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I know this sounds dumb, but... WHAT DOES "LIBER" MEAN?!?!

 
 
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03:10 / 26.10.02
I've always wondered this. What does Liber mean? How is it properly pronounced. I feel like an idiot asking this question but I always see this word pop up in Crowley's books and Chaos Magic books and I want to know what it means...
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
05:50 / 26.10.02
"Book", or "Book Of", afaik.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
06:47 / 26.10.02
Yes, "book". It's Latin. Pronounced, approximately, "leeb-AIR", with a glam little roll of the "r" at the end, but that pronuncuation seems to coexist these days with "LEE-buh".

There's a question here about the use of different languages in magick, but it is too early to phrase coherently. Somebody remind me later.
 
 
illmatic
09:20 / 29.10.02
There's some notes of interest on the subject of Liber's (is that the correct plural? Librae?) here: http://www.ashe-prem.org/one/mogg2.pdf
in Ashe Prem magazine - haven't browsed the rest of it yet.
 
  
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