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Yup the Discordian Society would love the april first angle! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: Jesper Aagaard Petersen <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Society for The Academic Study of Magic <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 00:28:36 To: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Society for The Academic Study of Magic <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Book of the Law in News 4 wrong reason Hello Dave and Caroline, Not much to add; read it a couple of times and think it needs a good editor. I can see the basis for Thelema in it and also the reason why this tradition is so fragmented. And it is certainly feeding the nutters with material. Nevertheless, I think it would fit *perfectly* if it was "channeled" on April Fools Day - and I know a couple of Thelemites who would love that too. AC might have missed the boat (so to speak) on that one; odd given his sense of humour (eg. Book of Lies and Autobiography). Best, Jesper. -----Original Message----- From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of D E Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 12:03 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Book of the Law in News 4 wrong reason am fuzzy on the detail as it was a long time ago when i looked into it (around 10 years) but *subject to me being wrong on some specifics* i *think* there is a not very veiled hint in a Kenneth Grant book that AC switched the dates by a week to avoid the obvious ridicule about his receiving the foundation text of a new religion starting on April Fools day someone else (sensible research, can't recall the name) did some credible work on liner passenger manifests and found a strong suggestion that AC and Rose were on board ship in the mediterranean on the claimed dates of dictation which either adds weight to the Grant hint, or suggests that if the date is right then the BOTL was written on a ship, and not in Cairo, or they booked tickets but didn't sail on those dates i've not been able to look in his diaries of the time to see if anything is a bit awry, as i had hardly any time at the Warburg when i visited (twice) and was chasing down 25 other leads at the time, plus other books in the collection years ago i discussed this briefly with a few british Thelemites and they were very put out, as you might expect dave e ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Tully" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Book of the Law in News 4 wrong reason >>>and academicaly there is the possibility that it was written a week > earlier than claimed.... starting on April 1st... > > dave e<< > > > Really? What suggests this? > > > ~Caroline.