@jw. said
" ...Crowley saw the way of the prophet as being the single most important spiritual process for every major religion. To that end, I see the point of MAGICK being the process of developing prophets. Like a prophet, you converse with Metatron (K&C), and so it should follow that one produces a book of Law."
insofar as Magick was the Path of Mysticism the Beast sought to propagate, it seems clear that the True Will, the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, and the Great Work are the primary components of it. how this manifests in any single culture, within any particular religious system, or even for any given individual, is likely to vary.
@jw. said
" If this hypothesis has any validity, then perhaps by changing Liber Legis to Liber AL was secondarily to emphasize that this was only Al's Law (Al as in Aleister); the first in a series of Law to be produced by the same Prophet-Kings that the Book of the Law foretells, establishes, and speaks to. Otherwise why update L to El or AL instead of just commenting about that idea, you know, in the commentary?"
picking at scabs, healing interfered. otherwise, you're discussing religious issues which only the paltry fulcrum of faith may decide.
according to the best sources in each, L and Al (or AL), their commentators, and most illuminated adepts, the resolution is contained within a single edict contained therein: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. The word of Sin is Restriction." to elaborate, choose L, choose El, choose Al, choose AL, choose Allah, choose mekka lekka hi mekka hi nee ho. use the Beast's scripture, use yours, use the sheets of your bed. if it be your True Will let none say Nay, and as kindred we'll support you in your choice.