<![CDATA[Reading excerpt of Book of the Law]]>I have an offer to read chapter 1 on April 8th at the art gallery where my painting of Nuit is showing. But the curator hesitates on how long.... It takes me 15 minutes to read the whole chapter - she wants me to make it shorter. How would it be to read only part of chapter 1 ? And which part would I read?

Feels weird to read only part of it... but maybe that would work? It would be part of a poetry and music event, not centered on Holy Days, just a coincidence that it's a Holy Day.

Any thoughts on this?

Thank you, 93s

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/19304/reading-excerpt-of-book-of-the-lawRSS for NodeFri, 10 Apr 2026 19:15:46 GMTFri, 30 Mar 2018 13:11:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:54:26 GMT]]>Seem: give the impression or sensation of being something or having a particular quality

"If it can't be done in total, don't do it."

This gave me the impression that there is an implied rule here against doing it in total. I guess there's not. So it didn't really imply that after all. It just seemed to, to me.

I'm pretty happy with my word choice. And you seem to be happy with your word choice too. Yay for us! 😆

As Liber Legis says:

Had!

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105987https://thelema.org/forum/post/105987Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:54:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:09:58 GMT]]>Ok...

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105986https://thelema.org/forum/post/105986Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:09:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Tue, 03 Apr 2018 13:25:02 GMT]]>@Avshalom Binyamin said

"This thread seemed to imply..."

Clever choice of words, it abdicates all responsibility from any party. And it's not true.

The thread seemed no such, it implied nothing of the sort. My take was simply in Art.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105985https://thelema.org/forum/post/105985Tue, 03 Apr 2018 13:25:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:22:51 GMT]]>It's just personal feelings.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105984https://thelema.org/forum/post/105984Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:22:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Mon, 02 Apr 2018 19:45:00 GMT]]>Understood, and you're free to read it or not, for whatever personal reason. "Feels weird" is a good enough reason.

This thread seemed to imply that there is some rule against reading Chapter 1 of the Book of the Law at all in front of people unless you can read it in it's entirety. And I was asking if such a thing existed, or it was all just personal feelings.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105983https://thelema.org/forum/post/105983Mon, 02 Apr 2018 19:45:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:59:28 GMT]]>Part of my decision is that this would be a last-minute inclusion in a pre-planned event.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105982https://thelema.org/forum/post/105982Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:59:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:55:14 GMT]]>I was wondering the same thing - minus the reference, but still.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105981https://thelema.org/forum/post/105981Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:55:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:33:34 GMT]]>What's wrong with reading a passage from it? Seems to be ok for the priestess in the Gnostic Mass.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105980https://thelema.org/forum/post/105980Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:33:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:55:20 GMT]]>I've decided to not read it at all if I can't read the whole thing.

Thanks
93 93/93

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105979https://thelema.org/forum/post/105979Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:55:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Fri, 30 Mar 2018 22:10:55 GMT]]>Yeah, I have to agree with Takamba. Or, if you must cut it short, stop at verse 93.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105974https://thelema.org/forum/post/105974Fri, 30 Mar 2018 22:10:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Reading excerpt of Book of the Law on Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:48:31 GMT]]>Attempt to make it shorter by reading faster? but I wouldn't otherwise concede any changes. If it can't be done in total, don't do it.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105973https://thelema.org/forum/post/105973Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:48:31 GMT