The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

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.