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Page 1 of 21929 · PDF PAGE 122
… most generally useful and adaptable battery is composed o£ il strokes. The principal reasons for this are as follows: Firstly> n is the number of Magick in itself. It is therefore suitable to ail types of operation. Secondly, it is the sacred number par excellence of the new Aeon. As it is written in the Book of the Law: “Eleven, as ail their numbers who are of us.” Thirdly, it is the number of the letters of the Word ABRAHADABRA, which is the Word of the Aeon. The structure of this Word is such that it expresses the Great Work, in every one o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 38
…x Om PaxT Unity transcends consctoiisness. It is above ail division. The Father of thought — the Word —* is called Chaos — the dyad. The number Three, the Mother, is called Babalon. In connection with this the reader should study “The Temple of Solomon the King” in Equinox I, V, and Liber 418. This first triad is essentially unity, in a manner transcending reason. The compréhension of this Trinity is a matter of spiritual expérience. Ail true gods are attrîbuted to this Trinity. 2 3 An immeasurable abyss divides it from ail manifestations of Re…
1929 · PDF PAGE 82
…is thus bisexual. It is the original being — Zeus Arrhenothelus, Bacchus Diphues, or Baphomet. U or V is the manifested son himself. Its number is 6. It refers therefore, to the dual nature of the Logos as divine and human; the interlacing of the upright and averse triangles in the hexagram. It is the first number of the Sun, whose last number 1 is 666, “the number of a man”. The letter M exhibits the termination of this process. It is the Hanged Man of the Tarot ; the formation of the individual from the absolute is closed by his death. We see…
1929 · PDF PAGE 67
…, has reconstructed the Word I A O to satisfy the new conditions of Magick imposed by progress. The Word of the Law being Thelema, whose number is 93, this number should be the canon of a corresponding Mass. Accordingly, he Has expanded I A O by treating the O as an Ayin, and then adding Vau as prefix and affix. The full Word is then wn whose number is 93. We may analyse this new Word in detail and demonstrate that it is a proper hieroglyph of the Ritual of Self-Initiation in this Aeon of Horus. For the correspondence in the following note, see…
1929 · PDF PAGE 39
but it is the masculine type of female, the Amazon, whô' is balanced in the number Eight by the féminine type of male. In the number Nine we reach the last of the purely mental qualities. It identifies change with stability. Pendant to this sixfold System is the number Ten 1 which includes the whole of Matter as we know it by the senses. It is impossible here to explain thoroughly the complété conception; for it cannot be too clearly uriderstood that this is a classification of the Universe, that there is nothing which is not comprehended there…
1929 · PDF PAGE 121
…e of ail things equally without partaking of any quality by which we discriminate one thing from another. Continuing on these lines, the number of knocks will refer to the Sephira or other idea Qabalistically cognate with that number. Thus, 7 knocks will intimate Venus, 11 the Great Work, 17 the Trinity of Fathers, and 19 the Féminine Principle in its most general sense. Analyzing the matter a little further, we remark firstly that a battery of too many knocks is confusing, as well as liable to over- weight the other parts of the ritual. In pra…
1929 · PDF PAGE 85
…anctuary of the Gnosis of the O.T.O. are taught, expresses the unity under the form of complété mani¬ festation by the symbolism of pure number, being Kether by Aiq Bkr 1 2 ; also Malkuth multiplied by itself ~, and thus estab- lished in the phénoménal universe. But, moreover, this number IOO mysteriously indicates the Magical formula of the Universe as a reverberatory engine for the extension of Nothingness through the device of equilibrated opposites.3 It is moreover the value of the letter Qoph, which means “the back of the head”, the cerebe…
1929 · PDF PAGE 103
…eal in detail with the préparation of each instrument. There is a definite instruction in Liber A vel Armorum, in the Equinox, Volume I, Number IV, as to the Lamp and the Four Elemental Weapons. — 6?
