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J. Daniel Gunther believes that this drawing by Levi contains a clue that he knew the "correct" attributions.
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PER BENEDICTIONEN IHVH MALEDICTVS IHVH ADVMBRATVЯ
"By the blessing of IHVH the cursed IHVH is foreshadowed."
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This quote is from a section dealing with Crowley's "obvious silence" around the Hierophant's inverted benediction on Atu V. But in a footnote Gunther claims that the reversed R (or is it Cyrillic?) in ADVMBRATVЯ is a clue that Levi new the attributions. In this instance R = Resh.J. Daniel Gunther said:Levi has carefully drawn the Ecclesiastical Sign of Benediction and surrounded it with a host of symbols and words of interest. In examining such a fascinating illustration, one must wonder what explanation Levi offers in the text of the book.
He does not offer an explanation. In fact, he doesn't mention the drawing at all except in the summary of illustrations in the front of the book. I have remarked on numerous occasions that such absences in magical books make me suspicious. If one happened to be reading a book on Magic and there is an illustration lacking any explanation - or not even mentioned at all - perhaps one should pay special attention to that. It may be that by his obvious silence the author is trying to leave a very important clue. It is a method that Crowley used extensively.
PER BENEDICTIONEN IHVH MALEDICTVS IHVH ADVMBRATVЯ
"By the blessing of IHVH the cursed IHVH is foreshadowed."
J. Daniel Gunther said:Notably, the final R is reversed in the word ADVMBRATVR. Levi, who knew the correct attributions but did not divulge them, is here hinting that R = Resh, and the reversed Я = the Averse of the Sun of Atu XIX, or darkness.