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Aiwass is the name given to a voice that English occultist Aleister Crowley claimed to have heard on April 8, 9, and 10 in 1904. Crowley claimed that this voice, which he considered originated with a non-corporeal intelligence, dictated ''The Book of the Law'' (or ''Liber Legis'') to him. ==The dictation== According to Crowley, the first appearance of Aiwass was during the Three Days of the writing of ''Liber al vel Legis''. His first and only identification as such is in Chapter I: "Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the minister of Hoor-paar-kraat" (AL I:7).〔 Aleister Crowley. ''The Book of the Law''. Red Wheel Weiser Centennial edition, 2004, p. 25 〕 Hoor-paar-kraat (Egyptian: Har-par-khered) is more commonly referred to by the Greek transliteration Harpocrates, meaning "Horus the Child", whom Crowley considered to be the central deity within the Thelemic cosmology (see: Aeon of Horus). However, Harpocrates also represents the Higher Self, the Holy Guardian Angel. Crowley described the encounter in detail in ''The Equinox of the Gods'', saying: In the later-written ''Liber 418'', the voice of the 8th Aethyr says "my name is called Aiwass," and "in ''The Book of the Law'' did I write the secrets of truth that are like unto a star and a snake and a sword." Crowley says this later manifestation took the form of a pyramid of light. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aiwass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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