1929 · PDF PAGE 62
…ontaining a Magical formula ? Inquiry discloses the fact that this formula is of a very spécial kind. The word adds up to 81, which is a number of the moon. It is thus the formula of witchcraft, which is under Hecate 2. It is only the romantic mediaeval perversion of science that represents young women as partaking in witchcraft, which is, properly speaking, restricted to the use of such women as are no longer women in the Magical sense of the word, because they are no longer capable of corresponding to the formula of the male, and are therefor…
1929 · PDF PAGE 84
…oretical principles with the idea of incorporating the new knowledge of the Aeon, had the value of 93 (M = 40, G = 3, N = 50). 93 is the number of the word of the Law — T helema — Will, and of Agapé -— Love, which indicates the nature of Will. It is further¬ more the number of the Word which overcomes death, as members of the degree of M.M. of the O.T.O. are well awarej and it is also that of the complété formula of existence as expressed in the 48
1929 · PDF PAGE 51
…heory of Death must be sought in Liber CXI Aleph. 2. This name. I. A. O. is qabalistically identical with that of The Beast and with His number 666, so that he who invokes the former invokes also the îatter. Also with AIWAZ and the Number 93. See Chapter V. 15
1929 · PDF PAGE 40
number len. * Ail these numbers are o£ course parts of the mogician himself considérée! as the microcosm. The microcosm is an exact image o£ the Macrocosm; the Great Work is the raising of the whole man in perfect balance to the power of ïnfinity. The reader will remark that ail criticism directed against the Magical Hierarchy is futile. One cannot call it incorrect — the only line to take might be that it was inconvénient. In the same way one çannot say that the Roman alphabet is better or worse than the Greek, since ail required sounds can be…
1929 · PDF PAGE 104
…he Egyptian Invocations are much purer, but their meaning has not been sufficiently studied by persons magically competent. We possess a number of Invocations in Greek of every degree of excellence ; in Latin but few, and those of inferioi quality. It will be noticed that in every case the conjurations are very sonorous, I.. See appendix 4, Liber Samekh; this is an édition of this Invoca¬ tion, with an elaborate Rubric, translation, scholia, and instruction. 68 —
1929 · PDF PAGE 17
…AGICK upon the Banner that I hâve borne before me ail my life. Before I touched my teens, I was already aware that I was The Beast whose number is 666. I did not understand in the least — XV
1929 · PDF PAGE 60
…ord for Gods.1 It is the masculine plural of a féminine noun, but its nature is principally féminine.2 It is a perfect hieroglyph of the number 5. This should be studied in “A Note on Genesis” (Equinox LU). The Eléments are ail represented, as in Tetragrammaton, but there is no development from one into the others. They are, as it were, thrown together — untamed, only sympathising by virtue of their wild and stormy but elastically resistless energy. The Central letter is Hé — the letter of breath — and represents Spirit. The first letter Àleph …
1929 · PDF PAGE 41
…ing cabinet with the names of ali y our past, présent and future correspondents ready indexed: y our cabinet has a System of letters and numbers meaningless in them- selves, but ready to take on a meaning to you, as you fill up the files. As your business increased, each letter and number would receive fresh accessions of meaning for youj and by adopting this orderly arrangement you would be able to hâve a much more comprehensive grasp of your affairs than would otherwise be the case. By the use of this System the magician is able ultimately to…
1929 · PDF PAGE 116
…. This tread should be light and stealthy, almost furtive, and yet very purposeful. It is the pace of the tiger who stalks the deer. The number of circumambulations should of course correspond to the nature of the ceremony. Another important movement is the spiral, of which there are two principal forms, one inward, one outward. They can be performed in either direction ; and, like the circumambulation, if performed deosil2 they invoke — if widdershins 3 they banish 4. In the spiral the tread is light and tripping, almost approximating to a dan…
1929 · PDF PAGE 100
…owever closely the square of any fraction approximates to 2, no fraction equals \/2. \J2 is not in the sériés; it is a different kind of number altogether. 3. Observe well that there is never any real équivalence or measurable relation between any two things, for each is impregnably Itself. The exchange of property is not a mathematically accurate équation. The Wand is merely a conventional expression of the Will, just as a word is of a thought. It can never be anything else; thus, though the process of making it, whether it involves time, mone…
1929 · PDF PAGE 120
…k need not be single j the possible combinations are evidently infinité. We need only discuss the general principles of determining what number of strokes will be proper in any case, 84 -
1929 · PDF PAGE 146
…ight, objects can change their appearance completely without suffering change of Nature. The same thing can reveal itself in an infinité number of different aspects5 in fart, it iden¬ tifies itself by so doing, much as a writer or a painter reveals himself in a succession of novels or pictures, each of which is wholly himself and nothing else, but himself under varied conditions, though each appears utterly différent from its fellows. In that Light one is “swift without feet and flying without wings”; one can travel without moving, and communic…