 'Class A' documents} "in one letter" (AL I.36) or "as much as the style of a letter" (AL I.54)		In a fascinating display of explanation to justify what would otherwise have been an editorial correction yet was perceived, due to cultic emphasis within both organizations (due to text forbidding it within the book itself) not to change the scripture {or indeed any 'Class A' documents} "in one letter" (AL I.36) or "as much as the style of a letter" (AL I.54)
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	Leaving the first category behind as easily evaluated by reference to that which they used in construction, the primary example of the last (the Necronomicon) has developed a significant set of possible authentication parameters, some of which apply to any circumstance. In the variation of published versions of the Necronomicon, for example, minimum criteria have been attempted (ostensibly for humorous effect, that being the construction in 1973 by George Scithers and L. Sprague de Camp, of a set of pages scrawled with faux Arabic and Syriac mimicry), but only through the course of time and breadth of knowledge have standards for what ought to be included as a convincing version of said tome been seriously considered and described. Details such as that moral, dualistic, or Aristotlean categories imposed upon what some, after the controversial Derleth called 'the Cthulhu Mythos' are a rational and sustainable disqualifier for any so called Necronomicon. More specific and cogent quotation as from the writ of Lovecraft himself in excerpt features as a desirable element to any approximation.[4]		Leaving the first category behind as easily evaluated by reference to that which they used in construction, the primary example of the last (the Necronomicon) has developed a significant set of possible authentication parameters, some of which apply to any circumstance. In the variation of published versions of the Necronomicon, for example, minimum criteria have been attempted (ostensibly for humorous effect, that being the construction in 1973 by George Scithers and L. Sprague de Camp, of a set of pages scrawled with faux Arabic and Syriac mimicry), but only through the course of time and breadth of knowledge have standards for what ought to be included as a convincing version of said tome been seriously considered and described. Details such as that moral, dualistic, or Aristotlean categories imposed upon what some, after the controversial Derleth called 'the Cthulhu Mythos' are a rational and sustainable disqualifier for any so called Necronomicon. More specific and cogent quotation as from the writ of Lovecraft himself in excerpt features as a desirable element to any approximation.[4]
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	The distinction between grimoire and scripture may be smaller than we might at first imagine. Their superordinary origins or inspirations making possible a relationship with the transcendant or subordinate, each concludes as well as establishes the grounds for contact with unusual and potentially influential intelligences. Yet the ease of identifying their contents is at marked contrast when examined in the specific. Below two primary examples of identification (one challenging, the other simple yet refined) are considered.		The distinction between grimoire and scripture may be smaller than we might at first imagine. Their superordinary origins or inspirations making possible a relationship with the transcendant or subordinate, each concludes as well as establishes the grounds for contact with unusual and potentially influential intelligences. Yet the ease of identifying their contents is at marked contrast when examined in the specific. Below two primary examples of identification (one challenging, the other simple yet refined) are considered.
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	LIBER AL AS-IF</font><br>		LIBER AL AS-IF</font>*[1]<br>
	Issues in Authenticating and Identifying Arcane Novelties,<br>		Issues in Authenticating and Identifying Arcane Novelties,<br>
	From the Necronomicon to the Book of the Law		From the <i>Necronomicon</i> to the <i>Book of the Law</i>
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	4. "...any approximation." - There are platforms from which derivation of NEW versions of the Necronomicon may be justified as either communications from Lovecraft or the manifestation of that which Lovecraft identified. See "Liber Grimoiris: the Parallels of East and West: Termas, Grimoires and the Necronomicon"~~" ( http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostik/liber-grimoiris.html accessed 12/27/11),~~ by Frater Nigris; "The Necronomicon: Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab", by Robert M. Price; and "The Necronomicon Files", by Daniel Harms. Contrast these with the usual standards for scriptures!		4. "...any approximation." - There are platforms from which derivation of NEW versions of the Necronomicon may be justified as either communications from Lovecraft or the manifestation of that which Lovecraft identified. See "[[Liber Grimoiris]]: the Parallels of East and West: Termas, Grimoires and the Necronomicon" by Frater Nigris; "The Necronomicon: Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab", by Robert M. Price; and "The Necronomicon Files", by Daniel Harms. Contrast these with the usual standards for scriptures!
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	5. ~~"Librette Al vel Legis: the Booklet of the Law" -~~ http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostik/librette-al-vel-legis.html ~~(accessed 12/27/11)~~, by Frater Nigris.		5. Cf. [http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostik/librette-al-vel-legis.html Librette Al vel Legis: the Booklet of the Law], by Frater Nigris.
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	6. "...a website...." - ~~"The Book of the Law" -~~ http://www.book-of-the-law.com (accessed ~~12/27/11~~).		6. "...a website...." -[http://www.book-of-the-law.com (accessed 1).
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	copyright 2012; nigris (333)<br>		copyright 2012, 2020; nigris (333)<br>
	nigris@book-of-the-law.com;		nigris@book-of-the-law.com;
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	~~permission~~ for reprint granted to Carl Abrahamsson in construction of his 'The Fenris Wolf' (#5), of which we have grown fond.		Permission for reprint granted to Carl Abrahamsson in construction of his 'The Fenris Wolf' (#5), of which we have grown fond.
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