OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF A... A.
A NOTE EXPLAINING WHY EACH NUMBER
HAS BEEN GIVEN TO EACH BOOK
LIBER
I. Tis the number of the Magus in the Tarot.
III. Refers to the threefold method given, and to the
Triangle as a binding force.
VII. Refers to the 7 chapters, and to the fact that the
number 7 is peculiarly suitable to the subject of
the Book.
VIII. The Tarot card numbered 8, the Charioteer, the
bearer of the Holy Graal, represents the Holy
Guardian Angel.
IX. Refers to Yesod. The foundation, because the
elementary practices recommended in the book
are the foundation of all the work.
X. Porta Lucis, the Gate of Light, is one of the titles
of Malkuth, whose number is X.
XI. Avconcentration of the title N V, whose value is 56,
and 6 and 5 are 11. (See CCXX. I, i. and II, i.)
XIII. The number of Achad= Unity, and the title is
perhaps intended to show that all paths of
attainment are essential.
XVI. The key of the Tarot numbered XVI is the
Lightning Struck Tower.
XVII. IA O adds up to 17.
XXV. The square of 5, this being a ritual of the
Pentagram.
XXVIII. The number of permutations of 3 things taken
3 at a time, and (of course) the cube of 3.
53.