A few selections from the writings of the 20th C. Abstract Painter,  AD REINHARDT.  

This reading of THE BOOK OF THE LAW is the final episode of a three- part series of podcasts featuring the received writings of Aleister Crowley.

This series corresponds to the days from March 20 to April 10--One text each day from the Vernal Equinox to the three days that mark the writing of the Book Of The Law.  

There will be mispronunciations.

[00:00] Introduction

[01:38] Liber Al vel Legis, Cap. I (April 8)

[19:25] Liber Al vel Legis, Cap. II (April 9)

[38:52] Liber Al vel Legis , Cap. III (April 10)

This is part two of a series of readings intended to correspond to the days from March 20 to April 10--One text each day from the Vernal Equinox to the three days that mark the writing of the Book Of The Law.   This episode’s recordings are for March 27-April 6.  There will be mispronunciations.

[00:00] Introduction

[02:17] Liber ARARITA, Cap. VII (March 27)

[04:49] Liber Arcanorum (March 28)

[10:27] Liber LXV, Cap. III (March 29)

[21:02] Liber Librae (March 30)

[30:00] Liber VII, Cap. III (March 31)

[37:17]  Liber VII, Cap. V (April 1)

[43:15] Liber Stellae Rubae (April 2)

[52:10] Liber Cheth (April 3)

[57:49] Liber LXV Cap. II (April 4)

[1:09:25] Liber LXV Cap. V (April 5)

[1:28:13] Liber ARARITA, Cap. VI (April 6)

[1:30:12] Liber VII, Cap. VII (April 7)

These readings are intended to correspond to the days from March 20 to April 10--One text each day from the Vernal Equinox to the three days that mark the writing of the Book Of The Law.  There will be mispronunciations.

[00:00] Introduction 

[02:40] Liber LXV, Cap. I  (March 20, morning)

[15:27] Liber VII, Cap. II  (March 20, evening)

[21:27] Liber LXV, Cap .IV  (March 21)

[34:32] Liber VII, Cap. IV  (March 22)

[44:05] Liber VII, Cap. VI  (March 23)

[49:58] Liber Tzaddi  (March 24)

[56:52] Liber VII, Cap. I  (March 25)

[1:02:47] Liber A’ash  (March 26)

This text, from 1917, combines ideas about Goetic evocation, with ideas about Spiritism, the origins of artistic inspiration, and a collective subconscious.  I  I hope you find it rewarding.    My reading will include several mispronunciations.

A reading of two Grimm Bros. Fairy Tales followed by the  Infancy Gospel Of Thomas

A reading of Austin Osman Spare's 1927 automatic writing "The Anathema of Zos"

Followed by Italian Futurist F. T. Marinetti's "We Abjure Our Symbolist Masters, Last Lovers of the Moon" (1911-1915),  "Down With The Tango and Parsifal" (1914), "The Birth of A Futurist Aesthetic" (1911-1915)

Reading the full text of a 1908 lecture by Rudolph Steiner:

"The Interpretation of Fairy Tales"

Reading selected descriptions of 1970s California performance art. Followed by a reading of the first five chapters of the book of Ezekiel from the King James Bible.  There will be mispronunciations. 

Reading Moby Dick Chapters 8 and 9.  "The Pulpit" and "The Sermon"   Followed by a reading of all four chapters of the book of Jonah from the King James Bible.  There will be mispronunciations.