Quote:
By .Tzedeq. we should understand any function
of a phenomenon which partakes of the nature of Jupiter. At the same
time the Heavens of Assiah do not refer directly to pure number but
indirectly through the astrological and cosmographical conventions.
Huh?
Hmmm ... which bit does the 'Huh?' relate to
... all of it?
The first sentance seems to relate to the general theory of correspondances. Tzedeq is one way of describing a 'general energy field' and any other 'thing' that relates to or is in harmony with that energy field. A qabalist will use Tzedeq as a primary defining term to describe that field, an astrology might use Jupiter, a Thoth tarot student might use The Wheel of Fortune. In Hermetic studies we are trying to comprehend a remenant of the way human thought used to work (and still does in many cases outside the modern 'western' mind set, i.e. everything is related within fields of resonance and each thing is not seperated from another).
E.g. in (more) recent terminology relating to Cultural anthropological studies of Australian Aboriginals they have virtually incomprehensible (to 'us') terms of; the real, the really real and the really really real. (e.g. My firend Lewis, he's really a ring-tail possum - a 'Gurran'. My rational 'western' brain tells me, no he's not, he really really is a man. But on the most important level (relating to his whole culture and environment) he really, really really is [
] a 'Gurran Yalladuhrah' ( Man with ring-tailed possom dreaming), that means his social rights and responsibilities, his hunting rights, his area of land, those animals, potential wives and relationships, times of day, that group of stars up there (and what time of year they are in which position and what planets move through them, etc et). make up the holistic pupose and meaning of the man. There is no real differenace between the man, the animal, the stars etc.
Perhaps, in our current context the use of the words Jupiter and Tzadeq are a bit misleading. Maybe we could say key 14. or key 22, and realise that everything in that field is 'any function or phenomena' . But we do need a reference point. Crowley, above, chose Jupiter.
When I learnt my 777 correspondences (for an exam) I thought, how the hell am I going to learn all that? I did it by using my most familiar subject, tarot and cross-related everything back to a card. An astrologer might use the planets, signs and elements, and so on.
.... I have to go to a meeting, I will post later about violet - purple , that is an intersting one.
