Editing The Book of the Law (section)

===Original manuscript===
A facsimile of the original handwritten manuscript was published in ''[[The Equinox]]'', Volume I, Number VII, in 1912. In 1921, Crowley gave the manuscript its own title, "AL (Liber Legis), The Book of the Law, sub figura XXXI", to distinguish it from the typeset version. It is now sometimes referred to as simply "Liber XXXI".{{sfnp|Crowley|1997|pp=459, 464, 743}}

The original manuscript was sent on Crowley's death to Karl Germer, the executor of his will and head of [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] (O.T.O.). On Germer's death no trace of it could be found in his papers. There matters rested until 1984, when Tom Whitmore, the new owner of a house in Berkeley, California, began searching through the junk left in the basement by the previous owner. Among the used mattresses, lumber, and outdated high school textbooks were two boxes of assorted papers and newspaper clippings dealing with Germer's affairs, the charter of the O.T.O. and an envelope containing the manuscript of ''The Book of the Law''. Whitmore donated the papers to the O.T.O.{{sfnp|Greer|2003|pp=70-71}}

====Changes to the manuscript====
The final version of ''Liber Legis'' includes text that did not appear in the original writing, including many small changes to spelling. In several cases, stanzas from the Stele of Revealing were inserted within the text.{{sfnmp|1a1=Crowley|1y=1983|2a1=Regardie|2y=1982|2pp=473–494}}